History VideoGame / DragonNest

** The Kali, a [[StatuesqueStunner tall, buxom, dark-skinned]] shaman enchantress who fights using a pair of fans and the aid of dark spirit magic. Her style of fighting is extremely [[DanceBattler acrobatic and evasive]], often throwing waves of magic attacks from mid-air. She can summon various spirit totems, ghosts, and possessed puppets to help her by providing buffs, debuffs, and more attacks. Her damage is primarily dark-element with a large amount of AOE and rapid-fire combos, allowing her to play as something of a mix between the Mystic and the Acrobat.

* GameMod: There's a site called Dragon Nest Mods where you can find a variety of mods, from targeting reticle mods to appearance changing mods. The client will break if you attempt to update while they're installed, due to Nexon frowning on them. Modders have a way to avoid this, but it won't be mentioned here.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: What happens when you die during a dungeon? You use up one of your life stones and return to the battle at full HitPoints and Mana at no penalty. You can do this up to five times a day. Itcan also be quite difficult to die, if equipped with some decent Magic or Rare equipment. There's even a title you can earn if you die five times in a row, and dead players even get an advantage as they turn into a ghost, allowing them to travel to a more advantageous position before they revive.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: What happens when you die during a dungeon? You use up one of your life stones and return to the battle at full HitPoints and Mana at no penalty. You can do this up to five times a day. It's can also be quite difficult to die, if equipped with some decent Magic or Rare equipment. There's even a title you can earn if you die five times in a row, and dead players even get an advantage as they turn into a ghost, allowing them to travel to a more advantageous position before they revive.

** (Currently unreleased in NA) The Kali, a [[StatuesqueStunner tall, buxom, dark-skinned]] shaman enchantress who fights using a pair of fans and the aid of dark spirit magic. Her style of fighting is extremely [[DanceBattler acrobatic and evasive]], often throwing waves of magic attacks from mid-air. She can summon various spirit totems, ghosts, and possessed puppets to help her by providing buffs, debuffs, and more attacks. Her damage is primarily dark-element with a large amount of AOE and rapid-fire combos, allowing her to play as something of a mix between the Mystic and the Acrobat.

''[[http://dragonnest.nexon.net/ Dragon Nest]]'' is a free-to-play MMORPG by Eyedentity Games and published by {{Creator/Nexon}}. In ''Dragon Nest'', players pick one of five (originally four) classes (which can all specialize in a subclass at level 15 and another at level 45 and fight through hordes of goblins, kobolds, undead, [[UglyCute poochums]], ogres, dark elves, lizardmen, wisps, trolls and minotaurs in a cutesy, SuperDeformed world. The game has an AlwaysOverTheShoulder camera (with the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' angle more akin to [=MMO=] fighters like ''VideoGame/S4League'' rather than the traditional position in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' -- era {{MMORPG}}s) and plays like a ThirdPersonShooter with a focus on short-to-middle-range combat and melee.

* BigEater: Argenta is always hungry and she is always angry about being hungry. the majority of the quests she gives until you get to Saint's Haven are to fetch her numerous edibles and remedies for her to snarf down in one fistful while your character watches in horror at how fast she can eat it. She guzzles ten bottles of booze in one sitting and then complains that you took too long to get so little.

''[[http://dragonnest.nexon.net/ Dragon Nest]]'' is a free-to-play MMORPG by Eyedentity Games and published by {{Creator/Nexon}}. In ''Dragon Nest'', players pick one of five (originally four) classes (which can all specialize in a subclass at level 15 and another at level 45 and fight through hordes of goblins, undead, [[UglyCute poochums]], ogres, dark elves, lizardmen, wisps, trolls and minotaurs in a cutesy, SuperDeformed world. The game has an AlwaysOverTheShoulder camera (with the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' angle more akin to [=MMO=] fighters like ''VideoGame/S4League'' rather than the traditional position in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' -- era {{MMORPG}}s) and plays like a ThirdPersonShooter with a focus on short-to-middle-range combat and melee.

