A new event begins, and the imbalance among melee classes

Before long, because Utterly Empty and not a professional Priest, the mage's health was not replenished in time, and she was hit by the boss's skill again, resulting in her death once more.

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

Due to a shortage of manpower, the team had to start the challenge all over again.

Tractor sensed the awkward atmosphere and stepped in to smooth things over. "Lulu, how about this, you'll stay by my side from now on."

"Watch how I dodge skills, and then you can learn from me."

"It's normal to be unfamiliar with the leader's attack patterns at first; you'll get the hang of it after a few more practices."

"Once you get the hang of it, you'll be able to focus on dealing damage."

"Okay, I understand..." Lulu replied irritably.

Although she knew in her heart that she had indeed failed to dodge the skill.

But she couldn't help but complain about the Priest —he was clearly a level 40 Priest, yet his skills were so clumsy that he couldn't even provide timely healing.

If the other person hadn't been her boss, she would have already started yelling at them.

After the female mage fell several more times, the team was finally able to maintain a stable output of damage.

But new problems arose: their total damage output was far from sufficient.

The boss must be defeated within a limited time, but given the current output efficiency, this is simply an impossible task.

Having confirmed this, the Tractor, unwilling to waste any more time, halted its progress again and announced a temporary break.

As Tractor reviewed the damage data of each player in the team, his face felt stiff.

Princess Lulu, a mage who should be dealing sustained damage, actually deals damage per second that is comparable to a defensive Shield Guard, and only slightly better than a healing Priest.

Damn it, from now on, I won't let anyone who calls themselves a princess join my club!

Tractor was thinking to himself, but said aloud, "Lulu, do you want to check your skill point allocation or equipment setup?"

"Something seems off; our team's damage shouldn't be this low."

He tried to phrase his words tactfully, hoping the other party would understand the underlying meaning and voluntarily leave the group, thus avoiding embarrassing the Shield Guard.

But the girl hadn't thought of it that way at all.

"I didn't make a mistake, everything was done correctly."

"I always fight monsters like this in the wild, so I think I'm fine."

"Shouldn't you guys take a look at your own setup? I also feel like the boss's health is dropping incredibly slowly; it's been going on for so long and it's still not over."

"If I had known your team was this bad, I shouldn't have joined because of Gigi."

"Why don't you, Priest, help him deal with the damage too?"

"I see that Chongxing player Chongxing can even solo it."

There were so many flaws in those words that everyone was at a loss for words.

They could only pin their hopes on King Jiji, hoping he could persuade his girlfriend.

Unexpectedly, Gigi was also a staunch defender without any principles. "How could Lulu have a problem?"

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I made you so tired."

"The main problem is that my teammates aren't strong enough."

"How about... we try a few more times?"

"Utterly Empty" is known for his good temper and generosity in the God's Domain.

But at that moment, he really wanted to curse—which of the two of you was speaking like a human being?

One doesn't understand their own place, and the other takes themselves too seriously...

I'm the big spender, I'm here to pay for fun!

This situation won't change even if we play it ten thousand times; it will only waste everyone's precious time.

He'd be better off getting a good night's sleep in real life than wasting this time!

Seeing that the other three looked grim and remained silent, Gigi finally sensed something was amiss.

But he had no choice; he couldn't very well ask Lulu to leave.

In the end, the Tractor had no choice but to step forward and play the villain.

He privately contacted "King Jiji" and suggested that his girlfriend temporarily leave the team and take care of other things; if it was really difficult to say, they could both leave together.

In the end, Gigi and Lulu left the team together.

"Damn it, it's all your teammates' fault for being so useless!" Princess Lulu said resentfully.

"Yes, their fighting strength is too weak, we can't carry them." King Jiji, the sycophant, quickly flattered.

"Hmph, don't come looking for me with this trash team again. They made me get killed so many times. Your guild leader will have to make up for the losses!"

"Okay, I'll have him fix it."

The two even posted their conversation in several chat groups within the association, sparking a discussion.

"Damn, this team is terrible. If you can't beat the dungeon, don't even bother joining."

It has to be said that in games, there are countless people who fawn over female players, especially the prettier ones.

In the past, no one could interfere; a sensible person would simply say a few words and that was it.

But things are different now.

Gao Linzhi is checking the game log.

