Line #168 VideoGame/DragonNest


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:The four starting classes. From left to right: The Cleric, the Warrior, The Sorceress, and the Archer. Not shown: the other five classes. (Tinkerer, Kali, Assassin, Lencea, and Machina)]]
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4	''[[https://us.dragonnest.com/main Dragon Nest]]'' is a free-to-play MMORPG developed and published by Eyedentity Games. In ''Dragon Nest'', players pick one of nine classes (which can specialize at higher levels) and fight through hordes of standard and not-so-standard fantasy nasties 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.
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6	The game world is highly detailed and most of the maps are large, with higher-leveled missions sporting multiple alternate paths, many levels of elevation and secret rooms packed with destructible objects. The majority of areas are instanced for each party to keep gameplay smooth on weaker machines and the only 'massive multiplayer' interaction takes place in towns where players can trade and chat (the initial release allowed players to use combat skills in towns but this feature is currently disabled, possibly for technical reasons). In these gathering places players have access to a variety of standard social networking tools like private chatrooms and party finders.
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8	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 can be huge, devastating, and gorgeously animated, especially for the magic-based 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!
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10	The game is often compared to ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'', another free-to-play ActionRPG published by Nexon.
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12	Prior to September 28, 2016, the North American version of the game was published by Nexon, before handing control over to Eyedentity.
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14	Also has a [[Characters/DragonNest character sheet]] in progress. Please move individual character tropes to it.
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17	!!This game contains examples of:
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19	* AIRoulette: In place for most enemies. The game compensates for the inevitable bad rolls by increasing the number and strength of enemies at higher difficulty levels.
20	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: '''Carderock Pass.''' Maybe only one or two quest-givers in the town are nice to you; the rest either do physical harm to you in "cutscenes" or treat you like garbage in their quest lines, of which most of the problems therein are either [[CutsceneIncompetence out of your hands]] or ''their own'' fault. You ''will'' want to slug a few of these people by the end.
21	* AnAdventurerIsYou:
22	** The Warrior is a melee DPS character who wields two-handed weapons. Can choose between a [[{{BFS}} Sword]] (fast but weak), a Hammer (slow but powerful) and an Axe (an average between the two). He can advance into a Swordsman or Mercenary. Advanced classes are the [[MasterSwordsman Sword Master]], who uses swords exclusively and can pull off [[SwordBeam ranged energy attacks]] while rewarding a player skilled enough to get in close with short {{Cooldown}}s for improved combo ability, and the Mercenary, a [[MightyGlacier scrapper]] [[ShockwaveStomp type]] [[MakeMeWannaShout fighter]] who uses heavy blows to plow through enemies and gets stronger the more damage he takes.
23	** The Archer is a ranged [=DPSer=] who plays like a Third-Person-Shooter and uses longbows, shortbows and crossbows. She can advance into a Sharpshooter or an Acrobat. A [[MoreDakka sharpshooter]] focuses on long-ranged attacks to [[RainOfArrows destroy enemies from afar]]. An [[ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon Acrobat]] stays in close range and excels at [[FragileSpeedster unparalleled mobility]], mixing up [[KickChick kicks and other physical attacks]] into combos to stunlock enemies to death.
24	** [[CombatMedic The Cleric]] is a combination of the Tank and the Healer. In addition to being able to heal and buff, the Cleric also has the highest HP pool in the game, and has the ability to [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe block enemy attacks]]. With [[MemeticMutation GLADUS TEK MA]]! (It was actually supposed to sound like: Goddess protect me! ...But it came out as {{Engrish}}.) As a Priest, he places an even greater focus on support with the ability to summon relics that can heal/buff allies while damaging/debuffing enemies; he also gets access to [[HolyHandGrenade light-element magic spells]]. As a Paladin, he becomes the [[StoneWall ultimate tank]], with buffs to improve his own survivability, numerous defensive abilities that revolve around blocking or otherwise mitigating damage, and short-lived self-buffs to give himself tremendous offensive power for raining holy judgment on foes.
25	** [[VainSorceress The Sorceress]] is a BlackMage type Nuker who specializes in powerful, AreaOfEffect magic spells that inflict debuffs and damage-over-time effects. She has an extremely high mana pool that lets her spam skills like there's no tomorrow, at the cost of [[GlassCannon being fragile up close]]. The two job advancements of the Sorceress, Elementalist and Mystic, affect the elements of magic she specializes in. [[ElementalPowers Elementalists]] use [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] magic, with fire focusing on dealing high amounts of damage and ice on disabling enemies with slow and freeze effects. [[YinYangBomb Mystics]] use [[EnergyWeapon lasers]], [[GravityMaster miniature black holes]], and some [[TimeMaster time-control abilities]], including a way to make cooldowns meaningless for the entire party for a brief period of time.
26	** 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, 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 as well as the ability to summon [[MiniMecha Mecha]][[AnimalMecha ducks]] and automated turrets; one that calls for MoreDakka, one that launches bombs, a literally [[IncrediblyLamePun cool]] tower, and one that shoots [[ChainsawGood CHAINSAWS]]!. She can also load and stock up on bullets in order to cast devastating cannon attacks that are limited by bullet expenditure rather than cooldown. The Alchemist, on the other hand, uses chemical concoctions that either generate "alchemy bubbles" or consume said bubbles for a stronger effect. 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.
27	** The Kali, a [[StatuesqueStunner tall, buxom, dark-skinned]] shaman enchantress who fights using either a pair of fans or chakrams. Regardless of her specialization, her style of fighting is extremely [[DanceBattler acrobatic and evasive]]. As a Screamer, she can summon various spirit totems, ghosts, and possessed puppets to help her by providing buffs, debuffs, and more attacks, as well as unleash torrents of dark magic for area attacks. As a Dancer, she can attack rapidly with her spins and chakrams and call forth giant spirits to mimic her movements as she attacks. She can also support the party with a dance that can create a variety of buffs, from healing to increasing damage.
28	** The Assassin is a FragileSpeedster who uses ninja weapons and various forms of ninjutsu. As a [[{{Ninja}} Shinobi]], he mixes up kunai, shuriken, and chain whips with plenty of martial arts moves to pummel enemies with extreme damage. His other specialization, the [[YinYangBomb Taoist]], balances light and dark elements to support his allies as well as attack foes with shadow clones and other elemental attacks.
29	** The Lencea is a lance-wielding lass with elegant but deadly strikes. She can elect to barrage foes with waves of energy blades from her swings, or fight up-close with heavy physical attacks. She can also create circles on the field to buff allies, as well as juggle her unique fatigue mechanic to give her tremendous boosts of power for short periods of time.
30	** The Machina is a LightningBruiser CatGirl who wields a large metal claw and specializes in rushing enemies down. Many of her skills can be linked with one another, and [[DynamicEntry often involve jumping straight into the fray and bashing enemies left and right.]] She also has a variety of defensive buffs to aid her and her allies.
31	* AntiPoopSocking: A fatigue system was in the Korean and Japanese version, only allowing you to play so many dungeons per day. Replaced in the US with a rested experience style system, where you get double experience as long as you have energy left.
