History YMMV / DragonNest

* {{Shipping}}: Quite inevitable, considering how each of the character classes are treated as distinct individuals, and would occasionally show up as named NPC's in other players' storyline. Warrior (Xian) is usually paired with Archer (Triana), while Sorceress (Angelica) is often shipped with Cleric (Edan).

* BaseBreaker:

** "[[LeetSpeak w3ws]]" for the [[{{GIFT}} unrepentant]] {{troll}}s and {{griefer}}s in the [=SEA=] server, [[UnfortunateImplications usually attributed to Filipino players]] (see TheScrappy below).

** Also, the Swordmaster's [[RazorWind Cyclone]] [[BladeSpam Slash]], which can [[CycleOfHurting juggle its target]] ForMassiveDamage. At higher levels (and in one of their third job classes), this ''melee'' class gains a variety of {{Sword Beam}}s, which mostly avert the ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon situation endemic to this game. Think about this for a moment.

** Elementalists in [[PlayerVersusEnvironment PvE]] freeze an opponent as many as 3 times [[DamageIncreasingDebuff as each freeze increases the damage dealt by 50%, for a total of 338%]], then cast [[{{Hellfire}} Fiery Vortex]] (~2550% Magic Damage) on it ForMassiveDamage which can [[OneHitKill take out almost anything in one shot]].

** Wisps are like bats in that they are hard to hit due to size, but with much higher health. Their attacks, while doing low damage, can knock back players more often and frequently stop a skill from casting. Every type of Wisp has one or more signature abilities:

* {{Shipping}}: Quite inevitable, due to the intersecting storyline of the Player Classes, and that these character classes occasionally show up as named NPC's in other player's storyline. Warrior (Xian) is usually paired with Archer (Triana), while Sorceress (Angelica) is shipped with Cleric (Edan).

* AbridgedArenaArray: The level 40 patch gives us the Dark Overlord Training Camp which had a GoodBadBug allowing for SequenceBreaking {{Speed Run}}s. This became a popular training spot for SuperSpeed classes like Warriors and Archers but it made MightyGlacier [[CombatMedic Clerics]] [[TierInducedScrappy Tier Induced Scrappies]] as a result. Needless to say, it spawned '''MASSIVE''' {{Flame War}}s between Clerics and ''everyone else'' in the [=SEA=] server.

* BaseBreaker: The AbridgedArenaArray mentioned above.

* FanNickname: Gladus Tek Ma, for the Cleric's Block spell, as well as the Sorceress' two AntiMagic spells.

*** This originated from Filipino gamers' usual behavior of typing "wew" instead of "wow" when doing an online FacePalm since the letter 'e' is closer to 'w' on the keyboard than 'o'. It would be impractical to type "wow" when playing a ''very'' fast-paced game where [[SeriousBusiness a single second of delay could mean victory or defeat for the players]]. However, [[SturgeonsLaw 90% of them]] started to type 'w3w' instead of 'wew' to show off their [[StopHavingFunGuys elitist air]].

* FoeYay: Warrior Trainer Chandler and Typhoon Krag (see HoYay below). Sadly, it passes down to Typhoon Krag's son and Chandler's I-am-not-your-disciple (who happens to be the Player Character).

* GoodBadBugs: The Harsh suffix (bleeding damage-over-time) used to lack a cooldown despite having a rather long one in its description, allowing fast attackers like crossbow Archers to stack the debuff endlessly and vaporize both {{Mighty Glacier}}s and {{Damage Sponge Boss}}es in no time flat. This has apparently been fixed in a recent patch along with a general rebalancing of prefixes and suffixes.

* HoYay:
** Warrior Trainer Chandler and his.. "Rival" Typhoon Krag.
-->'''Chandler:''' I still remember the feel of his breath against my cheek as our weapons clashed for the first time...\\
'''Player Character:''' Too much information. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!
** If you are good friends with Sorceress Stella, she will ask you on your opinion on Warrior Rodingo. One of the answers you can give is "I have a crush on him!" ''even if you are playing as a Warrior or Cleric.''
* 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.]]

