I have over a year and half of experience with Dragon Nest. It's a very good game, but hosted by a VERY bad company.. There used to be a private server with old official files, but it had huge down times, no updates, and an Admin that didn't care at all..
I would like to know about your progress on this. I enjoy the XOR servers, and the company itself. A Private Server is indeed heavily needed right now. It's all we've got to having a normal, fun DN experience.
PS: DN is a very good game.. It seems like crap because the company that hosts it is horrid..
Lastly, if you do build the server on SEA or what not files, make sure you know that CN/KR/TW version are of easy access, and you could probably packet sniff there easily, especially for the fact that they have much higher versions than NA or SEA. I think a LV 50 cap server would be great.
You could do this:
1. Use PWR system. (Requires sniff from NA or SEA version)
2. Remove weekly limits to Nests.
3. .. Cash Shop.. - Make sure to have vote for NX aka CC. The CS in DN is a heavy influence on the game. You need to make sure you don't re-create that OP CS crap that Nexon and other companies tend to do.
4. Translations - For content over LV 40, you need to get a translator. When you get to this point, ask me. I'm the mastermind behind the DN CN translation patch. I created the entire thing with a friend of mine named Apqoo that made the tools. I am a master at DN translation and integration.
5. Rates - You should focus on having a mid to low rate server. The level cap isn't high enough to have a super high rate, and I highly doubt you would make one that is high. I would suggest 2-5x rates. This includes gold rate since everyone needs a lot of gold, and it will be hard at first.
6. Marketplace CS Integration - You need to make sure you don't make the idiotic purpose mistakes that Nexon did and actually add in the NX Equipment/NX Accessories/NX Consumables tab to Marketplace.
7. Level Cap - Other than the base level cap, the only Pserver with which I publicized on EPVP and RZ aka Dragon Nest VN which I called it, had a level cap of 100. It was a simple modification with a rather simple leveling curve increase past the basic limit. I think having a high level cap can enrich the Server more and make for more room for custom additions which make servers fun.
PS: I have tons of experience with Vindictus as well, but sadly the game has no future.. It has very little pvp at best, and the KR devs have said before how they don't intend to focus on pvp that much. I suggest DN. It has a very good potential of being a great Private Server and money generator. It is a great game to make a Private Server out of.
Edit: I PMed you Lethal. Please reply and add what I asked you to. I would like to get started asap.