32	** [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks In the NA version, the drop rate is decreased to 20% of its normal rate for you if you're out of PWR.]]
33	* ArcVillain: The game's StoryArc format results in many {{Big Bad}}s ([[BigBadEnsemble ensemble]] and/or [[BigBadDuumvirate duumvirate]]) that have appeared in each of the game's arcs.
34	** Prologue arc: Cleric, Academic, Lancea and Sorceress classes have [[spoiler:the traitorous Cleric Jacob]] and the Dragon Cult serving as the BigBad. On the other side, the Warrior, Archer, Kali, Machina and Assassin classes have a few members of the Dragon Cult themselves as the BigBad.
35	** Calderock Village arc: Elena is a Dark Elf Queen who is at war with Calderock Pass who has been turning goblins into [[EliteMooks hobgoblins]] and plans to use the poison across the city. It is revealed that she's one of the apostles of the Dragon Cult. Elena is also a part of a BigBadEnsemble with the Black Knight [[spoiler:Velskud, who is revealed to be one of the former Six Heroes before becoming hungry with power, as well as him being Rose's captor]].
36	** Saint Haven arc has the Black Knight [[spoiler:Velskud]] once again acting as the main antagonist of the arc, having had escaped after Elena's defeat in the Point of No Return, with his hatred becoming more full-forced as he is chased by Argenta, Geraint and the player to the Black Mountain, before revealing himself as the Black Dragon. However, there is another BigBadEnsemble with Bishop Ignacio, a traitorous bishop of the Order who serves as TheMole to the Dragon Cult, who plans to use the artifacts the players obtain in order to awaken Serpentra, an artificial dragon. He later shows his true colours after he betrays them and kidnaps Rose, when he is revealed to be one of the Dragon Cult's apostles.
37	** Lotus Marsh arc where in the first half, Karahan, the brother of Karacule and later revealed to be another Dragon Cult apostle, is the undoubted BigBad of the arc, where he later goes into a VillainTeamUp with the Ancients and the Dragon Cult, forming a BigBadTriumvirate. The second half, on the other hand, is a BigBadEnsemble which involves the fallen warrior [[spoiler:Barnac, who is revealed to be alive but is beyond corrupted to the point that killing him is the only option as how Terramai offered]]; and there's [[spoiler:[[BigBadFriend Rose]], of all people, who is later revealed to be Rosalinde, a Dragon Follower and later another apostle of the Dragon Cult who betrays Velskud, becomes the Knight of Kaleon and steals the jewel of the Black Dragon.]]
38	** Tel Numara and Tel Rosa arcs has a BigBadEnsemble between Jasmine[[spoiler:, Comelina/XD-26's creator,]] and her clone army, as well as the Dragon Cult. [[spoiler:But there's another villain in the ensemble, Professor K, who wants to kidnap Daisy for his own purposes. He also happens to be on par with Jasmine on who can get the dragon jewel from Daisy, albeit Jasmine later overtakes him as she was able to take the jewel from her creator's body to bolster her army and herself.]]
39	* ArtificialStupidity: Bosses, minibosses and {{Giant Mook}}s will often charge through clusters of smaller monsters and send them flying in order to attack the player. This is a boon when said smaller monsters are [[DemonicSpider mages]].
40	* AscendedMeme: In-game only. The "GLADUS TEK MA" meme [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdy2ybE1ay1r11113o1_1280.png is now officially recognized by DN NA]].
41	* AutomaticCrossbows: The Archer's crossbow acts for all intents and purposes like a three-round burst submachine gun.
42	* BarrierMaiden: Argenta is revealed to be severely weakened due to using part of her power to hold the world in one piece. Gerrant is a gender-flipped version during his time in Saint's Haven as his Nest prevents enemies from abducting Rose.
43	* BeamSpam: Several Mystic skills have this property but the Sword Master gives the term a new meaning when he gets his final skills. Then he becomes a Lunar Knight. The Lencea is looking to continue the trend with her Valkyrie specialization.
44	* {{BFS}}: The Warrior can wield a sword that's as big as he is.
45	** The Sorceress has one too in the form of the Elestra's Icy Shard EX (Freezing Sword EX in at least one of the versions) which creates a bunch of frozen swords from the ground, ending with a huge BFS.
46	* BigBadEnsemble: Due to the format of the game's story being divided into {{Story Arc}}s, it wasn't until the Heart of Merka arc (Level 80+) where the game sets up the potential primary villains of the game. This includes the Army of Destruction led by the High Guard Tryan [[spoiler:[[DragonTheirFeet and later his right-hand man Mamon after Tryan was killed by Grele]]]], where its minions are comprised of powerful beings known as Childs, who are all linked to [[spoiler:the Goddess Vestinel]] and are plotting to target Lagendia after the Monolith's destruction; [[spoiler:Vernicka, the President of Merka, later joined the ensemble after revealing to have been plotting Hiver's attempted assassination, and is the one responsible for using the mysterious device to empower Child Mamon in an attempt to steal the jewel from Hiver]]; and [[spoiler:Vestinel herself, the evil goddess and the creator Mistland who is the primary cause of Lagendia's problems, serves as both the GreaterScopeVillain and TheGhost, as she's directly tied to the conflicts within the entire game herself, before she becomes the main ArchNemesis of the Anti-Goddess Faction.]] After Vernicka's troubles were dealt with, Mamon and the Army of Destruction and Vestinel both serve as the primary villain ensemble of the game.
47	* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:Cleric Jacob for the Cleric PC.]] His betrayal haunts the PC for a long time. (Well, until the PC finish the Specialization quest where he sort his inner world.)
48	* 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]]. Ironically, she considers Elena little more than a nuisance. To put things in perspective, the story's current antagonist has administered several {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s to both Argenta and the player character, while Elena is ultimately defeated by a [[spoiler:hobgoblin and a poochum after he mutates the former's family]].
49	* BigScrewedUpFamily: The player Cleric has this, which is the reason why he left the family to attain clerichood.
50	* BlingOfWar: The NX shop costumes can certainly fit this.
51	* BoozeFlamethrower: The Pirate Gnoll Bladesman enemies do this as their ultimate attack, which causes a burning effect that lasts for a little under ten seconds.
52	* BreakingTheFourthWall: There are several instances of this in the game.
53	** In a side quest, Honest Ed makes a gamble with the player character to sell a defective Seliana album to Kaylinn... He then tells you to delete your character if you fail!
54	* BribingYourWayToVictory: The standard Nexon formula of fancy costumes that give extra stat bonuses. As with other Nexon [=MMO=]s the perks have been growing with each update but the game's demanding mechanics require skill from even the most monumentally geared players. Now that the game is published by Eyedentity themselves, this trope is noticeably much more watered down.
55	* BrokenPedestal: A series of Friendship quests by Stella involve looking into the memories of Kasarana of the Six Heroes who's highly regarded amongst fellow sorceresses. The memories the player finds portray her in a very human way, causing Stella to turn livid and call the player out for slander.
