Originally posted by natuxatu

The graphics are good but the art style is not for me. On top of that, the meh reaction to a lot of people who have been playing it make it a pass.

Guild Wars 2 seems much more promising. Guess we will find out tomorrow!

The art style is not for you yet Final Fantasy was your favorite MMO? lol Does anyone else see the irony in that?

Final thoughts? The game will be F2P within a year.

Originally posted by AZHokie54

Final thoughts? The game will be F2P within a year.

Wow another excellent story!

Tell it to Readers Digest...

Though I will not play Tera when it is launched I took a look at it in OB this weekend, and I will give them credit. It was not a copy classic Asian game that we in US would have to deal with and play because Asain market liked it this way. I give you and the group a high 5 for taking this route, and hope you great success :-)

Originally posted by natuxatu

The graphics are good but the art style is not for me. On top of that, the meh reaction to a lot of people who have been playing it make it a pass.

Guild Wars 2 seems much more promising. Guess we will find out tomorrow!

Yes, the meh reaction of everyone who had actually gotten out of the newbie zone going through massive withdrawls between beta tests.

Another badly sculpted lie from the GW2 crowded.

I played in Tera's open beta and I have to say, this game is fantastic. I've played all of the mainline fantasy MMOs out there and haven't had as much fun playing them as I had in open beta with Tera. Amazing graphics, intense and active combat, and a solid storyline with more quests then you can complete and good dungeons to run with your friends and random people as well. Awesome game. Can't wait until the head start on saturday.. i've been in major withdrawl of Tera.

 Nice open letter by Knoxxer

 I'm tired of having to hop from game to game to get my fix which is what F2P games are good for.  TERA's developed quality is more than worth 15.00 but alas I'm going the 6 month plan to save myself some cash.  Long live worthy P2P games!

Originally posted by Laross

Originally posted by AZHokie54

Final thoughts? The game will be F2P within a year.

Wow another excellent story!

Tell it to Readers Digest...

 

ROFLOL, so easy to post going F2P in a year..

How about this... Arena Net will finally see that they are giving away a good product and charge $10 a month for sub within a year..

"BAMs combine all the elements we worked so hard to balance and tune. They require the necessary preparation of an RPG game and the skill and ability of an action game."

I wholeheartedly agree.

*expletive* Why can't Frogster be as cool as En Masse 

I like this game a lot. The engine is fantastic, the art direction is gorgeous, the combat system is great, the world is beautiful, the races and clases are interesting etc..Tera really has an identity.

On top of that I have experienced a top notch custumer service.

I wish EME and BHS great succes in all regions they deliver this product, and I hope they continue developing tons of content for this wonderful game.

I bought the game, but Frogster is going to cost the game a lot of European customers.

When I buy a game, I expect to get a confirmation that displays a basic grasp of the English language. Their 'support' is appalling. Their communication is awful.

For the love of God, find someone else to handle the EU. Have a look at the Tera EU forums (which I've never been able to post on, even though I bought the game). They are a cesspit of disappointment and anger towards Frogster.

Is this what you want your European players to see when they research the game before buying it? The EU forums give the impression of a game dead in the water before it's even released. It's atrocious PR in Europe...give them the boot or a serious ultimatum, but this'll cost you if you do nothing either way.

Originally posted by Cassiopeian

I bought the game, but Frogster is going to cost the game a lot of European customers.

 

When I buy a game, I expect to get a confirmation that displays a basic grasp of the English language. Their 'support' is appalling. Their communication is awful.

 

For the love of God, find someone else to handle the EU. Have a look at the Tera EU forums (which I've never been able to post on, even though I bought the game). They are a cesspit of disappointment and anger towards Frogster.

 

Is this what you want your European players to see when they research the game before buying it? The EU forums give the impression of a game dead in the water before it's even released. It's atrocious PR in Europe...give them the boot or a serious ultimatum, but this'll cost you if you do nothing either way.

