While not publicly available yet, we've managed to get our hands on the client for the open beta. Inside the game's files we were able to find things that we're able to reveal to you now before even Netmarble themselves.
Most importantly would be the Engineer class... it's not in here. We'll also start out being constricted to the same 7 zones that we we have been since the first beta. They have mentioned that all of the new content would not be released all at once, so don't expect that to be all there will be.
It's still likely that the Engineer will eventually be included in the game. All prior Engineer data that was in the earlier versions of the client is still in this version but, unless this is only the client for the reliance test, it seems like the Engineer will not be playable at the beginning of the open beta. The current client version is 0.90.1, up from version 0.70 in the third beta.
What we can show you though is some hints at what kind of DB content we'll be playing through:
The private open beta tester forum will be opened up later today. If you have an account that is able to play in the beta, but you cannot see the open beta forum then please read
this thread.
For information on when the game will be playable: refer to
this thread.
To prepare for the open beta, please check out these guides written by some of our members:
Getting your computer ready for Dragonball Online and
Guide to getting DragonBall Online to display Korean Language characters. The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Korean Dragonball Online has also been updated with a lot more information that should make the game even easier to play for non-Korean speakers.
As in the last beta, we will have an official DBOCOM guild. Expect the guild to be up sometime during the first week of the open beta. At the time of this post there are currently over 60 people able to play in the open beta at DBOCOM and I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone in-game. For everyone who won't be in the beta: check back for screenshots and videos posted by those who will be.
Update: There will be an event from January 11th, 12AM EST to the opening of the beta in which you will be able to create your character in advance for the open beta. The purpose of this event is only to allow players to reserve their character's names and the game will not be playable during this time. It was also announced that there will be three servers for the open beta. Which server we'll be playing on will be announced at a later time.
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