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68-441: Dragon Nest ( Korean : 드래곤네스트 ) is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG developed by Eyedentity and available in different regions and languages. Aside from boasting a non-targeting combat and skill system within instance dungeons , Dragon Nest revolves around a rich story which is told in different points of view depending on the player 's chosen class . Dragon Nest receives new content, balance patches and cash shop items on

136-475: A spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and

204-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with

272-477: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this

340-454: A massive data loss of all players and the server came back online on 5 February. On 16 March, Dragon Nest Europe changed the publisher to be part of Cherry Credits. Dragon Nest Europe publisher Cherry Credits began the server closure on 15 May 2019, as the service contract was no longer being extended to Cherry Credits by the developer Eyedentity Games . Localization in Russian is handled by

408-448: A monthly basis. Major expansions that include several new dungeons, Nests, new classes, multiple new features or remake of old ones, extensive class adjustments and a raise on the level cap take place every year. The game has over 200 million players as of 2013, and had grossed ₩200 billion ( $ 180 million ) by 2012. Dragon Nest incorporates non-targeting system gameplay to create a fast-paced action-filled experience. Players choose from

476-513: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding

544-505: A range of hero classes, characters that are of the Dragon Nest storyline that can equip customizable gear and weapons. Characters exist in one world, Kalahan, which resulted from Nexon uniting all four worlds to unite the characters. Devastating skills can also be learned, to increase one's power when defeating monsters in instance dungeons or defeating other players in PvP . Dragon Nest also has

612-577: Is a hack and slash game for mobile devices for the Chinese market developed in Unity. The game uses various assets from the original Dragon Nest , including the 3D models. Players clear stages to progress through a brand-new story loosely based on the original game, said to be focused on Geraint and Velskud. The game has a hub modeled after Saint Haven for players to interact with one another, manage menus and speak to NPCs like Argenta. Saint Haven: Dragon Nest

680-485: Is a side-scroller beat 'em up game for iOS and Android developed by Beijing ZhangKuo Mobile Multimedia Technologie Co., Ltd. based both in the original Dragon Nest game universe and the film Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn universe. Players can take control of the Warrior, Archer and Sorceress to progress through stages and meet popular NPCs of the franchise, but Kali and Assassin have been teased in trailers and adverts. It

748-443: Is a mobile game for Android and iOS, and was released globally on 25 April 2017. New system and UI has been implemented such as semi-automatic skill and open field monster, and AI companion in the form of "Heroes". This game is different from Chinese counterpart, Dragon Nest: Awake , as the system is the same on as the original game on PC. Dragon Nest II Legend is an action game developed by Eyedentity Games for iOS and Android and

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816-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to

884-570: Is an action game developed by Primus Inc. a subsidiary company of Gumi, led by a former producer of the PC version of Dragon Nest Japan . The game featured 4 familiar playable characters at the start: Warrior, Archer, Cleric, and Sorceress. With a brand new storyline, players could travel on the world of Serencia as a "Knight of the Seal Dragon", going through trials set by a goddess. The game could be played in either landscape mode or portrait mode according to

952-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean

1020-736: Is currently only available for the Chinese market. Dragon Nest: Continenth Exploration , also known as Dragon Nest Wonderland (新龍之谷大富豪 WONDERLAND) in Taiwan and Hong Kong, was monopoly style game for iOS and Android released in July 2014. The game was only released in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong before shutting down in November the same year. The game interacted with the original Dragon Nest and players could participate in events, collect virtual cards, win items or merchandise through this game. Serencia Saga: Dragon Nest

1088-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be

1156-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with

1224-505: Is portrayed with platinum blonde hair, paler skin and blue eyes. Players take control of Geraint, Argenta, Marian and Garvel, each with 20 different skills that can be unlocked by progressing in the game. No details were given of this game, and it is said to be on a early stage of development by Eyedentity Games for iOS and Android. Announcement trailer only played gameplay clips of the original Dragon Nest . Dragon Nest: The Light of Daybreak , also known as Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn ,

1292-716: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on

1360-556: Is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only

1428-675: The Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from the Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that

