Originally Posted by
Ambrosia
I really enjoyed the battle system in TERA Online when I tried it on J-TERA open beta . I really like the music as well as the graphics especially all the zones. Got up to level 25, still a newbie level but enjoyed every minute of it. I don't think it will reach the 500k mark like FFXI did but I'm betting it will reach at least half that. Chances are they will do better than Aion because of 3 things. 1. PVE servers for the west. 2. Not as much as a grind as Aion was initially. 3. You can level up via quests than just solely grinding, something you ran out of in Aion around level 35 back in the day. One thing that worries me is that EME is barely promoting the game, compared to let's say SWTOR, Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2. And we are one step away from Christmas Eve, they should of posted something... that is not a weekly picture.
I am not sure if it is NCsoft's fault that they just don't care enough (they care about your wallet but not enough to go any further) or just that EME does not know how to promote a game. I understand that outside the battle system, very little if anything is new to the MMO table (although very well polished) and maybe that is a part of the reason. I hope when the westernization is done, it is much more than just A. Look we translated all the text to English with references to hamburgers and the latest Hollywood star/movie so the NA people can enjoy. B. We altered the cute race because it makes the game look less "Happy Bear" friendly. I mean c'mon... They better have an extensive list of the changes they made.
They are looking towards a late Spring release, I think in part because they "may" be waiting on when Guild Wars 2 is announced or Diablo 3. Sort of like how SWTOR announced the release the day after Blizzard delayed. No idea why they are so quiet. At this rate I wouldn't be surprised at a summer release. Also isn't almost half the team from EME from NCWest? /sadfacepalmdesk