I don't know, I'm pretty sure I'll be playing a lot when Tera comes out but I'm also fairly certain that I've seen what I wanted to see from the game, so there is no point in playing a character that will get wiped. I'm not even sure I'll participate in another beta event either, despite liking the game.

1. The game does feel like any other MMORPG I have played in general there is no real unique experience or feeling there, the only MMORPG that I recently played which gave me somewhat of a actual story was SWTOR, but I will not play SWTOR because the development team sucks IMO.

2. Customization, from what I hear from my friend who was in beta way earlier you can buy and customize armors similar to in Aion, I would not give this customization a big thumbs up however because there are better ways like in Runes OF Magic Wardrobe system allows you to store customizations for your entire account on the same server so why not this game.

3. Character Recustomization also has not been seen by me either this might be a (Paid Feature) Just like NCsoft in the future and if  so I really am not going to like it.

4. Otherwise this game looks better than SWTOR all around, I still await to see how good PVP will be, and overall actual game play past level 20+ I have not wasted much of my weekend playing this game because its a waste of time with just two days of the week access and 8 hours a day or something if that then to be wiped again I will wait till release to make my judgement about this game, and actions the company makes.

Currently I would say the following MMO's have a chance in 2012 of becomming popular, and doing great.

1. TERA

2. Guild Wars 2

3. Continent OF The Ninth (C9) > Vindictus & Divine Souls.

4. League OF Legends

5. Fallen Earth > IF G1 Makes Changes.

6. Dark Fall > As it i currently the best Full Loot PVP MMORPG out there/SandBox title.

7. Fire Fall maybe.

In general I would say these might be the best games of 2012 that I have seen so far, and there have been a lot of fail attempts at copying League OF Legends, but otherwise I wouldn't say anything too remarkable has been done for any MMO community in the last years. After all how many MMORPG based titles have actually been developed in the United States itself in years, not brought over from Japan, or Korea, I would say that the U.S needs more developers badly people who can make a ground breaking MMORPG like World OF Warcraft but more up to date way better action based, and offer a lot that people want/demand.

Originally posted by AndrewGoat

So, I tried out the closed beta to this game earlier today before I had to go to work. I played it for a max of 40 minutes before I got bored and uninstalled it.

Folks, games like this and people who think they're any good is exactly why mmos are going to continue to be made like this. This is the same exact crap we've been playing for 8+ years. EIGHT YEARS.

Why do you all fight for this game? Why do you say its so great when the game is the same regurgitated garbage that we've seen since the dawn of time in mmos? This game will fade into a memory of failure just like nearly every mmo before it. It's really sad that any of you can even make any argument to say otherwise.

I'm not for bashing game developers or mmos, but man...come on. Did you even actually play this game, or any other mmo exactly like it the past 8-13 years? Jesus christ, this is such a failure.

Not everyone has the same expectations and set of likes/dislikes as you, get over yourself. It's one thing to have an opinion, and another to force it down everyone's throat.

I pre-ordered, got access to last week end's access. Played 30 minutes. Horrible game play. Asked for a full refund. Got it. Now moving on.

I personally did not care for TERA but I went in pretty much knowing this.  It is not my genre of game.  I did give it a shot and I was accurate in my assumption for myself.

However, if you like themepark MMO this did seem like a good game.

Of course it is beta, so you get nothing but complainers on there, but just ignore that.

From what I played, the game ran very smoothly for me; the game was not choppy nor laggy.  The combat was pretty fun, kind of reminded me of UO, sort of... not really though.  The game had its problems, but that is why it is in BETA.  Overall, I believe if you like themepark MMO's you will like TERA.  I only got to level 5 not doing quests, so I do not have much I can say about the game, but it seemed like a decent themepark MMO from what I saw.

Originally posted by Dreadblade

Another review by someone who never got off the Island, Brilliant!!!!!!!!!

Some of us subscribe to the theory of "first imperessions" you know! 

I too agreed with the OP to an extent, although TBH it wasnt bad but jsut not different enough for my likings.  The combat as engaging as it is felt uneeded and the controls of having to aim, click unecessary keybinds (to go into and out of aim and ui mode).  Call me boring but I prefer traditional tab targetting combat for the most part.

The part I disliked the most though is the cutsey cutsey art direction and the to much flesh showing on characters avatar.  I am sorry but I dont want to be fighting fluffy bunnies, bumble bees and raindeer nor am I an Emo or Metro Sexual individual ( I am all man al lthe time) so the last thing I want to play is an avatar with womanly features and animations and walking around with my bare chest wide open to the world to gawk at.  No offense but that art style isnt for me now will it ever be and it is the primary reason why I detest Asian styled games so much.

