History YMMV / DungeonFighterOnline

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGHtfEHJZwU&hd=1 menu screen's music]] is pretty awesome. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQqCwdSt2x0&feature=related Purgatorium's track]] is also pretty epic.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsOyzPVZM80&feature=related The original Korean version of said menu screen.]] It's called Wind Of You, and you're welcome.
** The boss music for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWCMWcvpgY&feature=related Castellan Sieghart]]
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkcW9vcEuis PVP music]], which is an abridged version of one of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO0ER2ZaZj8 later dungeons' music]].
** By extension, every single boss theme qualifies as this.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjSf6n76Uho&feature=related Golem Tower]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUQvapOm20M&feature=related The new Grakqarak theme]].
** Three words. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4EUxlcgcvU Death Dragon Spirazzi]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlD1u-EDx_g Final Pursuit]]. Need I say more.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlBHXIXvMn0 Hell Monster]], the theme for Hell Mode.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh4jy8mPB_g The theme for]] Pandemonium Rift.

** With no context whatsoever, the [[http://www.dfoneople.com/news/events/Adventurer-Maker Adventurer Maker event]] might seem like an overly simplistic ShoutOut or [[AffectionateParody parody]] of [[RaisingSim Raising Sims]] like [[{{VideoGame/PrincessMaker}} Princess Maker]]. In the grand scheme of [=DFOG=] events, however, it just seems [[QuirkyWork really weird]], totally out of left field, and might leave some players wondering what the hell Neople's staff members were thinking about when designing the event.

** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DFO/comments/a8yunc/why_have_people_lost_faith_in_kdnf/ A video]] (in Korean - translation in the comments) details why the original version of ''Dungeon & Fighter'' seems to be in dire straits. In a nutshell, Kiri's Promise[[labelnote:*]]a variant of the reinforcement protection ticket which [[BribingYourWayToVictory keeps the reinforcement level]] on a failure that would've broken the equipment instead of resetting it to +0[[/labelnote]], the aforementioned Beast debacle (paired with Nexon's inaction on banning players macroing through Beast), and a laser focus on mobile gaming at the expense of level 95 cap content (despite several mobile ''[=DnF=]'' spinoffs ''outright failing'') made Korean players' expectations waver quite a bit. To add insult to injury, 2018's [=DnF=] Winter Festival spent only about a fourth of the eight hour presentation talking about new level 95 content, while the rest of it was about DPL[[labelnote:*]][[https://www.dfoneople.com/news/events/1005/DFO-Premier-League-2018?page=1 DFO Premier League]], a speedrunning event where, naturally, the ones that paid to win the most have the best chance of winning - Kiri's Promise abusers included[[/labelnote]] and yet another mobile game spinoff. The only thing that got ''any'' reaction from the mostly silent audience was the reveal of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RG8Y254L5Q Project BBQ]]'', a 3D SpiritualSuccessor. Not even the reveal of two veteran classes getting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WuLbHINq58&feature=youtu.be their own]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPjAZA1RTo4&feature=youtu.be fifth subclasses]] did anything for the audience - in fact, those official trailers are about one-thirds ''dislikes'' on Website/YouTube.

* BreakoutCharacter: Berserker and Vagabond in the Chinese version. The Berserker subclass is one of the more popular ones in the game, mainly for his ability to perform well even in horrendous lag (especially in PlayerVersusPlayer settings) thanks to his incredibly large area of effect attacks. The Vagabond, on the other hand, is popular for thematic rather than gameplay reasons since she's an [[ActionGirl Action]] AnimeChineseGirl. Unsurprisingly, both the male and female Slayer base classes were the first ones to receive third Awakenings, with the Berserker specifically getting an announcement for his from the Chinese version first rather than the Korean one.

** "Bug Mage" for Battle Mage, because of her numerous [[GameBreakingbug gameplay bugs]] and the fact that Neople is content with not fixing them.

