Tera: Online Random Question Thread

[Meresgi]

When socketing crystals, are BAMs considered "boss" type monsters? I would assume so but I know certain BAMS have different things by their name indicating variety.

[sedna]

When socketing crystals, are BAMs considered "boss" type monsters? I would assume so but I know certain BAMS have different things by their name indicating variety.

I could be remembering my information wrong, but I believe someone said that if it has an enmity circle, or hate circle, or whatever you wanna call it, it is a boss. I have been going by that to determine on which crystal sets I use and it seems to have held true so far.

Hopefully someone will correct or add to this if it's not quite right ;x

[LinktheDeme]

do you get to keep characters after open beta?

[Clash Perez]

I created a character on Jagged Coast, and got to Lumbertown at lv12. There are a group of players camping the exits and ganking anyone who is trying to leave. I've been killed in one blow each time I've attempted to continue on the quest line.

Is there anything I can do other than just waiting for them to get bored, or starting over on a PvE server?

[mallister]

change channels, man. it's annoying i know.

[Meresgi]

I could be remembering my information wrong, but I believe someone said that if it has an enmity circle, or hate circle, or whatever you wanna call it, it is a boss. I have been going by that to determine on which crystal sets I use and it seems to have held true so far.

Hopefully someone will correct or add to this if it's not quite right ;x

What do you mean by "enmity circle"?

[Clash Perez]

change channels, man. it's annoying i know.

Ah, people were saying this, but I had no clue what it meant. Thanks.

[Senji]

that ss is a still, the game doesn't run very smooth at that detail at all. I'll try lowering, but I actually thought the environment was pretty low res already, just the characters were really detailed.

also, it's actually i5 quad but just 2.7ghz.

edit: turned down graphics from a 4 preset to a 2 and it's still very choppy ; ;

A first gen i5 750 quadcore, 8gb ram, and 9800+ will be mowing this game. Hardware is not holding you back.

[Kachiko]

What do you mean by "enmity circle"?

Bosses, of an instance, and world map BAMs, have a reddish/orange circle that targets the person it has hate on. It can also be purple, when it uses a move that targets the secondary hate target, who's usually behind it. If you see that, then the 'boss' crystals should work on them. Normal is everything else that isn't a minion, which are the little buggers that surround many normal mobs.

[Rulke]

do you get to keep characters after open beta?

CBT5 chars get wiped. OBT chars carry over to retail.

[Rakisho]

CBT5 chars get wiped. OBT chars carry over to retail.

So unfair, wish we had it like that in EU too.

[Trocian]

So unfair, wish we had it like that in EU too.

It's not unfair, it's a good thing they're wiping for EU.

[Rakisho]

It's not unfair, it's a good thing they're wiping for EU.

How so? Right now it's like your getting retail 1 week early. I'd be more than happy to play alongside a bunch of idiots that wont even buy the game for a few days to start early.

[Meth]

I'm torn between rolling on PvE or PvP server, I never actually played much on PvP games, but it seems that the extra "challenge" would make this more entertaining in the long run.

In general how annoying does PvP get at the earlier stages? Also is someone here goig to play on EU tera?

[shepardG]

Dryr, what you need is some buddy's
I would have leveled with you yesterday but I got to play all of 10 mins this weekend.... sadface.

[Clash Perez]

I'm torn between rolling on PvE or PvP server, I never actually played much on PvP games, but it seems that the extra "challenge" would make this more entertaining in the long run.

In general how annoying does PvP get at the earlier stages? Also is someone here goig to play on EU tera?

As long as you don't mind getting ganked in one hit by players twice your level while checking in at quest NPCs, it can be pretty fun. You can switch channels to try to avoid the players camping NPCs if you can scope them out ahead of time.

[Fooma]

Can not decide between Slayer and Sorcerer. My primary focus will be PVE, but I want to be able to hold my own in open world pvp. Although I feel Slayer is a better playstyle for me, I'm afraid there will be 1000 slayers looking for PVE groups at any time, so sorcerer is the alternative choice. Is there anything to discourage to bring 2 (or 3) slayers into a PVE group?

[Katlan]

I'd assume typical mmo rules apply for 5 (or is it 6) man dungeons: you don't want to double up on any class unless you can't get anybody else. really no point to when you consider 1 tank, 1 healer... why bring 2 of the same dps?

[Rulke]

edit: found what I needed

[Rulke]

I'd assume typical mmo rules apply for 5 (or is it 6) man dungeons: you don't want to double up on any class unless you can't get anybody else. really no point to when you consider 1 tank, 1 healer... why bring 2 of the same dps?

People did love to bring 2 SAMs back in FFXI days though...