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Reply #735 on: March 28, 2013, 04:19:37 PM

I don't think they sold the swimsuits in Tera Europe. Mh.

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Reply #736 on: March 28, 2013, 09:04:50 PM

I decided to give this a shot; it's a pretty good example of how a F2P game should work. Nothing about the game seems to be hidden behind paywalls, and I'm having fun without spending a dime. I might eventually buy a box for the Founder upgrades since that seems to be a good value.

Anyone know what the Easter event entails? I got to claim a few eggs but I'm not sure where to go to hunt for more.

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Reply #737 on: March 29, 2013, 12:24:10 AM

Everyone playing this clearly is a pervert! Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

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Reply #738 on: March 29, 2013, 02:07:42 AM

Honestly, I am not caring about the Easter events as they seem to be taking place outside of the game, screenshots, forums, emails and stuff. I don't wanna bother with that. I guess that comes with being a low-budgety regionally licenesed product.


Everyone playing this clearly is a pervert! Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

It says so in my grief title. Also, best combat and best visuals of any present MMORPG.

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Reply #739 on: March 29, 2013, 08:30:08 AM

Everyone playing this clearly is a pervert! Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?
I'm actually not playing a kawaii uguu loli.

Falc there are guys in game that drop Easter eggs when you kill them. I'm just not sure if there are certain areas they can spawn in or if they're random.

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Reply #740 on: March 29, 2013, 08:47:06 AM

Oh? I haven't found a single one yet, so that reinforced my convinction that it was all out of the game. Now I will look into it. I mean, we win bunny ears, right?

And no loli here either. This is me.


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Reply #741 on: March 31, 2013, 09:49:51 AM

Pfft lolis, humans. Everyone knows popori are the way to go.

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Reply #742 on: April 02, 2013, 07:13:22 AM

Interesting experiment regarding the game's PVP incoming implemented:

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For a limited time starting with the 19.04.04 patch, players can battle to find out who will reign—April showers or May flowers? All month, queue up by selecting the Fraywind Canyon—Equalized option in the battleground matching system.

When you enter the equalized battleground, your gear is converted into spring-colored PvP armor, weapon, and jewelry. This gear is standardized with PvP bonuses and levels the enchantment playing field. Your customization is limited to the crystals you choose. You’ll have the same number of crystal slots and level restrictions as your original gear.

One team will don April-showers blue and the other team will sport May-flowers purple. Your goal is still to turn all the pyres blue, kill your opponent, and reap the Bellicarium rewards.

Currently the 'normal' battleground in TERA suffers from two issues -- the usual diku gear progression giving the poopsockers huge advantage, and incredibly dumb matching system that tends to place organized groups (generally in the mentioned high tier gear) vs random collection of people queueing solo (generally at gear disadvantage) ... which leads to easily predicted results. This new 'event' tries to address them both, as it places everyone on equal footing gear-wise, and only allows players to queue solo.
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Reply #743 on: April 02, 2013, 07:24:32 AM

This is FANTASTIC news. I am level 59 now and I am terrified at the idea of finally be able to enter the Battlegrounds only to be steamrolled into quitting.
I can only hope they will do it on the European servers too.

EDIT: Someone says it could be an April's fool...
« Last Edit: April 02, 2013, 07:48:35 AM by Falconeer »

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Reply #744 on: April 02, 2013, 08:53:41 AM

I couldn't tell if that post was serious or not, given the flowery team names and the posting date.

I've been playing a lot of this lately; I've made it to 32 on my Slayer. I was running a lot of dungeons only to find that there isn't one from 32 to 35. Are gaps like that in the dungeon levels frequent? I really don't care for the questing but the dungeons are fun.

Also this morning's patch seems to have broken the game for me. I'm getting a "Source file was corrupted" error while trying to apply the patch; even uninstalling and reinstalling the game didn't fix it.

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Reply #745 on: April 02, 2013, 09:23:26 AM

EDIT: Someone says it could be an April's fool...
It's already implemented in game with today's patch so nope, not april's fool.
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Reply #746 on: April 07, 2013, 08:14:31 AM

Everyone playing this clearly is a pervert! Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

What about Scarlet Blade though?
Edit by Trippy: NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpwBG2Dtpmk
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Reply #747 on: April 07, 2013, 12:08:45 PM

I've played it but this isn't really a board where people wanna hear about that sort of thing. Its nowhere near the game Tera is, not even in the same league.