I've been playing mostly lancer and priest this weekend, and having a lot of fun. Once you get off the tutorial island, the world opens up a bit more.

Hardest part for me will be deciding on a main class to play at start. The game's quest are fairly generic MMO fare, but the combat, grouping, pvp, and BAMs put it over the top.

Originally posted by JimyHumuHumu

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by kevjards

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by fiontar

I pre-ordered with the intention of playing TERA until GW2 came out. Now on CB3 and I have no interest to play. Judging by the low server populations on just 4 servers, I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

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It's 7 AM where you are. Is it like that later during the day and primetime? 

 

Nevermind. I will be posting the server status myself later during the day ^^ I'm playing on the NA servers testing my rig.

i just logged out on US server and it was full..but i,m not playing anymore beta's...i,m not making the same mistake i did with rift.played too much and sickened myself.i,m sure other people may think the same.

And I made this screenshot a minute or so ago. It's not full. If this keeps up for the remainder of the day then yeah...it's not looking too hot for NA.

 

thats so true. if said game servers are not full at 6 AM, such a game is doomed. doomed !

i get the feeling a lot of EU players are on the servers..when i was on at 11am uk time it was full..still looks like more pop than swtor lol.

Originally posted by kevjards

Originally posted by JimyHumuHumu

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by kevjards

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by fiontar

I pre-ordered with the intention of playing TERA until GW2 came out. Now on CB3 and I have no interest to play. Judging by the low server populations on just 4 servers, I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

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It's 7 AM where you are. Is it like that later during the day and primetime? 

 

Nevermind. I will be posting the server status myself later during the day ^^ I'm playing on the NA servers testing my rig.

i just logged out on US server and it was full..but i,m not playing anymore beta's...i,m not making the same mistake i did with rift.played too much and sickened myself.i,m sure other people may think the same.

And I made this screenshot a minute or so ago. It's not full. If this keeps up for the remainder of the day then yeah...it's not looking too hot for NA.

 

thats so true. if said game servers are not full at 6 AM, such a game is doomed. doomed !

i get the feeling a lot of EU players are on the servers..when i was on at 11am uk time it was full..still looks like more pop than swtor lol.

i've had way way way more fun playing Tera than the entire timed i was playing Swtor,  and was playing Swtor since beta.

one of the biggest critisims about Tera is the generic questing.  wich i totally agree with everyone who feels that way.

  but  questing in a mmo is a means to an end.

   no MMO has better questing system than Swtor,  but guess what? you eventually get so bored of it, most people ends up pressing Space bar to skip through the conversations.

it is hard to explain why i find Tera so refreshing and fun,  and is not the combat alone.  i tried several dungeons, did many bam,  and group quests with friends.   the world feels huge, lush and beautiful.  everything just fits and blends in right, from characters to the enviroments.

Originally posted by Nadya3

Originally posted by kevjards

Originally posted by JimyHumuHumu

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by kevjards

Originally posted by NBlitz

Originally posted by fiontar

I pre-ordered with the intention of playing TERA until GW2 came out. Now on CB3 and I have no interest to play. Judging by the low server populations on just 4 servers, I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

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It's 7 AM where you are. Is it like that later during the day and primetime? 

 

Nevermind. I will be posting the server status myself later during the day ^^ I'm playing on the NA servers testing my rig.

i just logged out on US server and it was full..but i,m not playing anymore beta's...i,m not making the same mistake i did with rift.played too much and sickened myself.i,m sure other people may think the same.

And I made this screenshot a minute or so ago. It's not full. If this keeps up for the remainder of the day then yeah...it's not looking too hot for NA.

 

thats so true. if said game servers are not full at 6 AM, such a game is doomed. doomed !

i get the feeling a lot of EU players are on the servers..when i was on at 11am uk time it was full..still looks like more pop than swtor lol.

i've had way way way more fun playing Tera than the entire timed i was playing Swtor,  and was playing Swtor since beta.

one of the biggest critisims about Tera is the generic questing.  wich i totally agree with everyone who feels that way.

  but  questing in a mmo is a means to an end.

   no MMO has better questing system than Swtor,  but guess what? you eventually get so bored of it, most people ends up pressing Space bar to skip through the conversations.

it is hard to explain why i find Tera so refreshing and fun,  and is not the combat alone.  i tried several dungeons, did many bam,  and group quests with friends.   the world feels huge, lush and beautiful.  everything just fits and blends in right, from characters to the enviroments.

