Wait so this game is dead already in Korea?...doesn't bode well for NA then,looks like another Aion that people will play for the first free month and all leave after...?
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Wait so this game is dead already in Korea?...doesn't bode well for NA then,looks like another Aion that people will play for the first free month and all leave after...?
Aion is doing pretty well for itself actually, it just didn't pick up in the western world.
I can't see Tera be anything but a fairly low-pop MMO. I hope I'm wrong but with StarWars just out, Guild Wars 2 and a new WoW expansion coming out it's not looking great for them.
I feel like even now they've dealt with things really poorly, no one has any idea what's going on in the community except for the fact that we know a few people are in the closed beta. The only updates we get are screenshots and if you read their facebook updates people got tired of that a loooooong time ago. News updates that had hundreds of comments and likes now have 4 or 5 comments and a like or 2.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Political system sounds interesting. I really hope this game turns out well. I've been jonesing for PSO style MMO since well...PSO (ie an MMO with more action based combat).
It's more like they haven't released enough information. A new screenshot maybe once a month isn't enough to satisfy people.
The game will do fine when it launches, but it will never have more than 100,000k simultaneous subs - which is fine, as long as they don't go crazy with tons of servers.
EU beta sign-ups are now open: http://tera-europe.com/en/
The Elite
BOSS
A Tera Bump. No NA Beta yet?
Edit:
North America Beta Sign Up is a GO: http://www.tera-online.com/?lang=en
Edit:
North America Beta Sign Up is a GO: http://www.tera-online.com/?lang=en
Gunmonkey36
Member
Agreed.
I just signed up 20 minutes ago. Hopefully a bunch of gaffers get into the beta.
Will be interesting comparing this to the korean version.
I seriously hope for en masse's sake that they have a reasonable amount of beta slots and a reasonable amount of play time for each person otherwise they're just digging themselves into an even bigger grave. I remember the A.B.P beta being horrible, you were assigned to either team Red or Team Blue with one team getting 2-3 days of playtime while the other team got literally 8 hours.
KiteGr
Member
I was interested in Tera...
...until I found Guild Wars 2.
The first walkthrough I saw blew my head away with it's action combat.
Then I saw a video of the characters fighting a giant enemy crab.
Then I saw a dungeon with generic demons, and the characters fighting usint the holy trinity (tank, healer, DPS).
Then I saw the clothing and the loli characters...
Then I saw the subscriptions...
This game sure know how to slowlly take my interest away.
At first I was impressed by the action dynamic combat and the graphics, but I realised that those were the only pross the game had, and a behind them was another generic korean MMO.
Perhaps it's GW2 that had spoiled me.
I don't want to completelly give up on the game though, that's why I signed up for the beta, to allow the game to give me a chance to give it a second chance.
...until I found Guild Wars 2.
The first walkthrough I saw blew my head away with it's action combat.
Then I saw a video of the characters fighting a giant enemy crab.
Then I saw a dungeon with generic demons, and the characters fighting usint the holy trinity (tank, healer, DPS).
Then I saw the clothing and the loli characters...
Then I saw the subscriptions...
This game sure know how to slowlly take my interest away.
At first I was impressed by the action dynamic combat and the graphics, but I realised that those were the only pross the game had, and a behind them was another generic korean MMO.
Perhaps it's GW2 that had spoiled me.
I don't want to completelly give up on the game though, that's why I signed up for the beta, to allow the game to give me a chance to give it a second chance.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Well, I signed up. Might as well give it a try for shits and giggles.
we.are.the.armada
Member
Hopefully a beta player can confirm the extent of censorship in the game as it is a sensitive point of debate for a significant amount of players that are against aesthetic revision for the sake of Western sensitivities.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Signed up. Hopefully it will not be a long wait.
djplaeskool
Member
Signed up.
I enjoyed my time in KR TERA.
Should be better when I can fully understand the language this time around.
I enjoyed my time in KR TERA.
Should be better when I can fully understand the language this time around.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I never thought I would see this day after suddenly everyone associated with this project became silent.
Signed up.
Signed up.
Signed up.
01DragonFly
Member
I signed up , thanks for the info
Edvardelis
Member
Signed up, tired of point/click MMOs.
Hopefully this one will be more interesting.
Hopefully this one will be more interesting.
I don't know how much it has changed since I last played the KR version, but playing priest was pretty fun, soloing later on was a bit tricky though.
I'm ok with tricky, as long as I'm not completely useless to groups. Also, I'm ok with them being terrible at PvP (from what I read). I normally play a melee dps role in MMO's, but I really have an urge to play a priest in this game for some reason. I'll likely roll a Slayer at some point, they seem pretty cool.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Huh, really? I never heard about it? Did they say what was changing?
Robobandit
Member
signed up too.
Let's get on with it, En Masse.
Let's get on with it, En Masse.
RSLAEV
Member
I'm assuming it's stuff like this:
The existence of this game in it's original form has certainly resulted in a massive spike in pedo-raep in Korea. Do you want that to happen here too?!
It's about the race where its a bunch of little girls wearing short skirts with panties constantly showing. Devs said they would change it for Western audience. That's literally all it is people are complaining about.
See above.
I'm assuming it's stuff like this:
The existence of this game in it's original form has certainly resulted in a massive spike in pedo-raep in Korea. Do you want that to happen here too?!
Hah. Wonder if they'll do the same with the older looking chars.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Meh, no big deal then. Wasn't interesting in playing as that thing anyway. I'll probably pick a fast fighter like I picked Lann in Vindictus.
Loved my short time with the Korean client. Decided to wait until the english version before investing more time, who woulda guessed it would take this long to start rolling out?
Anyways, signed up to the NA beta, lets hope its not actually restricted to just people from America...
Anyways, signed up to the NA beta, lets hope its not actually restricted to just people from America...
If they do...I'm out. Just kidding. Kinda.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
I had previously only seen images of the "shorts" replacement which didn't seem too bad but that second screenshot is a bit overkill in my opinion. It looks like her legs are wrapped in blue ace bandages.
BurningNad
Member
Totally forgot about this game. Signed up. 
I don't think they plan to, they've never said anything about the other races but they did tell people a long time ago that the Elin race would be visually changed before retail launch.
The games are not even remotely the same, combat-wise (or anything-wise, really).
It's great that you're interested in GW2 (as I'm sure many of us are), but I'm not sure why you'd let one game detract from your interest in the other.
They won't. Some of the changes look pretty tacky though (see the leg coverings on the second image). Could definitely have put a little more time into it, seems pretty lazy to me.