''[[http://dragonnest.nexon.net/ Dragon Nest]]'' is a free-to-play MMORPG by Eyedentity Games and published by {{Creator/Nexon}}. In ''Dragon Nest'', players pick one of five (originally four) classes (which can all specialize in a subclass at level 15 and another at level 45 and fight through hordes of goblins, undead, [[UglyCute poochums]], and minotaurs in a cutesy, SuperDeformed world. The game has an AlwaysOverTheShoulder camera (with the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' angle more akin to [=MMO=] fighters like ''VideoGame/S4League'' rather than the traditional position in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' -- era {{MMORPG}}s) and plays like a ThirdPersonShooter with a focus on short-to-middle-range combat and melee.

** The Academic is the TokenMiniMoe who can choose between using a [[{{BFG}} giant]] [[SmallGirlBigGun cannon]] or a BubbleGun. She works well as either a [=DPSer=] or a supporter and can summon a MiniMecha, Alfredo, (which is only about the size of an Orc or so) to aid her in battle. Her two job advancements are [[TheEngineer Engineer]] (specializing in physical damage) and Alchemist (specializing in magical damage). TheEngineer uses a cannon as her signature weapon and gains spells for Alfredo to use at his disposal and also the ability to summon up to 3 [[MiniMecha Mecha]][[AnimalMecha ducks]] and a bunch of cool towers; one that calls for MoreDakka, one that launches bombs, a literally [[IncrediblyLamePun cool]] tower, and one that shoots [[ChainsawGood CHAINSAWS]]! (Though the latter is only available to the Korean and Chinese servers as of now, as it is exclusive to the Gear Master class, an advancement of the Engineer). Of course, she does gain more spells to be used with her cannon, too! One of the abilities (the final one in that tree, to be exact) turns her BFG UpToEleven into an even larger BFG which is the very epitome of MoreDakka. The Alchemist on the other hand, uses a rather unique gameplay style that uses something called 'phantoms' in her spells; some generating them while some consuming them to increase their effectiveness. The Alchemist uses [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] elemental spells in her attacks in one tree, while going down the other focuses more on poisoning her enemies.

* ComboBreaker: The Priest and Mercenary both have an attack that allow them to KnockBack anyone near them if they're flinching from an attack.

** Some classes also obtain secondary recovery attacks when they reach their second job. The Mercenary performs a staggering shout that he can use any time he's hit with an attack that flinches him. The Swordsman can recover from being attacked mid-air with a cross energy blade.

* ShockwaveStomp: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Stomp]] skill.

** OurTimeMachineIsDifferent: It de-ages you into a 12-year old girl.

* KnightOfCerebus: The Black Knight is a literal example.

* BigBadWannabe: Elena the Dark Elf Queen attacks Carderock Pass at least two times with an army of monsters, and seems to consider herself TheRival to [[ActionGirl Argenta]]. Argenta considers Elena little more than a nuisance. To put things in perspective, the (presumably) true BigBad has administered several {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s to both Argenta and the player character, while Elena goes down ridiculously fast once you actually fight her.

* HarderThanHard: There are actually two difficulties above the Hard difficulty when running dungeons. There is the Master difficulty which is pretty much just another buff to the enemy stats and increase in number of enemies spawned. Then there is the Abyss difficulty, which is not only harder than Master but also contains {{MiniBoss}}es at regular intervals, as well as sometimes making you face [[DualBoss TWO copies of the End Boss]] in the last room. The double end bosses are always those that become mooks later on.

* LivingMacGuffin: Rose.

* KnightOfCerebus: The Black Knight, literally, who CurbStomps the player whenever they try to fight him.

* KnightOfCerberus: The Black Knight, literally, who CurbStomps the player whenever they try to fight him.

* KnightofCerberus: The Black Knight, literally, who CurbStomps the player whenever they try to fight him.

