T.E.R.A.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Well, as long as I'm not trying to wife the bitch... I'd go with the hot one, but that's neither here nor there.

Actually that's a perfect response. A lot of hardcore gamers are looking for a mmorpg to settle down with for a long time that isn't WoW. So essentially, we are looking for that mmo to bed.

[Arximiro]

I thought the new battle system (XIV) was neat at first, but after grinding, it just becomes extremely monotonous. That shit was gunna give me carpal tunnel. My hand would kill me after a party. 1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,4, especially in party's with a full alliance, where you'd have to spam the shit out of attacks to get some hits in before it dies.

So I'm definitely going to be enjoying this new style of battle much much more. I like how the game rewards skill, and not so much idle button mashing.

Holy shit DG!

Yeah I bought a Dual Shock 3 to use with FFXIV, it's a lot easier. I mapped L1 and R1 to 1 and 2 on the keyboard and I use mainly 1 and 2 for my skills and cycle through the 3 levels with the D-pad.

[Alderaan]

If FFXIV had TERA's combat and content, i'd be all over it.

Throw in some dynamic content and you're golden.

[Cichy]

I would welcome some of those skanky outfits in 14 also.

[Charismatic]

Damn skippy.
Elezen women leaving little to the imagination is exactly what's needed in Eorzea. That'd take it off of a couple of 'worst game ever' lists, that's for sure.

[Cichy]

hell yeah

[Lucavi]

I was confused until I scrolled down.

I don't get it, how does a game throw everything at graphics? If the game sucks, the place to be looking is design (and management, but that's something else). The two aren't developed exclusively of each other. Designers can design/implement the game while the artists are making the art. A game might take longer to come out the more graphically intensive it is, but that just means the designers have more time to make the game not suck. And if the game does suck, why blame graphics? Clearly some companies neglect their designers and treat the artists like rockstars, giving them bitches and blow whenever they want because they're throwing all their resources at this one part of the game.

Seriously Lucavi. As bad as XIV currently is, blaming it on graphics is absurd.

I'm not blaming it on the graphics. I'm blaming it on SE always focusing on graphics to the exclusion of everything else. I feel that FFXIII was the same way. Regardless, that's neither here nor there. We can do this in the flame wars section if you really want to get into it.

[Cyn]

Damn skippy.
Elezen women leaving little to the imagination is exactly what's needed in Eorzea. That'd take it off of a couple of 'worst game ever' lists, that's for sure.

You clearly haven't seen my character in a subligar set.

[Purrrfect]

I thought the new battle system (XIV) was neat at first, but after grinding, it just becomes extremely monotonous. That shit was gunna give me carpal tunnel. My hand would kill me after a party. 1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,4, especially in party's with a full alliance, where you'd have to spam the shit out of attacks to get some hits in before it dies.

So I'm definitely going to be enjoying this new style of battle much much more. I like how the game rewards skill, and not so much idle button mashing.

I don't recall if TERA had auto attacks, but it is definitely button mashy in its own regard. Though being more of an action game it doesn't feel like it the same way xiv does.

[Katlan]

Every mmo in existence is button mashy because you have to press buttons to do stuff.. stupid argument is stupid. Fuck, have you played an action game where you werent pulling off combo's & moves so fast that were hands were flying between buttons? If somebody just watched a controller, instead of the screen, for most games it would look button mashy.

[Cyn]

Every mmo in existence is button mashy because you have to press buttons to do stuff.. stupid argument is stupid. Fuck, have you played an action game where you werent pulling off combo's & moves so fast that were hands were flying between buttons? If somebody just watched a controller, instead of the screen, for most games it would look button mashy.

Every melee in XI?

[Lucavi]

Every mmo in existence is button mashy because you have to press buttons to do stuff.. stupid argument is stupid. Fuck, have you played an action game where you werent pulling off combo's & moves so fast that were hands were flying between buttons? If somebody just watched a controller, instead of the screen, for most games it would look button mashy.