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Reply #748 on: April 07, 2013, 07:21:36 PM

After looking at some screens sometimes I want to download  this game just to fap. But then again for 22gb I can download  a lot of porn
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Reply #749 on: April 08, 2013, 05:15:58 AM

Just hit level 60 yesterday, and I am still having fun. Not oly the graphics are simply the best in any MMORPG, but the world is really, really beautiful. It's hard not to stop in awe when you enter certain new zones. Seriously, the amount of talent and work put into this game are insane. The mobs designs are crazy, but they are undeniably beautiful, and while there is some repetition here and there, I wouldn't say there is more than in any other game of this genre. Took me to get to level 58 to meet these new banana-throwing sloths, which certainly aren't the most amazing thing on paper, but they are beautifully animated and don't take anything away from the huge bosses, dragons, metal giant robots or zerg-like monsters you meet elsewhere.

Few more words on the quest-grind. The biggest problem of this game is that it's hard to care about the stories. I mean, even the main plot quests have some cool cinematics and still even as an anime fan is pretty damn hard to give a shit. So eventually you will just grind to the cap for about two months to get to level 60. Mind, to me this hasn't been a problem. As stated multiple times, the combat is just fun enough that you simply want to keep bashing stuff, regardless of the excuse (quest) given to you, but sure it would have helped to have the lore delivered to you in a way that made you care more. Still, it's good to always have something to do and always have a new place to visit to keep growing your char. As soulless as the quest-grind can be, the world you will visit isn't, and it all certainly feels at least convenient.

The world is huge, and there's literally thousands of quests, so you will never have to grind mobs (as expected from a 201x game), you will just go from quest hub to quest hub completing zones and eventually being pushed to the occasional dungeon. There's plenty of dungeon roughly one every 5 levels after level 20 and then one every 3 levels in your upper forties. At level 60 there's about five new dungeon so I can see myself enjoying this for a little while even now that I capped (especially if they will release the faction pvp patch soon). The dungeon finder works very well if you are a tank or a healer, but expect long waits if you are one of the to-many DPSs.

The combat, as stated so many times, is just so damn good. Nothing comes even close. Sure, you might want to try out a few classes to see which one better fits to your style, since they play very differently, but they are all very good and they all have that "oomph" factor that is missing from too many games. Mobs get harder over time so while you won't have a problem killing solo stuff, you will have to improve your game in order to reduce downtime, and that makes perfect sense in one of the first few MMORPGs where you have a defensive skill on your right mouse button and you are supposed to use it a lot.

I even like itemization. Lots and lots of items to change pretty much every level or every time you hit a dungeon, and a satisfying drop-rate both into dungeons and in the open world. Not to mention the quality of the texture and bump mapping of every single piece of gear: simply insane. You want to get stuff just to see how it looks. But on top of that, it's clear enough what helps your character improve and it's very easy to put your fingers on upgrades at all time, and it feels rewarding. Also, same items change look completely based on the race that is wearing them. Mind boggling!

Finally, the PVP Battlegrounds at level 60 seem to be a pain as in the item difference between you and all the others who've been there for a while is huge at first. Expect a long time of suckage. But purchasing the first PvP set out of the auction house helps a ton, and I like the mechanics of the 15v15 map with such a strongly player skill driven kind of combat. Finally, the 3v3 is brutal, since you only have one life, and when you die you are out for the rest of the round, but it can be very satisfying since you can only join with a party, so there's plenty of room for you and your two best friends to try your skill and climb the rankings (and get more rewards in the process). I enjoy this a lot, I wish they put in a duel ladder too (class based) like the Olympics in Lineage 2, but oh well.

This is a very good MMORPG. Not that it is obscure or empty (in fact, our Euro server is packed 1 year after launch), but I would definitely say it's extremely underrated. It's like (due to the pedo-character, and being South Korean so everyone immediately thinks of grind and Aion) it isn't being taken seriously. But it's worth a lot of your time. Especially considering how really free it is.

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Reply #750 on: April 08, 2013, 05:52:34 AM

I tried this game out on falconeer's love for the combat system. The combat at face value is fun on a controller, on a mouse/keyboard it gets really clunky for a left-hander but overall seems fun.

 It's an mmo though and while I notice that "wow I have 1 gold" people are already selling stuff in chat for 2200, so yeah, mudflation.  That and I work in anime so playing this game is like being stuck in a convention that never ends so maybe it's good but not for me.