* DeathFromAbove: Paladin can drop a giant cross from the sky.
** The Priest is also capable of this, but drops smaller relics that can either [[HealThyself heal,]] [[ShockAndAwe fire lightning]] at nearby enemies, immobilize the opponent (As of the level 32 update) or [[StandardStatusEffects cure debuffs.]] The drop damage of the priest's relics is far lower, though. The Sharpshooter also has a skill [[ExactlyWhatItSaysontheTin named]] RainOfArrows. The Paladin also has the skill Electric Smite, where he leaps up, then smashes into the ground, creating lightning bolts. The aerial attacks of each class can also qualify.

* DropTheHammer: The warriors can use hammers. The Paladin's Sacred Hammering also counts as well, as it appeared and deal extra damage when using normal attack.
** UpToEleven for the level 40 update, The Paladin now have Thor's Hammer which smashes the enemies in front of him 3 times as his Ultimate skill.

* TournamentPlay: The Korean version was included in the 2011 WCG. The class performances were rather surprising considering the {{Metagame}} -- The 1V1 final was between an Acrobat (considered relatively balanced) and a Priest (considered mildly underpowered in PVP despite being crucial in [[PlayerVersusEnvironment PVE]]), with the former coming out on top.

* YouGetKnockedDownYouGetBackUpAgain: Averted. Both players in PvP and monsters in [[PlayerVersusEnvironment PvE]] ''will'' [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown attack your player if knocked down]]. This also leads to a CycleOfHurting as your character is never given the time to get back on their feet, due to a brief delay after every attack before your character can roll or perform a RecoverAttack.

Combat is similar to the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' series, where even normal attacks will (barring glitches or lag) hit everything the animation connects with and enemy attacks can be dodged on sight. Skills are huge, devastating and gorgeously animated especially for the spellcasting classes. Despite all the power at the players' disposal caution is still necessary as ''all'' enemies have at least one attack than can stagger or launch the PlayerCharacter and even {{Mooks}} have a nasty habit of [[GangUpOnTheHuman cooperating to juggle or 'stun-lock' the player to death.]] Most bosses are usually much larger than the {{Player Character}}s, much more resistant to interruption and have proportionally more massive attacks. They also have a horrifying tendency to show up in the same capacity as a DegradedBoss later on -- only ''without'' the degradation!.

* LesYay: If you're playing as an Archer or a Sorceress, you may not want to know what Argenta did [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbIJnprzzDM to]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l80VtW5Qti4t you.]]
** Similar to HoYay, Stella will ask you on your opinion of Archer Isillien. You can also reply that you have a crush on her ("I think I'm in love..."), even when playing as a Sorceress or Archer.

** TheArcher is a ranged [=DPSer=] who plays like a Third-Person-Shooter and uses longbows, shortbows and crossbows. It can advance into a Sharp Shooter or an Acrobat. [[MoreDakka Sharp Shooters]] focus on their long-ranged attacks to [[RainOfArrows destroy enemies from afar]], and [[ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon Acrobats]] stay in close range, mixing up [[KickChick kicks and other physical attacks]] into their combos to stunlock enemies to death.

* RecoveryAttack: All of the classes have different attacks when knocked to the ground. TheArcher performs a spinning kick, the Warrior performs a quick slash, the cleric performs a GroundPound and the Sorceress fires a blast of magic. However, these attacks are often too slow in PvP, meaning the best way to escape from an attack is to roll away. Your character will eventually get to their feet if on the ground for a few moments.

''[[http://dragonnest.nexon.net/ Dragon Nest]]'' is a free-to-play MMORPG by Eyedentity Games and published by {{Creator/Nexon}}. In ''Dragon Nest'', players pick one of five (originally four) classes (which can all specialize in a subclass at level 15 and another at level 45... in the Korean version) and fight through hordes of goblins, undead, [[UglyCute poochums]], and minotaurs in a cutesy, SuperDeformed world. The game has an AlwaysOverTheShoulder camera (with the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' angle more akin to [=MMO=] fighters like ''VideoGame/S4League'' rather than the traditional position in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' -- era {{MMORPG}}s) and plays like a ThirdPersonShooter with a focus on short-to-middle-range combat and melee.