He glanced around and saw this scene.

Damn it, when he used to play games, he hated all kinds of game simps who fawned over every single one of them.

The various distortions infuriated him.

Now that he's a game GM and game planner, they can still indulge him? Then a bolt of lightning struck.

Little Princess Lulu was immediately given seven or eight debuffs—"Reeking Stench"—automatically emitting various stenches.

King Jiji didn't notice anything at first, but after fighting a monster, he realized something was wrong—it smelled so bad...

As for the Tractor, he was unaware of these things.

His most pressing issue right now is how to recruit two more team members, one of whom must be Shield Guard.

This is giving the Tractor a bit of a headache.

"Utterly Empty" does know quite a few guild leaders and high-level players, but they each belong to their own guilds.

Even when leading a team, they usually prioritize taking care of their own family members.

He was too embarrassed to ask for help.

He initially wanted to suggest giving up, but Tractor firmly objected—how could he possibly do something so damaging to his reputation?

Even though it was somewhat embarrassing, he had no other choice but to resort to this tactic.

Tractor first found a Shield Guard with high combat power in the guild.

He then privately contacted "Sharp Blade" to ask if he had already completed this week's Warcraft dungeon.

If not, could you come and help out? We can split the payment.

That's why he didn't kick someone when they were down before.

After all, the other party is indeed capable.

Since joining the new guild, Su Feng has found a regular dungeon team and no longer takes on power leveling jobs.

By joining a group to run dungeons, you can share in the profits from the sold equipment, and with strong team members, clearing dungeons is much smoother, and you rarely encounter any obstacles.

Receiving news about the Tractor surprised him somewhat.

He still harbored a fondness for Tractor —what happened before wasn't his fault, and as the chairman, he couldn't possibly favor just one person.

Moreover, when he first entered the God's Domain Game, Tractor had given him a lot of help.

Therefore, he agreed to the request without much thought.

That's just his personality; he won't hold a grudge against others.

Anyway, I can run the dungeon with the guild team again next week.

After being invited into the instance, Tractor first expressed his gratitude to Sharp Sword: "Sharp Sword, thank you so much for coming to help this time."

"It's okay, Brother Ji. Even though you've left the guild, we're still friends."

"But I won't be able to make time next week."

The Tractor quickly replied, "Of course, once is enough for such an embarrassing thing."

"Let's get ready to fight— Auspicious Cloud, go lure the monsters!"

"Auspicious Cloud" is the newly joined Shield Guard from the Excavator Guild.

The initial collaboration within the new team yielded immediate results.

With no support from the Utterly Empty, the group successfully defeated the first leader on their first attempt.

Although it took longer than expected, it was still a one-time success.

If things had gone this smoothly, there would have been no need to specifically seek out that terrible couple as partners. This has taught Tractor a profound lesson.

He had no idea that, from this day forward, that Princess Lulu would no longer be able to form a team...

This is still because Master Gao is kind-hearted, doesn't want to become Qin Shi Huang, doesn't want to be corrupted by power, and simply kills anyone he doesn't like.

That would violate the rules of the game.

However, negative buffs can be bypassed, since her behavior, in XXN's own words, is truly disgusting...

Moreover, in some places, even making negative comments about female players is forbidden; they'll be immediately removed by Shen He.

In the current game environment, apart from a few top-tier teams, ordinary power leveling groups are simply unable to break through the second boss level.

This level requires either overwhelming damage output or exceptional sustain from the healer, neither of which is currently achievable by power leveling teams.

At this point, the group finally had a decent explanation for their "Utterly Empty" situation.

After this incident, Tractor secretly resolved to avoid accepting couples or master-apprentice pairs with close relationships when leading teams in the future.

As player levels generally increase, by level 40, only the Monster Altar dungeon is available for challenge, and the size of fixed teams gradually decreases from ten people to five.

At this point, Shield Guard and Priest have become indispensable in the team, and ranged classes have become extremely sought after.

Melee classes, except for Shield Guard, are almost universally unpopular. Unless you are a top-tier player, it is extremely difficult for ordinary melee players to find a stable dungeon team.

On Game Forum, calls for the implementation of a job-switching feature are growing louder.

"Melee combat is absolutely unsustainable!"