** To give you an idea of what status makes an enemy a goddamned bat: ranged attacks (aforementioned scorpions), being immune to launching (whisps/stalkers are hard because you can't use conventional combos to stop them attacking), or have an annoying gimmick that gets in the way of battle (the flare worms at Dendroid Hub)Generally, they won't kill you, but they will be a headache to deal with in a crowd for various reasons.

* LGBTFanbase: Gay {{Rule34}} of DFO characters comes in only slightly less numbers compared to their Straight counterparts, as the DNF tags of Website/{{Tumblr}} and Website/{{Pixiv}} can confirm. The most popular characters for this are the [[WalkingShirtlessScene Male Fighter]] and the [[TheBigGuy Male Priest.]]

** "Who wants to be sacrificed first?": One player gets a yellow aura, while the other three get red auras. The player with the yellow aura needs to keep an eye out on the others, watching for which player Ozma is targeting with his FrickinLaserBeams and run past them to knock them over so that they can use a Quick Rebound to avoid the lasers. The problem is that the lasers fire at an incredibly fast pace, and the party is likely running around trying to avoid everything else when this gimmick kicks in. In most cases, players will just iframe through the lasers if they can instead of trying to do the gimmick properly.

* OvershadowedByControversy: A lot of average people got their first exposure of DFO not through the game's InvisibleAdvertising, nor through anecdotes of how bad the game ostensibly is from long-time players, but through [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xglwJft6Nec Kira TV's coverage of an insider illegal real money trade incident]] initially valued at US$2.4 million and/or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srI7KR9-mp0 Asmongold's reaction]] to said video.

** With no context whatsoever, the [[http://www.dfoneople.com/news/events/Adventurer-Maker Adventurer Maker event]] might seem like an overly simplistic ShoutOut or [[AffectionateParody parody]] of [[RaisingSim Raising Sims]] like [[{{VideoGame/PrincessMaker}} Princess Maker]]. In the grand scheme of [=DFOG=] events, however, it just seems [[WidgetSeries really weird]], totally out of left field, and might leave some players wondering what the hell Neople's staff members were thinking about when designing the event.

** Sometime in September 2020, it was [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DFO/comments/ipvhnl/kdnf_gm_super_account_issue/ discovered]] that a GM on the Korean version of the game was abusing development tools to spawn best-in-slot gear upgraded to whale-tier heights not only to use himself, but also to sell illegally to other people. On the one hand, some people think the GM's impending lawsuit by Neople for this incident is a justified punishment. On the other hand, some hardcore players somewhat sympathized with the fact that the GM gave himself best-in-slot gear, since obtaining it legitimately is excessively hard even for whales due to the game's brutal RandomNumberGod mechanics for Epic-dropping dungeons and gear upgrade systems. There are also those that outright wish for ''DFO Global'' to have a similar scandal simply to obtain all of the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DFO/comments/iust0b/holy_the_super_account_problem_update_insane/ apology items]] the Korean version gave out, not realizing that the scandal will slow down development of far more than just [=KDnF=]. The latter group [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor did ultimately get their wish somewhat]] with the reveal that [[https://www.dfoneople.com/news/notices/3559/A-Message-from-Live-Director-Jong a Neople employee had used admin privileges in DFO Global to generate items worth over 7,000,000,000,000 Gold, forcing the previous Global director to step down]], resulting in the distribution of a substantial compensation package consisting of several extremely valuable paid items.

** Sometime in September 2020, it was [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DFO/comments/ipvhnl/kdnf_gm_super_account_issue/ discovered]] that a GM on the Korean version of the game was abusing development tools to spawn best-in-slot gear upgraded to whale-tier heights not only to use himself, but also to sell illegally to other people. On the one hand, some people think the GM's impending lawsuit by Neople for this incident is a justified punishment. On the other hand, some hardcore players somewhat sympathized with the fact that the GM gave himself best-in-slot gear, since obtaining it legitimately is excessively hard even for whales due to the game's brutal RandomNumberGod mechanics for Epic-dropping dungeons and gear upgrade systems. There are also those that outright wish for ''DFO Global'' to have a similar scandal simply to obtain all of the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DFO/comments/iust0b/holy_the_super_account_problem_update_insane/ apology items]] the Korean version gave out, not realizing that the scandal will slow down development of far more than just [=KDnF=].