* TierInducedScrappy: Some players think that the devs perceive the [[BlackMage Mystic]] / [[TimeMaster Force]] [[GravityMaster User]] [[FrickinLaserBeams class]] as a GameBreaker so they keep hitting it with the {{Nerf}}bat '''HARD'''. First, they decreased its base damage output, then they ''increased the casting time of Mystic spells''. But what really takes the cake is the nerfing of [[TimeStandsStill Time Stop]]'s effect duration in {{PvP}}.

* UglyCute: Poochums.

** The fact that the Ancients were able to [[spoiler:make a seal stone for the Monolith]] in such a short amount of time is impressive. [[spoiler:That is, until you find out [[HumanResources what it's made of...]]]]

* GoodBadBugs: The Harsh suffix (bleeding damage-over-time) used to lack a cooldown despite having a rather long one in its description, allowing fast attackers like crossbow Archers to stack the debuff endlessly and vaporize both {{Meat Shield}}s and {{Damage Sponge Boss}}es in no time flat. This has apparently been fixed in a recent patch along with a general rebalancing of prefixes and suffixes.

* TheScrappy:
** Warriors. They are pretty much hated anywhere, in any section of the game. [[PlayerVersusEnvironment PvE]]? [[DivideAndConquer People complain that they push away creeps from each other]], preventing other party members from nuking them all in one shot, and that they have the worst damage. PvP? [[GameBreaker People complain that they are too overpowered]].
*** To put it in perspective, there have been times on the Dragon Nest forum where people have posted suggestion threads to ''[[FanDumb remove Warrior from the game as a class choice]].''
*** It's not the class that the people hate, I observe. It's just that [[SturgeonsLaw 90% of Warrior users, particularly Swordmasters]], are clones of LeeroyJenkins whose one and only strategy is AttackAttackAttack.
** Regarding PvP, if the Paladins haven't reached this trope yet, they're on their way to doing so soon. See the GameBreaker entry above.
** The [=SEA=] server is a perfect demonstration on why Filipino gamers are hated in Eastern [=MMORPG=] servers in the same way the Brazilians are widely hated in Western servers. Usual hate reasons are pretty much the same for both nationalities: a {{Noob}} mentality taken UpToEleven, OverNineThousand levels of {{Whoring}}, a sense of nationalism that would put {{Eagleland}} to shame, and speaking in a [[StarfishLanguage strange language]] that nobody understands except themselves. It goes FromBadToWorse if you try to [[WhatTheHellHero call them out on it]] because they will call racism at moment's notice.
*** To the point that other Filipino gamers find them very annoying.

** Clerics in [[PlayerVersusEnvironment PvE]] became this trope in the level 40 patch with the release of the Dark Overlord Training Camp due to their MightyGlacier status. Well, fine, except that ''[[StopHavingFunGuys a lot of players]]'' from the level 24 patch have played as [[ThatDamnKen Paladins]] due to their GameBreaker status in PvP, leaving them wasting hours upon hours of searching for DOTC parties instead of just [[SoloCharacterRun soloing the nest themselves]] until some NiceGuy offers them a slot in the party despite being slow as a turtle.

*** To the point, that even some of the other Filipino gamers themselves hates them.

* FetishFuel: The Events Planner NPC [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Irene / Irine]], complete with [[GoofyPrintUnderwear Goofy Print]] PantyShot.

** Wisps are like bats in that they are hard to hit due to size, but with much higher health. Their attacks, while doing low damage, can knock back players more often and frequently stop a skill from casting. Adding to the fun, every type of Wisp has one or more signature abilities:

* ThatOneBoss: Quite a few examples, the massive ones in particular. Most have ''at least'' incredibly durable Super Armor (KnockBack immunity) and multi-hit attacks with gigantic hit boxes. All bring a sizable number of minions despite being far more powerful than the average FlunkyBoss. On harder difficulties the smaller bosses are ''cloned'' as well.

** It's even earlier than that. The level 32 patch saw ''a lot'' of players grinding Sanctuary Core and Dark Tower Magic Institute because the then NintendoHard Saint Haven nests give roughly the same EXP per hour as these ''Calderock nests''.

** The Ghouls' primary strategy of attack is to jump on you and start biting you repeatedly and have an affinity of ganging up on you, which means that the chance of getting up after being jumped and bitten by one only to be jumped and bitten by another one repeatedly is very likely. And that's not even mentioning the Moss Ghouls (who poison you if they bite you), Shaman Ghouls (who spam ice attacks that always freeze you on contact and then bite you when you're frozen) and Bomber Ghouls (When they have low health, they become suicide bombers and start running at you and shaking uncontrollably before exploding).

