Dragon Nest: December 2011

The Future

There been discussion about when the new update/patch for Dragon Nest (North American) is coming out. Some believe maybe a few days from now and some believe after the New Year. No one knows for sure but everyone knows what contents are new stuff is going to come out. Because Dragon Nest is not originally made in America, it was made in Korea and later translated into English. According to Dragon Nest Wiki, official Nexon’s wiki site, players will be stuck in Saint Haven till they reach level 40.

From the mmosite forum, it is listed that a new town name “Lotus Marsh” will come after Saint Haven. Players will be able to go there when they reach level 40. Also more points can be added to the players’ current skills. Also the new level cap will be level 40 so that players can go to Lotus Marsh but they will be stuck there until another update. Spadow’s blog provided some evidence from Dragon Nest Korea that players will need to pay more gold to learn new skills. The skills are powerful and strong but will cost a lot of gold and sometime even some in game items.

Lotus Marsh will be a town with a lot of trees and grass. It almost looks like a forest according to the video provided by dragonnestosoruce from Dragon Nest China. The bosses and dungeons will be longer and tougher. Fortunately so will be the characters that the players play. Players will be able to craft new gears set called “Apocalypse”. The materials that required crafting the set will be provided in a new nest. The materials and items required to craft this set is already listed in dnarmory.com. That will be the future of Dragon Nest; until next time.

Citation:

- Lotus Marsh - Dragon Nest Wiki. (n.d.). Dragon Nest Wiki - Dragon Nest Wiki. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://www.dragonnestwiki.com/Lotus_Marsh

- New MMORPGs,Hot MMORPGs,General MMORPG,MMORPG Pub,game pub - MMOsite.com. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://forum.mmosite.com/thread/2/217/20110210/NEW_NEST_BISHOPS_NEST_Lotus_Marsh_New_Job_Advance_Information-4dac375f9d30b8b13-1.html

- Dragon Nest: Lv. 40! « Spadow's Blog. (n.d.). Spadow's Blog. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://spadow.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/dragon-nest-lv-40/

- Dragon Nest Source - Dragon Nest CN - Lotus Marsh Town. (n.d.). Dragon Nest Source - Your #1 Dragon Nest Online NA & SEA Fansite . Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://www.dragonnestsource.com/forum/videos/general-1/dragon-nest-cn-lotus-marsh-town-48.htm

- Class. (n.d.). Items - Dragon Nest Armory. Dragon Nest Armory - Home. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://dnarmory.com/items?name=apocal&minlevel=33&maxlevel=40&type=Headgear&item_quality[]=4

The Present

A few months after open beta, according to mmosite the game was launched live on September 28 2011. Unlike closed beta, the players who played open beta won’t get their items and characters wipe clean, they are able to keep their items and characters. That the reward they get for being the open beta testers. When the game went live, a new town was added “Saint Haven”. Saint Haven is currently the town all the players are in because it was the latest update. According to Nexon, players are currently at level 32 and new pvp modes were provided. Saint Haven is the 4^th town Nexon have added and currently the last town since there is no updates yet. According to Dragon Nest Wiki, players are currently doing main story line and discovering about the ancient dragons. Massively, a famous forum for games provided a video of a NPC turning into a big giant dragon and players had to fight along with the dragon. Players enjoyed that and now excepting to see more dragon fights.

Currently, there is new nest called Cerberus nest where players go in to hunt the big bad dog with three heads. Players can gain materials and items upon defeating the three headed dog. Eventually they can use those materials and items to craft the latest epic gears in the game and become a super strong player. According to dnarmory.com, the players are required to gain a ton of materials and items before they can fully craft the latest epic gears called Cerberus Set. But when players have fully crafted the set, they will be at their strongest in the game.

Players are stuck at level 32 and trying to craft Cerberus Set that is what is currently happening in Dragon Nest.

