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1* BigInJapan: This was once the most popular MMO in Japan; essentially what ''World of Warcraft'' was for America. This is especially notable in anime/manga/novels that take place in (or have features of) MMO gaming, as they borrow a lot of mechanics that were better known in ''Ragnarok Online'' than other titles.
2* ExecutiveMeddling: As noted in the description, after Gravity was nearly destroyed by a hacking incident at the end of the first closed beta, Samsung 'saved' them by buying them out. Samsung then put a director in place to oversee the recovery of the almost totally destroyed game, who tried to impose his radically different vision on the design team. Samsung caught wind of this when a very large portion of the design team proceeded to rebel and quit, however, and pulled the director, installing someone else with instructions to leave the development be, and while some damage was done, disaster was largely averted.
3* {{Homage}} / ShoutOut: The advance job class of the Gunslinger is called Rebellion. Many Westerners seem confused as to why it isn't called Rebel. The movie {{Film/Equilibrium}} is known as '''''Rebellion''''' in Japan and Korea (because the original Equilibrium title doesn't translate well into Japanese or Korean). The film has a major pop culture following in those two countries, and the GunKata inspired Gunslinger is just one of many examples found in manga, anime, manhwa, and video games. The advanced job class is directly named after the movie.
4* NoExportForYou: Played with, as the game was released worldwide. However, due to Europe changing its protection of data privacy laws in June 2018, the game is no longer available to play in majority of countries belonging to the EU. A few exceptions exist, though.
5* WhatCouldHaveBeen: While the hacking incident itself that almost killed all of Gravity's plans for RO is famous, there are some lesser known things that could have existed, but got axed, mostly due to the incident.
6** There was a USA-themed town/city and dungeon planned at one point. A BGM called "Antique Cowboy" seems to be all that is left of this. Notably, an American wild west themed town and dungeon does come out many many years later, but does not use that BGM, having an all new BGM instead.
7** The Creator/Biochemist was originally supposed to have the animated shoulder pads that the Geneticist has in their idle battle stance, but players liked the look of the non-animated pads enough to keep them.
8** There was a plan for a house system that lets you have your own house, and even decorates them.
9** An alignment system was also planned, and apparently supposed to have an effect on the existing War of Emperium (guild vs guild) feature. All that's left from the plan was a blank and unusable alignment chart on player stat window, and even that gets removed during the Renewal update.

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