This will bring the game up to 80% of the way to Korean version only missing some content and the very latest balance fixes. Content is being released at a fairly regular pace with new events every 2 weeks and a larger patch every month or so. New scenario dungeons introduced will streamline leveling a lot so it would likely be a good time to retry the game if you are interested.
Once upon a time a little Korean game called Dungeon Fighter Online (or Dungeon and Fighter, DFO/DNF) went into beta in the US and later launched, then went through a large content update. It was an arcade-style sidescrolling beat 'em up with levels, dungeons, gear, pvp, and a convoluted story. In Korea it's been part of a televised league and was part of WCG 2009. Justin Wong was even a community manager for the game.
On June 13, 2013 Nexon shut the US servers down and everybody who played lost all of their progress forever.
On May 15, DFO will have an alpha test run by Neople, the developer.Source
Right now little is known about what state the game will be in when the test begins, but I'll be sure to update the OP when the time comes.
Great news! I always enjoyed DFO. Great sprite work, old school beat-em-up madness, and had my perfect vision of what a battle mage should be.
Sadly, the US release was disappointing with the cash shop and agonizing grind in the beginning. I hope this reboot will be up to date with the Korean version.
On May 13 2014 07:53 Lolimaiko wrote: Great news! I always enjoyed DFO. Great sprite work, old school beat-em-up madness, and had my perfect vision of what a battle mage should be.
Sadly, the US release was disappointing with the cash shop and agonizing grind in the beginning. I hope this reboot will be up to date with the Korean version.
I'm not aware of any major differences in the cash shop besides KDnF at one point allowing you to simply buy your advanced avatars off the market, but yeah, Nexon's awful sometimes.
I really loved the battlemage (it was my first character and Bellatrix was the coolest.) I am cautiously optimistic, but this could go terribly!
On May 13 2014 07:57 LSB wrote: I've heard many good things about DFO, however I refuse to play any games run by Nexon america so I'll keep an eye out on this.
Thankfully Nexon NA's not involved in it this time. This should be a good thing.
Downloaded it last night only got to play for about an hour. I started as a Priest I'm like level 4 or 5... Is anyone else here playing this? I might get my brother to play with me but could always use some TL people to play with.
I'm willing to create a new character and start at level 1 with you. My play time is usually Noon-6pm EST.
I kept finding this game while i was searching for something exactly like it but ofc it was shutdown. I also have a few weeks of free time while i wait for a police-check to process for my new job...yeah, my life is going to involve alot of DFO.
Lvl 4 female gunner - Cappette (Chosen purely for the +speed, ofc... )
I may or may not be on that character, i have plans to try out the priest / mage i created too.
I'm level 14 now on my Priest I've just been spending all my QP's in VIT since my buffs work based on my max VIT and leveling one heavy damage skill and the other 2 skills I have are to continue combos and knock-up enemies. I was just checking the new skills I could get before I logged off last night not sure what to get.
Also if anyone wants to trade Priest pots/Heavy armor pots for Other class/armor pots pm me in game or on here.
IGN: Eurynomos
EDIT: I'm level 20 now and I got my job change I wanted to be more for buffs but even using quick party I'm usually playing alone. So I chose avenger but the game doesn't really give you a good description of what a class does before you choose it... So I really don't even know what I chose :D.
Do you have to use a facebook login in order to play the game or is this just something for the alpha? Will probably pass altogether if I can't make a separate login.
Just hit my first advancement on my gunner. Now a lvl 20 (1? maybe) Launcher.
Big guns are fun and all, but slayers look so much more badass then every other class its ridiculous
I mean, i have a giant gun strapped to my back, but im in a pink fucking dress, theres so many cool variations of slayers ive seen. Damn that speed gauge being bigger on the female gunner.
Again - Cappette in-game
@Battleaxe, i just use a fake email/facebook combo for it lol. You can literally get one of those temp. email addresses and use it i think. If not it doesnt take long to do it yourself with a seperate email.
