History Trivia / DungeonFighterOnline

** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DFO/comments/gpjunh/til_sirocco_and_the_100_cap_story_line_were/ A Chinese fan video]] (rough translations in the comments) revealed that pretty much everything storyline-related in the level 100 cap was slated to be released as early as ''2008'', but was swept under the rug when Nexon acquired Neople around that time period. Anton was also supposed to be a regular dungeon before higher-ups suggested turning it into a raid.

** ''Global'' was supposed to get "Accelerated Leveling" as a permanent feature (minus the free gear) like the Korean version did, rather than a semi-recurring event as it currently is in ''Global'', but it was unceremoniously buried in a minor Twitch announcement, stating that the feature was axed in the Korean version due to bot owners taking advantage of the feature to make more farming characters.

* CashCowFranchise: You wouldn't know it by just looking at the ''Global'' playerbase, but ''Dungeon & Fighter'' is '''wildly''' popular in Asia, to the point where it prints more money than Nexon's [[VideoGame/MapleStory other popular MMORPG]]. In fact, it makes so much money, [[https://mmos.com/news/dungeon-fighter-online-bigger-franchise-star-wars it's made more money in 15 years]] than the aggregate box office sales of '''the entire Franchise/StarWars franchise!'''

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DFO/comments/d6ou9a/confirmations_on_the_september_19th_exstream/ A developer stream]] confirmed that the reason why the ''LightNovel/REZero'' avatar package had so many RandomNumberGod features implemented into it (in stark contrast to the [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} MIKUMIKU package]]) was because of [[MoneyDearBoy contractual and licensing fees]].

* NoBudget: ''Global'' developer MJ [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1jorkx/nexon_now_allowing_foreign_residents_in_south/ basically said as much]] on a Twitch stream following the release of Prey raid, when asked why the game's anti-cheat is such a joke. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DFO/comments/dd2jt8/confirmations_on_the_october_3rd_exstream/ The stream following this one]] also had MJ admitting that the ''Global'' team downsized to the point where it's smaller than it was during the beta, citing people on the team leaving for better-paying positions, compounded by the (anecdotally) [[HostileWeather perpetually typhoon-ridden Jeju Island]], where both Nexon and Neople's [=HQs=] are located.

* NoBudget: ''Global'' developer MJ [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1jorkx/nexon_now_allowing_foreign_residents_in_south/ basically said as much]] on a Twitch stream following the release of Prey raid, when asked why the game's anti-cheat is such a joke. The stream following this one also had MJ admitting that the ''Global'' team downsized to the point where it's smaller than it was during the beta, citing people on the team leaving for better-paying positions, compounded by the (anecdotally) [[HostileWeather perpetually typhoon-ridden Jeju Island]], where both Nexon and Neople's [=HQs=] are located.

* BadExportForYou: In addition to the changes down the page, exp tables were generally inflated to gross levels, bugs were rampant (to the point where one event may mess up social features of the game), and generally an inferior experience. Nexon had the gall to call it a "unique experience", something people remember because of this trope.

* MemeAcknowledgment: The mess that was DFOG's 2nd anniversary events (mentioned in the YMMV page) gets mentioned in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2vDZlHqM8U trailer of another event]], of all things.

* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed by the Publisher]]: It was after a certain point left to rot by Nexon NA, creating a lag in content updates and hackers running rampant, leading to the game's closure in North America. The cause is implied to be not making as much money as other games. In contrast in Korea it's one of the top 10 games consistently and of the sub-genre it popularized here, considered the best.

*** Sometime in 2018, there were plans announced to introduce a "rune" system for specific skills (think ''VideoGame/Diablo2'') that changed their mechanics/damage/hitboxes/etc. to keep Chronicle set effects around after the planned removal of said sets. As of April 2019, there hasn't been any mention of this plan ever since then.

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The AI-controlled Dungeon Fighters in the Tower of Anguish are all based off of actual players, chosen through an in-game event. The players' names and avatars are retained.

* NoExportForYou: Don't live in the U.S., Canada, Japan, China, Taiwan or Korea? Don't even think about downloading and installing the game. Even the North American version is many patches behind the Korean and Japanese versions.
** It's reported that people from Oceania (Australia and New Zealand, anyone?) were able to play the game.
** On June 13, 2013, all North American game servers were shut down. Astonishingly, this was re-averted with [=NeoPle=]'s revival of the American game late May 2014. Most areas (NA, EU, NZ/AUS, South America) are covered save for those with their own DFO (Japan, China, Korea). It's unknown if other asian areas are covered.
** Even with the Neople version, non-Asian versions still didn't get the pre-Metastasis F. Slayer, whose character storyline actually ''led directly into The Great Metastasis''.

** Averted with the ''DFO Global''-exclusive [[https://www.dfoneople.com/news/events/Once-Upon-A-Time-In-Arad Once Upon A Time in Arad event]], which was dubbed entirely in English by English voice actors residing in South Korea.

* NoDubForYou: While the game had English Voiceover when it was under Nexon America, Neople decided to simply publish the game with its Korean voiceover. A poll held by Neople also showed fans voted in a slightly higher margin to stick with Korean voiceover work although some did it out of the belief it would get the game out faster.

* DoingItForTheArt: The entirety of the "[[https://www.dfoneople.com/news/events/Once-Upon-A-Time-In-Arad Once Upon a Time in Arad]]" event. The [[TheWildWest wild west-themed]] event consists of all new assets designed for DFO Global (barring some music tracks), notably with English dubbing from Neople themselves - with quite a bit of SurprisinglyGoodEnglish, to boot. The devs were clearly quite proud of themselves, considering how happy they were to announce the event on their Twitch stream.

** This has turned into an AscendedMeme with the release of [[https://www.dfoneople.com/news/events/view/Zombie-Crisis-Great-Escape the Zombie Crisis event]], one [[https://i.redd.it/gigiq5czkq3z.png reward item]] of which happens to have "Better Than Last Year" as the FlavorText.

* CashCowFranchise: You wouldn't know it by just looking at the ''Global'' playerbase, but ''Dungeon & Fighter'' is '''wildly''' popular in Asia, to the point where it prints more money than Nexon's [[VideoGame/MapleStory other popular MMORPG]]. To date, it consistently lists on "Top 10" pages for "highest grossing video games".

** DFOG in some ways slightly inverts this as there's certain tweaks like drop rates of normal gear/quest items being boosted that make it stand out compared to most versions. Otherwise it's very much on par with kDnF.

--> "[[BigNo NO!!]] THIS IS NOT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR!!"