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That's not 'literally everything' then, is it? You are forgetting +15 rally raids, there are also plenty of +15 only lfg's even for mid-tier dungeons. As a dps with +12 weap, you will always get second preference over a +15 dps.
Now .. you are correct on this part but the problem is, I feel that TERA is not populated enough for such things. I tried a lot to host my own vshm learning runs but it never went well, friends/guild blahblah I tried everything.
Yeah, they are introducing BRHM and AIHM and they are taking away TSNM and DFHM. So , the total amount of dungeons you can do remains exactly the same. HH is not something your avg +12 misery player is going to get chance to do, why even mention that? I don't see how that's 'a heck a lot' to do if the total amount of content you can do remains the same as before the patch as a mid tier geared player. I am playing TERA NA , what about you?
Vi, IMS doesn't really work for anything past easy tier dungeons. I even failed vhnm once with an IMS group, go figure. Low population doesn't help either and IMS doesn't work for people playing from non active time zones.
What do you even mean? lol
Can't agree more with this.
Forget it , people on this forum are stubborn af , they will never understand it.
Important thing to consider here is that in korea gaming is looked upon positively and very differently than the rest of the world. They take gaming seriously. For example, where I live, gaming is treated in a very negative manner. It feels like you are committing some kind of sin if you play video games. People will look down on you and treat you worse than some drug addict or rapist.
In my case, as a fresh new player, it took me about 1 month and a week's farming to just get a vm9+15 weapon with t4 etching. I was playing around 6-8 hours per day. This was with somewhat bad rng though so, there is that.
No one really needs to prove it to you, it has already happened quite often already, especially when many friends of mine and even myself have +15ed our gears within the patch in the past without spending copius amounts of money (I have spent only about $30USD over nearly 2 years so I can tell you I know what I am talking about). Also if you think about it, with all these bonus events we are getting, the amount of time I would need to gear compared to when I was making my +15 tensus gear is going to be way lower. If only I can play more these days, life only allows me to play 2 days a week lmao.
I really don't think gearing should be any easier than it is right now. As of now, as long as you are smart with your purchases in gold or minimum amounts of EMP, know how to play the game (knowing your class as well as the dungeons, not either/or), and make the correct friends you can clear any content and get any gear in the game provided there is enough effort. This is already a huge contrast to KTera where getting endgame gear is near impossible unless you swipe.
The problem with this game is not even the gearing process, but the social stigma if you don't have the BiS gear, this stigma can only be minimised if you have friends to support you, hence my first point.
True competitive PvP will take disgusting amounts of time even if the gear is easy to max or if it is given to you. Real PvP players from what I know spend hours in VO just duelling each other to practice. It didn't matter if the character was in VM or not really, most people I know back then will just wear a lower tier of gear if necessary.
I really haven't got rejected from runs just because I am just in mid-tier yet. Usually it is because I don't know the dungeon well enough yet (and also that's why I don't lfg for runs I am not that familiar yet.
Hence I will just say this: find a group that can help you. Population is indeed lower than in the past, but it is still easy enough to find a group of friends (doesn't have to be a guild but if it is that is a plus) to play with you and advance together.
Don't want to sound rude but you are talking as if people are sitting there waiting for you to add them to your friend list then instantly start helping you with the game.
To go on with that, in KR games is similar to how sports and academics are in the US. In Korea for example some students judge each other over how skilled they are at League and some food services in Asia offer discounts based on your League rank too... The West on a large scale sees games as a way to just pass time like any hobby, or to watch others play seriously. It will take a while being taking games seriously in the West is seen more positively. For many years games were bashed and seen as bad, and while that doesn't happen as often it's because they focus on gamers instead and how "bad" we are because games negatively influence us, or so they say. Thankfully a lot of gamers are going to be older and are raising up a generation that start gaming at a young age though.
I agree with this but it doesn't need to be difficult than it is currently right now either.
True words but the problem is not everyone finds such nice friends. I had friends with whom I went on vshm learning runs , they ended up kicking me from party because they got tired of wipes and wanted a +15 dps to carry their noob asses. Btw , I was not doing worse than any other dps in the party just that I was the only +12 misery dps in the party so, they made me their scapegoat. Population of TERA is pretty low and people who play on non active times find it hard to socialize.
Idk about you but it has happened with me plenty of times. I lost the count by now. Rejected by guild mates , rejected by friends. Being in +12 misery is a pleb life.
Like I said , you are right but this is by far not easy at all and something not possible for everyone.
You are spot on! Too bad people on this forum don't want to understand this though. Its just not right to compare any other region with korea when there are such huge social and cultural differences regarding gaming are present.
Take 1 friend or 2 friends, then learn it or teach others, that is the problem with the players now, IMS is bad because community made it bad, Static party for everything, and actually guild quests even made things worse.
Still I like IMS, dead server threads wouldn't been less if we had a stable IMS, I agree it is cancer often but as I said we made it cancer.
"That's not 'literally everything' then, is it? You are forgetting +15 rally raids, there are also plenty of +15 only lfg's even for mid-tier dungeons. As a dps with +12 weap, you will always get second preference over a +15 dps."
there's always gonna be spots somewhere in some raid if you're fast enough for rally cause realistically there ain't enough +15 players to fill up multiple rally raids, that's just unrealistic. but still, that's really not an unreasonable claim? rally is about who pumps out the most dps so people are gonna want the best, it'd be the same thing as like picking a valkyrie over a slayer. know who doesn't have to be +15 and gets into every piece of content? healers. misery healers could heal HH/VSHM/Rally no problem. and healers are always one of the classes that attracts the most friends!
oooo look at that maybe i just solved all your problems
also i haven't seen a single +15 only LFG for any mid tier dungeon since the patch hit. honestly if the stuff you're saying is true then your server sounds downright awful and i'm sorry.
I am not gonna bother arguing on rally topic. People do not accept you in +15 raids if you do not have +15 weapon, period. I, a +12 misery valk was rejected over +15 ninja/gunner and slayers and it follows the same for other +15 only lfg's as well.
Yes, healers get accepted into parties even with misery gear. So, let us all play healers and make a full healer vshm party, right? Nice solution
You haven't seen a single +15 only lfg for mid tier dungeon? Dang, your server must have a really nice community because, they happen all the time on MT.