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TERA open beta begins on the 20th of April. Preorderers get the beta on the 19th.
For those who don't know what Tera is: Tera is a new(ish) MMORPG from some AZN area. And if there is one thing we know about azns, its that they make damn good MMOs [citation neededGuild Warz biaatch]
What makes TERA stand out from other MMOs? Combat system is skill based (aiming, no auto-attack, etc.), graphics are not cartoon bullshit, jiggle physics (they jiggle people, they jiggle) voice acting... other shit.

Click on this link to make an account and start downloading. Also click here for xtra infos.
http://tera.enmasse.com/

Now we have a word from Lovelesss, our friendly tech-support liaison here at SEN.
"Yo bitches, it is well known that altruism is practically non-existent at SEN, and each and everyone of you are nihilistic hedonistic egocentric self-centred bastards. Therefore, it is recommended that you disable P2P Sharing while downloading Tera, so your download goes shizzloads faster and you don't share your downloads with other undeserving scum." Direct quote.


Here are some videos, watch them and see if they live up to your SEN-standard, imperious, elitist standards.




Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Apr 14 2012, 7:42 am by Oh_Man.

Sure
I'm downloading it as well.
Let's see how "True" the combat system is.

On my way!

It's open today? Wut?


Judging by the several e-mails I got, I thought it wasn't starting for a while? I can make my character and reserve my name on the 13th but not play for a while yet. Did this change?

(Edit I get this error upon trying to log in.

I think you're high.)

By the way, if you've got questions about the game, shoot.

Oh shit... you're right. We can DOWNLOAD now, but we can't play until the 20th. 19th if you preorder. DAMN IT. And now my boner is rapidly wilting.

Can any race be any class? How do items work? Are there class-specific instances/quests?

1 - Yes. You can make a Baraka sorc or a Loli Lancer. No race/class restrictions.

2 - Weapons and armor are class specific. So, Warriors use leather, but Lancers can't equip leather at all (after a certain level e.g. level 10). Likewise, lancers can't equip the Warrior's dual swords. A really stupid thing IMO is currently you can't even preview the graphics of other classes' sets like you can in WoW.

There are potions and, yes, for once they are useful in an MMO. At least at level 30 they were still very useful, especially healing and mana. There are also potions to restore stamina but this is just as easily accomplished with a campfire.

There are scrolls of identification. Here is where my knowledge gets a bit fuzzy because I haven't paid much attention to this yet. But, when I played, scrolls "reveal" enchanting properties for items that can be unlocked through enchanting. Enigmatic items come in several different flavors requiring different types of scrolls. As far as I know, in the Korean version, you could burn all of your money trying to "identify" favorable stats (this was the biggest money sink). But I also heard that this may be changing in the American release, so take this with a grain of salt.

You have no hearthstone in Tera, but you have scrolls that serve similar functions (and sometimes racial abilities as well).

There are several what I'll call "flavor" items that may not make it into American release judging by what the devs have been saying. One of these is a Box of Transsomethingoranother Mischief, that can take an item like ore and potentially multiply it. 19 times out of 20 it just fucks off with the item so I never used them. Another, one that will probably stay, is an "egg" that can contain random stuff. They can be merged or split, I think, into varying levels of stuff.

Most, if not all items, particularly equippable items, are divided into tiers. This is relevant in enchanting, which I believe requires eating an item of the same tier (with better/more reliable results if the item is of significantly quality). I heard they're introducing Bind on Pickup items, which is a serious con in my eyes (I hate binding systems entirely), but otherwise green and above is BoE. Stupid. I preferred Lineage 2's way of doing items.

Probably some more item related stuff I forgot.

3. Not that I've seen yet but the first major dungeon can be 2manned with a Berserk and a Lancer (as shown in my video) @ around level 20. I personally don't care for class specific stuff so that's not a big down in my eyes.

Is it me or is the Download of the patches extremely slow?
It says about 35kb/s and it's gonna take me 3 days!!

Disable peer to peer sharing in the options button on top right.

What is Tera? WHY NO LINKS

So each class can only equip one type of weapon? I think it would be annoying being an archer and having to fight melee with a bow.

@Oh_MAn

Thanks. mind putting more Info on the OP
like your acct name so we can add you
where we can find you
links to the site
videos

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I doubt I will ever pay for even a month because it's price tag is quite high.
I am interested in seeing how it works. But I'll never be willing enough to pay 15$ just for a month subscription.

I'm gonna be a naysayer about the subscription, because it is too akin to WoW... and as a publisher, I'd probably want to distant my game from WoW as much as possible to avoid any comparisons.
It's strange but having free content, no matter how limited, just seems like a better idea somehow. *shrugs*

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Apr 13 2012, 12:30 am by UnholyUrine.

TERA is an Action MMORPG, think of World of Warcraft but with a 3rd person shooter type combat system, this means that ranged abilities and such, are used with 3D targeting. So dodging and such, isn't a matter of stats, but you moved/strafing.

I thoroughly enjoyed playing the Closed Beta and sad to say, I cannot afford the subscription but would gladly pay if I could.

For anyone who wants to play, head over to http://tera.enmasse.com/ and make an account. Once made, use the code TERABETA to enjoy the game.

Alternatively, if you want pre-order status to access the game as soon as possible, you can 'buy' the game on Amazon and you will receive a pre-order code in your e-mail withing 12 hours. After receiving the e-mail, just go back to Amazon and cancel the order, without the transaction ever going through because you are simply placing an order that you will not be charged for until it's shipping date.

Alright you lazy bitches, I'm pimping out the OP.

Also everyone should thank Loveless; he was the one who told me about disabling P2P sharing.

You didn't link my video? Sadface.

That said, I'm rolling an archer on Dragonfall, Broseidon. Hunt me down in the OBT or Release for free on-the-spot trolling.

Installed this. Whenever I open it nothing happens! Rage. Probably some noob computer problem. Suggestions? TeraLoader is running in my applications, but nothing happens. Restarting does nothing.

Open beta is open! Played through the prologue (you start at level 20, enabling you to actually try the class. Then, when you finish the prologue, you actually start leveling) as a Lancer. Not really my class I think, but I really like the combat in this game. You can even block manually Figured that out when some big monster started charging while I was poking it with my lance. Pushed me like 20 metres backwards Going to try some other classes a bit later.
Also, it looks pretty damn good for an MMO.

Guild Wars 2 and Tera will be the clash of the titans I reckon.

And hopefully WoW will get crushed in between them

WoW will probably outlive them both combined just due to the logo behind it. So many "WoW killer" MMO's fall flat on their face for the simple fact that they lack Blizzard's brand name.

Honestly, as much as I like Tera/hope for it to succeed, I see it going the way of Aion eventually, maybe worse so. I expect GW2 to win over the two just because of, again, its logo, which is stronger if only because Tera is being perceived by a lot of people as simple "another Korean MMO".

Of course, En Masse has the potential to turn this around. So I guess it remains to be seen. Aion had many reasons behind its "failure" in the west, some in part due to the western developer having their hands tied to the Korean one. Tera doesn't have that restriction in particular.