[TERA PC & Console] En Masse is closing, but TERA lives on! We will continue to support TERA PC (NA) and TERA Console until service is transferred. Stay tuned for more information.
[TERA Console] The Grotto of Lost Souls update (v85) is now live! Read the patch notes here: https://bit.ly/TERACon_v85
[TERA PC] The 64-bit update (v97) is now live. Check out all the changes delivered on August 11 here: https://bit.ly/tera64_patchnotes
[TERA PC & CONSOLE] Summerfest Part 2: The Beach Bash is on from August 11 until September 1! Participate in event activities to earn tokens redeemable for costumes, consumables, mounts, and more! Details: https://bit.ly/tera_sf20
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2) as mentioned by several people, an open world that is actually used. Such a gorgeous place, and largely empty. May as well have one hub city and ports to dg's and bg's the way it feels now.
3) Optimization. We all dislike ping/fps issues, lagging around and the fact that the game eats our PC's alive.
4) Content. Maybe player housing and some other things that just add to the fun, a lot of people have been wanting fishing, etc in the game for a bit.
5) Better character creation. Eye colors separate from makeup adornments and ears & tails separate from hair. Same goes for hair/horns on castanics. More diverse hairstyles. And darker skin tones for elves and elins especially.
I'm sure i'll think of more later after some coffee.
2) Fixes/Updates to the Scaleform UI
3) More unique content that breaks the dungeon > gear > dungeon > gear cycle
4) More PvP content
+12 ofc. We all know that +15 is a broken system.
Also +15 + elitist people is a bad combination. Im a champion laurel slayer, Imperator and Slaughter +12 with Etchings II, perfect stats, perfect dyads etc. Nobody accepts me ever because Im not +15, sometimes not even for normal modes. So since I cant pvp because elitism, I just gave up and made a brawler (because the lack of tankers); slaughter gear with no etchings, cruxes, [filtered] old glyphs, I find parties within 2 minutes, even for hard modes.
So yeah, brawlers are accepted everywhere even with [filtered] gear, and the DPS slots are resserved for +15 players.
-We have very little impact on the world at this time nor is there much reason to venture in it. TERA is breath taking Gorgeous but some much of it is lost to afking at the broker waiting for the next instance. Give us reasons to get up and do more.
-Better Crafting: As it is now it is shallow and meaningless
-Colonizing: Player Housing or the Ability to create shelters
-Farming, Fishing and Hunting; Not really my thing but I know people that love these and well the more my fiends have a reason to stay in game the more I get to enjoy their company
-Tournament Grounds: Mistmoor Island has an arena area, so do other zones. Put high Level Bams in this small area, make it so that if you walk into them you are automatically flagged for PvP no matter what server you are one. Have a special Bam spawn in them twice a day for people to fight over.
Immersion
-Idle Animations; The ability to sit in chairs, the ability to lay on the beach
-Race Capitals: Give them more of a feel for the race
--Castanica feels shallow, beyond NPC interaction there is little there to play off the Races lore.
---They are techies, give the city a special forge where magic is molded into Machine
---A small Casino side game to give the City that feel where it's people live for the moment
--Pora Elinu can be improved on as well
---NPCs helping the new Elin rising up from the lake
--Kaiator, Valika and Allemantheai are very well done
Just a few things
-Elins start off rising up from the Lake of Tears where their minds are clouded with memories of their past.
-Popori start off being awakened by an Elin, learning how to adapt to what they become
-Amani start off with their rite of passage before joining the Federation, on a quest to craft their own weapon
-Castanics start off in their Crucible, venturing out into Fyremont to steal an artifac from the demons to the North
-Baraka are charged with protecting knowledge as one of their temples has become under assualt
-High Elfs are consumed in their own culture and not much thought on how from me on this
-Humans make apple pies and do as Velika tells them, but yea you get the idea
So,The lvl 65 patch hits,the dakuryon storyline arc,brave heroes arm themselves to the teeth after the tragic death of ((spolier and spoiler)).Something amazing is discovered,ancient blueprints and technology finding a way to push your gear beyond the max of +12,up to +15.Generation equipment! So these heroes of the newest generation embark to unlock the legendary power of this gear to finally get rid of dakuryon once and for all...right? The heroes join up with the legenday blacksmith muhrak to unlock this legendary power..stuff of legends he says.
*Our braves heroes,brave the hardest trials in the skycruiser,battling the legendary golem of Bathysmal rise ruins,to gather the materials for this legendary power to end dakyuron,after much toil,blood and sweat,with the final fall of muhraks hammer and much failure upgrades,our hero is full +15,brimming with power,wings coming out of her weapon,ready to face dakyuron.....or is she?
Hero:*Flexes and looks at the brimming power of her new gear* So,now its time to face dakyuron!
Muhrak:U...uhm not quite..
Hero:huh?!
Muhrak:The devans have opened a portal between dimensions,ripping the fabric of space time,and a new material has been discovered! using this material that usesfragments of space time,i can make an equipment BEYOND the power of the ancient technology thats generation.You will have the power of space time at your fingertips,and unwordly protection coming from bending time and space itself!
Hero:...huh..i finishes this not long ago..but SPACE AND TIME?!?1 SIGN ME UP!
*So the heroes embark into rifts of time space,battling yana,and aquiring ores from the dephts of akerons inferno,after much toil blood and sweat,falling the latest hammerfal of Muhrak,our hero is wrapped by SPACE AND TIME ITSELF with..LUCID gear*
Hero:*The hero flexes and looks at the brimming power of his gear,with slight bends of light at his surroundings cause he is bending time and space itself*!
Dakuryon will be no match for the power of time and space! time to get rid of him once and for all!