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1496-524: The Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations , was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to

1564-557: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,

1632-949: The 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By the 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea

1700-594: The Cash Shop is known as the "Dragon Vault". The Goddess Althea, creator of the land of Alteria (Altea in the NA version, Lagendia in the SEA version), is poisoned by her evil sister Vestinel. The poison can only be cured using an antidote made using the source of the poison itself, Vestinel's magic grail, which has disappeared somewhere within Alteria. The players as heroes of Alteria must comb

1768-450: The Japanese version of the game. There are three main theme songs for the game itself, the "White Version", the "Black Version" and the "second" theme song. The "White Version" theme song "Road to Glory～for Dragon Nest" was performed by KOKIA , and the "Black Version" theme song " EVER " was performed by GACKT . The song "Road to Glory～for Dragon Nest" was released on 18 August 2010 as part of

1836-541: The May 2011 issue of Monthly Shōnen Rival . The first volume was published on 4 October 2010, the second volume on 4 February 2011, and the third volume on 3 June 2011. It follows the adventures of Warrior Sedo Nobusutatto, Archer Okiron Igunohisu, Sorceress Yuuri and Cleric Benetta as they fought to rescue the Prophetess Rose from a mysterious black figure, and to protect Saint Haven from a great danger. Another manga based on

1904-445: The advantage of being nearly completely skill-based, with lower level characters being able to defeat high level characters in PvP with skill alone. This allows a more experienced player that is of a lower level to dominate a less experienced player of a higher level player in PvP. In Dragon Nest , players fight groups of monsters using skills and attacks received by class trainers throughout

1972-515: The artist for the "Black Version" of the theme song of the game titled " EVER ". NHN Japan subsequently began Dragon Nest Japan' s closed beta. In 2009, Nexon America acquired the publishing rights of Dragon Nest for distribution in North America. Originally, Dragon Nest was scheduled for a mid-2010 release, but was delayed to Summer of 2011. Closed beta testing period was June 15-20. Dragon Nest open beta testing opened on July 26. The game

2040-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,

2108-476: The class / skill system in Dragon Nest . There is a new class in the game called "Slayer". There is a manga based on the game named Dragon Nest -Shungeki no Sedo- ( Dragon Nest-瞬撃のセド- , lit. "Dragon Nest -Sedo of the Sudden Attack-") . It is drawn by TATSUBON and published by Kodansha . Three tankōbon volumes has been published with about 12 chapters in total. It was serialized from the July 2010 issue to

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2176-454: The closure of the game servers in 2018. Dragon Nest Labyrinth is a top view dungeon crawler for iOS and Android developed by Eyedentity Games , said to take place 500 years after the events of the original Dragon Nest . Players can choose between the Warrior , Archer , Sorceress and Cleric to explore random generated dungeons. Dragon Nest: Awake , also known as Dragon Nest Mobile ,

2244-414: The compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean

2312-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in

2380-452: The fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of the population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it

2448-516: The game The World of Legend ( 传奇世界 ), which began operation in June 2003. Shanda transferred all user data from The Legend of Mir 2 into the new game, promising its customers that their character, points, armors and weapons would remain the same. WeMade Entertainment deemed The World of Legend to be a copy of Mir 2 and sued Shanda for copyright infringement in October 2003. After a prolonged legal battle,

2516-607: The game, called Dragon Nest Kenja no Yogen ( ドラゴンネスト 賢者の予言 , lit. "Dragon Nest- Prophecy of the Sage") started serialization from 27 July 2019 on the LINE Manga mobile application, with chapters released twice a week on Tuesday and Saturday. The manga was later also released on the Comico manga mobile application on 4 November, with the last chapter released on 19 January 2020, with a total of 60 chapters. Numerous theme songs have been used for

2584-500: The game. The monsters drop money, boxes, collectables, materials, weapons or equipment that can be used by the player, sold, traded or thrown away. The Cash Shop is an in-game shop where players use real-life currency to purchase equipment not widely available in-game. Special items can also help in the development of the characters such as Approval Stamps, Protection Jellies, and Dragon Eggs. Player can also buy pets, costumes, cosmetics to personalise their character. In Dragon Nest NA ,

