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The European servers for Dragon Nest experienced a data loss the likes of which have never before been seen in an MMO. Two years of player data was gone in the blink of an eye.
Dragon Nest's European publisher, Shanda Games, offered up a look at the damages incurred as a result of this colossal screw up.
Wow! What are they going to do about lost progress and items?
Titles earned from achievements during that two year window are gone. Real world currency spent on the game in the past three months will be reimbursed via additional in-game DNP.
A full rundown of what will be freely given to players can be found at the Dragon Nest website.
What exactly went wrong isn't known for sure. It's been mentioned that the game has been running on backup servers for years since their main servers had some issues. They never brought back the "main" servers and the backup servers were all that were left.
Dragon Nest's European publisher, Shanda Games, offered up a look at the damages incurred as a result of this colossal screw up.
What data has been lost?
All titles, missions, quests, achievements, NPC points, guild points, cooking details, fishing details, trading house items, as well as inventory and storage items are gone for now. Cash Items have also been wiped.
All titles, missions, quests, achievements, NPC points, guild points, cooking details, fishing details, trading house items, as well as inventory and storage items are gone for now. Cash Items have also been wiped.
Wow! What are they going to do about lost progress and items?
We will basically have a massive Jump Character Event:
With the server opening, all characters are going to be Level 80. If you had a Level 80, a Level 28 and a Level 56 character on Sunday, you will have three Level 80 characters now. These characters will have finished all mandatory and relevant quests and missions.
You will also receive 100 Gold to set up your skills and everyone receives a new Level Up Reward Box.
All characters will receive legendary Level 70 Equipment materials and epic Level 80 equipment (already upgraded to +10), with updated values according to the Level 90 Dragon Nest R rebalancing.
With the server opening, all characters are going to be Level 80. If you had a Level 80, a Level 28 and a Level 56 character on Sunday, you will have three Level 80 characters now. These characters will have finished all mandatory and relevant quests and missions.
You will also receive 100 Gold to set up your skills and everyone receives a new Level Up Reward Box.
All characters will receive legendary Level 70 Equipment materials and epic Level 80 equipment (already upgraded to +10), with updated values according to the Level 90 Dragon Nest R rebalancing.
Titles earned from achievements during that two year window are gone. Real world currency spent on the game in the past three months will be reimbursed via additional in-game DNP.
A full rundown of what will be freely given to players can be found at the Dragon Nest website.
What exactly went wrong isn't known for sure. It's been mentioned that the game has been running on backup servers for years since their main servers had some issues. They never brought back the "main" servers and the backup servers were all that were left.