56	* BurnTheWitch: Jenny wants to sneak into the sorceress' coven at night, tie them all up, and burn the place down. It's not due to any racism, just that they treat her like shit constantly. She doesn't feel that way about the sorc PC, though, since she's the only one that's nice to her. She still wishes you'd buy her crap instead of just selling her yours, though.
57	* CarryABigStick: The Cleric can use wands and maces as their weapons. Several mid-level hammers also have this design despite their classification.
58	* CastingAShadow: The sorceress, but [[DarkIsNotEvil they're not exactly evil]]. It's more like ThePowerOfTheVoid.
59	* ChosenOne: Rose, the "Prophet."
60	** ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Being TheChosenOne has caused Rose to be kidnapped by a series of monsters who want to use her latent powers for their own evil purposes.
61	* ClearMyName: While the player was off in a dungeon, David spreads slander about the player, claiming that he/she had betrayed and sold out the town. The player's name is cleared on the next quest.
62	* CloneDegeneration: [[spoiler:The Academic turns out to be a clone of her "sister" Jasmine, along with over 20 more clones, made from a limited magic source in place of her heart which will eventually run out. Hence, the only way to extend her lifespan is by absorbing what remains in another clone, which is the very story behind her job change quest.]]
63	* CombatMedic: The Cleric. Helps that they can become the best tanking class as Paladins, and are capable of dishing out some decent damage. The Priest has more of a focus on the medic part, but gain a few skills that can nuke to a degree.
64	* ComboBreaker: The Priest and Mercenary both have an attack that allow them to KnockBack anyone near them if they're flinching from an attack.
65	** The Alchemist's version puts enemies around her to sleep!
66	** The Force User/Mystic has Time Interruption, which suspends enemies in melee range in time.
67	* CoolAirship: The Albatross.
68	* CoolDown: What do you expect?
69	* CordonBleughChef: May. She can cook if she has a good recipe, but that isn't usually the case.
70	* CounterAttack: The Priest gets a skill that allows him to retaliate with a blast of holy magic if he's hit. It also [[KnockBack knocks back]] any enemy in the radius of the blast. The Paladin takes this farther, getting three skills that allow this. One has him performing a ShieldBash after a successful block, launching whoever just attempted to attack him. Another is the same thing, except he retaliates with a blast of magic instead. The final is also the same, but with the Paladin performing a GroundPound to [[KnockBack knock away]] anyone near him. The Mercenary performs a [[MakeMeWannaShout shout]] that has the same effect as the priests' CounterAttack. However, all of these counters are only effective against melee attacks.
71	** One Sword Master skill gives him the unique ability to counterattack while standing if he manages to parry.
72	* CriticalHit: There's a stat to increase chances of this, and the Archer (and the Assassin to a lesser extent) specializes in this trope a ''lot''. She has two skills which boost critical hit rate, one that ''maxes it out'' for around 30 seconds, and a 10% boost for 6 minutes. The Sniper's first skill, Lucky Shot, gives a fairly high chance to nearly ''double'' critical hit damage.
73	* CrossOver: With Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}.
74	* CutsceneIncompetence: The player has to fight through a dungeon of monsters to the BlackKnight, who promptly [[CurbStompBattle hands]] your character's butt back to them within moments. This happens at least a few times in the story quests. Though, it can be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as the BlackKnight, AKA Velskud [[spoiler:is a dragon or becomes a dragon early on in the quest chain]], while the player is a simple human or elf.
75	* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Averted with Gerrant. When you accompany him during a story quest he can easily clear the map without you if you detour to grab treasure, though he doesn't bother to avoid attacks (Well, he doesn't need to, he automatically blocks attacks). His pathfinding is also relatively good. Interestingly, the fence that he destroys during the quest intro can be attacked when the player goes in without him and it is the ''only'' fence in the entire map that goes down from a single normal attack despite the fact that his skills are at least ten to twenty times more powerful than the versions the (Sword Master) player gets later on.
76	** At the end of the level 32 to 40 main questline, your character will grab a heavy metal pole and swing it wildly [[spoiler:at the Sea Dragon's mouth to free Gerrant.]] Fine if you are a Warrior, Cleric, Lencea, or Machina but watching a [[SquishyWizard weak Sorceress]], [[GlassCannon Archer]], [[TokenMiniMoe Tinkerer]], and [[FragileSpeedster Kali]] do it? Wow.
77	* CycleOfHurting: During the North American Closed Beta, the level cap was such that for most of the currently available content, people were unable to access the skills that would let them [[ComboBreaker escape a combo in midair]]. As a result, when facing a large group of fast enemies, getting hit a single time meant being juggled until half or more of your health was gone with no means of escape. See DemonicSpiders in the YMMV section.
78	** Put a few Swordsmen that [[SpamAttack spam]] Cyclone Slash on the same [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] team, and watch the opposition get juggled into the air for half their HitPoints. It's no wonder Swordsmen are at the top of the [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] CharacterTiers list.
79	* DamageSpongeBoss: The Ogre is this whenever he shows up in a low level area and even in his own area after the [[DemonicSpiders Dark Elves]] are gone. His attacks are slow and telegraphed (though they're pretty hefty ''if'' they connect) but he has a momentous amount of HP. Have fun shaving it off if you're soloing.
80	* DarkWorld: The Mistland, the world of the [[GodOfEvil evil goddess Vestinel]] is always described as an ominous and barren world filled with evil beings prior to the arrival of the adventurers. In truth, it is almost similar to Lagendia besides it is a bit barren.
81	* DeadpanSnarker: Your character. In quest dialogues, you can get quite snarky and [[LampshadeHanging lampshadey]] about RPG conventions or the quest giver getting overdramatic.
82	* DeathFromAbove: Paladin can drop a giant cross from the sky, and has the skill Electric Smite, where he leaps up then smashes into the ground, creating lightning bolts.
83	** The Priest drops smaller relics that can either [[HealThyself heal,]] [[ShockAndAwe fire lightning]] at nearby enemies, immobilize the opponent, or [[StatusEffects cure debuffs.]] Later, Saints upgrade their debuff-curing relic, which gains the ability to push back everything nearby upon landing. The drop damage of the priest's relics is far lower, though.
84	** The Sharpshooter also has a skill [[ExactlyWhatItSaysontheTin named]] RainOfArrows. The aerial attacks of each class can also qualify.
85	** The Force User's Summon Comet and Meteor Swarm spells. More like CometOfDoom actually.
86	** The Sword Master gets a skill that throws a barrage of {{Sword Beam}}s down from the air. Particularly nasty since few classes have anti-air attacks.
87	** The Engineer gets two skills; Make it Rain, which a bomb is thrown into the air and the explosions rains missiles, and Chemical Missile, which is what the name implies.
88	** The Screamer has Phantom's Rage, which makes her jump into the air and fires four dark magic blasts to the ground below.
89	* 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 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.
90	** Slightly less cheap are the resurrection scrolls which enable revival 6 and up. However, they're given as leveling rewards in at least one version.
