Nexon America seems to be on a roll these days, publishing new games like no other.
Dragon Nest
http://dragonnest.nexon.net
Closed beta: June 15th – June 20th
Open beta: July 26th – August 9th
Release date: TBA, but most other Nexon games appear to progress directly from OBT to official release.
Story line
+ Show Spoiler +
The Goddess Altea, creator of the land of Lagendia, is poisoned by her evil sister Vestinel. The poison can only be cured using an antidote made using the source of the poison itself, Vestinel's magic grail, which has disappeared somewhere within Lagendia. The players as heroes of Lagendia must comb the land fighting evil dragons in order to find power stones that enable them to communicate with the sleeping goddess in order to find the grail, wake her and save the world.
Pretty cheesy I will admit, but who plays MMO’s for the story?
Pretty cheesy I will admit, but who plays MMO’s for the story?
Dragon nest is free to play (with a cash shop addition) fantasy 3D action MMORPG developed by Eyedentity games, first released in Korea March 2010. The characters are freely controlled using a non-targeting combat system (much like mass effect) where the player has to manually aim all of his/her attacks. Characters are gender locked by class (for example, the archer is always a girl) and have their own backstory. The game revolves around a dungeon style system where each area must be cleared and their objectives completed before the next area is available. Experience is awarded on basis of dungeon competition and the killing of monsters. Dungeons may be accessed on a variety of levels going from easy to abyss in increasing difficulty.
Dragon Nest implements a system called Empowerment regarding exp gain through dungeons, which is explained below.
Empowerment explained
+ Show Spoiler +
Empowerment points are given daily. Each time you enter a dungeon above a certain level, you will use your empowerment points to gain bonus experience points.
Once your empowerment points are used up, you will have to wait until the next day to receive new points. However, you may continue to explore dungeons for standard experience point awards.
Once your empowerment points are used up, you will have to wait until the next day to receive new points. However, you may continue to explore dungeons for standard experience point awards.
I think this is a lot better than the stamina system they used in the asian releases - hooray nexon
At first glance, it may seem like a typical MMO with the standard skill trees and game system, but I think what really sets it apart is it's unconventional battle system. With free control over your characters actions (much like Vindictus) and the ability to chain a variety of combos (playing the closed beta, I can vouch that combos are incredibly fun and satisfying) the game seems very promising. The pvp element also looks amazing, from watching a few of the videos on youtube.
If you live outside of the United States, you can still play the game on the SEA servers.
On September 04 2011 20:30 Bigpet wrote:
Please update the OP so that it's saying that people outside of North America and Australia can sign up at:
http://dn.cherrycredits.com/
to participate in the SEA open beta there, no proxy shenanigans necessary (also works for EU, even though it's the SEA beta). The signup was bugged the last 4 days but today I could sign up without a problem.
Please update the OP so that it's saying that people outside of North America and Australia can sign up at:
http://dn.cherrycredits.com/
to participate in the SEA open beta there, no proxy shenanigans necessary (also works for EU, even though it's the SEA beta). The signup was bugged the last 4 days but today I could sign up without a problem.
Some videos:
On July 27 2011 06:17 sixduck wrote:
Acrobat vs Mercenary PvP
+ Show Spoiler +
Mercenary PVE
+ Show Spoiler +
The real reason to play this game (nsfw?)
+ Show Spoiler +
Acrobat vs Mercenary PvP
+ Show Spoiler +
Mercenary PVE
+ Show Spoiler +
The real reason to play this game (nsfw?)
+ Show Spoiler +
Update:
kellymilkies has formed a guild on the west server called TeamLiquid - PM her for an invite
The guild occupies mostly channel 3, so if you want to find them, they will be there.
List of West server players (TLid - DNid)
+ Show Spoiler +
Velskud
Gao Xi - ShaoZi
kellymilkies - kellymilkies
Grimjaw - grimjaw
Andymoo - Traxexx
Chairman Ray - Goodfriend
Dave[9] - DaveNine
Jyanki - Jyaki
sixduck - Sixduck
DeltaBlazy - DeltaBlaze
Zow - Beesuit
musai - moosai
bluefuzz - bluefuzz
Snorkle - Snorkle
suffo - SuFFo
Shinshady - Nondra
TaeYuTiCaYo - TaeYuTiCaYo
ghote - ghote
ArchonofFail - ArchonofFail
50caliber - TooBigForYou
unichan - unichan
-Dustin- - PriestDustin
0123456789 - HiNumbers
KtheZ - KtheZ
Engore - Engore
unDef - undef
Hinanawi - Remmie
Southlight - Kaduno
Bloodyscissors - Alyce
Erionn - Flandre
Dismay - Dismay
Flameling - ZealotS/StalkerS
Icysoul - Akais
Dox - DoxDox
FliedLice - RaizTSF
Navic - SpnkMeh
DragonSharp - HydroFox
Neurosis - Nookoms
ooni - YNoBoyArcher
Hold-Lurker - Brita
lucii - EcstatiK
JiYan - JiYan
Soulcage - Soulcage
BloodNinja - CnutTheGreat, Artamos
supmeow - Supm
felei - Felei
Umbrella - Flashlight
Engore - Engore
DriftAway - DriftAway
Elena
Nibber89 - ?
mahnini - saddles
iyoume - SashPrime
List of East server players (TLid - DNid)
+ Show Spoiler +
Gerrant
Zyferous - Zyferous
OpticalShot - IULove
MegaManEXE - SphealWithIt
GenesisStarcraft - xDarkMystic
Rage178 - Yenni
famz - Roirraw
faiyth - Tychus
zeuS~ - coastalTiDe
Thanatos1001 - ThanatosC
histerias - Histeria (?)
List of unspecified server players (let me know where you are)
[none]
If you play, and your name is not listed here, shoot me a PM. Likewise, if your name is listed there, but your character name/server has changed, shoot me a PM as well and I will update the OP.