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• Juno wrote on 2012-02-28 11:42

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;789898:

  Vindictus feels faster, more fluid and more action packed. The environments appeal to me more as well and it feels like skill plays a bigger role. Visually, TERA feels more "polished" and will probably have more content, but the gameplay itself isn't particularly exceptional. It's good, but not great. There's also something about it that doesn't feel nearly as satisfying. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it has to do with the bosses. It almost feels like it works in a very formulaic, stereotypical manner like many other MMORPGs. It lacks the same kind of excitement.

  
  
  Thus far, I definitely have to agree Vindi is faster paced, and thus, skill is more obvious. The bosses seemed too easy to me due to the large lag-time between the obvious tell and the attack, but the lvl 22 instance sped things up and the lvl 27 was probably the most fun I've had in an mmo for a long time.
  
  The giant enemy crab-like thing pretty much did as he pleased. To see the tell, you had to actually pay attention, and if you didn't dodge/block you could count on a swift death. He had 8+ attacks and could stop in the middle of them if he saw an opportunity to smack someone. Tanks (Be it Lancer, Warrior, or w/e) aren't gifted with hax aggro generation either so everyone had to constantly be on their toes.
  
  I was told the game didn't get hard until ~ lvl 20-30, so I'm looking forward to what else is in store.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-02-28 11:58
  The biggest problem is that the characters are so painfully slow and stiff. The dodging mechanic feels quite limited and overall there doesn't seem to be much room for innovation so far. It's not really a matter of difficulty. I believe the game will become plenty difficult, but in a sort of fake way. Making the game harder, everything faster and the characters more fluid/maneuverable would solve this. It feels a lot more rewarding to be able to use the controls and the character to the fullest and take on challenging situations than to make the character itself slightly weird and the bosses not nearly as challenging. I'm not saying it has to feel as fluid and fast paced as Vindictus, but... it's not even close, and that's what I believe a game like this primarily relies on. It's still a good game for what it is, it just could be a lot better.
• Jana wrote on 2012-02-28 12:08

  Quote from TLCBonaparte;789650:

  You can buy 2 weeks worth of food for 15$.

  
  
  WHERE ARE YOU DOING YOUR SHOPPING
  
  TELL ME
  
  Anyway, I'd be willing to pay $15 monthly (and it may be even less? Wow!) but I can't get over the initial $50 hurdle atm. Maybe when I get my next paycheck, I can put aside like 10 bucks or something.
  
  ...Maybe the game won't be in beta by the time I have enough lol
• Juno wrote on 2012-02-28 12:27
  I'm not sure what you mean about the characters not being fluid or maneuverable. My experience is mainly with the Berserker class, which is by far the slowest, and I didn't feel anything of the sort. Everything was responsive, though a few skills (not my block) had a bit of wind-up animation as expected from such a class.
  I played a Warrior for a bit and could dodge without delay as well. From what I've seen of higher lvl Warriors, fluidity and mobility are in no short supply. Save for Berserker and possibly Mystic, each class has a handful of skills just for getting here or there. Jumps, dashes, etc. Maybe it's because I was on the other end in pvp situations, but I feel like there's dodging a'plenty.
  
  Innovation I can see, since in most situations you're going to be doing one of a few things, depending on your class. However, with the Glyph/Enchantment systems, you can make some fairly drastic changes to choice skills. For example, I got rid of a 50% movespeed reduction when charging a skill, allowing me to use that as my DPS staple over the more popular choice. It also made me a greater striker in pvp, at the expense of better AoE.
  
  In battle, I didn't have a whole lot of options until lvl 24, when I got my leaping strike. I could go for damage, AoE damage, knockdown or lifesteal, beforehand, but couldn't really move around the battlefield effectively. It really felt like everything came together, around then, since I could suddenly protect a party mate more fervently, or chase an enemy that tried to create some distance.
  
  Since it took the fastest people less than half a day to hit lvl 27, pvp and the political system (endgame content) are being pushed most strongly, and the rate at which things are going, I'm confident that it'll sound a lot more like what you're saying.
  
  Either way, I'd play it for the pvp alone. We did a 20v20 guild battle and had several smaller skirmishes that were really fun. The prospect of running into enemy guilds at any time was a good rush too.
  
  

  ...Maybe the game won't be in beta by the time I have enough lol

  
  
  May 1st release date, though pre-orders come with a free month of sub.
• Jana wrote on 2012-02-28 12:35
  asdfsafag I hope I make it in time to preoreder. ;-;
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-02-28 13:05
  Yeah, I plan to play this game almost exclusively for the PvP, because it seems the levelling is fast paced intentionally. They want us to focus on the juicy stuff, and I love that. However, I'm not sure how well PvP will last in the long run. Might get kinda boring, ya know?
• Juno wrote on 2012-02-29 04:28
  I'm hoping that the political system, guild wars, battlegrounds and such will stay interesting for a looong time, bolstered by PvE.
  
  But yeah, if I ever get bored of that, I'm not going to keep playing.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-02-29 11:42
  Have to say, I'm going through a bit of withdrawal.
  
  I'm kinda interested in getting back to the crafting system ._.
• Juno wrote on 2012-02-29 23:12
  Lol ikr? These beta tests are cruel...
  
  How far did you go with crafting? I haven't touched it yet aside from clogging my inventory with mats.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-03-01 06:00

  Quote from Juno;791557:

  Lol ikr? These beta tests are cruel...
  
  How far did you go with crafting? I haven't touched it yet aside from clogging my inventory with mats.

  
  Ugh, I had like... 100 crystal... things... to convert into items. I think Sun Essence is what they were called. And I was like level 54 of 490 or whatever the massive cap is. I was disappointed to find out that it only gave me experience for those low tier materials until 50. In and of itself it's really fun because the materials are always packed together and they're found "on accident" while just questing and killing things. I like that. I was actually crafting as the servers went down.
• Jana wrote on 2012-03-06 14:04
  Little bit of a bump. :P
  
  I came into some extra money this week... $50, to be exact. I wonder if it would be worthwhile to wait until I get $10 more for the extra goodies, but there are only 2 weekends of closed beta left, and I'd certainly miss one of them if I wait for another extra ten bucks.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-03-06 15:26
  No need. Preorder normally and upgrade when you get the $10.
  
  http://store.enmasse.com/store/tera/en_US/pd/productID.244218400
• Jana wrote on 2012-03-06 19:57
  Oh, I wish I had noticed that before! I can buy the cheapo-version now and upgrade next week. :>
• Juno wrote on 2012-03-07 00:33
  If you're playing on the Valley of Titans server, add me :o
• Jana wrote on 2012-03-07 00:37
  I haven't really looked into servers yet... I only know that I will be avoiding the PvP server.
  
  I think i'll buy the game tomorrow; I want to make sure everything is a-okay with my bank deposit so I don't accidentally overdraft. :P