For anyone who has pre-ordered a copy of Tera, or been accepted into the first beta, you can now download the full game client (weighing in at 30GB) through the game launcher.
Hello TERA fans!
For those who have pre-ordered TERA through the En Masse store, fire up your launcher! You'll be able to start downloading the TERA beta client in advance of Friday's first closed beta test. After you've downloaded the client and run it, you will see the server selection screen, and you'll be as ready as you can be for the event!
We are working non-stop to address the distribution of beta codes to our fans who pre-ordered from GameStop, Best Buy, or Amazon, and will provide updates as they are available.
We will try to get a local version online as soon as possible, which will hopefully save time and bandwith quota for those in need.
Check out our game page for more info and screenshots, including the latest game trailers.
The 30GB is a full client download apparently, and they will just release patches throughout the beta stages. So basically you don't have to re-download the beta each time.
Love the combat, but with the game being so focused on positioning and to a degree aim, I am wondering how much latency will affect enjoyment of the game?
Any testers, once in, care to comment on how much of an impact they think it is having.
Also, is any word on Aus servers?
Looking forward to your report Eorl, I'm really not wanting to play this because Crusader Kings 2 will eat my life for the next few months and the holy grail (GW2) is just around the bend.
I watched a stream of a guy playing K-Tera (korean retail version) and he was talking to me a lot of the time, though he did let his instance group die twice because he was typing to me as he was the priest. He was playing on a 220 - 400 ping since he was in the US connecting to korea and he said the game was perfectly fine at that rate and had no issues. Didn't look like it either.
Loot in instances is handled on a need before greed basis so a spellcaster can't roll on heavy armor or a big arse 2H axe. All items spill out onto the floor and then rolls commence so they can be picked up. Hrm what else? Oh yeah for pvp he hit the queue button and instantly he was in a game. Was very surprised how fast it happened and within 5 seconds of pressing it was in a game including load times. The way it should be eh?
Watching him just made me more excited to play it. Looks like I got me a huge arse game to download tonight while asleep.
Well the full download seemed to come in at ~17GB, but it does say to have at least 20-30GB free, so maybe the beta is closed off in sections, and thus don't need to have the files ready? I know it's all open area like WoW, with minimal loading screens, but that's what I'm guessing.
Doubt I'll play this, but I'm interested to see how it goes after Aion tried the same thing and kinda bombed. Either way, looks like it'll be much better than Guild Wars 2
I don't see what all the rage is about GW2 lol.. I haven't seen much footage of it.. but it really doesn't look like anything spectacular... GW1 was an enormous piece of shit (imo)
I'll wait for some feedback on Tera before making a decision on it... want to see some footage of the 'western' adapted one!
lol @ people crying over 30gb... in the days of 3000gb hdds being about $100.
I'm interested to see how it goes after Aion tried the same thing and kinda bombed
What exactly did Aion try and do that made it bomb compared to this? It had targetting etc and the combat was just another mmo... plus it had horrible flying that was horrible.
Oh yeah for pvp he hit the queue button and instantly he was in a game.
Sigh... instanced pvp again....
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Is there open-world PvP in TERA?
There are world PvP servers in TERA; these PvP servers will also include battlegrounds that provide specific PvP rewards. There are also PvE servers that provide consensual PvP content, such as battlegrounds and duels
Not sure aye, I thought I read somewhere that there are no factions and just guilds / groups of friends? And that the PVP servers were just on for young and old.
I have also noticed that this weekends closed beta will only have pve servers which is fine, im sure you can duel on that to check out latency etc?
What exactly did Aion try and do that made it bomb compared to this? It had targetting etc and the combat was just another mmo... plus it had horrible flying that was horrible.
I meant more the whole idea of westernising an asian MMO.
Yeah there was nothing really wrong with that concept though, the game itself I don't think catered very well to the western market. I know what you said in the other thread about the grind, however Aion really did feel like an immense grind.
Aion is still the 2nd most popular MMO at the momment so shits gotta be doing something right? I know thats a bad example, but you know. Aion also had MASSIVE flaws which forsed you to grind. I recall distinctly running completely out of quests at one level and there not being an appropriate level dungeon for me that was high enough (regardless, it's still grinding running through dungeon after dungeon of lower level content).
