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There was still some time before the servers opened, more than enough to compare them.
The five hidden classes each had different abilities.
"Madmen Rogues that enhanced frontal combat prowess, emphasizing a reckless, berserker-like fighting style."
"Ambush Killers skilled at concocting poisons, capable of killing with blood at the throat."
"Phantom Walkers specialized in evasion, even able to serve as an off-tank."
"Spellbreakers who shattered magic with their blades, possessing methods to drain mana and known as mage killers."
"Shadow Assassins that enhanced stealth and possessed various powerful concealment methods."
A hidden class truly was a hidden class. Just reading the descriptions made them sound insanely powerful.
Any one of these five classes would make other players green with envy, yet Qin Chuan could choose whichever one he wanted.
"To maximize the Sniper God Talent, Madmen and Spellbreaker must be ruled out first. Both branches specialize in melee combat and basically have no ranged skills. Without skills, even with the Sniper God Talent, the damage from relying solely on Normal Attacks with a bow won't be enough."
"Ambush Killer can attack from range, but its biggest problem is that it's too fragile. If I remember correctly, that branch doesn't have many survival tools."
"Phantom Walker is quite good at surviving, but it struggles against ranged attacks, especially area-of-effect spells. Its evasion is mainly meant for melee attacks. Besides, it has too few ranged options to work well with Sniper God."
"In that case, Shadow Assassin seems to be the only answer."
Qin Chuan stared at the Shadow Assassin description, lost in thought.
"Setting aside the damage multiplier of Cloakbreaking Strike, enhanced stealth alone is enough to make me choose Shadow Assassin."
The reason Qin Chuan had passed on the Archer class, which fit his talent best, and chosen an assassin instead was to strengthen his ability to survive.
After all, when Gods' Descent arrived, staying alive was what mattered most.
Having made a preliminary decision, Qin Chuan looked at Shadow Assassin again, this time focusing on its class traits.
[Shadow Assassin (Hidden Assassin-Class)] [Class Trait 1: Stealth duration increased to permanent] [Class Trait 2: Cloakbreaking Strike deals an additional 50% damage] [Class Trait 3: Unique (Only one Shadow Assassin may exist at any given time)]
Three class traits!
Not only did it have the Cloakbreaking Strike bonus Qin Chuan valued most, it even had permanent stealth!
In Qin Chuan's plan, pairing Sniper God with an assassin's Cloakbreaking Strike would not only deal enormous damage, but would also let him vanish after attacking, making the chance of being countered extremely low.
Now, he had everything he wanted. What was there left to hesitate over?
As for Trait 3, it surprised Qin Chuan somewhat.
As far as he knew, hidden classes in Apocalypse could exist more than once.
For example, the Heavy Armored Warrior class he had in his previous life was rare, but there were still quite a few skilled players with it.
The differences between classes were more often reflected in their talents.
But Shadow Assassin was different. It was directly unique.
Though both were hidden classes, Shadow Assassin was clearly on a higher level.
There was nothing left to hesitate over. It had to be Shadow Assassin!
"I choose Shadow Assassin."
Qin Chuan made his choice.
The game system gave the corresponding announcement.
"Class selected. This choice cannot be changed. Please enter your character name."
"Night Roaming God."
"Character name available. Locked."
"Server opening countdown: 1 hour 42 minutes."
While he waited, Qin Chuan began considering what he needed to do after entering the game.
First, he needed to get a bow. That went without saying.
After all, Qin Chuan's early-game damage would rely entirely on Sniper God. A small dagger alone would not be enough.
Newbie Village had a blacksmith shop. Selling all the starter equipment would be enough to buy the lowest-grade bow, so that would not be a problem.
"With a game character's starting attributes, thirty meters should be the maximum range."
Qin Chuan thought rapidly.
"At thirty meters, the damage bonus is 300%, plus the extra damage from Cloakbreaking Strike."
"Using an initial Attack Power of 10, the damage would reach 45. That's already quite impressive."
"No, I overlooked something."
Qin Chuan pondered.
His calculation was correct, but he had overlooked the skill damage of Cloakbreaking Strike itself.
"I remember that at level one, Stealth gives Cloakbreaking Strike a fixed 20 damage."
"In other words, the damage is (10 + 20) * 300% * 150% = 135!"
"And that doesn't even include the bonuses from critical hits and Weakness Attack!"
"If the talent levels up, the damage multiplier will probably increase too. The damage would rise by multiples."
After making a rough estimate, Qin Chuan became even more convinced that the Sniper God Talent had limitless potential.
And because of Cloakbreaking Strike, the damage he could deal was even higher than an Archer's!
"This..."
Everything had gone as he envisioned, but Qin Chuan still could not help marveling at how incredible Apocalypse was.
An assassin's ranged damage was higher than an Archer's. Who would dare believe that?
More importantly, compared to a conventional Archer, Qin Chuan not only had a 100% hit rate, but could also strike and immediately retreat.
It could not get any easier.
"Invincible. This class and talent combination is invincible."
Qin Chuan looked forward to the server opening even more. He could not wait to get in and slaughter to his heart's content.
But before that, there were still some things he needed to prepare.
"Let me think. What opportunities are there in Newbie Village?"
Qin Chuan searched his memories rapidly.
Putting everything else aside, Apocalypse itself was a world full of opportunities, and Newbie Village, the players' first stop, hid countless secrets.
In his previous life, Qin Chuan had focused only on farming gold and had not explored Newbie Village's secrets much. He learned many things only later.
Now that he had been reborn, he naturally had to make use of the information from his previous life.
"First, I'll go to the hunter and trigger the hidden quest. That item is unique, so I can't let someone else get there first."
Qin Chuan made up his mind.
In his previous life, that item had only been discovered a month after the servers opened by some player with far too much time on his hands. But since Qin Chuan knew about it, he naturally would not ignore it.
Who knew whether his rebirth would cause some butterfly effect? If someone else got that item first, it would be too late for regrets.
"After obtaining the item, there are follow-up quests. But that player in my previous life wasn't strong enough and failed the quest, so no one knew what the reward was."
"But if the first quest gave a unique item, the later rewards must be even better."
"I have a hidden class and the SSS-Tier Sniper God Talent. Even fighting a boss alone won't be a problem. At worst, I'll spend more time wearing down its health. I might have a chance to push through the later stages of that quest."
Qin Chuan tried hard to recall all sorts of information from his previous life as time passed second by second.
"Ding. Apocalypse is about to begin. Countdown: 10, 9, 8..."
The notification brought Qin Chuan back to his senses.
When the countdown ended, the system gave another prompt.
"Log into the game?"
"Log in."
"Logging in. If players experience dizziness, nausea, shock, epileptic seizures, or other discomfort, these are all normal reactions. Please do not panic."
"Brave adventurer, may you forge a future in Apocalypse."
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