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Character builder/planner exists?

LostraLostra
in TERA PC - General Discussion
Hello everyone!

I've tried searching on the internet, but no luck so far. So I figured I would ask here, maybe someone has came across a site like what I'm looking for. In many MMOs there are different official or fanmade sites which are connecting to an item database, where you can fetch items and "equip" them on a character, with crystals and enchants, etc, thus effectively planning a character for different skills and pieces of gear. Being able to see how your stats would EXACTLY change when you are planning on getting rid of a piece of gear, and getting a new one instead of it can show a good direction of what to do next in the game. I know that TERA itself has a pretty linear gearing, and not much stuff to change around, I still hope there is a site like these below, where I can effectively plan a character gear. (I know there are sites for glyphs alone)

Sites alike:

- Archeage ~ archeagecalculator.com
- World of Warcraft ~ wowhead.com/planner
- Final Fantasy Online ~ ffxiv.ariyala.com/
- Perfect World ~ pwcalc.com/

And I could probably go on for a few hours with different games and different sites. If anyone has an idea about something like this for TERA, please do not keep it for yourself!

Thank you very much in advance!

Comments

  • vkobevkobe ✭✭✭✭✭
    try this site, maybe you will find your answer

    http://www.essentialmana.com/
  • KarmaTheAlligatorKarmaTheAlligator ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't get what you're asking. When you want to try on new gear, the tooltip shows you exactly what changes. And it's not like there's much choice in gear anyway, so...

    Apart from that, as @vkobe said, essentialmana has you covered for gear rolls, crystals and etchings.
  • KetothKetoth ✭✭✭✭
    There are 0 sites like that for tera, just glyphs calcs
    wait it have is a gear planner on google sheets that i made long time ago, just look on my posts, but its no longer updated.
  • LostraLostra
    I know about essentialmana, I'm using that site for a lot of information. The main reason why a site like this "should" exist is that, even though there are not much itemization possibilities in the game, still would be good to see how a single piece of gear affects your stats, without having to get your hands on the said item. Let's say you get an Ambush weapon design, while you are wearing +12 Misery. AFAIK +12M is better than +12 Ambush, however +15 Ambush is better than +12M. So without actually crafting the weapon and getting it Awakened+15, you could check whether it would worth the hassle, or sell the design and go for Deathwrack straight away. Or if you are lacking any stat necessary for your class, you can check if swapping a single piece of gear to +15 Awakened would fix that issue, or better going for the next set straight away. So yes, there might be not much choice to pick from, but can be still useful.

    Thank you for the answers tho, really much appreciated!
  • GrimoirGrimoir ✭✭✭
    Actually….

    The situation you just described is a “no-brainer”.
    The difference between misery +12 and Ambush +15 is merely like approx. 600 attack and 1 extra stat.

    The damage output is fairly similar. So unless you are a real try hard, it would be a waste for you to spend your gold / materials to get the +15 ambush as the slight overhand of ambush +15 against misery +12 is not that big at all. Ultimately you can check the trade broker for said +15 weapon and compare the stats.

    You should go for deathwrack and save your mats to make it +15 cause you will need it.
  • KarmaTheAlligatorKarmaTheAlligator ✭✭✭✭✭
    The extra line for Ambush does make a difference between the two. It's not all about the raw stats.
  • GrimoirGrimoir ✭✭✭
    KarmaTheAlligator wrote: »
    The extra line for Ambush does make a difference between the two. It's not all about the raw stats.

    If that extra like is worth 300k+ gold for you then by all means go ahead :)
  • KarmaTheAlligatorKarmaTheAlligator ✭✭✭✭✭
    Grimoir wrote: »
    KarmaTheAlligator wrote: »
    The extra line for Ambush does make a difference between the two. It's not all about the raw stats.

    If that extra like is worth 300k+ gold for you then by all means go ahead :)

    No need, I'm on full Ambush already, been there for months.

    But if someone doesn't have the time to farm for Deathwrack, it might be worth it to get Ambush (especially, as you yourself noticed, how often people want +15 instead of +12 in their LFG).
  • 5H96Y49G6D5H96Y49G6D ✭✭✭
    Teradex?

    Closests ull get besides meta is universal in this game minute diff
  • aeee98aeee98 ✭✭✭✭
    The thing is that there is no real need for any calculators since they dumbed down everything where the rolls are so obvious you don't need to think much.

    Glyph calculators are a thing not because it is for planning (since glyphs can be reset for free), but to teach newbies the core glyphs.

  • LostraLostra
    Tho there was a tiny argument up here about Ambush/Misery, which kinda proves my point. That anyone checking it on a site in a second could get the info they need, exact stats and they can easily decide for themselves. Since there is no such site at the moment, I'm thinking about creating one actually. If it's useful or fun for a few 100 people, that's worth my time already :)

    Thank you everyone who had an insight to share about the topic, it's really good to see people caring even about these small matters ^^
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