Collectors / Completionists

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What I love about WOW is that there are so many items to collect just curious if this game will support such appeal.

Are there alot of things to collect in game like wow? Non-combat pets, mounts, vanity items, armor sets etc.? I think this is a valid question to ask since I really hope this audience doesn't get overlooked.

Thanks!

[Foxer]

Like just luxury, personal items a la FFXI or what do you mean?

[Katlan]

think he means luxury / cosmetic items in the same vein as WoW and other games have done (pets, mounts, event gear - XI does this well)

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think he means luxury / cosmetic items in the same vein as WoW and other games have done (pets, mounts, event gear - XI does this well)

this.

[Foxer]

None of that (yet?). I'm assuming there here will be plenty of event gear and things of that sort, judging from previous KR MMOs, but as it holds now, there's little to none of that.

[Foxer]

IMO, all that useless shit ties in well with a player's connection to character. XI did this best, mainly due to the fact that it was an old school, slow paced MMO. If a faster paced game pulls it off the way XI, did, then there goes 8 years of my life. lol

[Linfy]

I still have dreams about ffxi, the only video game I ever have dreams about... and I played that stuff like 5 years ago...

I think for me mostly the sound design and pretty real environments and animations did it for me. The sound of running through the noob lvl 10+ desert area in my chainmail is stuck in my head forever.
1. Your character never snapped in directions... no MMO does this, still.
2. Really great running animations that inst too fast or overtop or stylistic, simply real looking
3. Resting pose actually look and feel like your "resting" not blanking out...
4. Great sound and environments help too, nothing super unreal but still fantasy
etcetc

Great art design and direction I think was what made ffxi so great, cuz if you really look analytically at the game combat and mechanics, its pretty dull. We have faster and more exciting fights in tabletop games.


Maybe if TERA had weather conditions, day rotations, weeks, months, and 'seasons' that all affect game play then maybe, but that would be too hardcore for the NA audience...