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TERA: FoA |OT| F2P Now on Steam! Parade coming after HL3

Randy42

Member
I dont know if the gunner is just op or adding in basically free avatar weapons and throwing upgrade materials at you is what broke it but last night I rolled the level 30~ SM dungeon solo to do all the quests for it super easily on mine. I went in at 27, was 31 by the time I handed in all the quests after, and just from the mobs post hitting 30 I got 6 of the 14 drops for the next avatar wep. I mean geez.

But yeah its a lot of fun, I just kinda wish I was playing this exact class in FF14 instead sometimes lmao
 

ShinMaruku

Member
Knowing the folks behind this game I am not surprised by how the characters are acting. I never really saw it as them grinding against their weapons. If this makes you go >_> Don't try K-tera got nip slips and every thang. Oh and you can give elin a boob slider >_>....

I need some help on my recording settings. How framey is this recording.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icKBiTQuP9o
 

NeOak

Member
Also, I know this is a sore issue, but dear god, Elins. Why. Whyyyy. By themselves they would simply be adorable, and by golly, there is nothing wrong with kids with animal ears, but a combination of F2P customer base, general internet idiocy and the rather minimalistic approach to female clothing in this game makes me quite uncomfortable around players with those characters. The global and local chat ain't helping one bit to dispel this air of creepiness. Yikes.
to summarise: why we can't have nice things, reason number 553763262819364.6

Oh and you can give elin a boob slider >_>....

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Kammie

Member
Ehhhh they fixed IoD and actually you level super fast now
They completely gutted it! They took out like 2/3 of the quests from it. lol.

I'm surprised by the amount of people playing. Must be a combination of both the new class and Steam. I say Steam because I still see a lot of non-gunner classes.

Edit: I was typing this while on the Pegasus flight to Velika. Man, the town is bustling! Just like in the old days.
 
Dipped my toes a couple months ago but was waiting for the steam version and got busy. I think I joined the Gaf guild right before leaving but might need a re-invite after installation.

Gonna make a Gunner!
 

Prototype

Member
Started this last night. Pretty cool so far. It's been on my "I need to try this when I get a pc" list. Looking forward to more later this week.
 

gross

can have cutesy innocent girly characters but once it's dressed up sexually in panties or whatever to entice the boners, it invalidates that they are not pandering to child-looking character fetishists

seriously: gross

spade is a spade





also, gunners are fun :D im with CTLance though. Wished there was a boob-slider for the high elf females. they so ridic atm. grinding their hips against the big guns they be carrying lol
 

NeOak

Member
gross

can have cutesy innocent girly characters but once it's dressed up sexually in panties or whatever to entice the boners, it invalidates that they are not pandering to child-looking character fetishists

seriously: gross

Please stop having lewd thoughts.
 

CTLance

Member
I just ran through the witch academy. Holy smokes, the respawn rate is insane sometimes. You kill the entire room because they all aggro as soon as you enter, grab the drops, turn around and can already hear the replacement warp in. Ridiculous.

And then there's the guys on mounts that just casually drag half the dungeon's worth of mobs with them. One got stuck. And then eaten. Right next to me. Let's just say I love Arcane Barrage. Such pretty explosions. <3

Still, gives me 'nam flashbacks a strong feeling of nostalgia... The dreaded "train to zone" lives on. In a rather recent MMO no less. This simultaneously amuses and saddens me. Haha.

I just got another accursed Avatar weapon relic drop. I haven't even enchanted the current one all the way yet. Aaaaaaaah. This may be my undoing.
 
I wants a Baraka Reaper tbh

It'll be so hilar :D

I wanted to try out the Reaper class, but they can only be Elin :(

I thought about trying out the Gunner, but they can only be elves. :(

Not sure if I want to try either now. :(

you can also be castanic female gunner :D

is a fun class. but i am seeing more and more NO GUNNERS lfgs lately. and i have no idea why :x
 

Schug

Neo Member
does the game still run like crap? I remember the battleground was terrible cause of poor performance.

