Smilegate's LORDNINE, developed by NX3GAMES, offers an expansive class system with over 60 unique combinations of nine weapons and abilities. The game's streamlined business model, characterized by its "Normalizing the Abnormal" approach, simplifies the loot system to a single avatar type. This innovative monetization strategy has contributed to its sustained success in both major app stores, positioning LORDNINE as a standout title in the latter half of the year.
Recognizing the growing importance of communication in game services, LORDNINE introduced its first interactive broadcast, Lord Talk.
Photo: (left to right) LORDNINE CM Lee Seol-leong and NX3GAMES PD Kim Hyo-jae
¡á New World Region: Crancia Continent Opens
The new world region, Crancia Continent, is now open, mirroring the inter-server concept of traditional MMORPGs. In this area, players from servers 1 to 10 can collaborate or compete. Exclusive content, such as a boss takeover event and unique equipment that can only be acquired in this region, will be available. Furthermore, guild dungeons and guild houses have been added for players to enjoy alongside their guildmates.
¡á Abundant Life Content: Fishing, Mining, and More
To provide entertainment beyond growth and combat, life content such as mining, fishing, treasure hunting, cooking, and alchemy has been added. ¡ãMining: Mining allows players to extract various ores from the field, and specialized mining regions may be introduced. Repeated mining increases ability proficiency, enabling players to harvest multiple ores. Mined ores can be refined to craft weapons, armor, and items for guild house decoration.
¡ãFishing: Similar to mining, there are regions specialized in fishing. Fishing abilities and professions have been added along with fishing gear. Players can catch not only fish but also monsters or special items. When a monster is caught, players can quickly switch to their weapon to engage in battle. Special items like treasure maps can also be fished out, which can be obtained through farming in specific regions.
¡ãTreasure Hunting: Starting at a low level, players can decode treasure maps through treasure-hunting abilities to discover hidden coordinates. Higher-level treasure maps reveal treasure guardians at the coordinates, leading to battles. Therefore, it's easier to decode high-level treasure maps with a party or guild members.
¡ãCooking: Players can make food that grants various buffs. Upon reaching the highest level of cooking abilities, players can attain a chef profession similar to the chefs of the El Sera Continent. Buffs from cooking provide higher capabilities than current items.
¡ãAlchemy: Alchemy allows players to craft potent potions with powerful, immediate effects. These single-use items can provide substantial health or mana regeneration, increased attack power, and more. By mastering a variety of life skills, players can become skilled Life Artisans, capable of creating even more potent concoctions.
¡á The Best Homunculus: Homunculus Racing
Players can now participate in races using their homunculi, which have been solely companions until now. These homunculi, invisible outside the races, possess stats tailored for racing, such as speed, obstacle navigation, jumping, stamina, and endurance. Players must strategically choose their homunculi as different tracks require different stats.
¡á LORDNINE’s Records from the Last Month
LORDNINE has disclosed various records compiled from its official service launch on July 12 to July 31. The game surpassed 2 million downloads, with concurrent users exceeding 200,000.
Device usage is nearly evenly split between mobile (51%) and PC (49%). However, PC users contribute a larger share of revenue, with 66% of payments made on this platform. To enhance the user experience and facilitate smoother transactions, the company is implementing an improved PC payment system.
As expected, the "bow" emerged as the most popular weapon. In new MMORPGs, ranged weapons are typically favored for efficient hunting, and LORDNINE is no exception. 63.2% of players selected the bow, while those who prefer melee combat mainly used swords and shields (8.4%).
Among players above level 50, 33.2% preferred the 3+2 armor set combination, which is the most popular choice. Additionally, 26.8% of players opted to wear five identical armor pieces. The 3+2 set typically consists of three plate armor and two cloth pieces. Players who used only one type of armor generally favored plate armor.
Most players started as adventurers due to the limited number of skills available. In contrast, among players above level 50, the Dark Lancer is the most popular choice, favored for its ability to penetrate 100% of an enemy's defense with basic attacks.
The pet concept homunculi has seen 1,745,739 instances of homunculus synthesis. This is followed by 5,923,334 instances of homunculus breeding and 3,024,415 instances of releasing homunculi, demonstrating the widespread enjoyment of homunculus content among players.
Item farming data has also been revealed. Over 6 million rare-grade items have been dropped, with players averaging 8.5 each. This supports the promise of a rewarding item acquisition experience. Additionally, more than 100,000 hero-grade items and 95 legendary items have been dropped, ensuring an engaging and enjoyable farming experience.
Regarding the crackdown on in-game workshops, 44,000 accounts were banned before the game's launch. Since then, with an influx of additional workshops, approximately 420,000 workshop accounts have been identified and sanctioned. Ongoing efforts, supported by specialized personnel and in collaboration with Smilegate, ensure daily detection and enforcement against these workshops.
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