Presume so. I'll have a report each day with maybe a video if people are interested in the video part.
There is no factions, it's Open World PVP FFA, which I think is really awesome. Means if you go to attack someone, you risk the chances of ruining a possible friend for grouping. There is also a system like AoC where with enough infamy, you will be denied into major cities, but other "black market" places open up. There is also a bounty system for people with kill on sight infamy.
I like the sound of that FFA. Although it opens it up for so much backstabbing. Which sounds hilarious. There is gonna be so much butt-hurt it's not funny.
One thing I wish WoW would do is make it so Horde/Ailliance people can defect to the other faction. Have a quest line open up at a certain level and once you complete it you become part of the other faction. Also, you become flagged PVP for ever from the faction you left. So, nowhere is safe for you. Even places like Shatt and Dal.
I'm going to double post here, but it seems NA servers are up for a 2 hour period, until 8PM PST. So if anyone has beta access jump in now!
Just had a quick go before the servers went down playing a Lancer. Felt great. Couldn't really feel any lag/delay using abilities and the combat system is awesome. Can't wait to give it a longer go over the weekend.
How come every boss fight I see people hardly take any damage? That world boss that Eorl posted for example, it never looked like it was a hard fight with the tank pretty much just standing their soaking most of the damage, he only received a heal every now and then and he never dropped below like 80%.
I personally hate boss fights where they are just drawn out ordeals with no real danger. I know that for some people a long fight where you get to chip away at the mob while he repeats the same set of abilities over and over again is their idea of epic but for me it's just boring. It seems completely out of place with what I've heard about their combat, I mean if dodging is such a big deal then shouldn't it be a big deal? Rather than just having a dude stand there and take no damage because the mob that has a million hit points, hits like a kitten.
How come every boss fight I see people hardly take any damage? That world boss that Eorl posted for example, it never looked like it was a hard fight with the tank pretty much just standing their soaking most of the damage, he only received a heal every now and then and he never dropped below like 80%.
I personally hate boss fights where they are just drawn out ordeals with no real danger. I know that for some people a long fight where you get to chip away at the mob while he repeats the same set of abilities over and over again is their idea of epic but for me it's just boring. It seems completely out of place with what I've heard about their combat, I mean if dodging is such a big deal then shouldn't it be a big deal? Rather than just having a dude stand there and take no damage because the mob that has a million hit points, hits like a kitten.
Combat from what I quickly tried in the sneak peek was like that video, where blocking or dodging allows you to take no damage. So if you have good healers and a sense of direction, you'll survive longer then someone who sits there and absorbs damage like a sponge.
And apparently healing is absurdly difficult (imagine you have to hit people with your heals without being able to target them) so they might be compensating (or over compensating as the case may be) for that?
And apparently healing is absurdly difficult (imagine you have to hit people with your heals without being able to target them) so they might be compensating (or over compensating as the case may be) for that?
Healing is done by "painting" targets, and then using the desired spells. They have to stay within range though, so it's going to be quite a difficult task.
Just a quick update, servers for the first beta are coming up 12PM PST Friday and go down at 11:59PM PST Sunday. That translates into 6am Brisbane time Saturday until 6pm Brisbane time Monday.
Here is a video of NA PVP. I'm actually interested in PVP for once, and by the looks of it, you gotta be prepared to move around and get into the right position/attack area.
Fraps is definitely the bomb, just make sure you set recording to 60fps or sometimes it will slow your game frame rate down to the default 30fps setting
Haha sorry, been having to much fun. Okay impressions so far:
Combat -
Combat is fun, it's different and it's hard. I rolled a Baraka Priest, so I'm this massive huge dude shooting off spells. The UI is done well with the combat, in that the skill slots are easy to use, you can assign any spell to your mouse button 1 or 2 that you see fit and you also use the tab key for any spell you desire. There is no targeting, it's purely crosshair and hit scanning. If your spell misses the target, it misses. If the target tries to hit you and you dodge, you take no damage.