I am still having issues. Just re-downloaded this for the Steam release. Games runs at 60fps or so, but dips into the 30s just fighting mobs in IoD. Are there any good ini tweaks or settings I need to adjust? I really love this game, but the performance is killing it for me. Don't remember it being this bad at launch, I have a better PC now as well.
 
I thought I might give this game another go. Last time I played, I only managed to get to around level 30 or so. It was decently fun for a while.

Just checked steam charts. 12,000+ currently playing compared to a 1,600 30-day average. Why the sudden increase in players?
 

MrPanic

Member
So if I understand correctly, the steam version is the us version of the game whatever my steam location is, and I'll be able to join the server gaf is on?

I got a european account, but I don't mind starting over as I don't think I got far past lv 30 anyway back when I played this, the option to play it through steam is more appealing anyway.
 

NeOak

Member
I am still having issues. Just re-downloaded this for the Steam release. Games runs at 60fps or so, but dips into the 30s just fighting mobs in IoD. Are there any good ini tweaks or settings I need to adjust? I really love this game, but the performance is killing it for me. Don't remember it being this bad at launch, I have a better PC now as well.

Use this on video:

PC View Distance: 5
PC Limit: Up to 50
Character: 3
Shadow: 0
Distant Enviroment Detail: 5
Landscape: 3
Aerial: 2
Effects Distance: 3
Background Quality: 2
Background Distance: 3
Lighting Enrichment: 1
Real-time optimization: 0

The UI slowsdown the game because it is CPU heavy. So a channel with less people will give higher FPS. Also, give the TERA.exe process a "Above Normal" priority.

Basically, unless you can get a beast of a CPU, there isn't much you can do. It will use like 2 to 3 cores though, so a very fast dual core will be better than a quad.

If you want, force AA 2x for TERA.exe too in the control panel for your video card. That will make the video card try to work more on it and help to make it more stable. YMMV on that one though.

I thought I might give this game another go. Last time I played, I only managed to get to around level 30 or so. It was decently fun for a while.

Just checked steam charts. 12,000+ currently playing compared to a 1,600 30-day average. Why the sudden increase in players?

The game came out 5 days ago on Steam

So if I understand correctly, the steam version is the us version of the game whatever my steam location is, and I'll be able to join the server gaf is on?

I got a european account, but I don't mind starting over as I don't think I got far past lv 30 anyway back when I played this, the option to play it through steam is more appealing anyway.

Yeah, it is the NA version.
 

gogosox82

Member
So just started playing this since its on steam now and I'm enjoying it but I have a couple of questions. Are there any good add on's for this game that I should use? Also, I picked slayer as my starting class. Can anyone give me any tips on the class? What skills are are good and which ones to avoid etc?
 
So just started playing this since its on steam now and I'm enjoying it but I have a couple of questions. Are there any good add on's for this game that I should use? Also, I picked slayer as my starting class. Can anyone give me any tips on the class? What skills are are good and which ones to avoid etc?

SPACE BAR TO VICTORY~

:D

jk slayers are awesome. look up guides on teratoday on the rotations :)




unknown soldier, well boo
m
to them, then, i say.
 

NeOak

Member
So just started playing this since its on steam now and I'm enjoying it but I have a couple of questions. Are there any good add on's for this game that I should use? Also, I picked slayer as my starting class. Can anyone give me any tips on the class? What skills are are good and which ones to avoid etc?

There are 0 addons. There was a DPS meter but that was using a packet sniffer and it got nuked, i don't know if they fixed it.

For guides, see if this works: http://teratoday.com/content/tera-guide/tera-class-guide/tera-slayer-guide-pve-clox

You can also check the class forum: http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/slayer
 

gogosox82

Member
SPACE BAR TO VICTORY~

:D

jk slayers are awesome. look up guides on teratoday on the rotations :)




unknown soldier, well boo
m
to them, then, i say.

