TERA Online General : Now Free to Play
May 1st.
Here's the official hype copypasta, if you haven't already seen it:
Some features we can look forward to at launch:
>open world
>realm vs realm PvP
>no factions FFA
>guild vs guild PvP
>large field PvPvE
>guild housing
>true action combat
>collision detection
>political system
>bounty system
>amazing graphics/art style
>private shops
>clean and fully customizable UI
>no grind
>westernization
About the endgame:
The PvP crowd has: open world, bounty hunting, realm vs realm, guild vs guild, and battlegrounds.
As for the PvE crowd, there are 7 confirmed endgame instances as of right now. All have a [Normal] and [Hard] option. These are: Labyrinth of Horror, Black Tower, Kelsaik's Nest, Training Ground, Bibish's Lab, Jabalman's Dome, and Gladusshi's Watch
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>Berserker gameplay
http://youtu.be/PpPmi3BzvSQ
>Slayer gameplay
http://youtu.be/Hvw2FY6wFHo
>Warrior gameplay
http://youtu.be/CaFNZOaS6dQ
>Sorcerer gameplay
http://youtu.be/S5eDf-HY8LU
>Exploring
http://youtu.be/YNrpJvm3bVg | http://youtu.be/PZRdgKmybhE
>Character Customization
http://youtu.be/N7BU2fH3Vnw
>Political System
http://youtu.be/Uh8xMM9LX6A | http://youtu.be/kwxfXm1VukA
>Gamescom 2011 trailer
http://youtu.be/ukx_imsPLx8
>TERA E3 2011 trailer
http://youtu.be/r6ZBOaOZAAg
>Awesome trailer
http://youtu.be/XWnhn-9LS8c
Aside from that, arguably my favorite part of the entire game is the chronoscrolls. It's like EVE online's pilot license extensions, except they are only tradeable once (no marketeer hording), they ONLY add +subscription time (not like EVE, where those licenses add a ton of extra stuff now, making them more like cash shop points), and they drop off of all elite mobs, which, if you are good at the game, you can solo anything. Each scroll is +15 days to your subscription, so if you play a good amount you will only need to pay the first sub fee and then never again. Actually, if you get into a good guild, you won't even need to grind the elite mobs, as long as you contribute I bet they will give the high ranking members the scrolls for free.
August edit:
Countdown for QoA2 is 10 days. If you don't already know, QoA2 is the first real game expansion for the US version; it adds Battlegrounds, 3 new instances, a new item tier, revamps for almost all classes, and new glyphs, as well as revamp on the pomegranatety Nexus system where you can now form a raid of 10 players and fight one, instead of having to go in a huge laggy mob and only on the weekends.
Re: TERA full release date announced
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...lease-of-tera/
Great job NCsoft, you just lost thousands of B&S sales with this one action. Mine included. I was looking forward to that, but now I think I'll pirate it and play a private server just to piss them off.
Re: TERA full release date announced
Re: TERA full release date announced
Sounds like the people in that article have no idea what they are talking about. It flopped in Korea because you can hit cap level in a week, and they want to grind, not do endgame stuff; the vast majority of them think hitting cap level IS endgame.
Besides, what does TORtanic even have to do with TERA? Confusing article is confusing...
Re: TERA full release date announced
just participated in a 2 hour server strength test for eu. Lots of lag to begin with and then over time it went. Dunno if that was people got annoyed with it and logged or anything.
The game is everything i expected and its pretty beautiful to look at (and im not at max settings)
Re: TERA full release date announced
The combat looks far too slow, and the skills aren't flashy at all.