TERA Online - General Information and Discussion (May 1, 2012)

[Foxer]

Nah, I wanted them free name changes, lol

[Foxer]

Bored of something you couldn't clear, or playing alone?

Idk why people say shit like this when they haven't even done enough to actually know what it's like. If you don't like the game, you can just say you don't like it. lol

[Kupo]

Edit: Nevermind

[Katlan]

why was this thread locked?
outside of the bitching that goes back and fourth, but thats in every relevant thread of KTERA ppl comparing penis sizes

[Foxer]

This thread was locked?

[Foxer]

To step away from the useless arguing and useless backseat modding that no one gives a shit about, I'll talk about today's update.


They will be adding Thanksgiving event content, as well as merging 5 current low pop severs into 2 servers. This is supposed to start either today, or next week(09/08/11 or 09/15/11), and last all the way up to Thanksgiving.


The reason for the merger is because of the new non-PK sever that opened up a couple of weeks ago. Believe it or not(IDK how people don't) TERA is pretty much a PVE only game when it comes to the open world. Server raiding and BGs aside, there is absolutely no reward/penalty for open world PVP in TERA. Lot of people left to the PVE server, and the 5 lowest pop servers are being merged into 2, leaving us with a total of 13 servers, from 15.


[Event 1. Arborea artisans Hangawi Gifts]
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/8...0906noti01.jpg
From what I make out of it, the first one recovers 4% of maximum HP, every second, over the course of 30 seconds. The second one I can't make it, but it seems to be a 50% speed increase in something, for the duration of 1 HR. Could be EXP, or it could be something else.

[Event 2. Chuseok billing Events]
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2...0906noti02.jpg
Haste +6%(Bloodstone necklace) neck piece reward tied to it.


None of the items can be redeemed more than once per account, nor can they be traded, sold, or stored. All items will be deleted from goddess box if not redeemed within 30 days.

I'll add any more info if it pops up and pertains to this maintenance patch.

[Foxer]

EXP fairies are back with a smaller EXP bonus for new/returning customers.

Loot is set to disappear 3 minutes faster than it did before.

[Katlan]

To step away from the useless arguing and useless backseat modding that no one gives a shit about, I'll talk about today's update.


They will be adding Thanksgiving event content, as well as merging 5 current low pop severs into 2 servers. This is supposed to start either today, or next week(09/08/11 or 09/15/11), and last all the way up to Thanksgiving.

Didn't know there was backseat modding.

[Bombur]

http://www.inven.co.kr/board/powerbb...idx=2134&l=337

TERA New Content Update

Starting last April 20th, Blue Hose studios came out with a large scale road map of what the future holds for Tera starting with the unveiling of "Dooms of Talon". Now BHS will update what that future road map will be.

The future road map with consist of Four major updates starting in Q3 2011 and continuing in the next coming months.




1) Fragments of a Dream
2) Dark Crevices
3)Daughter Oia
4)Giving up the Ark


Fragments of a Dream Patch

- Item Enhancements
- Production of Rare Material
- Getting fragments from a new Top Dog's dream and Shara.

This is just an intro that will introduce a new New Top Dog (New Titian ?) and his dreams contain the essence of Tera. Using these "Dream Shards" a guild can open up a "Black Crevice" to port them to other Servers to PVP. Other Servers will be able to take over town/Citys and change the dyamic of the world. (Sort of how Rift's NPC are able to take over towns and settlements.)

To balance out the power, the server matching will change depending on how many "Dream Shards" guilds have collected on a server. Shown below...



Dream Shards can also be used to produce's more guaranteed results from crafting, sealing/resealing system, and item enhancement. Dream Shards will also have other unique features player will have to discover.

BHS has decided to put PVP/ Guld warfare before PVE for the time being, so Guild Halls/Housing will be scraped for the time being, while the PVE dungeons content will be pushed back to a later date.

Dark Crevices Patch

-This is BHS introduction of Dynamic Content.