Muhrak:u..uhm...not...quite *scatches one of his horns*
Hero:WHAT?!
Muhrak:A meteor has fallen! bringing a material thats from the deepest reaches of the cosmos! using an ethereal star blueprint that can barely exist in this plane of existence,I have unlocked the secrets of making this legendary piece of equipment done with the STUFF OF THE STARS AND COSMOS ITSELF,THE POWER OF THE COSMOS WILL BE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS,ITS A POWER...B....BEYOND TIME AND SPACE! ITS COSMIC POWER!!
Hero:B-eyond time and space?! how is that possi--
Muhrak:*interrups* COSMICC POWWEEERRR *he lets fall his mighty hammer*
Hero:O-ok OK! its Ill aquire this cosmic power!! and ill finally be able to end dakyuron once and for ALLL
*so the heroes embark into Kalivans dreadnought,and the dark depths of forsaken island,and climbing the dreadspire,after much toil blood and sweat,falling the latetst hammerfal of muhraks legendary hammer,the hero is wrapped by small stars as he dons a gear of COSMIC POWER...STARFALL GEAR!
Hero: *Takes a deep breath,as tiny shootign stars fly around the edges of her gear* I am...COSMIC!.Now...ill be finally be able to put an end to dakyuron...once and FOR ALLL!!
Muhrak:N....not quite..
Hero:WHAT NOW??!
Muhrak:Dakyuron,using the power of the bloodstone,had unlocked the supreme power of a new gear.a power..BEYOND SPACE AND TIME! A POWER,BEYOND COSMOS ITSELF!!
Hero:BEYOND COSMOS AND TIME SPACE?! HOW IS THAT POSS---
Muhrak:*interrupts* BEYOND EVERYTHING,IMPERATOR! YOU WILL BE THE EMPEROR OF..BEYOND...SPACE AND TIME AND.....COSMIC..ONCE YOU WEAR THIS!
Hero:*tosses her weapon to the floor* BUT I FINISHED +15ING THIS LESS THAN 1 MONTH AGO!!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST WANT TO DEFEAT DAKYURON GOD DAMNIT! I
Muhrak:You have to match dakyurons power,and cosmic power and time and space dosent cut it,you need to be an IMPERATORRRR *thunder rumbles*
Hero:*sighs* alright alright *tosses his old equipment in the pile on his other glowing equipment on bank*
*so the heroes embark into the demokron factory,and the deepest depths of shadow sanguinary,aquiring pieces of the legendary IMPERATOR equipment and with the last of muhraks hammerfals,finally obtains it*
Hero:I am..BEYOND cosmic..BEYOND space and time itself im..IMPERATORRR!! now I can finally put an end to dakyuron ONCE AND FOR ALLL
*so the heroess finally get rid of dakyuron,but the bloodstone dissapears*
We have to get the bloodstone! we have the power to do it!
Muhrak:N...not quite..
Hero:WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT QUITE?! I JUST FINISHED THIS 3 DAYS AGO! *the hero notices a paper besides muhraks anvil and grabs it*
Muhrak:N--NO DONT READ THAT!!!
Hero:WHAT THE [filtered] IS THIS LIST...*hero reads and starts skimming through different entries* tier 17 gear Blackhole equipment..spcial ability,Blacksmiths blackest hole..tier 38 Gear Demonic equipment,special ability,Blaskmiths passionate fire?!..TIER 69 GEAR,ELIN HONEY SET,SPECIAL ABILITY....BLACKSMITHS...STICKYNES?!? WHATS THE MEANING OF THIS?! ARE YOU MAKING ALL THIS UP AS WE GO?!? WHY?!?
Muhrak:*looks down,letting drop the hammer to the floor, a fiery tear comin down his eye that quickly evaporates on his cheek* I..I just get lonely if you finish your gear forever I wont see you again and I need you T_T.
Funny story aside,I adore tera very much,i been playing since the beginning,But tera needs some spcie back in the game besides the endless gear treadmill.The overworld besides achievement its completely useless,theres nothing of value there for the endgame in other games there is plenty of ways to keep the players interested in the overworld,alnternate ways to aquire mats,like ore mining that has been forgotten.where are the colluva and dread ores to mine for example? or special rare mats that drop from random overworld mobs? many other mmos keep every piece of the overworld relevant,while still not taking the importance out of endgame dungeons,it just adds alternate ways to aquire thigns,and it keeps the overworld alive and well always populated with hunters and gatherers...not a big and beautiful but deserted paradise.
Tera has become the epitome of a themeparkmmo.they just keep slapping portals in the same areas for 2 years,without bothering to even expand the story arc.And many people like me endure it cause we love the game so much.But it looks like the developers arent interested in keeping old players in,more like luring new players in with every arc,milk em out then when those players leave cause of the exhaustion of having to do everything again,they milk the newcomers.
Im still hopeful with this new renewal of the game that they are doing,they will adress these points.And I hope you enjoy this lil story i cooked up as the maintenance was going on.I play this game a lot with my wife..heck this is where we met.I dont want it to whittle down into a endles themepark.I miss adventuring in the world itself.Please bring it back.
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THAT would actually make me want to make a poppo and Baraka just for the lore.
That sounds very Guild Wars 2-esque, which, by the way, I LOVED its story. Sure it can get boring doing it over and over (like in TERA) but wow, running through all the zones on my first character and actually reading all the quests and NPC dialogue and story; it was amazing, to say the least.
(No comment from me on the current endgame in GW2.)
But yes, TERA can be so much more lore-immersive that it is a shame it has so much wasted potential because BHS caters to the casual and/or Elin-loving playerbase too much.