There are 0 addons. There was a DPS meter but that was using a packet sniffer and it got nuked, i don't know if they fixed it.

For guides, see if this works: http://teratoday.com/content/tera-guide/tera-class-guide/tera-slayer-guide-pve-clox

You can also check the class forum: http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/slayer

Thanks guys. I'll check those out.
 

Prototype

Member
Some questions for vets, I just started and am really liking it.


I got an item that allows me to make a 3rd character, can you make more than 3 per account?

Can you change any of your looks once in game? Like hair color? I. E. How permanent are the choices you make during character creation?

Some people on the net say racial skills matter, some say they don't. What is your guys stance? For instance I started a high elf slayer, even tho castanic seems to be the "right" choice, I just like high elf looks better.

Can you change your class, or are you stuck with what you pick in the start? (ok if you do, just curious)

What server you guys play on, and are any of you just starting or near the beginning of the game?




Thanks in advance for answering any of these questions.
I really am loving the aesthetic of the game and the combat is really fun so far. Messed around with slayer, Lancer, and gunner so far. Will certainly be making a slayer and a gunner. Maybe a sorcerer as well, tho I still need to try them out.
 

NeOak

Member
Some questions for vets, I just started and am really liking it.


I got an item that allows me to make a 3rd character, can you make more than 3 per account?
You can have up to 16 per server (says 12 but they are going to up it). What you should do is buy the box of the game so your account turns into a "Founder account"

You can buy it from here http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I0HJG8/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Founder benefits: http://support.enmasse.com/tera/tera-game-account-types

Can you change any of your looks once in game? Like hair color? I. E. How permanent are the choices you make during character creation?

You need to buy an Appareance changer in the cash shop or with gold in the auction house

https://store.enmasse.com/tera/item/appch/appearance-change-voucher

So basically, every change costs.

Some people on the net say racial skills matter, some say they don't. What is your guys stance? For instance I started a high elf slayer, even tho castanic seems to be the "right" choice, I just like high elf looks better.

Not really. Play whatever you like the most.

Can you change your class, or are you stuck with what you pick in the start? (ok if you do, just curious)

The class is permanent. If you want to play different classes, you need to create a new character per class.

What server you guys play on, and are any of you just starting or near the beginning of the game?

Tempest Reach for most of us. Some in Mount Tryhard for PvP and Unknown Soldier went hipster on us and rolled on Ascension Valley.

You will find people creating characters every day.

Thanks in advance for answering any of these questions.
I really am loving the aesthetic of the game and the combat is really fun so far. Messed around with slayer, Lancer, and gunner so far. Will certainly be making a slayer and a gunner. Maybe a sorcerer as well, tho I still need to try them out.

Why not all? :D

Wow. I'm an idiot. I didn't know the thread title was changed. I figured it's been on Steam since this thread was created :p
Yeah, I asked GhaleonEB to change it when the game came out on Steam on the 5th.
 

Prototype

Member
You can have up to 16 per server (says 12 but they are going to up it). What you should do is buy the box of the game so your account turns into a "Founder account"

You can buy it from here http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I0HJG8/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Founder benefits: http://support.enmasse.com/tera/tera-game-account-types



You need to buy an Appareance changer in the cash shop or with gold in the auction house

https://store.enmasse.com/tera/item/appch/appearance-change-voucher

So basically, every change costs.



Not really. Play whatever you like the most.



The class is permanent. If you want to play different classes, you need to create a new character per class.



Tempest Reach for most of us. Some in Mount Tryhard for PvP and Unknown Soldier went hipster on us and rolled on Ascension Valley.

You will find people creating characters every day.



Why not all? :D


Yeah, I asked GhaleonEB to change it when the game came out on Steam on the 5th.


Thank you so much for fielding my questions! Ok. My weekend starts tomorrow, and I'm gonna dive in like crazy.
 