*** Ash Wisps can charge into and through the player, dealing a chain of hits that keeps restarting the character's stagger animation.

* DemonicSpiders: Many, many examples. The game is widely praised for giving most enemy types unique movesets rather than just swinging their weapons like in other Korean [=MMOs=] but you'll sometimes find yourself wishing the devs hadn't bothered.

** Cerberus can be this, especially due to his ability to OneHitKill a player character. Fortunately, there are areas in his nest where you are safe from his attacks, and experienced players can telegraph his movements and thus avoid most of his attacks, including the aforementioned OneHitKill attack.
** [[CthulhuMythos Apocalypse]] has an InstantDeathRadius ''larger than the player's entire screen''. Defeating him without [[TheMedic Clerics]] WILL definitely ''break you''.

* ThatOneLevel: Any 'Nest' map, featuring multiples of previous ''bosses'', souped-up {{Mook}}s and {{Elite Mook}}s. At the end of each is a massively upgraded version of a previous ThatOneBoss. Recent nests have shiny new nasties that blow all previous [=TOB=]s out of the water and there's no way to rehearse for them with an easier version.

** Dark Elf Assassins have a very fast attack that launches you into the air, setting you up for a series of hits that juggle you. The Dark Elves also like to flip around in order to avoid your attacks.

** Saslavan the Manticore of Prayer's Retreat can become this, due to him deciding to begin [[SpamAttack spamming]] an attack where he flies straight up into the air, where your character will have trouble hitting him, then [[GroundPound drop]] straight back down, creating a shock wave. This wave is extremely difficult to dodge, requiring strict timing to avoid. If you get hit, say goodbye to a huge chunk of your health. He also has a huge amount of health compared to other bosses of his level.

* DemonicSpiders: Many, many examples. The game is widely praised for giving most enemy types unique movesets rather than just swinging their weapons like in other Korean [=MMOs=] but you'll often find yourself wishing the devs hadn't bothered.
** Dark Elf Assassins have a very fast attack that launches you into the air, setting you up for an almost inescapable series of hits that juggle you ForMassiveDamage. The Dark Elves also like to flip around in order to avoid your attacks, and [[TheComputerShallTauntYou have the audacity to dance after they finish you off]].
** All Mage-type Brethren enemies. If you don't kill them before everything else they will make the rest of the encounter a nightmare.
*** Ice Mages appear in groups and spam Area-of-Effect ice spells that will freeze you repeatedly and usually are accompanied by other enemies that will do some serious damage to you while you're frozen.
*** Shamans are just as annoying as their Ice Mage cousins due to them spamming lightning over and over again and raising fallen goblins. Oh, and they aren't stupid; they ''will'' teleport further away to start spamming lightning again if you manage to get close to them.

** The Sword Master's hurricane attack has been commented on several times in the article. Harpies use it as part of their AIRoulette. When you meet these guys the first time, you can't evade air attacks yet, so you will get juggled by that attack ForMassiveDamage.
** Orc Shamans. They avert the SquishyWizard trope hard by dishing out some serious damage with their clubs and to be more annoying, they have shields, which you have to waste a good amount of time to break first in order to actually attack them. Did we mention they have a tendency to heal every other monster right when you have them at death's door? Or the fact that a bunch of them spawn with the Orc Boss (that already has a boatload of HP to begin with), meaning that you'll spend most of the fight trying to kill them rather than the actual boss? The phrase "ShootTheMedicFirst" cannot be stressed enough for these guys.

** Suffice it to say most monsters could appear on this list.

** The [=SEA=] server is a perfect demonstration on why Filipino gamers are hated in Eastern [=MMORPG=] servers in the same way the Brazilians are widely hated in Western servers. Usual hate reasons are pretty much the same for both nationalities: a {{Noob}} mentality taken UpToEleven, OverNineThousand levels of {{Whoring}}, a sense of nationalism that would put {{Eagleland}} to shame, and speaking in a [[StarfishLanguage strange language]] that nobody understands except themselves. ItGetsWorse if you try to [[WhatTheHellHero call them out on it]] because they will call racism at moment's notice.