Soloing BAM.

Landing the final blow after long minutes of dodging, striking and kiting, to see a rain of items drop on the floor is so rewarding :)

Depending on your level as a Lancer you really need the +threat crystal, the +threat on the lance, +threat on your shield counter (glyph) and +threat on your autoattack (glyph). The Lancer doesn't just get "tank stance" and you produce threat like a boss, you have to specialize into it a bit. Also you can't just sit there with your shield out, have to deal damage to produce threat, but that's why its so challenging, moving around is difficult, blocking you have to stand still, and then you have to manage your mana (blocking uses mana) AND make sure you keep threat.... Lancers rule :)

ALL OF THE ABOVE!  Oh, and my Castanic Archer.

Originally posted by rav3n2

Originally posted by Kyleran

Although its not on the list, I'll say it here, I like the trinity mechanics.  I was healing SM over the weekend and it felt good to keep those "cowboy" DPS alive despite themselves.  We didn't even have a proper tank (but we did have a Priest/Mystic) and we cleared everything with only one wipe.

Even the wipe only happened because "someone" said we didn't need to clear the final boss room first, alas the small adds that showed up to interupt the healers made the group pay for that mistake. (and with no tank to grab threat, the Zerker/Slayer couldn't  get  them off of us)

Only down side was the bickering between the 3 DPS over whose fault the wipe was,  the trash talk about each other, I'm amazed the group held together long enogh.

Now it might have just been a matter of poor timing, but after the run was all over, I was outside the instance and sent a message to the group thanking them for the run, and immediately saw a message on my screen telling me I had been kicked from the group. 

Hey, the wipe wasn't my fault, blame the priest. 

 But seriously, I know it's old school and traditional, but hey I enjoy healing/buffing the group, it's what I really like to do.

 

 

The scenary is def something I love in this game, the whole world design is pretty well done, it feels massive!

 

On a side note Kyleran how are you finding the priest? I have gone out of my comfort zone ( usually only play melee characters ) to go priest for our group, fun so far, seems like it can hold its own in combat.

I am playing a priesty as well, it is def a powerhouse of a class.  I am soloing everything so far no sweat.

I put breathtaking scenary.  I'm a sucker for a lively, beautiful game world.  To me, it's one of the absolutes that I HAVE to have in an MMO.  My second choice would be BAMS.  Having world bosses roaming around that can actually be soloed by a skilled person of the same level is something no other MMO has.  This game has the coolest-looking mobs.

Open World PVP

Originally posted by Betaguy

I am playing a priesty as well, it is def a powerhouse of a class.  I am soloing everything so far no sweat.

I'm playing a priest on the PvE server I'm on, and love it.  But for the life of me, I can't solo BAMS with him.  Have you been able to solo them?  And how are you doing it?  My main issue is that at level 31, I only have one true ranged attack aside from my basic attack.  Everything else is a PBAoE or a conal AoE at short distance.  So I'm definitely having issues doing enough damage to kill BAMS while avoiding getting hit.  I'd imagine much of it is that I'm just not very good in a solo setting, even though I can heal my balls off in a group setting.  Maybe I'm just not skilled enough to do it.  

Couldn't vote, Open World PVP is one of TERA's best features.

Yeah i didn't include pvp because it would have won the poll. I was trying to gather opinions for those on the fence with Tera still to show that there is plenty of things that suck you into this amazing world of Arborea (not just combat)!

 I chose BAMs because a healthy amount of overworld group content is something every MMO should have.  What's even better is that they are not locked out for solo players either.... you just have to be on the ball with about 10-15 minutes to spare lol.

 My #1 favorite thing about TERA other than the combat would have to be the ability to progress without being a quest grinder.  I have had such a great time leveling "freely" and I am a lot more excited when I get to a new area.

I loved the fact that if you plug in a controller you get a very workable interface and bindings for it. Also, BAMs were kool!

Scenery, character models, armor models, animations.  Pretty much everything graphics-wise is the best bang for your performance buck I've ever seen in an mmo.

They have a very good engine going that's well optimized.  Coming from games like Warhammer, LOTRO, and SWTOR, where there was always a sense that "this does not look good enough for how much strain it's putting on my computer", it's a nice change of pace.

lvl 42 finally. so hooked on this game. hope everyones having as much fun as i am! ok back to game haha!