The Argon have gotten a hold of Dream Shards, and are able to make their own Black Crevice's. Throughout the world of Tera Black Crevice's are will be spewing everywhere, either from another invading server, or invading Argon's NPC's hell bent on taking over town and settlements.


This Black Crevice Dynamic system is exactly like Rifts Dynamic system, either other servers will come through or Argon NPC's will come and invade and take over the server.

Also this patch will introduce the prison system, other members may be forced into prison. More details to come. (They didn't talk much about this at all)

Daughter Oia Patch

Due to the massive invasions and use of Dream Shards, the Top Dogs and Arunn and Shara's dream begins to shatter! This shatter creates a new world, called Agaia. Agaia will be a open World PVP RVR with multiple forts, each fort will have it's own instance for the winning server. With up to 4 servers to be able to participate in. There will also be super Bams and resources to compete over.
(Sounds just like Aion's Abyss to me...lol)


Other servers will come together and compete for RVR Fort warfare.

Giving up the Ark Patch

Scheduled for later into 2012, the shattered dream begins to expand. What will the future of Tera behold ? A new area above Agaia emerges with mobile cities, the largest being Juras Ark.

Servers will be able to occupy Juras Ark and it's mobile cities through peaceful political means. But Guilds who occupy these mobile cities can declare war and thus these cites can be taken though PVP. More instances come from these cities.

A new Class will be introduced and new mount. Plus a new continent.

Conclusion

Due to the new Tera Update BHS has now posted a new road map.



Fragments of a Dream to come out Q.3, (it's actually the next patch)
Black Crevices and Daughter of Oia Q.4 winter/2012.
Giving up the Arch spring/summer 2012

We at BHS are listening to the cries of lack of content, and we hope in the next coming months we will be able to give you a game you will be proud of. We know that there is demand for more PVE dungeons, and a PVE raid and will take it into account for future updates into the future.

Thanks

[Rulke]

Nice update. As long as it doesn't continue to push back our release, I am good with it.

[TSB]

So it looks like BHS is actually rolling with the prison idea while EME is most likely gonna scrap the idea?

I wonder if they made it fun, or they are just gonna tell people to gtfoverit.

[Bombur]

So it looks like BHS is actually rolling with the prison idea while EME is most likely gonna scrap the idea?

I wonder if they made it fun, or they are just gonna tell people to gtfoverit.

Sounds like it, with Sept production chat, EME sounded like they didn't like the prison idea at all. ..lol

[Bombur]

TERA at TGS 2011

Tera was one of the few MMO's that was present at the Tokyo Game Show this year.

BHS/Hangame showed off a new Tera Video



People lined up to play





There was a contest at the booth to see who could defeat Kelsa, the winners got a nice goodies.

If you had won you could either get Bag A or Bag B





Both packages are basically the same, except that one of it has a 300-piece puzzle while the other has a Steelseries mouse with TERA's game logo simply printed on it. Each package also has a code for a 3-day free trail period without the need to register for an actual account.




Also at the game conference Hangame showed off their new software called G Cloud. In a nutshell, a cloud system basically means that the game will run through the game servers and streamed to devices, without the devices needing the required hardware specs (high end graphics card, high RAM etc). So you could play Tera on your tablet or phone !

The mantra and slogan behind this system is "No Install', "No Spec" and "No Waste", which you can see below from a signboard shown at the press conference.

Hangame did a presentation with Dragon Nest (They publish Dragon nest in Japan)
Using the G cloud system.



With this presentation, we can see that Dragon Nest is running on Android tablets and even netbooks with no discrete graphic cards. What's more, no installation of the game client is needed on these devices! Perhaps the only concern will be a stable connection. But still, with cloud gaming the talk of the town even in the West, this service looks very promising!

[Bombur]

More news coming from BHS today.


This is the Sept-Oct. news update.

http://www.inven.co.kr/board/powerbb...dx=2152&l=5105

Good old Mr. Blue will be giving out the updates...