Keep in mind this is just alpha so once they end it there's almost a 100% guarantee they're going to wipe everything again. Before everyone starts going crazy leveling and whatnot, may want to hold off until at least beta whenever that hits
On May 22 2014 02:59 Battleaxe wrote: Keep in mind this is just alpha so once they end it there's almost a 100% guarantee they're going to wipe everything again. Before everyone starts going crazy leveling and whatnot, may want to hold off until at least beta whenever that hits
yeah thats true, guess I wont play until they confirm no wipe
On May 22 2014 02:59 Battleaxe wrote: Keep in mind this is just alpha so once they end it there's almost a 100% guarantee they're going to wipe everything again. Before everyone starts going crazy leveling and whatnot, may want to hold off until at least beta whenever that hits
yeah thats true, guess I wont play until they confirm no wipe
I wonder if they will give out rewards for players that reach X level before wipe like most MMO's?
Im just picking out what i want to play atm, i think im settled on having a Launcher + Asura duo, just levelling up a slayer to try the asura now but it looks shweeeeeeeeeet.
So my friend invited me to play DFO. He's got a lot of experience with the game so he ran me through the quickest way to lvl 20 and advancement (I ended up choosing brawler). So far it's pretty fun, especially with friends. I just got to where I can start doing arena so I'm very excited about that. Took him and I about 5 hours and a bit of pre-existing knowledge to get both of our characters to level 20. Definitely would recommend this game to someone looking for a fun time with friends outside of SC or Dota.
On May 23 2014 13:20 fly.stat wrote: So my friend invited me to play DFO. He's got a lot of experience with the game so he ran me through the quickest way to lvl 20 and advancement (I ended up choosing brawler). So far it's pretty fun, especially with friends. I just got to where I can start doing arena so I'm very excited about that. Took him and I about 5 hours and a bit of pre-existing knowledge to get both of our characters to level 20. Definitely would recommend this game to someone looking for a fun time with friends outside of SC or Dota.
Hey any general tips and tricks you picked up for a fellow newbie?
- The Alpha was more successful than anticipated and thus the return of Global DFO is confirmed. - The Alpha will end on the 13th of June. - Character names/levels will be retained. Everything else will be wiped. - No ETA on official return date.
On January 07 2015 16:47 AssyrianKing wrote: I actually researched this game today, saw it on the OGN commercials, BUT NOT COMING OUT UNTIL MARCH
I really loved this game so much, I can't wait for it to come back man....
had a few diff chars, but my best / favorite one was the gun fighter I believe he was called...The PvP was so fun in this game, really micro oriented..can't wait !
I've seen some knockoffs but I don't think there's anything quite like it. You'll just have to wait until March! I'll be there, I guess as a summoner named Dismay if we're not getting a wipe.
What I've read so far from the facebook page/friends who read it and update me is that we'll probably basically have the Korean version as far as fatigue and respeccing goes. That means a limited number of rooms per day (which I think is better for the economy anyway) and free respecs. If I weren't lazy I'd source all of this stuff, but alas.
As far as hacking is concerned, the alpha wasn't running any anti-hack stuff that I'm aware of or if it was it was grossly outdated because the client was the old Nexon one. I want to say that part will be better. As for gold sellers, they're dedicated to clearing them up but I'm not sure how successful they'll be. Their current implication is that you can no longer trade gold directly and instead have to go through their auction house, which has fees and stuff. Effectiveness pending.
East server works fine (I had trouble yesterday getting into the low level channels, but anything 20+ has given me no problems), west server was barely functional and now is down entirely.
I think after tonight's maintenance it'll be fine over on West. I'm on East with a whole bunch of other friends and for the most part the servers have been fine.
It feels so, so weird being able to respec whenever I want. It's almost wrong, but I love it, and now I know the joy of Big Sis Louise.
Season 2 (All in One) patch is coming in a week: http://www.dfoneople.com/news/updates/Season2-Reborn This will bring the game up to 80% of the way to Korean version only missing some content and the very latest balance fixes. Content is being released at a fairly regular pace with new events every 2 weeks and a larger patch every month or so. New scenario dungeons introduced will streamline leveling a lot so it would likely be a good time to retry the game if you are interested.
I actually just started playing again and man I forgot how much fun I had playing this hah. There is so much more content then I remember from a couple years ago when I tried it last.
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