History YMMV / DungeonFighterOnline

* 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]].