Originally posted by eHug

Originally posted by GoldenArrow

The chances of getting MW alks is quite high. People are farming ET and getting lots of them. Also at the moment they are not going to put MW alks in the cash shop so only way of getting them is through playing or buying from other players (+ the lockboxes).

Sure you can boost your way through just like using RMT for in-game gold but it definately doens't block anyone from competitive gaming.

How many are "lots of them" and do you have any rough numbers on how high "quite high" is? I neeed more then 2000 alkahest for +10 to +12 on my last set, would be interessting to find out how many runs that would be.

That'll take you awhile. But I'd say you need to farm them and spend gold on broker to actually get those 2k alks. They did improve the enchanting giving you a better chance for upgrading everytime you fail the enchant so it'll take less alks to enchant a full set.

But basically you get Alks for playing the endgame and you got higher chances for success now. Also dungeons drop MW'ed items now so selling those will earn you few pieces aswell.

If this doesn't get funded I don't know what will :j

PvP-MMORPG without the stinking PvE?

Mindblowing.

Originally posted by JudgeUK

Latest patch notes show changes for some classes. Priest seems to be getting smiled at. Mystic gets somethings but these do not compare with the Priest updates. 

One of the main reasons the Mystic doesn't receive as much attention as the Priest, is it's current  popularity by players in Asia. Over there it's the first choice healer in pvp rankings - someone posted these in the eu forum a while back.

So BHS react by boosting the Priest.

In the west however, the Priest appears to be more popular. The knock on effects of this is it will become even more favoured over here.

One of the highlighted changes to the Mystic - 30% gain in Arun's Vitae - seen as a good buff, may not n fact be anything like that owing to the shorter duration and extension to the cd. It may in fact turn out to be a class nerf.

So, with the changes coming in Priest will move further ahead.

Other way around. Priest changes were really minor in this patch and mystic got boosted forward. This is because they improved mystic's healing & longer range on auras so basically they improved mystic's damage boost while at it.

The patches in KR have lately been about buffing priest because it has fell really unpopular noob class over there. And the latest changes in KR involving energy stars buff have definately brought Priest back to Mystics level.

Current situation @ NA/EU after this patch is that Mystic is a clear winner which the next big patch might turnaround again. This said Priest is still better for Pugs while Mystic shines with premade.

Originally posted by eHug

Originally posted by GoldenArrow

Since they added the lockbox system from GW2 you can gamble for MW alks in a sense.

But the keys are really expensive so I doubt people will be spending too much on them.

Tera EU is basically a F2P game with a sub that gives you some boosts and an insanely expensive cash shop if you wish to put some more money on top of that.

This said it's completely playable as F2P and you can stay competitive without putting any money in the game.

But the possibility of going heavy spender still exists.

I might not have gotten you right, but how do you stay competive without having +12 gear? The MW ranks add major stats improvements. And from what GameForge (and EME) announced MW only has a low chance to be earned ingame, it has been removed from the npcs and will be available only at the cash store in larger amounts. Which means cash shop will be the major source for MW alkahest from now on.

The only hope the game has at the moment is people buying MW Alkest and MW scrolls at the cash store to sell them for ingame gold. Due to the giant amounts of money required to get decent end game gear, the cash shop might feed the auction house indirectly giving players half way normal prices.

The chances of getting MW alks is quite high. People are farming ET and getting lots of them. Also at the moment they are not going to put MW alks in the cash shop so only way of getting them is through playing or buying from other players (+ the lockboxes).

Sure you can boost your way through just like using RMT for in-game gold but it definately doens't block anyone from competitive gaming.

Originally posted by tet666
Korea had the same changes and MW Alkahest and MW scrolls are now way cheaper on the Broker there then they where bevore from NPC Shop.

That's because koreans play 30hrs/day and farm those bad boys up so the broker is stacked with them.

Since they added the lockbox system from GW2 you can gamble for MW alks in a sense.

But the keys are really expensive so I doubt people will be spending too much on them.

Tera EU is basically a F2P game with a sub that gives you some boosts and an insanely expensive cash shop if you wish to put some more money on top of that.

This said it's completely playable as F2P and you can stay competitive without putting any money in the game.

But the possibility of going heavy spender still exists.

Oh pwease. GW2 PvE is a faceroll compared to Tera.

PvP is related to the skill of your enemy.

Glad they put some effort into advertising the F2P.

Wish EU TERA did something aswell :P

I heard from a reliable source that they are going to charge people for different kind of Foundry packs.

I.E Tile sets, objects, monsters, events...

Originally posted by rojo6934

nice review. Even though i already played some of the korean beta i know how good the combat is and its very good. Everything else plays very nice too.

The only thing i really dont like and would not pay a sub for if it had one, is the TERA questing system. Its as bad, grindy, repetitive as TERA in that regard (at least when i played it it was like that). I hope they add some dynamic questing before launching in NA.

