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The Future of Tera
How would future patches of Tera look like?
Previously, every major patch will bring new dungeons and new gear that are a tier higher than the previous. Then, everyone will farm content to craft the latest gear and use their stockpile of enchanting mats to +15 the gear.
But now, with this linear gear progression, I am unsure what future major patches will offer. While I'm pretty sure that there will be new dungeons, will there be any new gear to obtain?
If so, will the new gear be a tier higher than the current top tier Stormcry? If that is the case, it would seem that enchantment rates of this new gear will be even lower than the lowest 5% enchantment rate from Stormcry +8 to +9, and the enchantment costs will be even higher, which pose a great difficulty for gearing in future.
If there is no new gear, there may not be enough motivation for players to grind new dungeons due to lack of rewards to improve their characters.
What do you think? What are the other ways to keep players playing Tera in future?
Previously, every major patch will bring new dungeons and new gear that are a tier higher than the previous. Then, everyone will farm content to craft the latest gear and use their stockpile of enchanting mats to +15 the gear.
But now, with this linear gear progression, I am unsure what future major patches will offer. While I'm pretty sure that there will be new dungeons, will there be any new gear to obtain?
If so, will the new gear be a tier higher than the current top tier Stormcry? If that is the case, it would seem that enchantment rates of this new gear will be even lower than the lowest 5% enchantment rate from Stormcry +8 to +9, and the enchantment costs will be even higher, which pose a great difficulty for gearing in future.
If there is no new gear, there may not be enough motivation for players to grind new dungeons due to lack of rewards to improve their characters.
What do you think? What are the other ways to keep players playing Tera in future?
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Its actually simple.
Just have every gear go one step up. (Start from twistshard), or, let stormcry be upgraded to +12 (since the new patch BiS vs old patch BiS conversion is only 2 enchant levels)
Have more varied content to begin with. One of the content that was added and coming to NA soon was Guardian Missions. The more unique content you can provide, the more people will stay and play your game. The point of the game is to have fun while gearing up, not just gearing up and beating the heck out of content.
I just hope they just let us enchant 1 or 2 level rather than upgrade, or if we can keep the crystals and etchings. I hate it when it comes to making new Dyads.
Twistthard - > new Guardian
Frostmetal -> new Mid tier
Stormcry -> new High tier
New Top tier.
Ofc enchanting rate will be adjusted accordingly so new top tier will cost the same as the current stormcry.