Randy42

Member
Not sure how I feel about the gunner armor visuals tbh. Its like they took the criticism about bikini armor to the extreme opposite end and gave the new class full body suits. Its really weird to be using the same gear my castanic berserker wears on my castanic gunner and have one showing 90% skin and the other showing 10%
 
Not sure how I feel about the gunner armor visuals tbh. Its like they took the criticism about bikini armor to the extreme opposite end and gave the new class full body suits. Its really weird to be using the same gear my castanic berserker wears on my castanic gunner and have one showing 90% skin and the other showing 10%

:O

the high elves are still v skimpy, except for one template
 
This is what the same chest piece with no gloves/boots on a low 30s gunner/berseker look like for castanics:
http://i.imgur.com/T48U7Ot.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HHeS4ze.jpg

oh

we have different standards of revealing, sir

:D

(the first pic is betterer (for lack of better word, in terms of skimpyness).... but i dislike the design. the side fishnet reveals is so stupid. would rather go with second pic. if needs to be scantily clad)

i wish they have more variety in their designs, tbh. atm a lot of them are either porny or grudging-fixes of porny versions

XD;
 

CTLance

Member
It's been a while since I've played an MMO but.... do new characters always have to go through the same boring tutorial island quests?
That's the usual way of doing this.

Huge projects like WoW have separate starter areas for each race, but that's just not economical if you don't have a devoted fanbase and millions of dollars coming in per month.

That said, I just rolled a Castanic Mystic and yep, sure wish there was a button that allowed me to skip past the initial pain in the ass busywork.
 
It's been a while since I've played an MMO but.... do new characters always have to go through the same boring tutorial island quests?

That's the usual way of doing this.

Huge projects like WoW have separate starter areas for each race, but that's just not economical if you don't have a devoted fanbase and millions of dollars coming in per month.

That said, I just rolled a Castanic Mystic and yep, sure wish there was a button that allowed me to skip past the initial pain in the ass busywork.

They've actually cut a lot of content in the tutorial zone since Fate of Arun update.
Lots of quests, even story quests, are gone. Back then, It took me a whole day to finish the tutorial zone, now it's only a couple of hours or so.
 

Erasus

Member
Tried the EnMasse US version on steam, but the ping was 150-180, a bit too high.

Ill re download the EU version, I wanna try this game a bit again.
 
Was thinking about playing this game again. Just on this page I am reading that they sped up leveling and took out quests though. Leveling and questing was my favorite part of the game at launch and really didn't care about the endgame stuff, so is that true?
 
Was thinking about playing this game again. Just on this page I am reading that they sped up leveling and took out quests though. Leveling and questing was my favorite part of the game at launch and really didn't care about the endgame stuff, so is that true?

Yes and no. Quests are still there. But they streamlined a lot of it for those who wants to speedlevel up to max. But, the main (red) quests and the optional (yellow) quests are still there for those who enjoy levelling slowly.
 

CTLance

Member
They've actually cut a lot of content in the tutorial zone since Fate of Arun update.
Lots of quests, even story quests, are gone. Back then, It took me a whole day to finish the tutorial zone, now it's only a couple of hours or so.
I wondered about the vast area with the demon shrine and all that other vastly oversized areas. Thought they just didn't have the budget to fill it with content, or that they wanted to keep some spare room in case a new race or class mechanic needed a bit of extra love, but if that was actually once filled with content I'm kinda sad that it's now gone.

Actually scratch that, it flat out sucks. Scrapped content is never good.

Like I said, just give me a fast forward button once one character on the account has hit, let's say level 20. Lands you in the first city without money or equipment, but at level ten with all tutorial and story quests up to that point marked as finished so that completionists don't get nervous breakdowns when looking at their quest log. That's not a failing of this game in particular, just something that has bothered me with many MMO games: the initial explanation of mechanics and such is a terrible waste of time for a seasoned player, especially since (most of the time) all races and classes follow the exact same tutorial quest sequence. Which takes a bit of fun out of making a new toon, to be honest.
 
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