Citation:

- Dragon Nest | News - Welcome To Saint’S Haven. (n.d.). Dragon Nest | The Fastest Online Action RPG!. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://dragonnest.nexon.net/news/news/00Cxx/welcome-to-saint-s-haven?page=4

- Dragon Nest(NA) Release Date Announced - MMORPG News - MMOsite.com. (n.d.). MMORPG News - MMOsite.com. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://news.mmosite.com/content/2011-09-21/dragon_nest_release_date_announced

- Saint's Haven - Dragon Nest Wiki. (n.d.). Dragon Nest Wiki - Dragon Nest Wiki. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://www.dragonnestwiki.com/Saint%27s_Haven

- Class. (n.d.). Dragon Nest Armory. Dragon Nest Armory - Home. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://dnarmory.com/set?i=13660160

The Past

Nexon announced about Dragon Nest during the game Expo. There were a limited about of close beta testing applications and applications closed on June 1^st, 2011. According to onrpg, Nexon sent emails to their players about the close beta applications and extended their service to Canada and Australia. A few weeks after the applications were closed; Nexon selected a limited numbers of testers and launched the close beta. According to BROWSERGAMEZ, Nexon declared that the testers will be rewarded when the game goes open beta. The closed beta was launched on the June 15^th and ended at June 20^th.

Davy Garaix, Dragon Nest Produer at Nexon America says that "The closed beta test exceeded our expectations considering the participation levels and the feedback we've been getting from players. The data we collected from the players and the responses they are providing via the Dragon Nest forums is proving invaluable as we continue to refine the game and make adjustments to the content and features." (mmosite) The close beta was a huge success that it didn’t take much time to release the Open Beta. According to Dragonnestosruce Open beta was launched on July 26. Many players joined open beta since the first hour it was launched. The game was free to play but players can donate money to support the company to be able to provide good services. According to mmorpg some failure Nexon had when they launched Dragon Nest is the classes are gender lock and it takes a large about of time to get to a higher level. Well that was Dragon Nest’s past when it was in Close/Open beta. Thank you and see you next time.

Sources:

- Dragon's Nest NA Closed BETA Applications - Closing June 1st - OnRPG Free MMORPG Forums. (n.d.). Free MMORPG Online Games & Free MMO RPG Directory - OnRPG.com. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://www.onrpg.com/boards/182364.html

- Dragon Nest NA Closed Beta Commence on June 15 - MMORPG News - MMOsite.com. (n.d.). MMORPG News - MMOsite.com. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://news.mmosite.com/content/2011-06-12

-Dragon Nest: Applications Are Closed and the Closed Beta Testing Has Begun | The latest news daily at browsergamez.com. (n.d.). Dragon Nest the free Online Game. Play Dragon Nest now for free | browsergamez.com. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://dragon-nest.browsergamez.com/news/1/764-dragon-nest-applications-are-closed-and-the-closed-beta-testing-has-begun.html

- Dragon Nest: Applications Are Closed and the Closed Beta Testing Has Begun | The latest news daily at browsergamez.com. (n.d.). Dragon Nest the free Online Game. Play Dragon Nest now for free | browsergamez.com. Retrieved December 2, 2011, from http://dragon-nest.browsergamez.com/news/1/764-dragon-nest-applications-are-closed-and-the-closed-beta-testing-has-begun.html

"Speed Run" podcast

In this post, a podcast/a video will be provided to explain the meaning of "speed run" and why its very important in the game. Have fun and I hope you like the podcast/video. This is my very first podcast, leave comments and tips for improvements and what not. Also a script is provided if you can't hear my voice well.

The Script:

Hello everyone, Yarsin here. Today you are going to learn how to speed run a dungeon. Speed run is very important in the game. Not only it helps you level up quick; you can also farm for materials and such. The best dungeon to speed run if you are below level 24 is Astral Coven Laboratory. Astral Coven Laboratory speed runs give you a lot of experience points and materials except you can only start doing it when you hit level 16. You won’t be able to speed run the dungeon by yourself before you hit 24. So you need to make a party with other people to speed up the process. But in this video, I am speed running the dungeon by myself because I am level 32 and have higher attack range. There are 3 sectors in the dungeon.

First Sector:

Kill the yellow spider mobs and go through the gate. More mobs will show up only this time with a mini boss, kill the yellow spider mobs and the mini boss and go towards the portal. You are done with the first sector and will be teleported to the second one.

Second Sector:

Go through the entrance, more spiders will appear, kill them. Go through the gate; more mobs will appear. But only kill the big yellow spiders and the mini boss then go toward the portal. You are done with the second sector and you will be teleported to the final sector.

Final Sector: The boss will appear with a cut scene, skip it to save time. Quickly try to kill the boss. When the boss is death, you are done. You receive your rewards and experience points. Keep speed running the dungeon till you are bored or tired of it.

Thank you for watching, see you next time.

Friday, December 2, 2011

The Future

The Present

The Past

"Speed Run" podcast