http://tera.enmasse.com/ THE OFFICIAL SITE
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What Is TERA?
TERA actually stands for The Exiled Realms of Arborea. An Action MMO from Bluehole Studios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvGTOTJ1-xAThis looks suspiciously KOREAN. Why should I give two flips about this?
It is. But don't fret. Remember what I said about Action MMO? A lot of people may not realize, but TERA is claimed to play like a combination of Monster Hunter and Phantasy Star Online. What this means is aside from numbers popping up letting you know how much you hit or got hit for, there's not much in the way of auto-targeting. You have a melee attack? You better be facing the right way. You have a direct damage spell? You better hope you can aim semi-well or you may find yourself shooting airballs and before you know it you have an empty mana bar with not much to show for it!
Okay, Okay. The gameplay seems neat but this still looks VERY Korean
Oh you meant GRIND. I wish I could say I could alleviate your troubles but the Localization crew over at En Masse have assured us that they're working hard to mask that aspect of the genre, adding quests and rewriting lore to suit more western palettes. Standard mmo tropes do apply here, however. Kill X of Y, Bring me X body parts, craft this junk I could walk across the street and get but I'm a lazy sod. you get the deal.
Hmmm....tell me more, salesman
What we know so far:
- 7 races with their own racial skills
- 8 classes that any of the 7 races can become
- A political system in the works where top groups of players are voted into power and given dominion over a province. Receiving perks such as guild keeps, special mounts, vendors along with being able to set a tax over their region.
Tax? What the HELL man?! I don't wanna give my hard earned greed monies to some random dick!
Not to worry! A group of geese trying to bleed the player base dry? Vote them out! It's that simple!
So about these races/classes?Races:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MRUO13e31Q
Dragonfolk, Burly mean and strong. Value freedom and strength above all other things. Dragon pimps representing The iron forged dome of Kaiator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43d9sZjgcRI
Huge genderless learned golem folk. They live in libraries since their home town was snuffed out. There's no female to their race. Which makes the fact that they have one really built up arm like Left 4 Dead 2 Chargers suspicious and also makes me question that "genderless" thing. Maybe they just mean "ronery"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yva8j2F6F8
Blood Elf style done right mixed with Night Elf douchebaggery. The males are Iggy pop. And the females wear plate thongs. Their home city is The Darkdeep Underblack. In the middle of scenic New Jersey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o73UwBl7kMo
Legolas and company. Only with slightly less "I'm better than you". Their home city is Fantasia. And no they can't talk to you because they really must be getting back to their fantastic magical oasis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBOwCRH1xBw
Magical Flower Children made by the goddess Elinu. They're also all apparently bitchy, tsundere misanthropes. yes we know. No, we're not having that conversation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N8BagVq90
Elin Bioweapons gone horribly
right The best damn race in the game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hwnf_7phMY
The frontiersmen and the ground pounders. All the males look like Lou Ferrigno. The chicks all look like.....I guess some really hot human chick, pick your poison. They live in a giant wheel. Your argument is invalid.
What Class Should I pick!?
Watch this first
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alzg8j866b8
Hunters only without the pets. I hope you like third-person shooters because that's basically what playing an Archer is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASTwO3qteCQhttp://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/archer
"HULK SMASH!" These guys are your heavy hitters, slow and steady before they land that one hit that leaves them crying uncle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9QKLM2LRNMhttp://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/berserker
Your tank class. Stuns and aggro abilities. You also have to manually block things. If you like playing Balrog or Guile in SF4 you should feel right at home here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyT1BbB1MZEhttp://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/lancer
Support Healer that relies droppable orbs and auras to support their group. You will learn to love their blue balls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWvkuO2E9swhttp://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/mystic
Mostly aoe heals with damage absorption shields. It's like if a Holy priest and a Disc priest stopped fucking around and had a baby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZECrfAtmxp4http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/priest
Dance of blades all day erryday, AOE melee specialist. Sort of a middle ground between the power of a berserker and the mobility of a warrior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6HjeLA_QGQhttp://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/slayer
Every mage ever. Massive firepower but made out of wet tissue and popsicle sticks. Avoid danger accordingly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5eDf-HY8Uhttp://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/sorcerer
A dual wielding cyclone. Their playstyle changes every 10 levels and are probably the most JOHN FUCKING MADDEN class in the game. They're marked the hardest for a reason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LxrZ4bZTB0http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/warriorRESOURCES
.ini tweaks
FieldofView Bind:
Navigate to "TERA\Client\S1Game\Config"
open up the file "S1Input.ini"
underneath the line "bEnableMouseSmoothing=true"
Bindings=(Name="x",Command="fov 90")
(make sure there is no ; at the start of the line like there are with the lines underneath it)
Disable Mouse Smoothing:
Navigate to "TERA\Client\S1Game\Config"
open up the file "S1Input.ini"
Change "bEnableMouseSmoothing=true" to false
Disable In-Game Fake AA/Blur (FXAA):
Launch Tera. Go to Settings: Video: "Lighting Enhancement"
Change 2 to 1 Add Antialiasing with SMAA Injector:
Do above FXAA fix!