2652-438: The holding company Mail.Ru Group . Closed alpha began on 28 August and finished on 5 September 2012. Open beta began on 26 September. The next update was released on 3 February 2016. It was Red Dragon Nest (Hardcore), Hero Battlefield (Hardcore) and Argenta's Costume. After this patch, the next update was released on 31 March, featuring Rumble Mode. This patch has been released with bag: characters could up their level, but 90 cap

2720-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains

2788-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it

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2856-750: The land fighting evil dragons in order to find power stones that enable them to communicate with the sleeping goddess in order to find the grail, wake her and save the world. In November 2007, Nexon Korea Corporation secured rights to Dragon Nest and was officially released in Korea in March 2010. In December 2007, Shanda , game publisher in China, published the Chinese version of Dragon Nest . The Chinese closed beta began on 25 March 2010 with an official release later that year. NHN Japan published Dragon Nest in Japan on their Hangame JP portal in 2008. In 2010, GACKT became

2924-618: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or

2992-639: The language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form

3060-451: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to

3128-553: The localized version of Dragon Nest for South East Asia region. Closed beta testing period for Dragon Nest SEA ran from 13 to 19 July 2011. Open beta was opened from 16 August to 20 October. Official release of the game began on 20 October 2011 onwards, with the release of Saint Haven and level 32 cap on 18 October to mark its grand opening. There were four servers at the time of SEA' s installation, namely (in chronological order) Westwood, Springwood, Greenwood and Holywood. The English language voiceovers for non-playable characters and

3196-457: The playable character Sorceress, sculpted by Usagi, and a Nendoroid figure of the popular non-playable character Events Planner Irine, sculpted by Shichibee, were released on 30 May 2013, with initial pre-orders only available in China. Good Smile Company later released the figurines for markets outside China in 2014. Nendoroid Irine was released for retail on 24 April, whereas the PVC figure of Sorceress

3264-581: The player's preference, switching at any time. The game was launched in Japan in summer 2017, but was later shut down on 28 March the following year. Eyedentity Games released World of Dragon Nest in Summer 2018. The features characters from the original PC version and introduces in new characters. Players face new enemies called "Paradise Exiles". The game has a focus on larger scale combat. The end-game content includes guild wars which involves 60 players, 30 from each side, fighting each other. World of Dragon Nest

3332-631: The proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and a later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of

3400-660: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting

3468-401: The single "Road to Glory~long journey~" (the song is also in the album " REAL WORLD "), while "EVER" was released on 28 July. The 'second' main theme song "THE END OF THE DAY" was performed by YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz and the single was released on 14 September 2011 (the song can also be found in their album "YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz I"). The game story chapter "Resurrection" theme song "live your life"

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3536-517: The song "The Warrior Call" for this release were produced by Deniss Berezins of Overdrawn Records. Level cap has been increased to 40 on 13 December the same year. Additional content related to the increase has been added which includes new Level 40 items, Manticore Nest and the Apocalypse Nest. On 24 April 2012, the long anticipated Academic class has been released, bringing the total playable starting characters to 5. The long-awaited Sea Dragon Nest

3604-560: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Shanda Games Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited was founded in December 1999 by Chen Tianqiao , Chrissy Luo, and Chen Danian . In September 2001, Shanda published its first game, The Legend of Mir 2 ( 热血传奇 ), which was licensed from a Korean company, WeMade Soft . In 2003, a dispute over profit sharing caused the relationship to fracture between Shanda and WeMade. No longer able to operate The Legend of Mir 2 , Shanda developed

3672-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at

3740-532: The time, Shanda Games provided 77 percent of Shanda Interactive's revenue. Shanda Group founder Tianqiao Chen subsequently sold his stake in Shanda Games in 2014. In 2017, the Shanda Games brand was acquired by Zhejiang Century Huatong Group. On March 30, 2019, following a buyout by Zhejiang Century Huatong Group, Shanda Games changed their name to Shengqu Games. "Aurora Technology" and "Eyedentity Games" are subsidiary of "Shengqu Games" company. "Actoz Soft"