91	* DegradedBoss: Almost all bosses appear in later dungeons as regular enemies, and usually in swarms at a time. When the boss in question is ThatOneBoss, this leads to the DemonicSpiders trope.
92	** A number of Master mode and Abyss mode maps duplicate their bosses and mid-bosses instead of (and sometimes in addition to) making them stronger compared to Hard mode. Then there are the Nest maps which are largely populated by ''those'' monsters rather than {{Mook}}s.
93	* DemBones: Fallen Goblins are often resurrected by Bretheren Shamans as skeletons. Then there's the Boundary of Darkness, where for one wave you will have to defend a statue from every fallen enemy from Goblins to fallen ''Ogres''.
94	* DieChairDie: Barrels, crates, tents and the like, and they drop a few coins at times. Some board missions require you to smash them to get quest items.
95	* DifficultButAwesome: Several mechanics in the game take a lot of getting used to, but when mastered can devastate any enemy.
96	** Air juggling, especially for Warrior classes. Novices will have trouble connecting with their initiator skill once the enemy is in the air but an expert can kill his opponent before either hits the ground even if aerial recovery is used.
97	** The Mercenary's Punishing Swing is effectively a mortar with ludicrous vertical and horizontal range but if the player can't judge its trajectory properly it will often overshoot or fall short of its target.
98	** The Sword Master's Hacking Stance requires good timing and positioning to land and is hard to chain into from other skills but it will often be the FinishingMove if it connects due to the large amount of damage dealt.
99	** The Priest's Lightning and Bind relics usually fall about 5 meters in front of him, but he is completely vulnerable to melee-range attacks during the casting animation. However, if the Priest casts towards a wall, the relics will instead land on top of the Priest, knocking back any nearby enemies that were intending to pound him into the floor. Required knowledge for the few Priests that intend to PVP.
100	* DisappearedDad: The Warrior PC's father, Lambert[=/=]Liam.
101	* DisproportionateRetribution: The Academic's tutorial involves her shooting down goblins as they took a vase-like device of hers and played catch with it.
102	* DubNameChange: You may be confused when you see that North America has a "Tinkerer" instead of the Academic. This trope is why.
103	* EldritchAbomination: The Void Dragon.
104	* EliteMooks: Certain normal enemies in a group will sometimes spawn with titles that make them tougher to take down, which occurs more frequently on higher DifficultyLevels.
105	* EmoteAnimation: Every single one of the classes has his or her own versions of a set of emotes.
106	* EpicFlail: Clerics have these as one of their weapon options. Flails have the most physical damage and crit out of the three, but is also the slowest weapon compared to the wand and mace. However, the downside can be entirely averted as long as the Paladin's self-buff Sacred Hammering is active. It creates a magic hammer afterimage for your weapon and makes every weapon have mace animations.
107	* EscortMission: The Cleric's advancement to either a Paladin or Priest involves him going through a dungeon protecting a [[AllAnimalsAreDogs Poochum]] which represents his faith. Said [[AllAnimalsAreDogs Poochum]] is also extremely fragile, requiring constant attention. Also, the [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] mode Protect has one person on your team be designated as your team Captain. Your team loses if your Captain is killed. Everyone who isn't the Captain will respawn after a few seconds if killed. Unlike the Cleric's escort mission, the team captain has a massive health buff.
108	** The goblin rescue quests and the Warrior's job advancement are this in theory but the [=NPCs=] in question are capable and/or durable enough to fend for themselves unless the player is sleeping. And if you do the goblin quests, [[spoiler:then their grandfather joins you in combat when you fight the dark elf responsible for what happened to his grandchildren. And he is a powerful ally.]]
109	** Inverted during the main attack on Velskud. Gerrant makes whole groups of monsters (including the dungeon boss!) disappear with his massive attacks.
110	*** It's repeated twice more with [[spoiler:blind Gerrant]] and [[spoiler:Velskud]]. Set the difficulty to Abyss and [[MoneySpider enjoy the spoils.]]
111	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[BlatantLies Honest]] Ed is a money-grubbing bastard who's entirely willing (and seems to relish the chance) to wipe the player character out of existence and murder sentient plant creatures to make medicine from their corpses. [[spoiler:You sell something he thought was utterly impossible to sell, proving yourself a better merchant than him (this isn't relevant to the trope), and ask how he'd like it if someone killed ''his'' mother and made medicine out of her (this is).]].
112	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Velskud/The Black Knight]] was one of the six heroes who defeated the Black Dragon 50 years ago, and then took the Dragon's lustre for its power and is now the new Black Dragon, though according to the Tinkerer storyline, he makes a HeelFaceTurn at some point in the next 50 years.
113	* FakeUltimateHero: David is a self-proclaimed example. And also a riff at a certain kind of player.
114	* FlashStep: The Sorceress Class's Blink spell, but the Force User Class has the [[TeleportersAndTransporters Teleport]] spell which is reminiscent of the Manga/{{Doraemon}} Anywhere Door.
115	* FoeRomanceSubtext: Warrior Trainer Chandler and his "rival" Typhoon Krag.
116	-->'''Chandler:''' I still remember the feel of his breath against my cheek as our weapons clashed for the first time...\
117	'''Player Character:''' Too much information. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!
118	* FormFittingWardrobe: The Sorceress. Dark Elves, too.
119	* ForScience: The reason [[spoiler:Korin]] justifies testing his [[spoiler:Immortal armor]] on you by attempting to run you through with a spear.
120	* FriendlyFireProof: Averted with the Ogres, where then can end up bashing their own Mooks around. Played straight with the character classes in dungeons and with your teammates in [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]]. Otherwise, players would probably end up causing more damage to their own team than to the opponents'.
121	** The Physician's Love Virus skill however, can turn friendly fire on for anything it hits.
122	* TheGamblingAddict: The player Sorceress has shades of this. It was stated that she spent the last five years gambling away all her money, and the other Sorceresses aren't too happy about this. ESPECIALLY [[SinkOrSwimMentor Cynthia]].
123	* GameBreakingBug: Dragon Nest features an equipment system which gives additional stats and various {{Status Buff}}s, [[DamageIncreasingDebuff Debuffs]] or extra damage depending on the [[ElementalCrafting suffixes]] imbued on them, which have cooldowns after activating. These so-called "procs" trigger for a low chance if you managed to land a hit on the enemy using your weapon and/or getting hit by enemies with the armors on.
124	** Now, The SEA server got hit by a rather interesting bug. The armor proc cooldown ''stacks'' with the weapon buff cooldown, so there is a high chance that if the armor buff is triggered first, then the weapon buff will not trigger for a maximum of ''three minutes''. The people who knew about this decided to [[CherryTapping ditch their suffixed armors]] and keep their suffixed weapons since [[GoodBadBugs weapon buffs have no cooldown]]. As of date, it has been fixed.
125	** At one point, every version had a different weapon proc-related bug that was known as Damage Transfer. Imagine a SpamAttack being launched. Now, quickly activate another far more powerful skill before your previous attack hits. When your first attack does finally hit and your weapon proc is triggered, the attack power of your second attack is transferred to the first attack, causing a single hit in that attack to inflict upwards of ''10x more damage'' than it was supposed to. Some attacks had the transfer bug work for multiple hits as opposed to only one. It was so game-breaking that bosses died much faster than intended, and some players began to take advantage of this bug against other players in Ladder [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]]. It has been fixed as of early 2013.