Did you make a separate account for the forums? 

I've played both GW2 and Tera and can honestly say I enjoy Tera a bit more.   Graphicly speaking I even thought Tera was a bit easier on the eyes (but they're both gorgious).  

What people should really be asking themselves is do you want to play a game that you must manually target and use character physics to fight (a fairly novel idea for MMOs excluding Vindictus)  or do you want to take healers out of the equation.   Both games have a great deal to offer and I think it mainly boils down to taste.  

Odds are I'll be playing both but as things stand right now,  I'm enjoying Tera A LOT.  More than I did for SWTOR right out of the box so to speak. 

Tera Pros:

Deep enemy combat - much more involved than 98% of all MMO combat I have ever played and I've been around since EQ1.   Its just a fact.  Things start to get deep as soon as you hit your 20s and theres 60 levels worth!

Fantastic Artistic Design - For some the asian theme might turn them off and to be honest the Elin definitely went a bit far for me,  but that set aside there is a strong cohesive design throughout the game.  Its not patch work where spots look great and other locations do not.   Vast expanses of terrain to explore and many different themed environments should keep peoples eyes oogeling for hours.

Animations - I found this is one aspect of the game that truly stands out from most MMOs and its a welcomed change.  Your race can define your classes animations instead of it being the other way around.  This provides a level of feeling unique along with your racial choice.  Animations on a whole in this game are just fantastic.

Cons:

Soundtrack -   I found the soundtrack to be standard.   Not horrible,  not great.

Vanarch - The government concepts to the game while very interesting yields itself to the elitest mindsets.  But I suspect it'll create more griefing than anything else.   I doubt people want to be "ruled over" when they're trying to have fun in a game.

Weak Endgame - I wouldnt say its terrible when you factor in other MMO launches and how they gradually built up their endgames.  In fact I would say this games endgame is fairly standard.  But it could use some help.

Everyone should give this game a chance.  You might be suprised like I was.

NBlitz, yes I did. It doesn't work, whatever I do. I wish I had the support NA customers were getting. Love the game, but feel let down across the pond here (along with many others).

Detcelfer, your comments were very interesting. Like quite a few people it seems, I'm going to play GW2 and Tera (I don't get all the fights among forumgoers across the net between these games, as if you can't play both). It sounds as if GW2's combat won't be as much fun as Tera's (I completely agree that Tera's combat is the most fun I've had in MMO combat), but that GW2's questing/story will be superior. Sounds like a nice reason to play both. :)

Originally posted by Czelaw

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heres the sub price list....@MoonBeans

 

right, but you forgot that you have to pay for the game:

$49.99 standard edition +1 month of game time

$59.99 collectors edition +1 month of game time

so, what you guys think about that? ... i really like this game, but my wallet says GW2 is the right choice for me

Originally posted by Cassiopeian

NBlitz, yes I did. It doesn't work, whatever I do. I wish I had the support NA customers were getting. Love the game, but feel let down across the pond here (along with many others).

Detcelfer, your comments were very interesting. Like quite a few people it seems, I'm going to play GW2 and Tera (I don't get all the fights among forumgoers across the net between these games, as if you can't play both). It sounds as if GW2's combat won't be as much fun as Tera's (I completely agree that Tera's combat is the most fun I've had in MMO combat), but that GW2's questing/story will be superior. Sounds like a nice reason to play both. :)

Hmm, that sucks. Have you visited http://tera-en.custhelp.com/    ?

It may be that there are issues at the moment. I'm reading about others having problems here and there.

I wish En-Mass well.

To those that came and read the article only to P.ss in the punch bowl: You should be ashamed. Go back to the games you enjoy. This article wasn't meant for you to say you want to play the game or not, or why you believe another game is better, but a developer's perspective after putting alot of effort into a game.

My wife and I played in the last beta weekend and were actually really surprised at how much fun we had.

We can't wait for the official release, and I wish En Masse all the best in the future!