Patiently waiting for B&S to come out in the west and waiting for a B2P model announcement too. 

Biggest issue I have with Tera aswell, the quest grind is really long/repetitive/boring at times.

Although I don't have anything against the traditional quest grinding as long as it has enough instances and other stuff hidden in between. B&S has really easy levelling courve in KR and they westernize it even more when it arrives to the west.

B&S also have solo instances so pushing those in levelling experience makes it stay fun for bit longer.

Ultimately I'm not worried about B&S levelling.

Originally posted by Epic1oots
Good thing when i bought GW2 I expected it to be just like any other console game that will only last you 15hrs-80hrs/ couple weeks playtime. You people expecting a B2P game to last months, years, forever is just expecting way too much from todays mmorpgs. Sure Anet would want you to continue playing because of their cash shop items. But they already got your money and made their money. So really GW2 is a no different game than any other console 60$ games that dont last long. Why do you think theres a Personal Story? You finish that, that's it. Everything else you can do in the game is just simply something more for you to play do, run around, socialize and nothing more. You paid the game for the Personal Story. Thats it boys. Anet got you good.

I was rather disappointed with GW2 aswell.

But then again comparing it to a console game that lasts for 80hrs~ is a bit silly.

They are constantly updating and patching the game. Making more content and fixing the issues. These updates are completely free so after you buy the game, you don't actually need to put a dime in it to get all the upcoming updates except for the major expansions.

Originally posted by sadWinds
i've heard advice from experiened player ingame that no one wants mystic on endgame, i hope it isnt true lol.. Currently i had a lvl 25 mystic(dont wanna reroll -_-)

Pugs probably don't want a mystic if they can get a priest.

Statics usually run with Mystics, because people are skilled and don't get hit too much. Mystic's buffs provide better damage and faster clears. In kTera (different version) everyone prefers Mystic over Priest because their skill level with the game is completely different from ours and they even consider Priest a noob class.

In the end it doesn't matter which support you play but in my opinion:

Priest for Pugs

Mystic for Masters.

Why hype something that is 6-8 months away.

Let's see when the NA/EU closed beta starts in the future.

NCSoft should push this game out before Trion releases Archeage.

If these games come out neck and neck B&S won't even stand a chance.

This said, if B&S is F2P/B2P it'll do just fine, as a subscription game I can't gurantee anything :p

These korean action combat games are bit of a niche, but they do have a solid fanbase in the western world. Tera was doing "ok" and now that its going F2P it has more players than ever, which makes me believe tha B&S will also have loads of people giving the game a try. It's a big plus that B&S starts and progressess a lot faster than Tera so people won't give up on the game pre-level 22 like it's with Tera.

It's obnoxious how many derpies are calling Tera's combat slow and static when they haven't seen it in the latter levels. Guess their non-existant attention span and need to get everything "right now" will work better with B&S.

This said, I'm really excited about B&S because I love skill-based combat and since is still months away I have plenty of time to play Tera

Having no healers and the intense 1vs1 duels are my main interests.

The levelling experience is around 8 for your first playthrough. Even if you choose different class/side the 2nd playthrough isn't even close as much fun.

Everything else in the game is pretty much a 0.

So yeah, I think 6.6 is bit harsh because it should be around 4.

Originally posted by jtcgs

Originally posted by Pivotelite

  I need to make some videos to shut up all these damn people who talk about TERAs combat not being action combat, slow, or complain about rooting.

 

Hello, rooting is part of what makes action combat action, every action has a reaction, you dont charge up a big swing when you can clearly see the enemy is about to swing which would leave you vulnerable. Its common sense and requires you to actually use your brain.

 

Secondly, TERA has progression unlike all these others themepark games lately, your character at level 1, 10, 30 and 60 feels totally different unlike a certain extremely popular game that released recently.

 

The problem with that is TERA is too limiting early on and with that style of combat it makes you feel slow and clunky, but then once youre 60 with all your glyphs, skills and attack speed and movement speed buffs... you realize its very fast paced, especially when one mistake = dead.

 You go on and make your video, wont change a thing because I played the game and already know. The lack of tab targeting does not make combat, action combat and the idea that having a rooted character when attacking = action combat isnt even worth laughing at.

Rooting means your character CANNOT move, dodge as a skill LIMITS dodge, the time between attacks LIMITS attacks...and as for TERAs progression, having a fireball 1 at lvl 1, fireball 2 at lvl 7, fireball 3 at lvl 12 or whatever it was all adds up to ONE FREAKING SKILL in the end. The grand total of skills per character in Tera is very low and has no real variety...and that game your refuse to mention thats really popular has classes that are very diverse with a large amount of skills, doesnt root characters, has a dodge that can be done in ANY direction and the attack rate is even faster. and no, one mistake = dead does not = action combat either.

If the game was any "faster" it would be impossible to play.

Why?

Level to 60 and find out.

March.

So slow, EU style.