...EME is merging the servers on 18 September down to basically 1 PvP server (down from 4) and 1 PvE server (down from 6) and keeping the RP the same. 11 servers down to 3, that's rough.

Server merge details:
https://tera-support.enmasse.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/491

I thought it had an amazing combat system, graphics and art style. It's a real shame there was literally no game content or design to support it. It had so much potential.

essencez

342 Posts

September 12 2012 05:27 GMT

#2602

Game had potential but no end game content to carry the potential. When you are able to complete all end game content within 3 weeks of starting the game along with nothing but grinding 3 dungeons on a 6h cooldown chances are you'll quit sooner or later too. And literally no 'rewards' for pvp until the recent patch but everyone has left already.

Medrea

10003 Posts

September 12 2012 05:37 GMT

#2603

Yeah they did the standard MMO thing of release an MMO and then dont expand its endgame at all. And it was not very big to begin with either.

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

September 12 2012 06:34 GMT

#2604

Wow that was fast. What a shame. The MMO market is saturated with a lot of shit games.

nota

United States231 Posts

September 12 2012 06:37 GMT

#2605

Too bad, what am I going to do with my ridiculous amount of gold?

EMIYA

United States433 Posts

September 12 2012 07:38 GMT

#2606

next stop: blade and soul/PSO 2 na release?

Kamikiri

United States1319 Posts

November 08 2012 04:06 GMT

#2607

Is this game still played at all or is it basically dead?

Nos-

Canada12016 Posts

November 08 2012 05:13 GMT

#2608

The combat system is great, lots of action and whatnot. What killed it for me was that by lvl30~ I was completely bored of all the quests and everything aside from the fighting, which is really quite a shame because it was incredible fun while it lasted.

udgnim

United States8024 Posts

November 22 2012 08:27 GMT

#2609

started playing Tera since it's F2P up to Lvl 28 and have leveled a Mystic to Lvl 20

quests are generic as hell going to X or killing Y or collecting Z

gameplay has also been pretty unexciting since I haven't felt in danger of dieing at all yet

the non-lockon combat system also hasn't felt that amazing with Mystic. might be different with other classes.

Pooshlmer

United States1001 Posts

November 22 2012 10:19 GMT

#2610

Mystic solo is the worst class by far. Try a war/slayer to get the hang of it, or priest if you really want to heal.

Sufficiency

Canada23833 Posts

November 22 2012 10:25 GMT

#2611

Is this game also dying in Korea?

FinestHour

United States18466 Posts

January 01 2013 04:44 GMT

#2612

i just came back from a trip from taiwan and heard about this. the game is still fairly well advertised there, i saw a decent amount of tv commercials as well as posters on the subway and in popular shopping areas for young people which made me
want to try the free demo thing. is the game still as bad as the last few pages have been saying?

carraway

264 Posts

January 01 2013 04:55 GMT

#2613

I played KR retail up to level 42/43, slayer, and I just ordered a retail box to get back into it and play the NA retail while I wait for FFXIV 2.0. There are a lot of caveats with the game, but the gameplay itself is still unparalleled in my opinion -- though I haven't tried any of the recent hyped Korean MMORPGs. I'm looking forward to enjoying at least a couple of months with the game.

Many people have pointed out what TERA does wrong:
1) Follows bland quest progression; leveling framework is stuck in copycat mode
2) Very slow content updates, which negatively affects PvE and PvP (still just one battleground for NA, 3v3 arena coming soonish)
3) Nothing to do for large-scale groups other than GvG
4) Points 2&3 lead to a deadish community

What TERA does right, and no one else has really done right since TERA's release (from my perspective):
1) High skill-ceiling based on action combat and fighting game-style move canceling (Dragon Nest is a f2p TERA-clone but from what I've played, they got the tactile feel completely wrong).
2) Best-in-class customer service for NA retail. Originally I had preordered NA retail, but decided that I didn't have enough time to play it. I emailed their customer service and got a prompt refund along with continued closed beta access and none of that painful used-car-salesman attitude. Just: "We're sorry you want your money back; here's your money, and we hope you decide to return at some point in time."

Can't hurt to at least play the free trial.

SheaR619

United States2399 Posts

January 01 2013 05:30 GMT

#2614

Well the a few month back the PvP was amazing. The community was pretty good and cool and there is server competition, rivals and drama etc etc. After all the pvp server merged, the game got pretty interesting as well an the world was actually alive. I have had some of the most memorable time pvping in this game than in the 4 years I spent playing WoW. Of course this is mainly attributed to my guild Man Up who were probably the most powerful guild for a long time on the server of Valley of the titan and when the server merge they still were the most powerful. So powerful that an entire server alliance had to be forged to defeat them since we were pretty much being dicks and waring everyone at nexus. Here is a video of a day server allaince war against us when we were still active (It is a 25:50 min video so skip to the end when they all grouped up to attack us. Roughly around 50 vs 120 people)

I am not saying OMG this game is better then WoW or anything but this game can be very fun if you find people and good connection in game. Although I am not sure how it is currently since many many people has quit and the community is kinda died from what I been hearing. Although last I play it was pretty much still alive but that was in october.

Steveling

Greece10806 Posts

January 01 2013 10:41 GMT

#2615

I recently got a sub for the euro version. Enjoying it very much.

Spikeke

Canada106 Posts

January 03 2013 14:11 GMT

#2616

Recent TERA News:

January 10, 2013 patch will introduce new content, but also on that day, the business model changes in Asia.

Korean TERA servers will see F2P action on January 10th, with Japanese servers heading that way in mid-February. NA Servers are currently remaining P2P subscription based.

http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/general-discussion/topics/Teras-Next-Big-Content-Update1

http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/general-discussion/topics/KTera-Free-to-Play-and-translation?page=1#post-692497

Gao Xi

Hong Kong5178 Posts

January 04 2013 01:10 GMT

#2617

Recently got back into this game. Started to get addicted to it all over again. I am on the PvP server (NA)
IGN: Arala.Cran

Arolis

United States496 Posts

January 10 2013 00:50 GMT

#2618

NA TERA is going F2P.

http://tera.enmasse.com/free

Anyone going to check this game out again? I never got to max level, but now that it's free I'm thinking of trying it again.

Infernal_dream

United States2359 Posts

January 10 2013 01:04 GMT

#2619

Another MMO that couldn't even hit the 1 year mark without going f2p.

HornyHerring

Papua New Guinea1059 Posts

January 10 2013 01:22 GMT

#2620

Don't think there's future in p2p mmo model anyway.