Originally posted by Creslin321

...In GW2, from what I hear the choices you make at character creation will actually have significant effects on your story.  Granted, you will not make dialog choices in GW2's story after this, but I actually prefer at least some of my choices ACTUALLY changing my story than just having this illusion of dialog affecting my story when it really isn't...

This is questionable, we don't know how the stories end and if they all end the same way or even if the ending is similar with just a few changes then the feeling of choice is an "illusion" just like Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Thank you Garrett Fuller,

    I’ve been digging through YouTube.com for Ranger coverage during the beta preview and all I ended up with were videos showing the tip-tools for the skills and little else, while other classes tend to have play throughs showing the skills in action. So it’s nice to get actually feedback on the profession, hopefully someone will upload a play through video as well but this will hold me over. ^_^

Hmm... I knew all but one of the items listed. :\

Originally posted by BilboDoggins

Originally posted by Unshra

Originally posted by TruthXHurts

Originally posted by BilboDoggins

Korean animu grinders are all the same and few people in the West want to play them.

 

Thats just the facts. Sorry you cant handle that and it makes you angry. Americans dont like Garugamesh and pocky.

I love Pocky son. [Mod Edit]

This, I love Pocky and my Camaro, also love sashimi. ^_^

And you love TERA. Coincidence? I think not...........

 

Thanks for proving my point.

Ever hear of reading comprehension... no? Well let me enlighten you, none of my posts praised TERA they in fact point out that it's not much special so it actually disproves your point. ;-)

While I give a congratulations (and already did this morning on twitter) I will also add my text to the "Buy to Play ≠ Free to Play" posts.

Now I'm off to pla... err test Risen 2 now that the download has finished. ^_^

Originally posted by maitrader

Illuminati in the lead!

 

come on all! get your votes up!

Damn Devil workshipers always have the most followed by the Dragon, which in the case of the Dragon I find funny. There are so many Dragon cabals for a faction that is about chaos even amoung it's ranks... if it had ranks but the players turned it into one of the most organized factions. :-P

Originally posted by TruthXHurts

Originally posted by BilboDoggins

Korean animu grinders are all the same and few people in the West want to play them.

 

Thats just the facts. Sorry you cant handle that and it makes you angry. Americans dont like Garugamesh and pocky.

I love Pocky son. [Mod Edit]

This, I love Pocky and my Camaro, also love sashimi. ^_^

If I'm interested in a game and why to help improve it then yes, however if I don't get into beta until it is near the end then I might not bother unless there are signs that it is more then just a mass flood gate opening preview.

Originally posted by sketchy_

Originally posted by Unshra
Personally I would like to see combat kicked up a notch, improve the AI so that mobs stop charge animations when players move out of the way and aren't as slow to move and attack.

 Actually the mobs do change attack sometimes when you hold block. Noticed it quite alot on the basilisks and the bosses in SB. Like you see the mob charging up on of those big attacks so you start blocking and they do something else sometimes like go for another player in your group or start moving instead.

I take it this is something a Lancer experiences more often, I've never played one so I've never noticed though it's nice to know.

As to the poster who assumed I never got off the starter island your wrong, I've had my shot at BAM's in both the US version and Korean version so yes I've gotten off the island, though I never got into glyphs because in the Korean version it was a pain to understand. You should consider slowing down on the assumptions with the WoW comments I don't play WoW nor do I approach a game like it's WoW. What I do expect is for an MMO that talks about how much action the game has to the point of getting Bas to help them advertise to have more action then TERA has demonstrated. C9 has impressed me more with it's combat however it's world (or lack there of) is no were near as rich as TERA's.

Originally posted by Entropy14

The reason for all the hate is

 

1. Its korean

 

2. its linear (but just at the start, most people have ADD and cant get to level 20 where things open up)

 

3. Say they are sick of the same old , but really not sure what they want differnt, instead of killing mobs, maybe they want to do backflips to level, or knit some helllo kitty dolls, i dont know... but there is a lot different about this game, just sadly pople wont get a chance to see how different this game is since they wont give it a chance.

You missed a bit one:

4. Combat - While fun at the start it soon wears thin as the AI does not improve and all mobs follow the same pattern making them panfully easy. This is why BAM's are easly solo'd by all classes though some are much after then others. Also while TERA allows for aimed combat it roots the players when they attack basicly replacing tabbing with rooted animation, these can only be broken with dodge moves.

Personally I would like to see combat kicked up a notch, improve the AI so that mobs stop charge animations when players move out of the way and aren't as slow to move and attack. Also allow players freedom of movement while attacking, this would make the combat more challenging and fun when combined faster quicker to react mobs and heck even players in pvp. :-p

Originally posted by aSynchro

ANet are without a doubt skilled coders & designers, so it puzzle me that they kinda choose to have loading screen between zones: why not a seamless world like WoW, Terra etc. ?