I'm only level 5 so far, due to server issues making it hard to get on and have a decent play through, but from what I've tried, the AI combat is pretty crappy, but that might be due to low levels and wanting to introduce you to the mechanics of the game.
UI -
The User Interface is something I've never seen before. Everything is customisable and oh boy is it awesome being allowed to move stuff around to how I want it. In the option menu you can actually increase or decrease the UI scale, which is really good for making certain things smaller (health bars and mini map to name). Overall it's smart, it says everything, nothing isn't really "cluttered" like in WoW when I use to raid and it has everything I need.
Character classes -
I've only been able to play Priest so far due to 1 character limit, but when creating a class, you can see each classes abilities and what they are mainly "used" for. Every class can heal or tank or deal damage, but certain classes are just better off. There are two different "tanks", the Warrior and the Lancer. Warrior is the tank that actually tries to dodge and keep focus, where as the Lancer will try and absorb the damage while dealing damage and holding agro.
PVP and Pings -
I haven't been able to fully try out PVP, but I did try a few duels, and oh boy is the Priest terrible at dealing damage to anything but a NPC. This is obviously something that will hopefully get better as you grow more powerful, but I also think I rolled the wrong class for PVPing. Pings are fine, I get around 200ms and the combat hasn't lagged once besides a server crash. Everything is responsive, when I was dueling I didn't feel like I was lagging out, and using my heals was quick to respond.
Overall, I'll be enjoying this MMO quite a lot. The character creation is amazing, the landscapes are beautiful, and everything just seems to work well. Today/Sunday I'll hopefully be able to try out the crafting and see what that is like, but from what I've seen in YouTube videos I won't be disappointed. Also I noticed you can setup stores like in Aion, to sell your wares, which is always great.
There is more to come however, as apparently there will be guild housing, guild pvp, server vs server pvp, politics which I really want to have a look into, and raids are being added. Also of note is that the levels 1-40 experience are being fully revamped in time for open beta, so what I'm experiencing now will be completely different come then.
I'll add some screenshots to the bottom of this post as well as a YouTube video just showing off the starting area and some combat/UI.
I can see berserker being a slightly faster leveler in noob areas due to them getting their charge up, whirlwind AoE attack at Lv 2. Others have to wait until lv 4 or possibly even higher.
Anyway loving the game so far but chat... my god it's bad. Full of dumbasses and trolls. To be expected I guess. I can see this being quite fun. Anyway I'm on the 1st server, Lv 2 sorcerer so far called Chi.
The combat artificial intelligence, basically enemies is what I mean. In the starter areas they are a bit "dumb" is how I'd put it. Kind of just move into one spot and then attack, and are easily dodgeable. Though from the higher level videos I've seen, it's not a problem.
And yeah Zapo the quests are your average MMO style, but not as grindy as I expected from an Asian based MMO. Apparently they had to recently add more grind in the Korean version cause it wasn't grindy enough.
Haha nice. I'm actually really liking my priest, got some more AoE and missile moves, I have one that sets people on fire then I jump back, is wicked :D
Right now i'm making tons of characters to try everything out. So far it's sorcerer or archer i'm making my main. Going to play priest now and give it a whirl up to lv 6 or so.
This is the only game with a general chat that has actually made me fucking pissed. It's nothing but faggots whining how bad it is, how WoW is better/was the first mmo or other stupid shit that makes me dumber as I read it.
That aside though I think Mystic will be my main class. I wanted to be archer but that quickly went away since it doesn't have all that great AoE as a single target dps class. Mystic just always seems to have mana, hp, pets and buffs.
Me pwning a sorc, though we're both like level 5 so its pretty lols
Grindy mcgrind... hmm tough to say. Everyone is right in saying the quests are very vanilla wow like, go here, kill 3 of those, go there collect 10 of those etc but these people probably did come from the biggest MMOSP of all time with the most amount of single player content ever.
Leveling is currently fast just banging out these quests, I think I got to level 13, with a mount mind you that they give you for free as you progress out of the starting zone, all from about 3-4 hours of playing.
Some people have been very spoiled though fortunately people like myself have actually played other MMOs other than WOW and WOW in space, such as DAOC, so you have a very good appreciation for games like this that make it an absolute sinch to level.