126	* GameMod: There's a site called Dragon Nest Mods (or Dragon Nest Modz, the new place) 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.
127	* GoldSilverCopperStandard: 100:1 ratio, so 1 gold is 10000 copper coins.
128	* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Mostly played straight, especially with the four original base classes (Warrior, Archer, Sorceress, Cleric). The Warrior, Cleric, and Assassin are the male melee fighters, and the Archer, Sorceress, and Academic are the female ranged attackers. Their later-earned specialized classes allow this to be averted to a certain degree. On the flip side, the Kali is a female hybrid of melee and ranged combat, while the other female class, the Lencea, is a spear-wielding melee specialist.
129	* GlassCannon: The Archer is this to a degree, while the Sorceress plays this trope completely straight.
130	* 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 boss versions of regular enemies at regular intervals, as well as frequently 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.
131	** And then there is the Chaos difficulty (above Abyss) on the dungeons of level 60 and above. This difficulty makes you unable to complete any quest that isn't specific to Chaos difficulty, adds more enemies and enemy types (e.g. mages in the first area of ''Shadow Grave'', the new sub-boss of ''Wailing Wall''), changes a few mechanics, and makes it so the boss area always has 2 bosses: the regular one, and another random boss from another dungeon of similar level (lv60 dungeons and lv70 dungeons are separated for this). For example, Shadow Grave (lv70) can have the boss of Abyss of Heat (lv70) or Wailing Wall (lv75) on top of the regular boss.
132	* HealThyself: The cleric's healing spell and relic, along with potions.
133	** The Physician has Injector, which heals her for a small % of her damage dealt (the EX version heals her allies too) and Heal Shower. Also, the Kali has a buff that gives her attacks LifeDrain.
134	* HiddenAgendaVillain: The BlackKnight. Also, [[spoiler:Bishop Ignacio.]]
135	* HoistByHerOwnPetard: As part of her villainous plans, Elena starts using poison to turn goblins into monstrous hobgoblins. The subjects of this process include a family of friendly goblins who the player helped out earlier in the game. [[spoiler:Elena eventually gets contaminated by her own poison and [[OneWingedAngel transforms into a mindless shadow creature]]. She then gets knocked off a cliff by the grandfather of said goblin family, who [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge turned himself into a Hobgoblin to get revenge for his precious grandchildren]].]]
136	* HyperspaceArsenal: Lampshaded by Bailey regarding the Goblins when you chat with him to get his friendship.
137	** The Mercenary's Punishing Swing produces a large bomb out of thin air. The Archer at least has a quiver as part of her equipment.
138	** The Archer can somehow shoot dozens upon dozens of arrows, while her quivers are more like two tiny pouches on both sides of her thighs, and are only seen holding three arrows each. She also doesn't even bother with pulling out an arrow to fire it; instead, all you see is her drawing her bow back and firing.
139	** Also the Academic, you can wonder where she is pulling those big weapons.
140	* ImplacableMan: The Mercenary and its advanced jobs are one of the few examples when they use their Iron Skin buff, which makes them immune to most disabling effects for a period of time. Many of their attack skills can also power through enemies' and other characters' attacks ''without'' this buff. Unlike in most other {{MMORPG}}s ''bosses'' tend to avert this trope and can be staggered, stunned and even air juggled especially when a full party attacks them together.
141	* IncrediblyLamePun: The Funky Space Mask's description lampshades this:
142	-->"You might call this mask 'out of this world,' but that would make you a bad person."
143	* InstantRunes: The Tinkerer has them. Hers are gear-shaped, because she uses {{Magitek}}.
144	* InterfaceSpoiler: If you open your NPC Friendship and check every page, you will realise you can befriend [[spoiler:Velskud, the Black Knight.]]
145	* InterspeciesRomance: One of the elf [=NPCs=] was in a relationship with a human once. The human broke up with her after [[WeAreAsMayflies finding out]] [[MayflyDecemberRomance how long elves live.]] [[FromBadToWorse Then he died in battle.]] All this happened fifteen years ago, and a series of quests involves finding out the whole story.
146	* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Gerrant says this to the Player Character, just before his [[spoiler:death.]]
147	* {{Jerkass}}: There are quite a ''lot'' of {{NPC}}s who are rude and unpleasant to the player character, (mainly all of the Sorceresses, except for [[NiceGirl Stella (downplayed) and Tara (played straight)]]) and most of them [[UngratefulBastard aren't too grateful for you helping them.]] Interestingly, this varies from each server version.
148	** One of the airship ticket handlers, Sorenne, is ''very'' unpleasant to everyone she meets. Justified, however, as she's poor and she needs the money for her family, but they no longer let her charge for tickets. She only acts like this in the NA version however, she's quite kind in the SEA version.
149	* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Played straight. Players and monsters alike will continue attacking your character when knocked down. All of the classes even get attacks that are made to perform this. The Warrior performs an elbow drop, the Cleric stomps twice and kicks the target away, the Archer performs a spin kick that is capable of chaining into another kick, the Sorceress simply stomps on the target several times, the Academic [[SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass whips out an oversized magnifying glass to burn the monster]], the Kali does a backflip kick, the Assassin repeatedly stabs the enemy on the ground, and the Lencea pokes the enemy with her spear.
150	%%* KillItWithFire: The Sorceress.
151	%%* KillItWithIce: The Sorceress, again.
152	* LaResistance: The Anti-Goddess Faction, a resistance faction in Mistland whose members broke away from Vestinel's will, are a group of Mistlanders who seek to oppose Vestinel, the evil sister of Altea and the ShadowDictator of Mistland, and her ruling, as well as stopping the terror the Army of Destruction is causing [[spoiler:following the collapse of the Monolith that weakened the barriers between two worlds.]]
153	* LateArrivalSpoiler: The Tinkerer's storyline mercilessly spoils many things, like how [[spoiler:Veskuld makes a HeelFaceTurn and that Brother Jacob is a Dragon Cultist and gets killed at the hands of the cleric]].
154	-->'''Brother Jacob''': ''So, [[spoiler:I'm just another villain that he kills]], huh?''
155	** The game itself spoils [[spoiler:the plot twist that Rose undergoes a FaceHeelTurn]] with one of the openings that coincided with the later-released classes.
156	* LethalChef: Just as you thought May's cooking was bad, there's a quest where you see a memory of Kasarana of the six heroes making a dish for Gerrant to try. [[CordonBleughChef There are visible pieces of hounds in it.]] Gerrant takes one bite and praises it... ''for being a devastating biological weapon that can OneHitKill orcs.''
157	* LightEmUp: The cleric has a spell that is this in a nutshell.
158	* LivingMacGuffin: Rose, which is why she is always kidnapped.
159	** [[spoiler:The Kali, to a lesser extant, although she can actually defend herself.]]