* {{Altitis}}: The game is very friendly towards this: by default, you can have up to 25 different characters and can buy up to 75 additional slots from the ingame store (out of 60+ currently available classes and subclasses) and the FP system also makes playing them mandatory if you want to play more than 2-4+ hours per day it takes to exhaust all your FP on a single character. The game also encourages this with the Arad Adventurers system, which gives you an increasing stat and experience boost the more high-level characters you have on your account, and the ability to send characters to explore for varying lengths of real-life time.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Neople developer MJ is well-known for pulling these on ''DFO Global''.
** As mentioned below under BrokenBase, avatars released in 2018 onwards were made tradeable between players.
** After MJ had a rather spectacular RandomNumberGod-induced [[HeroicBSOD meltdown]] on the official DFO Discord server regarding the Korean version's [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} MIKUMIKU]] [[https://www.dfoneople.com/news/sales/MIKUMIKU-Package package]][[labelnote:Say what now?]]He spent hundreds of USD worth in Korean won trying to roll an aura MJ designed himself, and he [[ShaggyDogStory still never got it]][[/labelnote]], he promised that ''Global'''s version of the package would have none of that. Indeed, when the package released on August 4th, 2018, no RNG elements were present.
** Averted with the stealth removal of the [=NeoPremium=] contract from Canna's slot machine. MJ [[LockedOutOfTheLoop wasn't informed of the change]] and the best he could do was [[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/348770099?t=53m18s lay out the problem]][[labelnote:*]]People were getting too much of a supposedly subscription service for free, plain and simple[[/labelnote]] without the "PR speak" that [[BrokenBase incensed the fanbase]] in the first place. The reveal that [=NeoPremium=]'s monthly subscription price was going to be dropped from roughly US$30 to US$9 did nothing to stem the anger. As one [[Website/{{Reddit}} /r/dfo]] user puts it:
--> "Reminder that 9$ is not a reduction from 30$, but an increase from the 0$ they left in so long it turned into the default state of our server."
** For the Korean version, the gearing changes made after the release of the level 95 cap are this. Raid-ready Epic gear is orders of magnitude faster to get than in level 90 cap, and one can even change the armor type of said equipment through recipes if need be. Even so, Kang Jung Ho, the game's director as of December 2018, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DFO/comments/a9dtk9/kdnf_122519_directors_note_on_winter_update/ noted]] that more long-overdue quality of life improvements are in order, such as the unusual difficulty in obtaining swap gear.
** The 2021 [=WinterFes=] stream revealed a bunch of quality of life changes slated for 2022 to address a bevy of complaints that players currently have with the game. This includes reintroducing difficulty levels into Scenario Quests to give new players optional difficulty choices and ways to get gear as well as giving endgame players more content to do, adding a ticket system for "advanced" dungeons like Oculus[[note]]Instead of consuming 30 FP to enter a dungeon, you can now spend 30 FP to buy a ticket that lets you enter the dungeon, with the ticket having no expiration and no limit on weekly entries, allowing players to spend unused FP to buy dungeon entries on characters they don't have time to play on and postpone them for when they're comfortable[[/note]], and a greatly overhauled gear system for Lv. 105 equipment[[note]]Rare/Unique Lv. 105 gear will become the new standard for "early-game" gearing and buff swap gear, while Legendary Lv. 105 gear will become equivalent to Epics in power but as tradable items. Epic Lv. 105 armor/accessories/specials will do away with SetBonus in favor of a growth system that lets you feed unwanted Epics into a 105 Epic to power up its Equipment Options, giving players flexibility while also deemphasizing Epic sets, Epic Lv. 105 weapons will have a greatly boosted drop rate for the character's class, and the Epic farming process will move to normal dungeons rather than Hell Party or Guide of Wisdom[[/note]].