 

Is it because of some kind of limitations with the dynamic events or something ?

Originally posted by Vesavius

It's a shame, but the twitch combat will do this game alot of harm with the MMORPG crowd.

Especially the puzzle loving community building MMORPG crowd.

There is no twitch based combat in The Secret World, don't know where you got your informatoin but it's wrong, it's standard tab based with abilities that we are use to seeing maybe seeing the guns threw you off.

I would prefer having an instance to play in until I could join the main server to waiting in a queue unable to play any day. Queues are not going away and this is a nice means to work around them and I hope future MMO's follow suit.

Originally posted by maitrader

Greetings all!

 

Like many of you, I EAGERLY anticipate the release of this title! My questions revolves around character looks and factions??? Can any "race" be part of a faction such as Dragon? or will the Dragon be asian exclusive?

Factions are not restricted by race, you a look African or Caucasian and join the Dragon.

Guild Wars 2 is far from a new breed of MMORPG's, it is more like the combination of several commonsense ideas to create a single theme-park MMO. This is a good thing because if they are successfully more companies will follow suit, so in that light they are an evolution (or at the very least the spark) more then a revolution of the MMO world. What remains to be seen is if it all works out, the same could be said for The Secret World and their ARG system as it bridges the gap of social gaming in a new way but if it will catch on remains to be seen.

Also I'm not forgetting Star Wars: The Old Republic because lets face it as much as people love to slam the title it has become the MMO to demo how much voice over work can change the grind if only initially, it is not unlike when movies went from being silent to having sound. Sure there are people that thought sound was pointless and just a fad but how many movies have released with no sound since. Guild Wars 2 is another bring in voice over though not 100% it might find that happy medium between the two which is where I believe is the direction that MMO's will go having a balance between voice overs and text.

Originally posted by Mors.Magne

I believe that GW2 is lacking the three features that keep players coming back for years, namely:

 

1) Everyone should be on the same server, so players have the chance to become real famous legends amongst other players.

2) Everyone should be able to build structures in-game. This makes the place feel like a home, and gives you something tangible to build, defend, and attack.

3) PvP should be of central importance - As clever human beings, we eventually learn all about a game's AI, but there is nothing quite like a human opponent - we can be brilliant, stupid, and unpredictable.

 

I believe that the (marketing) hype is too strong. GW2 will turn out to be another SWTOR - initially impressive, but lacking once the theme-park rides have been done.

 

If you don't agree with me, I would love to hear your arguments and be convinced otherwise.

Guild Wars 2 is targeting an audience that you are NOT part of, get over it and move on. There will be other companies/games that will target your style of play ArenaNet's Guild Wars 2 is not one of them. It's like complaining an RPG doesn't have enough FPS so it's going to "fail" and this is simply not true. Guild Wars has an audience and changing the game to the above will alienate that fan base.

The game you might be looking for is called ArcheAge but don't expect that to release in the next couple of years. Until then there is EvE or better yet (as they are closer to what you mentioned above) Mortal Online or Darkfall.

This one of the worst trailers CCP has produced, they should have picked someone with more acting talent. Honestly the actors and actresses from Command and Conquer with all their cheese are far better then this one.

Originally posted by tavtav

 I could have sworn I just saw a SWTOR player critique a game for lack of variety in quest mechanic. Lmfao

Swear all you want but despite how unoriginal Star Wars: The Old Republic might be it does have greater quest variety than TERA. ;-)

Originally posted by BillMurphy

Did anyone else find it disturbing that during the female character creation, the character's um... bosoms, kept heaving and she seemed to panting like crazy?

Pokket had that part of the video playing at 10, in game it's slower which actually makes the *ahem* physics stick out more.

I personally enjoyed TERA but my biggest issue was how it roots people when they attack, this is really noticeable when you are playing a ranged class and I found it rather annoying for an action based title. It was like I was playing CoX all over again, most MMO's these days let you run and gun and this should be the case with TERA. Being rooted in place takes out the thrill of having no tabbing, it's like replacing one handy cap with another. So instead of having tabbing your are rooted when you use an ability.

The second issue I have is that nothing really changes in TERA combat become boils down to what Pokket said, dodge dodge (normally a charge attack) attack. This does not change at the higher levels and it's one reason why it is so easy to solo BAM's, though expect the fights to take up to 15 mins as a warrior and 30 as a Sorcerer.

So while I find TERA fun I know that I’ll quickly move on to the next title. Thankfully there is one game I’m testing right now that I am rather enjoying so I look forward to the day it releases.

Originally posted by Yamota

Yep would be awesome! However it could be abused, by for example his friends taking the bounty and sharing the money with him, so it need to be properly implemented.

This is how it works in EvE if you don't have an alt account then just get a friend you trust to pod you and share the isk.