160	* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Almost all maps outside of the hub towns (and even some maps ''inside'' the hub towns) are instanced and loaded in chunks, meaning that the player will have to sit through a minimum of two loading screens when going from a quest giver to a dungeon and several within the dungeon itself. Fortunately the load times are rather short and each new update introduces maps with larger zones between loads. In particular, Desolate Isle is one continuous map with no breaks.
161	* LovableSexManiac: Morin makes many lewd comments about your character. He also thinks Hernandez (an old man who thinks showing any skin whatsoever is horrifically indecent) is smoking hot.
162	* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Clerics have a skill that negates all damage of a certain number of hits. It's somewhat impractical at times, since it interrupts whatever you were doing. Including if you were charging up a spell with a long casting time. The Paladin expands on this, getting skills to perform [[CounterAttack Counter Attacks]], and even gets a skill that effectively renders him invincible for a short time, but is immobile and incapable of attacking. Some enemies carry shields, requiring the player to either break them, use attacks that bypass the shield, or hit them from the side or [[InTheBack back.]] The brief phrase the cleric speaks also spawned the Gladus Tek Ma! MemeticMutation.
163	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Brothers Jacob and Cedric]] from Mana Ridge, who it turns out [[spoiler:are Dragon Cultists]].
164	** The player cleric has to [[spoiler:kill the both of them]].
165	* [[ComicBookAdaptation Manga Adaptation]]: Believe it or not. It currently only has two chapters and while it [[PragmaticAdaptation changes up some events in the plot]], it's still manages to be pretty decent for a tie-in manga.
166	* MedalOfDishonor: You can get a few titles which are pretty much this. One is for failing an enhancement several times in a row, another is getting killed 5 times in a day, and a few others are simply getting killed by certain bosses.
167	* MercyInvincibility: If you're knocked down, you're invincible if you roll. You also get a brief period of invincibility during your character's RecoveryAttack.
168	* MoneySpider: PlayedForLaughs. Spiders rarely drop Knitting Needles, whose description claims that spiders are master knitters who sell their products for extra income. Otherwise averted, as most enemies drop very little currency, if any; bosses, however, tend to drop at least enough to repair your gear after a run.
169	* MontyHaul: Low level missions (up to 16) tend to drown players in equipment and crafting gems to the point where they will often be [=NPC=]'ed in stacks along with ShopFodder due to Trading House prices being forced down to [=NPC=] levels from oversupply. High level missions (32 and up) are stingier with equipment but still shower players with the ubiquitous Agate, though this time you'll need every piece you can get due to enhancing being a LuckBasedMission. Oddly enough mid-level (16 to 32) mission coffers are the tightest, resulting in a lot of MoneyGrinding.
170	* MostWritersAreHuman: Adeline[=/=]Adelynn comments that the romance book [[note]]A book about an InterspeciesRomance between a human and an elf [[WriteWhoYouKnow based off of her relationship with Yorick[=/=]Eureke]][[/note]] that she borrowed from May has a few glaring, but understandable flaws (such as the fact that there are very few male elves and that Adeline was the one who did most of the rescuing) due to the fact that the writer's a human.
171	* TheMovie: [[http://www.thednmovie.com/ Yep.]] A CGI film based on the game was produced in 2014, and was followed by a sequel a couple of years later. Like the games, the movie is a fantasy adventure film, and uses characters based on the game's NPC[=s=] and the player characters.
172	* MultiMookMelee:
173	** Gobarta has you fighting 300 goblins.
174	** After Level 32, it gets replaced with one that has you fighting 500 monsters. Note the word "monster" and not "goblin". It sends [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ninja Kobolds]], Orcs, and even ''[[DemonicSpiders Hobgoblins]]'' at you!
175	* NavelDeepNeckline: Every single Sorceress and Dark Elves have outfits with plunging necklines. Then there's the Kali, whose belly dancer outfit leaves her {{Underboobs}} and midriff exposed.
176	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The entire level 32 to 40 main questline. [[spoiler:You unknowingly help Bishop Ignacio, a secret Dragon Follower, revive the Sea Dragon that Geraint and his team defeated 50 years ago, causing Geraint's death as he tries to fight it while injured from the fight with the Black Dragon. With Geraint's nest broken due to his death, [[FromBadToWorse Ignacio takes the opportunity to kidnap]] [[LivingMacguffin Rose]].]]
177	* NoodleImplements: Stella wants to frame Enoch & get him excommunicated from the Divine Order, so she needs "a goat, a sewing machine, thirty feet of rope..."
178	* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler:Bishop Ignacio looks suspiciously more similar to the ghoul enemies than most of the other [=NPCs=] in Saint's Haven (which Kayleen constantly teases him about). As expected, he turns out to be a lot less holy than he acts when you first meet him. Gerrant actually gives a hint earlier in the game when he tells the player that the Bishop is very different from what he remembers, but being blind he can't investigate further.]]
179	* OnlySaneMan: The Player Character, interacting with almost any quest giver in the entire game.
180	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Dragons described in the [[AllThereInTheManual backstory]] are pretty much {{Physical God}}s. Various dragons played major roles in both past event and the story itself. Some of them are outright villainous who appeared in raid [[TitleDrop Dragon Nests]] while others disguised as humanoid [=NPCs=]. Also, [[spoiler:Argenta, Gerrant, and Velskud AKA the Black Knight are actually the Silver, Gold and Black Dragons in humanoid forms.]]
181	** The Sea Dragon which serves as the first raid boss in the game.
182	** The Green Dragon which is the second raid boss who turned out to be [[spoiler:Karahan]].
183	** The Desert Dragon which serves as the third raid boss. The raid itself is the memories of the dragon before it was first slain by the first King of Saint Haven.
184	** The Black Dragon which once the Six Heroes defeated years ago, and returned to haunt Saint Haven again. [[spoiler:It turned out that Velskud stole the dragon's core and became the dragon himself, and later it was taken away from him by the Dragon Followers and its leader Feder became the new dragon.]] He served as the fourth raid boss.
185	** The Red Dragon the fifth raid boss, is the [[spoiler:other half of Feder who returned after his defeat as the Black Dragon. Its other half remain on the original Red Dragon, Rubinart who appeared as a recurring NPC in the Monolith story arc.]]
186	** The White Dragon, who didn't appeared as an antagonistic dragon unlike others and only appeared as a [[spoiler:young boy named Iona]].
187	** The Gold Dragon who is the true identity of [[spoiler:Geraint]].
188	** The Silver Dragon who turned out to be [[spoiler:Argenta]].
189	** [[spoiler:Daisy, the little girl NPC also revealed to be a Dragon.]]
190	** [[spoiler:The Assassin pc is a descendant of the Void Dragon, created by Rubinart the Red Dragon.]]
191	** The Ancient and Chaos Dragons, the dragon brothers of goddess Altea who once battled the Beyond Dragon of goddess Vestinel. After the dragons' deaths, their essences are broken and each piece give birth to the aforementioned dragons (except the Sea Dragon).