I dunno, melee in XI are about as un-twitchy as I've ever played. Most of it comes from a distinct lack of (quality) abilities to use in a fight. There's like what, 4-5 good ones per DD, most of which come on at least a 1:50 timer. I think Sam's the only one that can hit a button outside of a skillchain more than once every 10 seconds.

Don't give me that crap, Katlan. There's a huge difference between action-based combat systems and auto-battle-based. Even though WoW and others have "autobattle", you're done letting the game fight for you by level 5. You can't say the same for XI until at least 30 for most DDs, and even farther beyond for a select few (lookin at you, Drk~!)

[Vimes]

Some speculation going on about release date for EU/NA, looking to be Q3/Q4.
http://www.tera-online.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=13238

Any one in this thread who speaks Korean? Auto-translate makes a mess of it.

해외 진출 일정은 어떻게 되나?
현지 퍼블리셔와의 최종 협의가 필요하다. 현재 논의된 건 일본이 2011년 상반기에서 여름 정도, 북미나 유럽은 그로부터 한두 달 후에 테스트를 시작하는 것이다. 올해 안에 일본·북미·유럽 3개 지역 출시는 확정적이다. 구체적인 날자는 조금 더 확실해지면 발표하겠다.
북미와 유럽은 거의 동시에 출시할 생각이다. 북미와 유럽 퍼블리셔도 그 점을 염두에 두고 오픈 베타를 준비하고 있다. 현지 유저들의 요구사항이고, 기대사항이기도 하다.

[Viq]

It says Japan release will be in Summer 2011, with NA and EU release being about 2 months later. They will make an announcement about more precise times soon, and the EU/NA simultaneous release isn't set in stone, but they're pretty sure it will happen.

[Vimes]

Thanks Viq.

[Katlan]

Boo.. I guess later release then I was hoping

[Rulke]

Some speculation going on about release date for EU/NA, looking to be Q3/Q4.
http://www.tera-online.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=13238

Any one in this thread who speaks Korean? Auto-translate makes a mess of it.

해외 진출 일정은 어떻게 되나?
현지 퍼블리셔와의 최종 협의가 필요하다. 현재 논의된 건 일본이 2011년 상반기에서 여름 정도, 북미나 유럽은 그로부터 한두 달 후에 테스트를 시작하는 것이다. 올해 안에 일본·북미·유럽 3개 지역 출시는 확정적이다. 구체적인 날자는 조금 더 확실해지면 발표하겠다.
북미와 유럽은 거의 동시에 출시할 생각이다. 북미와 유럽 퍼블리셔도 그 점을 염두에 두고 오픈 베타를 준비하고 있다. 현지 유저들의 요구사항이고, 기대사항이기도 하다.

It has also been translated as such:

"TERA Japan will launch in the first half of this year and the NA/EU test will begin a month after that. The game is sure to launch in Japan, US and EU this year but the exact date is yet to come. US/EU will be launched at the same time and both US and EU publishers are keeping that in mind and getting ready for an OBT." (done by the korean translater over on TeraFans.)

Not sure which is more accurate, but I think Viq reads/speaks Korean? So he might be spot on.

At any rate, its a messy shit fest on the official forums so I imagine EME will have a statement coming up in a bit to clarify things. Or not.. /shrug.

I am getting tired of being overly hopeful on release dates. Just going to fill my time with other things and when Tera is out, its out.

[Franzer]

Either way, I'm excited we got some information on it. Thanks for the update guys.

[Viq]

I just scanned over it and did a quickie 30sec translation. The main differences are that I just opted to mention summer (여름) when it is saying JP release will be in the first half, likely in the summer. Just a matter of laziness, time constraints on my part. Also, this is more a matter of opinion, but I opted to go on the long end while that translator went for the short end on the length of time after JP release for NA/EU. It literally says 1-2 months later (한두 달 후에). All in all, not huge differences. I also didn't bother to mention the OBT stuff in my quickie translation because it's pretty obvious that a company releasing a game is thinking about OBT.

[avelle]

A Q3/Q4 release would be very sad. :<