My biggest concern with all of these games of past have been end-game content, so it is impossible to judge a book by it's cover (or in this case, the first 13 levels) so to take anyones advise to play it or not is clazy. Rift - what an immense let down, TOR - LOL the content is the same, you're just level 50 now, WOW even isn't my cup of tea - grind out 25 daily quests a day and chain run dungeons and once a week poop sock for 5 hours in a raid NO THANKS.
I'm holding alot of hope for this game as it's the only game since DAOC where they have actually concentrated on PVP (excluding that smouldering piece of shit, WAR).
The guild quests are kinda cool - kinda stollen from Rift I guess though they're personal guild quests, not guild-wide quests, so it just gives you a bunch of more *kill 10 of these* *collect 5 of these* style quests to do while you're doing the regular ones.
I haven't felt the grind at all, En Masse have done well with westernising it all. What I am really enjoying is the combat as it keeps me thinking. Also interesting is the pvp, something I'm not really interested in with other mmo's.
It seems to me that a lot of people try and power level a new mmo's and then complain about no end game content when even wow had fuck all end game content when it was released.
It seems to me that a lot of people try and power level a new mmo's and then complain about no end game content when even wow had fuck all end game content when it was released.
Yeah heh that's the problem with a lot of MMO players these days, they don't understand what we didn't have back in the old days. I remember it was only Molten Core and Onyxia, that was it for raids. Didn't have any battlegrounds, PVP was only world PVP, and there were world bosses that use to get kited into Stormwind.
Luckily Tera has been out in Korea for a year, so it has a shit load of content behind it, a great political system that is really in-depth, a guild system that I have never seen before (it's really, really awesome), and PVP out of the wazoo. This is definitely a MMO I'll be playing for a while, and En Masse have said they are going to try as hard as possible to shorten the delay between content patches via Korea to Western.
Pretty sure WoW didn't have MC or Ony until the first major patch
I think molten core was in plain vanilla and ony was added in a patch... not 100% sure though. The amount of content in vanilla wow end-game wise was fine in reality, you have to remember that even at TBC launch probably something like 90-95% of players still hadn't cleared molten core entirely... since vanilla blizzard has done nothing but bitch out and make all the endgame super casual friendly... I remember walking around in tier 2 with a sense of pride! you had to work with 40 people and not be shit at the game to get it...
I'm really hanging to see you guys post some vids of some mid game levelling.... reminds me a lot of MU from what I have seen so far, which is cool, the grind in that was fun.
Apparantly the in-game textures are only the low or medium setting ones and the high res version will be released on head start. If true that is quite epic as this game already looks cool as hell.
Sucks butt though that you are limited to only 1 character per server because my game crashes if I change server. Buu. Anyway my favorite class is the Mystic. Sure I don't do as much dps right away as a berserker but I can tell that every group will want one. Why wouldn't you when at 50ish you get a 2x crit rate buff? Not to mention they have HoTs and never seem to run out of mana.
Also it wasn't until today I noticed that humans/castanics/elves have boob physics on them, as they jiggle when they move. Eh oh well I like my elin.
Yeah heh that's the problem with a lot of MMO players these days, they don't understand what we didn't have back in the old days. I remember it was only Molten Core and Onyxia, that was it for raids. Didn't have any battlegrounds, PVP was only world PVP, and there were world bosses that use to get kited into Stormwind.
Personally I'd say its a failing of developers to meet the expectations of their customers.
So far as the old man on the porch shit goes, I remember when raids meant Naggy and Vox.
Also apparently a Korean patch will be coming out soon that increases the cap level, and will be included with the new raids. Will try and find the picture with all the info about it.
Yeah, I think I'll stick with ToR, but I guess it just depends what you want from an MMO; different strokes for different folks as they say. Sounds like the content in this one would bore me silly though, cos I really enjoy questing and working my way through the content, not necessarily just levelling up and getting to max level as quick as possible. ToR has hands-down the best levelling content and quests I've seen in an MMO, so I think it'd be hard to top that atm for me.