"Even a high-level berserker can barely serve as Shield Guard, but we assassins are completely ignored!"

"Please, please let the developers open up the class change system! I want to say goodbye to the Assassin class forever!"

"Hold on! Don't betray your faith! The darkness will eventually pass, and the dawn of the assassins will come sooner or later! Brothers, you must hold on!"

"You make it sound so easy! Your guild has its own team, of course you don't have the hassle of finding a group!"

"We ordinary Rogue Players are barely surviving! At this rate, we might not be able to find a suitable dungeon team even by level 60."

"The Monster Altar dungeon is really unfriendly to melee classes!"

"Who can understand my situation? My whole family are ranged classes, I'm the only melee fighter, and they're actually planning to abandon me and go their own way!"

"Even their own people are this ruthless; melee fighters have absolutely no chance of survival."

"Once our melee classes are completely gone, let's see who charges to the front lines in open-world combat! Without physical damage dealers at the front, even the most powerful mages will be useless."

"Please, developers, give melee players a way out!"

The forums are filled with the lamentations of various melee classes, but the current predicament seems to have no solution in the short term.

Only a few large guilds, relying on top-tier combat power to lead their teams, are able to attract some melee players, but this is ultimately just a stopgap measure.

If melee players cannot join Fixed Team, their monster-killing efficiency will be very low, making it difficult to improve their combat power, and the gap between them and ranged classes will only widen.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a brand new world announcement appeared again.

The sudden arrival of a major event has completely reversed the awkward situation of melee classes.

This was, of course, because Gao Linzhi had seen these guys' complaints and, considering that he still needed these pawns to leverage the World Source, he still had to give them some incentives.

Gao Linzhi isn't like those incompetent game designers, who are all aloof and arrogant, ready to nerf players overnight at the slightest benefit they receive.

He doesn't care about any of that. As long as players can bring him the power of origin, even if it's cheating, it's fine.

Of course, some people will go around showing off, and they'll only bring trouble upon themselves.

System Announcement: "Due to half of the players in the God's Domain world having reached level 40, the 'God's Domain Champions Tournament' is now officially open!"

The competition is divided into four tracks: solo competition, duo cooperation, five-person team, and guild war.

Each region is an independent team, and participants cannot participate in the singles, duos, or five-person tracks repeatedly. The competition uses a random allocation mechanism.

The randomly matched region will allow players to choose their own track for a best-of-three match (each player chooses one track, and the third track is randomly assigned by the system).

The top ten regions in terms of points will receive a 24-hour triple experience bonus.

Individuals or teams will earn achievement points and random treasures, while players in the defeated region will be randomly penalized with negative status effects.

After the server-wide announcement was broadcast three times, the entire God's Domain world instantly erupted in excitement!

"This is yet another earth-shattering change! The game developers have really pulled out all the stops this time! It's completely caught us off guard!"

"This is indeed an unprecedented large-scale event, with triple experience points and a stroke of good fortune."

"But speaking of which, this is the first time I've ever heard of 'experience points falling from the sky.' Does that mean experience points will automatically fall into your lap without you doing anything?"

"That's very likely the case."

"After all, this is an honor to be in the top ten of the leaderboard. Just think, our game has hundreds of server regions; how easy is it to stand out from the crowd?"

"Only servers with truly exceptional capabilities could achieve that."

"Don't rush to dream of the rewards of victory; look at the punishment for defeat—a negative status effect and the arrival of calamity, described in a vague way."

"It's precisely this ambiguity that makes it all the more unsettling. I absolutely do not want to become a victim! Can any of you top players guarantee our server's win rate? Please, help us out!"

"It's hard to say about the other servers, but our District 3 should have no major problems."

With the Legend figure Chongxing in Chongxing, who can rival him on the singles competition track!

"Don't get too excited, friends upstairs. Didn't you read the rules of this competition?"

"Apart from guild wars, all other events have restrictions on level, skill, and equipment balance."

Even if you use Chongxing Cheater again, it doesn't guarantee a win, right?

"You're obviously not from our third server."

"Can't we have a little faith in the Chongxing?"

"When has he ever let us down? Putting everything else aside, back in the day, he could solo the Hell difficulty Monster Altar at level 30, while you guys can't even clear the Normal difficulty yet, right?"

"Don't worry about that 'monster', no one else."