Your first session: a plan that survives launch week

NC announced the global PC launch on October 5, 2026. Use the official site or Steam listing to reach the correct client for your region. An old test client, a Korean guide and the global release can describe different things. Before committing to a character, coordinate region, faction and server with anyone you intend to play with. Read the current selection screen and notice rather than assuming a later transfer will solve a mismatch.

Spend a few minutes on camera sensitivity, text size and the visibility of party information. Place your most frequently needed inputs where you can reach them while moving. Change one setting at a time and revisit it in the same scene. If a performance issue occurs only in crowds, compare the same crowded area rather than judging a change from an empty room. We do not prescribe a universal graphics preset or claim an FPS gain.

For the first session, follow the game’s introductory progression until you understand movement, targeting and the menus it has actually unlocked. When a new system appears, read its cost and purpose before spending. Keep a short note of anything unclear and continue with a known objective. Opening every menu notification can consume the whole session without teaching you a useful combat loop.

Before opening a choice box or committing a scarce resource, ask what the item does, whether it is restricted to this character, and whether your next objective needs it. These are questions to answer from the current item text; this guide does not assume particular transfer or refund rules. There is little value in copying a veteran’s spending order when your own bottleneck is still learning an encounter.

Finish with one concrete objective: test a different keybind, practise a familiar encounter, or resolve a question about an unlocked system. Use the planner for your own tasks, not as a list of mandatory game dailies. It saves in this browser and has a manual reset, so no unverified regional reset time is silently applied. A small plan you return to is more useful than a long checklist you abandon.