192	* PoisonMushroom: Most food items have a rotten or toxic version with a sickly grey tint that can be hard to see. Better have item labels on at all times since the ''minimum'' HP or MP penalty is a whopping 30% and you may accidentally snarf one while picking up loot if you can't see its name on the screen. Mercifully, the 100% foods' dark counterparts also take off 30% or 50%.
193	* {{Precursors}}: The Ancients. They're supposedly extinct by the time when the game takes place, but there's still one person with Ancient ancestry who inherited their power. The plot revolves around the villains attempting to gain control of this power.
194	* NonFatalExplosions: The boxes of bombs you can find in some dungeons do ScratchDamage to you. The most dangerous thing they could do is throw you into something that ''can'' hurt you. Though, the Warrior is capable of using his weapon as a baseball bat to lob a bomb at you as one of his skills, and it can dish out a decent amount of damage.
195	* OurElvesAreDifferent: The archer trainers' dialogue indicates that they are ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, in harmony with nature and mildly amused by all the crises humans (and Dragons!) are going through. They're pretty pleasant about the whole deal, though. Less pleasant is Elena the Dark Elf, who wishes to KillAllHumans. The archer PlayerCharacter isn't very different from the other [=PC=]s, so it's unclear if she averts this trope or plays it straight.
196	* PainfullySlowProjectile: The Priests' Grand Cross. It's so slow that you can simply outrun it. Just make sure you don't get hit with one. It hurts. A lot. Though, it's slow speed is somewhat offset with its huge projectile size.
197	** The Sorceress' Glacial Spike is also slow but it is her longest ranged attack until her class change (it remains one of the longest ranged if she chooses to become a Mystic), it can hit multiple times while traveling through a target and it can knock weaker enemies back.
198	* PowerFist: The Warrior's secondary weapon is a large gauntlet that he uses for all punching attacks.
199	* ProtectionMission: In the Daredevil Faire, there's a mission where you have to protect three helpless soldiers from orcs.
200	* PsychoSerum: Seems to be to be used to turn Goblins into Hobgoblins as the MookMaker responsible is topped by a vat of glowing purple liquid.
201	* TheParalyzer: The Cleric and Sharpshooter get [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Paralyze Bolt]] and Ankle Shot respectively. The Cleric's Paralyze Bolt completely immobilizes the targets, stopping them from doing anything for 1.5 seconds. The Sharpshooter's Ankle Shot lasts for two more seconds, but only stops the targets from moving. The Priest also [[TheTurretMaster gets a relic]] that automatically immobilizes any opponents within it's radius.
202	* RazorWind: The swordsman has a skill that summons a hurricane... that is [[GameBreaker very, very painful]] in [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]]. Though, it only does a few hundred damage each hit, turning hurricanes into a DeathOfAThousandCuts. It also juggles the [[CycleOfHurting targets continuously]] until it disappears. So put a few hurricane happy swordsmen together and the enemy team would probably RageQuit after a few matches.
203	* RecoveryAttack: All of the classes have different attacks when knocked to the ground. The Archer 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.
204	** 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. The Alchemist can put enemies around her to sleep.
205	* RedShirtArmy: The Soldiers of Saint's Haven are rather fragile, with weak attacks and will rarely ever survive any of the dungeons they appear in on Master or Abyss difficulty unless the player character actively attempts to [[VideoGameCaringPotential protect them.]] The only reason they're there is due to the storyline, where Saint's Haven sent some soldiers to reinforce you during the attack on a fortress. It doesn't help when your soldiers are often outnumbered at least two to one on higher difficulties.
206	* ReligionOfEvil: The Dragon Cult, EvilCounterpart to the Divine Order. [[spoiler:Jacob]] hints that there is more to it, however.
207	* RepeatableQuest: They're called commissions, but still have the same function. A recent update also added daily quests for farming Goddess Teardrops... but removed the functionally identical daily achievements for farming Goddess Teardrops.
208	* RobotMe: One for bosses in Tel Rosa area, the Neo-Apocalypse is a robotic imitation of the Judge Apocalypse, which itself is a some kind of time-travelling ship that came to life by corruption of Vestinel.
209	* ShockwaveStomp: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Stomp]] skill and Alfredo Stomp.
210	* ShockAndAwe: The priest class can specialize in lightning and electrocution based attacks such as ChainLightning to even summoning an actual lightning bolt to fry enemies in front of you
211	* ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon: All of the bows when using their normal attack, though some of the special shots can travel across the map. The ''Longbow'''s regular arrow can reach a mind-numbing ''six meters'' while the short bow and AutomaticCrossbow are practically melee weapons. The Sorceress isn't much better off.
212	* ShoutOut:
213	** One of the gifts you can get from the Theme Park is made by "Wisher Frice".
214	** One of the items you receive from one of the quests is given by [[Manga/OnePiece Pirate King Ropi]].
215	** Do not forget the Film/ThreeHundred Sparta Goblins! There are Persian Goblins as well. The player fights both sides and their leaders -- which fittingly enough happens in a carnival attraction -- and the quest dialog dismisses the lot of them as raving lunatics.
216	** The dances of each class is a reference to a real life dance. The dance that all of the classes have is Brown Eyed Girls- Abracadabra. The Sorceress' unique dance is Wonder Girls - Tell Me. The Archer's unique dance is Lee Hyori - U-Go-Girl. The Cleric's dance is Rain - Rainism, and the Warrior's dance is Seo Taiji's Nan Arayo. [[http://www.dragonnestsource.com/forum/images-video-art-sound/1878-dragon-nest-dances.html Here]] is the page with a video on each dance, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUZ4QUMtTbw&feature=related here]] is a clearer version of the Warrior's dance. This is due to Dragon Nest's Korean origin.
217	*** The Academic's unique dance is Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ8QJS_pJy8 This]] shows the Academic's dance
218	** You can get mail from an [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros unknown plumber with an Italian (typing) accent]], asking why you're chopping up the mushrooms he needs to get "[[PowerUp big and-a strong]]".
219	** Loffy the Beggar's name and The Pirate King quest line are references to Manga/OnePiece, first made explicit upon reading the first diary entry.
220	** One of the quests is called [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghosts]]: [[Series/{{Mythbusters}} Busted]].
221	** After you kill his pet spider, the first boss of Volcano Nest yells "[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing You shall not pass!]]"
222	* SlipperySkid: One of the Academic's spells, Wax, does this to her enemies.
223	* SmallGirlBigGun: The Academic, her gun is as big as herself.
224	** [[spoiler:Justified as the Academic became much younger after an accident while travelling from the future. The gun's size was made for a much older her.]]
225	* SmallNameBigEgo: May. David, on the other hand, makes her look humble.
226	* SomeDexterityRequired: A number of skills have [[HitboxDissonance hit boxes placed quite far from the player]] while others have smaller areas of effect than their graphics indicate and even smaller regions in which they can hit multiple times. Aiming these properly takes practice. Much of the difficulty in playing the Force User / Mystic class comes from the fact that ''most'' of her skills have this feature.
