Beginning or End of DN

[Xcalibur]

I am just wondering if this is a new beginning to DN or the inevitable end. What does everyone else think?

[Tortellini]

Well, the game has been going for a few years already and people have wondered if it was the end of DN practically every cap since 24 cap. "This game is dying", "game is dead" etc...

It really just depends on how they handle the game and if people are spending enough that the service is profitable and worth keeping up. I thought the game was done months ago, but then the service transfer announcement happened.

[FreakingSpaz]

Honestly could go either way. but personally i think DNNA could be the new "testing server" were ED sends us content to test before going on a final say. but I don't have a reason to back up this theory and wouldn't make the most since in hind sight.

[Omega Metroid]

captionThe end of an era is always the beginning of another. The question remains, though, of what that new era brings. Perhaps ED wanted to branch out internationally, and figured that this was a good opportunity to do so. Perhaps they couldn't find anyone else to host the game. The world may never know.

At the very least, I suspect this will be a new beginning for the game's PVP player base, since they're no longer shackled to a single server shared with both the PVE content and Maple Story. With the game's action-RPG design still holding strong, this may revitalise the waning population, which could hopefully feed into ED making PVP more balanced than it currently is. The lack of Nexon's stigma may also be enough to bring back players that enjoyed the game, but stopped playing because they disliked the publisher.

Conversely, the lack of a separate publisher could mean that people are wary of giving an old game a new lease on life, considering how quickly most MMORPGs burn out. If this is the case, and it negatively affects the player base, then it could lead to ED shutting the NA branch down if it stops making money. I don't personally see this as all that likely to happen (if anything, they could use it as a test server, to get new content looked at by players with a fundamentally different point of view than the dev team, to serve as a counterpart to feedback from the Korean version), but it is a distinct possibility due to the lack of a contracted publisher acting as a buffer.

Personally, I believe this might act as a new beginning, but only time shall tell.

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And besides, every MMORPG dies forever with every new update and/or whenever there's a lack of new updates (if you ask the player base), but that usually doesn't kill them. ^_^

[Nekavrad]

the end of the begininning :P

[DatBoi]

its da beginning.

dont sweat it. things always turn around fam. game was dyin b4 but now #DNisAlive!

[DoctorRogue]

Definitely a new beginning...however...we must keep in mind that we have had a few other "beginnings" but all under the same thumb. Hopefully this one will bring us all what we're looking for in a game