It's called the Honeymoon period. Every MMO has it.

Well, he's going to get his month money's worth though, won't he?

I was only able to put MAYBE 30 minutes into Tera before I uninstalled it and 20 of those minutes were me forcing myself to play.

For the combat system being what it is, that game is just way too slow. Killing the newbie monsters just seems like it takes twice as long as it should. Attacking large groups is even more annoying.

Hopefully GW2, TSW, and Firefall will all be better.

Originally posted by nerrollus

I was only able to put MAYBE 30 minutes into Tera before I uninstalled it and 20 of those minutes were me forcing myself to play.

For the combat system being what it is, that game is just way too slow. Killing the newbie monsters just seems like it takes twice as long as it should. Attacking large groups is even more annoying.

Hopefully GW2, TSW, and Firefall will all be better.

This is exactly what all of the people I know have a problem with. The game should have a complete 20% movement / attack speed boost.

Originally posted by Sector13

Originally posted by nerrollus

I was only able to put MAYBE 30 minutes into Tera before I uninstalled it and 20 of those minutes were me forcing myself to play.

For the combat system being what it is, that game is just way too slow. Killing the newbie monsters just seems like it takes twice as long as it should. Attacking large groups is even more annoying.

Hopefully GW2, TSW, and Firefall will all be better.

This is exactly what all of the people I know have a problem with. The game should have a complete 20% movement / attack speed boost.

No. Just use glyphs.

Actually, once you get into the swing of things, the combat system is quite fun.  Tera has other issues, though:  if you are the sort that must read the quests, or the sort that is very particular about your MMO, then stay away from this title...

Overall, I would give this a go, if they would cut-back on the investment cost a bit....45ish dollars, plus a sub is a bit steep for this novelty of the combat.

Originally posted by Pangentor

Actually, once you get into the swing of things, the combat system is quite fun.  Tera has other issues, though:  if you are the sort that must read the quests, or the sort that is very particular about your MMO, then stay away from this title...

 

Overall, I would give this a go, if they would cut-back on the investment cost a bit....45ish dollars, plus a sub is a bit steep for this novelty of the combat.

Meh, the game is different, and theres not much else to play right now. WoW is terrible / in typical pre-expac lull, GW2 won't be out for a while, D3 isn't out, and when it is it isn't even releasing with PVP.

TERA is worth the money, and I know I'll be playing it for longer than I did SWTOR. Level 25 Lancer ATM, loving it. Played all day long.

Ermm OP already deleted his forum account.

Trolled?

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Originally posted by Sector13

Originally posted by nerrollus

I was only able to put MAYBE 30 minutes into Tera before I uninstalled it and 20 of those minutes were me forcing myself to play.

For the combat system being what it is, that game is just way too slow. Killing the newbie monsters just seems like it takes twice as long as it should. Attacking large groups is even more annoying.

Hopefully GW2, TSW, and Firefall will all be better.

This is exactly what all of the people I know have a problem with. The game should have a complete 20% movement / attack speed boost.

more importantly in the lack thereof, an achievements system which allows you to instant level through grind content. if after getting level 10 or 20 if i could instant level another character to 20 it would fix the shitty grind to a great degree.

after all the only reason for the grind is to unlock end game, the content sucks.

Originally posted by fiontar

I pre-ordered with the intention of playing TERA until GW2 came out. Now on CB3 and I have no interest to play. Judging by the low server populations on just 4 servers, I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

What kind of populations are you expecting in an invitation-based Closed Beta Test?

I'd love to be helping test the game out, but I haven't gotten my invite yet. I suspect many others are in the same boat.

This isn't retail we're talking about.

Originally posted by Kuro1n

Originally posted by Sector13

Originally posted by nerrollus

I was only able to put MAYBE 30 minutes into Tera before I uninstalled it and 20 of those minutes were me forcing myself to play.

For the combat system being what it is, that game is just way too slow. Killing the newbie monsters just seems like it takes twice as long as it should. Attacking large groups is even more annoying.

Hopefully GW2, TSW, and Firefall will all be better.

This is exactly what all of the people I know have a problem with. The game should have a complete 20% movement / attack speed boost.

No. Just use glyphs.

Suggesting people use available gameplay mechanics to enhance or improve their character's performance while actually playing the game as intended? Are you mad, man!? That takes effort on their part!

Certainly it's easier and far more reasonable to expect the developer to just speed up the game instead. Who cares if such a change could greatly affect many other aspects of the gameplay that they'll end up complaining about later? They want their mobs dead NOW dammit!

And yes, that was sarcasm :).