227	* SpaceWhaleAesop: From an item description:
228	-->"Let this be a lesson: Brush your teeth, or someone's going to steal them and use them for item crafting."
229	* SpinAttack: The Mercenary has several and using an Axe executes one on every third swing.
230	* StoneWall: The Clerics. Clerics are ''the'' tanks of Dragon Nest, but don't get any movement skills, other than the basic dodge that all classes possess. The Paladin somewhat offsets this somewhat with a skill where he charges straight forward with his shield.
231	* StoryArc: The main quest is split into arcs by level and the region.
232	** Level 1-9: The beginning which the story differs by the character's class (though Warrior and Archer share theirs).
233	** Level 10-24: The arrival to Calderock pass until the defeat of Manticore and the repair of the airship.
234	** Level 25-32: The first half of Saint Haven arc, which ends in the rescue of Rose from the Black Army.
235	** Level 33-40: The second half of Saint Haven arc which ends in the attack and defeat of the Sea Dragon.
236	** Level 41-50: Part One of Lotus Marsh arc which involves the Ancients and the Dragon Cult.
237	** Level 51-55: Part Two of Lotus Marsh arc which involves the meteorite and the alien lifeforms corrupting the natives. This also marks the [[spoiler:betrayal of Rose]].
238	** Level 55-60: The Tel Numara and Tel Rosa arcs which involves the following: [[spoiler:The fate of Kali's hometown, The conspiracy of Jasmine, Professor K exploiting the dragon essence within Daisy, and the memories of the Desert Dragon.]]
239	** Level 60-70: The first half of Anu Arendel arc which returns the Dragon Cult in action that poisons the homeland of the Elves.
240	** Level 70-80: The second half which is also known as the Monolith arc which marks the [[spoiler:defeat of the Dragon Cult after they attempted to destroy the Monolith.]]
241	** Level 80-90: The damage of the Monolith weakens the barrier that protects Lagendia from Mistland. The heroes then arrive to Mistland to prevent any eventual threat about to leak into Lagendia, only to find its interal strife.
242	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: During his friendship quest, Belin mentions adventurers thinking his cousins break adventurers' weapons on purpose & steal legendary items from them. Your character didn't steer the conversation in that direction.
243	* ThePsychoRangers: The four Mirror World heroes, one of each player class. Separately they're less powerful than the player should be by the time they're encountered but together they demonstrate why most PlayerVersusEnvironment encounters feel a little under - tuned for a full party (Hint: It's not because the monsters are too weak).
244	* TheTurretMaster: In the form of the Priests' relics. One shoots lightning, one heals, one removes [[StatusEffects debuffs]], and one [[TheParalyzer immobilizes]] any enemies near it. All of them last for around a dozen seconds before disappearing, and all except for the lightning relic have a CoolDown around a minute long.
245	** The latest class to arrive in Lagendia is the Academic, who can advance into TheEngineer, a literal example of this trope. Among her towers, we have a [[MoreDakka Gatling Gun tower]], a Bomb tower and the [[KillItWithIce Ice Pump tower]]. Advancing into the Gear Master gives her another tower: [[ChainsawGood the CHAINSAW TOWER]].
246	* TheWarSequence: This happens a few times during the storyline quests. All of them so far also involve the [[RedShirtArmy Soldiers of Saint's Haven.]]
247	** Any Abyss-difficulty mission will turn into this. [[OneManArmy The Priest can solo most of them, given right skills and gears.]]
248	* TimeTravel: The Academic/Tinkerer Class came from the future.
249	** OurTimeMachineIsDifferent: It de-ages you into a 12-year old girl ([[spoiler:though justified, as she is a clone...]])
250	* TournamentPlay: The Korean version was included in the 2011 WCG. The class performances were rather surprising considering the {{Metagame}} at the time -- 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.
251	* ToxicPhlebotinum: the Dragon Lustres, which are crystalline fragments of the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Tempest Dragon's]] flesh that landed across the world after it was defeated.
252	* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted [[TearJerker horrifically]] during [[spoiler:Gerrant's battle with Leviatha. He does a wing pull and appears to prepare to go into dragon mode, only to be stabbed through the chest]].
253	* {{Tsundere}}: Standard personality for the high ranking Sorceresses who treat all player classes like dirt but occasionally let slip that they are actually pretty impressed, while ironically the novices tend to be shy and unsure of themselves. Argenta as well, as while she starts out cold and spoiled she has a few slips before 'officially' defrosting as the player completes her questline.
254	* UndergroundMonkey: Most of the game's monsters are variations of a much smaller number of archetypes, with several locale-specific versions and in some cases a skeletonized undead version. This is no cause for complacency, however, as most variations tend to have a different signature move or additional attacks.
255	* UnknownRival: An orc, at least according to an NPC's fantasy, challenges the player to several duels via the mailbox. As he keeps getting defeated his brothers show up to make things 'fair' but in the end they don't amount to much.
256	** He shows up again later on having lost his memory, but he can't help but think the player character and him were dating and they had a breakup. The player character is predictably horrified by this accusation. The amnesia issue is cleared up rather quickly and he goes right back to the hopeless challenges.
257	* UselessUsefulSpell: The Cleric's basic healing only heals 8% max HP, plus a fixed number that increases as you upgrade the skill, and has a cooldown of 60 seconds before you can use it again.
258	** More useful because it was changed to gain an increased healing percentage at certain ranks. The ranks in-between the percentage increases are more or less a waste of time.
259	** The Healing Relic can be even worse, since it bases it's healing off the magic damage of the cleric. Don't forget that Clerics are [[StoneWall Stone Walls]]... so at best, the relic can heal small amounts of health, unless you deck your priest out with lots of magic damage equipment to increase it. Though, once the relic and basic healing are used together, it can recover a decent amount of HP.
260	* VainSorceress: All of the Sorceresses in this game are vain to various degrees. The PC Sorceress is more [[OnlyInItForTheMoney greedy]] than vain, however.
261	* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler:At the end of the Sea Dragon Nest, Leviathan catches the [=PC=] off guard but Velskud arrives to claim its Lustre, killing it in the process.]]
262	* VisionQuest: The Cleric's Specialization quest.
263	** BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: With the ghost of [[spoiler:ex-Cleric turned Dragon-Cultist Jacob]] as an end-boss. It's an AntiClimaxBoss, though, representing how the Cleric is actually strong enough to overcome the trauma.
264	* YouGetKnockedDownYouGetBackUpAgain: Averted. Both players in [[PlayerVersusPlayer 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 RecoveryAttack.
265	* YouALLLookFamiliar: With a few exceptions, higher leveled equipment does not significantly change how your PC's outfit looks. The majority of customization comes from costumes bought from the [[RevenueEnhancingDevices cash shop]]. This also applies to Saint's Haven Soldiers. Every. Single. One is identical to the others. Even the named guards use the same model as the unnamed guards!
266	** This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the blacksmith in Saint Haven, saying something about how the blacksmiths do have slight differences whereas the storage keepers are all just clones of one another.
267	* ZombieApocalypse: The Ghoul Mode in PVP.

Context VideoGame / DragonNest