Quick Rundown

Bad
-You WILL be playing with pervy anime fetishists.
-Combat works on controller, keyboard not so much.
-Standard MMO grind and inflation already at full force.

Good
-Nice cutscenes
-Controller combat very fun and would recommend for other games
-Pretty game(if you enjoy the style)
-Free

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Reply #751 on: April 08, 2013, 06:13:26 AM

Just two more little things.

I think the combat works very well with mouse and keyboard, and I never even considered using a controller. This is because you need to rotate the camera super quickly, not something you can do with a controller. I think players would be handicapped with a controller in PvP the same way they are in FPS when facing m+k players, as being able to turn your aim 180 degress in an instant is critical. But as you noted, this could be something that changes based on personal habits, and/or being right-left handed.

About money, when you reach level 60 you have about 5000 gold in your pockets. At level 50 You have about 1000. Not sure if this is a server thing, but I felt the opposite of what you said. Sure, the highest, most expensive super mega high end gear you can only get out of hard mode dungeons at level cap goes for about 400K, which is many times more of what I have, but from level 1 to 60 I could always afford the best Superior (gold) items out of the auction house no problem. Even the starter PvP set at level 60, I got the full thing for 2000, and I still have 3000 left and it's not like I ever farmed gold. In fact, I never ever sold one single crafting material, and I am sure I could have made twice that much if I did.

And people sell stuff in chat for thousands of gold which is uber-high-level +9 drops, or the dreaded +12 enchantment alkahest powders. Ignore that. It's meant to make you feel like shit. But it's about two months before you'll have to care about it.

Again, can't speak for all servers, but money comes very easily and the prices in the AH seem very reasonable. So when you have 1 gold the best items are like 50 silver, and when you have 500 gold the best items are like 200 gold and so on. So about mudflation, unless we are talking about very-end game, I had the complete opposite experience. In fact, I had to force myself not to always buy the best equipment cause it was spoiling the fun of looking for drops in dungeons.

Since I don't think you are lying, it could be either a server thing, or just that you need a little more experience with how the system works to see where the bargains are.
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Reply #752 on: April 08, 2013, 06:44:21 AM

I haven't played this game but I remember seeing it a few years ago, I guess when it was first announced.  It looks totally different!  I'm still enjoying Secret World but maybe I'll give this a go eventually.  MMORPGs don't captivate me like they used to do.  I play less and get bored quicker.  I think Secret World's saving grace is the investigative missions and cool clothes, among some other stuff. 

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Reply #753 on: April 08, 2013, 07:07:59 AM

The Secret World has possibly the only interesting quests out of ANY MMORPG on the market. Tera on the other hand has possibly the least interesting quests ever. So there's that. Definitely not the strong point of Tera.

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Reply #754 on: April 08, 2013, 07:09:51 AM

Don't misunderstand, I don't think you WON'T have a shitton of gold at max level, you likely will as this is how these things work. I just think it's a sign of a poorly based economy in mmo's these days when you have the highest value of currency(gold) being traded by the thousands.

Mudflation does not mean the average player can't accrue wealth or power at a reasonable pace, it simply means(to me) that the numbers get ridiculous.

As to the controller, I didn't experience pvp because I don't like gear-based pvp systems but...I think if they created an "about-face" button it would solve any 180 degree issues.  Kicking back and grinding with the 360 controller certainly is something worth trying out and I'd like more mmo's to experiment with it.  I think it would work best in games like guild wars though, where the ability layout is limited.

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Reply #755 on: April 08, 2013, 07:13:46 AM

I thought playing with the KB+M was just fine.
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Reply #756 on: April 08, 2013, 10:56:56 AM

There is no way you play better on a controller. I'm constantly cursing my decision to go with a 2 button + wheel mouse back when I wasn't playing MMO's because I really need 4 thumb buttons to access for Tera. Also camera movement and zooms also how would I talk to other people in my group on voice if I was on a controller. I feel like I would run out of buttons so fast.

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Reply #757 on: April 08, 2013, 11:25:41 AM

Don't misunderstand, I don't think you WON'T have a shitton of gold at max level, you likely will as this is how these things work. I just think it's a sign of a poorly based economy in mmo's these days when you have the highest value of currency(gold) being traded by the thousands.

