Overview
- The MMO launched in South Korea and Taiwan on Nov. 19 with about 40 servers, but congestion and a character-name connection bug triggered emergency maintenance.
- In a Nov. 19 livestream, developers said they would remove the cash-shop packages that included gear-enhancing items despite prior assurances these would not be sold.
- NCsoft pledged to grant certain enhancement items for free, scrap costs for skill resets, and cut prices for some consumables to ease early monetization concerns.
- The company said it is aware of feedback that some character presets resemble Stray Kids’ Felix and NMIXX’s Sullyoon and promised to address the issue in the 19+ rated game.
- Shares closed down 14.61% to 191,700 won on Wednesday as negative player reaction and technical issues weighed on the debut.