T.E.R.A.

[vrumpt]

That seems kinda unbalanced (and very korean), 1 day to hit 18, then 3 weeks at the same rate to hit 58? Am i mistaken?

[Cloudius]

That seems kinda unbalanced (and very korean), 1 day to hit 18, then 3 weeks at the same rate to hit 58? Am i mistaken?

2 weeks to 50 and a 3rd week for 51-58. 1-50 is fast and enjoyable. 51-58 is grindy as fuck.
51-58 they took out all the fast XP methods. One instance at 53 that gives shit xp cuz it's only bosses with only 1 repeat quest, so unless you want the gear it's pointless to spam.
XP from big elites doesn't scale much while it's HP sky rockets. (51 crabs were soloable in 3min - 900k XP, 56 ants takes a full group 3mins to kill - 260k/ea)

[Rulke]

General reminder about K-Tera vs our Tera. EME has said part of their 'westernization' process is catering the game so that the balance is more smooth in EXP progressing. Quests and the like will probably give more EXP than their Korean counter parts. Its been said by EME that a person should be able to quest EXP through the game if they so choose.

[vrumpt]

I remember an interview from several months ago where they outlines their "westernization" plans, and all i remember from reading it is that their definition of westernization was different than what we wanted it to be. I'll find it later, heading out the door right now.

[Cloudius]

General reminder about K-Tera vs our Tera. EME has said part of their 'westernization' process is catering the game so that the balance is more smooth in EXP progressing. Quests and the like will probably give more EXP than their Korean counter parts. Its been said by EME that a person should be able to quest EXP through the game if they so choose.

I know they have the power to increase XP, raise quests XP, and add more quests. NCwest did that with Aion.
And you can lvl mostly from quests in K-Tera too, it's just not the smart/fast way (1-20 and 53-58 it's where all/most of your XP will come from tho).

[Foxer]

Um. 1-58 is smooth as shit.. I don't know what you're talking about.

I hit 58 on the 6th day after not playing the first day because I fell asleep, and only grinded 70% of my very last level. That being said, the grind consisted of nothing but Golems, which landed me around 40 million gold, in gear and medals.

Also, the reason there is the huge EXP increase per level, is because they don't want people capping EXP per kill, a la XI/XIV. That shit was retarded, especially when it came to PLing and level syncing.

Edit: By grind, I mean 1 entire day.

[Cloudius]

Um. 1-58 is smooth as shit.. I don't know what you're talking about.

I hit 58 on the 6th day after not playing the first day because I fell asleep, and only grinded 70% of my very last level. That being said, the grind consisted of nothing but Golems, which landed me around 40 million gold, in gear and medals.

Also, the reason there is the huge EXP increase per level, is because they don't want people capping EXP per kill, a la XI/XIV. That shit was retarded, especially when it came to PLing and level syncing.

Edit: By grind, I mean 1 entire day.

eh be a fanboy if you want. That shit was mind numbing compared to 1-50. Also can you comment on the new endgame? Im not motivated enough to look into it, but from what I saw it's 1-2 instances and a bunch of worldbosses again?

[Foxer]

I remember an interview from several months ago where they outlines their "westernization" plans, and all i remember from reading it is that their definition of westernization was different than what we wanted it to be. I'll find it later, heading out the door right now.

Can't stress how much more Western than Eastern this game is.

[Foxer]

eh be a fanboy if you want. That shit was mind numbing compared to 1-50. Also can you comment on the new endgame? Im not motivated enough to look into it, but from what I saw it's 1-2 instances and a bunch of worldbosses again?

2 58s and a 54. Patch notes promised 4, and Argon Temple zone is viewable on map, so we'll see when that one gets released. Instances are 2-3 hrs long per full clear at this time with a 2hr CD so that's a little more fun TBH. World bosses are the same as 50 - Single channel Open PK zones.

Fanboy or not, getting 58 with a full PT was a breeze.

[TSB]

Depends how much you play, too. You can hit the 58 cap in 3 weeks if you're doing 100hr weeks. If you play like Frisk, who logs in at 3AM because he's busy farming Kangaroos, it'll take 8 months to hit cap.

I plan on trying to join your guild foxer (Darkjoker14 from TERAfans ) so I'll be leveling fast enough to stay on pace.

I'm thinking Priest as my main...with my alt being a lancer/mystic ^_^

[Foxer]

Oh, Joker. Nice.

Yeah, um... I'm gonna be rushing Lancer to 58, then starting Priest and Archer/Slayer myself. I'll do what I did here - No life a 58, then set an alt with a guildy. YEAH, THAT OUTTA DO IT!

[Rulke]

I'll be progressing via the scenic route. My set PT of friends and I play about 2-4 hrs a week on average (more if we sneak in time on a weekend). I don't mind though. Going to actually "focus" on crafting in a game for once so I'll be online running around gathering and crafting a lot.

[Foxer]

2-4 hrs a week was a typo?

[vrumpt]

Found the interview i was talking about, from back in January

http://tera.zam.com/story.html?story=25023&storypage=1

Nearly every answer about the westernization is translation related, and that they don't need to change much because they made the game with global interests in mind from the start.

Now, this could be why the eastern market hates TERA, and why they pushed their first patch to be so grind heavy to try and bring some locals back. I don't know, but I honestly have little faith that the western team is going to do anything more than translate text and basic maintenance of hardware.

[Foxer]

Right. Good find, and like I said - I can't express how much more western than eastern TERA is, which is why I hate all the L2/Aion comparison comments so much. It's the entire reason for the controversy over in Korea.

[vrumpt]

People have legitimate reasons to be wary of TERA with relation to Aion/L2. The art style looks very similar to Aion, TERA is also a 4 letter name (reminds them of Aion), and its an eastern title. Until something breaks the mold, people are gonna be very very wary of what they buy (or even try). If TERA does it, then good for them.

But whoever is handling the western beta (EME or bluehole or whoever) needs be handing out beta invites like crazy, free as hell like Rift did to spread the word.

[Rulke]

2-4 hrs a week was a typo?

Oops, forgot the 1's >.>; 12-14

[TSB]

People have legitimate reasons to be wary of TERA with relation to Aion/L2. The art style looks very similar to Aion, TERA is also a 4 letter name (reminds them of Aion), and its an eastern title. Until something breaks the mold, people are gonna be very very wary of what they buy (or even try). If TERA does it, then good for them.

But whoever is handling the western beta (EME or bluehole or whoever) needs be handing out beta invites like crazy, free as hell like Rift did to spread the word.

I totally agree with the handing out beta invites like mad. They need to get the word out much more than they have.

Oops, forgot the 1's >.>; 12-14

THAT'S THE SPIRIT!

[Katlan]

Oops, forgot the 1's >.>; 12-14

i was thinking, 2-4 hours a week why even bother lol

[TSB]

Well TERAfans is down again..

Not that it matters, that forums is as dead as my soul.