Mudflation does not mean the average player can't accrue wealth or power at a reasonable pace, it simply means(to me) that the numbers get ridiculous.
That's not Mudflation (with regards to currency). Mudflation is when item X is worth Y currency today and worth Y*n (where n > 1) currency tomorrow because people are accumulating currency faster than money sinks are added. Just cause people are chatting about expensive items does not necessarily mean there's Mudflation going on. Pre-F2P currency inflation was actually pretty low going off of what people were paying for Chronoscrolls (there's a demand factor that offsets some of the currency inflation so it's not a perfect example). If there was rampant Mudflation in the game you would expect the price people were willing to pay for Chronoscrolls to steadily increase which was not the case when I was playing regularly (I sold a few scrolls to jump start my bank accounts).

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Reply #758 on: April 11, 2013, 12:53:17 PM

Looks the equalized BGs thing is being taken one step further in the Korean TERA. They are introducing new equalized 20v20 BG which can be played from level 30 upwards (players are scaled up to level 60, though I don't know if they gain the higher level skills as part of the deal)  Apparently it also includes equipment like cannons and some sort of drivable tanks.

sneak peek

on the NA side, today's update introduced pet for the players, which can perform auto-looting duty in addition to looking cute as they follow you around.
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Reply #759 on: April 17, 2013, 03:44:39 PM

So I dl'd this game.  So far I'm VERY cute.

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Reply #760 on: April 17, 2013, 04:01:49 PM

So cute I can't stop playing it.

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Reply #761 on: April 17, 2013, 04:40:07 PM

So I dl'd this game.  So far I'm VERY cute.

Screenshot and what server?

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Reply #762 on: April 17, 2013, 11:33:48 PM

So I dl'd this game.  So far I'm VERY cute.
Is it elin?

Can't play elins personally. Was getting "hnnghhh, too cute" seizures every half hour on average when I tried, v.distracting when you're supposed to be the healer.
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Reply #763 on: April 18, 2013, 07:28:52 AM

Are those the ones with the bunny ears and fox tails?  NOOOOOO!!!  I don't want to be a man giant or a teddy bear, either.  I'm on the first server in the list although the letters in the list were so tiny I'm not entirely sure what the name is.  I guess I could look it up but I probably won't.  It was the PVE RP server.  It had an A in it.  I'm only level two so there's no attachment yet.  I need to make a weird looking character to offset the cuteness of this one.  I'll post a screenshot if Hoax promises not to touch himself when he looks at it.

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Reply #764 on: April 20, 2013, 03:37:37 PM

So I dl'd this game.  So far I'm VERY cute.

Screenshot and what server?

I'll get to the screenie when I have presentable clothing.  Anyway, what server SHOULD I be on?  Where is f13?  Not that I expect many to be playing.  And is there a Bat Country anywhere?  I'm on (finally looked at the name) Celetial Hills because it was the first one on the list and it IS an rp player.  Since my highest level character is only level 8, I can go anywhere.  And unless someone can assure me that open Pvp (if they even have that) isn't a fucking horrible face numbing mess, I'll probably stick to PvE servers.  Someone should write a really awesome Shadowbane for me.

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Reply #765 on: April 20, 2013, 04:18:29 PM

Population-wise the biggest/oldest servers are Tempest Reach (PvE) and Mount Tyrannas (PvP). Celestial Hills is also old server, but has considerably less players which means difficulty getting groups and such i'd imagine, as well as less supplied trade broker (auction house)

edit: for presentable clothing, you can dress up your character easily by going to the trade broker and using ctrl + right click to preview gear for any level on your character.
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Reply #766 on: April 20, 2013, 06:21:18 PM

Thanks!

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Reply #767 on: April 22, 2013, 11:49:25 AM

So you didn't pick the demon stripper race?
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Reply #768 on: April 22, 2013, 12:45:15 PM

So you didn't pick the demon stripper race?

As opposed to the Elf stripper race, the Human stripper race, or the pedo little girl with bunny ears stripper race?

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Reply #769 on: April 22, 2013, 03:03:16 PM

So far I've tried a Sorcerer with horns (is that a demon stripper?), a human Lancer and a High Elf Warrior.  I think I like the horny sorcerer appearance the best but the warrior seems to be the most interesting class combat-wise.  I finally got one char, the sorcerer, to level 10 and now it's a piece of piss getting to that level so I might delete the horny one and the elfy one and merge them into a horny warrior.  I dunno.  Tell me what to do!  I refuse to be a 10 year old stripper girl with bunny ears or a one of those weird pedo bears.  I have my limits.

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