New Hunting Grounds and Equipment

Near the end of Sept, BHS will be introducing a new 5 man instance dungeon. In addition the older dungeons both senior and junior will drop tokens for those who are unlucky in drops. A few new items will also be available for some current end game instances and enchanting luxury tagged items will be less expensive.

XP needed to gain lvl's will be Nerfed

Xp needed to gain lvl's will be pushed back, so lvl'ing in TERa will be even faster.
Dungeons, missions and quests will now give even more xp.
Gathering will now increase exp

lvl 18-28 will now take an average of 10% less xp to lvl
lvl 38-58 will now take an average of 25% less xp to lvl

New instance dungeon

In October, there will an indroduction of a new instance dungeon that will drop new luxury items items. This will go along with the lvl 58 dungeon progression path and the drop rate will reflect that.

Dungeon, Mission and Solo quests

Dungeons, Missions will be getting a nerf, thus making them easier to do and will be more rewarding.. Also the Drop rate will see a significant increase. For solo players you will be able to get mission/dungeon rewards from quests. Also there will be other rewards a solo player can get through quests.

System Updates

PK System

The current PK system will get an overhaul, with guilds being able to declare war on other guilds. More details will come in the next coming weeks.

Xp mitigation

Higher lvl players in a low lvl party will get a xp mitigation as well a high lvl player in a low lvl dungeon party will get a drop rate mitigation.

UI improvements

Improvement to Monster hunter bars and HP bars. As well as pre function abilities to change equipment on the fly. As well as other enhancements to improve the players gaming experience.

Class Balance

Due to differences in party function, some classes are not as strong as others, so we will try and improve on class balance. Both Warrior and Priest will see changes as well as significant improvements to other classes.

New Cross Server Party Tool

Currently in development is a cross server LFG dungeon tool and a cross server BG tool, that will enhance the player experience via getting into dungeons/BG's more easily. This tool can also be used in the upcoming Guild/Guild PVP instance BG's. This tool should be implemented around the end of October.

Thanks Tera Fans

From
Mr. Blue

[FriskUni]

lol they only JUST redid their current gear for the 58 dungeons 3~4 weeks ago, so people had to redo dungeons all over again for better gear
now they're adding more? wow

priest update though :3

[Cian]

Pretty curious to see what they're adding, also enchanting lux items was expensive? I wonder if it means they'll be making lux scrolls buyable from the merchant..

[FriskUni]

Pretty curious to see what they're adding, also enchanting lux items was expensive? I wonder if it means they'll be making lux scrolls buyable from the merchant..

key word being enchanting, I don't think they mean't making lux items, but the +ing after the fact was expensive, being you had to do another 3 whole levels of powders/golds

[Cian]

Yeah I can read, and it was? At the rate you can make gold in that game, nothing was expensive. Lux is supposed to be the highest/best available gear, it shouldn't be a cheap free ride to get it anyways.

[FriskUni]

weren't you saying that t12 r3 upgrades were too expensive? so you weren't going to upgrade unless it's an r1?

how is upgrading something 1-9 expensive, but 1-12 isn't expensive?
while I'll agree gold is easy to get, unless you go 3/3 on +9~+12, chances are you're going to be dumping anywhere from 140M~300M for the final 3 levels of enchanting which I wouldn't really call chump change

having said that, yea final items should be expensive and I don't think they should be making it cheaper to do, the game has very few gold sinks as is since BoP was introduced, enchanting being one of the main ones

[Cian]

Well, I personally didn't feel like upgrading any rank3 was worth it considering rank1 is better by a landslide and drops from the same place as rank3. That's just my decision though, I'm aware that people lux/upgrade their rank3s all the time.

Problem comes down to the RNG, I spent about 100m on one weapon, while we had examples in our own guild of people that spent maybe 10m at most for their +9s. I even went +6 throguh +9 on lux leather boots off of NQ powders.

Also, how is it 140M~300M for getting from +9 through +12? Never heard of a different success rate for lux items over non-lux.

In the end, it's only expensive if you make it that way; i.e. choose to use blue powders instead of NQ powders, buy dungeon drops rather than get them yourself, or have terrible luck from rng.