3808-499: The two companies reached a settlement on April 26, 2009. By October 2004, Shanda operated eight games and was the largest online game company in China, hosting 1.2 million simultaneous players. By June 2008, Shanda Games Limited had become a business unit of Shanda Interactive. In 2009, Shanda Interactive spun off Shanda Games in the largest IPO in the United States that year under the ticker: GAME, raising US$ 1.04 billion. At

3876-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ

3944-456: Was added in the June 2012 patch. The first Dragon class nest, Sea Dragon Nest, has been released on 24 July. On 24 October, the North American version extended its level-cap to 50, giving the players the ability to learn their 3rd sub-class. In June 2013 the level-cap of the North American version was extended to 60, allowing players to learn two EX skills. Shanda and Cherry Credits released

4012-533: Was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by the yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as

4080-470: Was not released. On 1 April this bag was fixed. It was the last update on Russian server. Next update should have been 90 cap, but problems became harder. Server had juridical disagreements with developers and also the game became not in priority for the Mail.Ru Group company. All gamers expected update and long time listened promises of the game producer, but 90 cap update had not been released. The company began

4148-475: Was performed by ViViD . The song was released on 27 June 2012 as part of their album " INFINITY ". The theme song of the story chapter "Side Story: Codename Zero" was "Battle of Destiny", performed by KOKIA and the single was released on 20 February 2013. To commemorate the launch of Dragon Nest "Reboot" in 2015, Uverworld performed the theme song of the reboot, "I love the World", which is also their 28th single, and

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4216-469: Was released on 2 June. A film based on the game, Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn , was released in 2014. A film sequel, Dragon Nest 2: Throne of Elves , was released in 2016. Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea,

4284-445: Was released on 26 August. There is also a limited edition Dragon Nest drama CD, called Prelude～Unmei no Mezame～ ( プレリュード～運命の目覚め～ , Pureryuudo～Unmei no Mezame～ , lit. "Prelude- The Awakening of Fate") . It was released by Japanese record label Voice Records on 20 April 2011. Japanese hobby products manufacturer Good Smile Company has released figures based on some characters in the game. A regular 1/8th scale PVC figure of

4352-513: Was released on 4 June, and also the much anticipated Level 50 cap was released on 28 August, together with further advancements in their current job classes. On 2 April 2013, the new Kali class was released. On 13 May, the level cap was increased to 60. On 11 February 2014, the level cap was increased to 70, giving access to new EX skills, and the Anu Arendel dungeons. On 18 March the Assassin character

4420-540: Was released on 5 August 2017 on App Store . The story takes place 500 years before the events of Dragon Nest but speculated to be an alternate timeline due to incongruencies with the main story: the game's story states that Geraint defeated the Black Dragon, but was exposed to the potion and to prevent corruption he sealed himself. In the process, Geraint lost his memories but eventually meets someone that will help him recover. Geraint's physical appearance also differs: he

4488-431: Was released on the mobile platforms. The game has auto combat, but the players can switch to manual mode anytime they want. It also features the non-targeting combat. In the new game, there is a gauge on the screen and is like an ultra skill system. Making both genders for each class was the other thing the developer team put a lot of resources into. In addition to gender lock removal, World of Dragon Nest completely ditches

4556-479: Was released. The level cap was increased to 80 with new lvl 80 EX skill & equipment in 2015 with new lvl 80 dungeons and nest. The new Lancea class was released on March 3, bringing a total of 8 playable characters. Closed beta began on 27 February 2013. Dragon Nest Europe was officially released on 6 March by eFusion. From 24 to 29 October, Dragon Nest EU had a server transfer and officially changed host to Shanda. In January 2016, Dragon Nest Europe suffered

4624-556: Was slated to go live on August 11, but this date was pushed back. The North American version was level-capped at 32 with the Saints Haven release on September 28. Characters, items and skill from the open beta test were not cleared, so players kept the progress they made in the OBT. In mid-December, the North American version has extended its level-cap to 40, giving the player the ability to learn their 2nd sub-class's final skill. The Tinkerer class

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