The priest left click attack is a total cunt to aim. Sometimes it just passes right through mobs for no reason. Anyway after trying archer, mystic and priest up to lv 8 I'm gonna quickly try out lancer before the servers go down. I don't like zerker or slayer all that much so its ranged dps, healer or tank for me.
Lv 9 as a lancer now and I'm really enjoying myself. It's a bit slow but at Lv 4 you unlock Spring Attack which does some good damage and combos in from other moves which give it a 0 start up time. Also I found out a kick ass thing that wasn't really explained anywhere. If you push K and then click on the button down the bottom of that window, Chained Skills, you can set up attacks which can be triggered using space bar over their exact number.
So say I use charge, I can then tell the game right after that I want to use shield bash and create combos like that. Cool stuff if you ask me since it frees up room if your bars become full. Also this seems to be the only mmo so far that has no shortage of tanks or healers since they are actually fun to play.
well i'm now Lv 12, beta shuts down tonight and I just solo'ed the story end boss who is totally fucking bad ass looking. You don't need a full group since I got a healer NPC who came in and healed me through it though if I wasn't careful I would of died. Anyway here's my lancer looking cute as hell, in the main city (I think).
Edit: Yeah seems they aren't closing down tonight. Beta schedule is Friday at 12:00 PM PST to Sunday at 11:59 PM PST which is Saturday 6am Brisbane time until Monday 5:59pm Brisbane time.
So I jumped in after you told me servers wont be down till tomorrow and came across something aweosme I thought. Pets. You can buy a pet from the city pet broker (between 64k and 95k each) and they seem to act as vendors for you too so you can set up a shop with your stuff and the pet will stand there holding a sign or something letting everyone know what it is they have.
That's on top of the AH so some may call it excessive but I think its good though it will destroy the fps of the city when you have 300 pets up at once in the same area.
So I jumped in after you told me servers wont be down till tomorrow and came across something aweosme I thought. Pets. You can buy a pet from the city pet broker (between 64k and 95k each) and they seem to act as vendors for you too so you can set up a shop with your stuff and the pet will stand there holding a sign or something letting everyone know what it is they have.
That's on top of the AH so some may call it excessive but I think its good though it will destroy the fps of the city when you have 300 pets up at once in the same area.
Nah, just have the option in settings that reduces number of NPC's and players beyond a certain radius. I think it may even be on automatically and when it detects low fps drop reduces detail etc.
There was a loop with IGN Prime, but I believe that has been fixed. On a unrelated note, but in relation to betas, Tribes Ascend is now offering beta keys to anyone who likes their Facebook page.
PVE - in Tera, this is very basic and required little to no thinking when soloing. Kill 10 of thos, collect 3 of those, like as basic as vanilla wow. I personally liked this, as I hate pve more than I hate the warmth of dudes. In saying this, for those who love engrossed pve with uber story and all that shit, it probably no good. You couldn't get to the end-game in the beta so who knows.
PVP - the pvp is complete shit in my opinion. Implemented poorly and has zero rewards, making it just another WOW/RIFT/TOR rinse/repeat PVP game.
The game has perdy graphics, however it is VERY KEKEKEKEK Korean still, even with all the English and American accents.
My best comparisons would be:
The graphics of Aion
The leveling PVE of vanilla wow
The grouping PVE of wow
The PVP of what was meant to be Rift and AOC with 0 reward.
The combat system is great in essence, however it really did get more and more noticeable on the Aussie ping. The start of the beta I looked past it as I was just so excited for the game, however as the PVP let me down the more and more I played, it just became a glaring factor to how shitty it has been implemented.
Obviously it's difficult to judge an MMORPG based on 1/3 of the levels and no end-game, though.
It's different. There is no targeting so you rely on being in the right position as well as using the right skill. You will get knocked down easily if you sit there and take damage (which can be dodged). The zones are beautiful, absolutely gorgeous, and the graphics are almost Crysis like. Each class that I've tried is different on it's own measure, though I personally like the Berserker.
Overall, great game with a lot of potential for a niche crowd. It might not pull millions and millions, but no MMO can these days. If you like action gameplay and don't want to sit there and spam buttons and be bored, probably going to enjoy it.
Also raids will be huge by the details that have been shown. And there are a heap of instances to do level 20+.
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