DISABLE NVIDIA/ATI AA! (it doesn't work anyways)
Download:
http://mrhaandi.blogspot.de/p/injectsmaa.html
Extract contents of dx9 folder into:
\TERA\Client\Binaries\
Toggle with Pause/Break to see Jaggies Appear/Vanish like Magic! (default is ON)
S1Engine.ini Tweaks:
Change "DepthOfField=True" to False (Less Blur in distance and on trees)
Change "bSmoothFrameRate=True" to False (Disables stupid FPS cap)
Change "MaxAnisotropy=" to 16 (Better texture filtering)
Under [SystemSettings] add "bAllowLightShafts=True"
GAME OVERWRITES S1Engine.ini each patch so CHECK THESE Nvidia Character Texture Tweak:
Download/Open Nvidia Inspector
Click on Wrench (duh!)
Open Tera Profile
Scroll down to Dynamic Tiling
Set Flag to: PS_DYNAMIC_TILING_ON
Save Profile
The breakdown of what this does is:
No laggy mouse.
Wider view.
Sharper visuals.
No jaggies.
Smoother character textures.
No blurry things.
Uncapped FPS.
Crystal Builds
http://atra-astrum.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13483#p13483
Glyph Calculator
http://glyphcalc.atra-astrum.eu/Class Guides
(Thanks to Grouch for compiling these)
Lancer
Eziel's Lancer guide
Warrior
Nalfen's Warrior Guide
Advanced Warrior Tips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ZTX31fGtk
Slayer
Xeismik's Slayer Guide Steparu's Mini Slayer Guide
Archer
Sedina's Archer Guide
Sorcerer
Delak's Sorcerer Guide
Mystic
Karyudo's Mystic Guide
Priest
Luciferia's Priest GuideEnchanting
Info courtesy Maywind
Here's something: http://tera-europe.com/guides/enchantment-guide.html
It doesn't cover masterworking, however. Normal enigmatic gears can only be enchanted up to +9. However, for any enigmatic gear piece that doesn't say "Cannot be made into masterwork" on the bottom of its stats pop-up, you can masterwork it (enchant up to +12). You'll have to use a Master Enigmatic Scroll to seal the item and an Intricate Identification Scroll to unseal it to reveal the stats. The chance to masterwork an item is pretty low (3%), so you'll have to keep on sealing and identifying using Master Enigmatic Scroll and Intricate Identification Scroll until you proc the masterwork. You'll know you successfully masterworked when the item name changes from "Sword of Doom" to "Masterwork Sword of Doom". Once the item is masterworked, you can only use Master Enigmatic Scroll and Intricate Identification Scroll to reroll the stats. To enchant a masterwork +10 to +12, you'll need to use the pink Master Alkahest.
Since the enchanting patch, people generally use the following colored fodders for the specific enchantment levels:
+1 to +3: white fodder
+4 to +6: green fodder
+7 to +9: blue fodder
+10 to +12: gold fodder
However, you have to remember despite the enchanting improvements, RNG is still RNG. It's entirely possible to be super unlucky and fail a couple times in a row even if you use gold fodder and at the same time, I know a guildie who +12ed his weapon using a green fodder.
Closing this post with Amani getting their groove on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwLzWBM8k8U
(OP Shamelessly stolen from
@Beezel and the last thread)
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Right, almost time for Group 1, TTT first night. How do we group up in the game?
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Group... 4? Whichever one im in, we can use TS for chatting.
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EDIT: Waiting at the starting area. Look for Harold.Excelsior
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Also groups, there are 30% XP buffs on the AH for pretty cheap. If you need them for next week please let me know and I will grab a stack for your group.
On the platform at the start! Just 4 of us but things went well!
Now we're suddenly here! Hi Sammy!
Mounted up at the guild board
We killed something like 40 Saber Tooths before the guild quest popped.
And group plant picking!
And done for the day.
Bonus- Rick hates flying.
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A random player who understands the value of Pinkness.
Hehe.
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"...only mights and maybes."
I still am amused by the level of pink displayed.
Slayer isn't quite as satisfying as Berzerker; all my specials have a windup time and don't go off until the enemy's already dead. Still pretty fun but it really makes me wish we had Monster Hunter Frontier or something.
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Mount your friends?
Shh...it's ok...the police car is gone now..
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I'm sad that there is a Tera renaissance going on when I am so completely Tera'ed out. I played it most of the summer.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
Tell me about it. I've been punning the subtitle for almost two years.
I don't know if I'll ever top TERA: Jiggle Belles though. I think I hit my peak with that one.
Yes to the first, no to the second. :razz:
I'm hearing group 1 got to level 9, "Putting Together the Pieces"? I think I can get there without a fuss.
I have a word file on my laptop just for Tera-ble puns now. I just wish I had some people to bounce them off of- you know, bosom buddies. :biggrin:
I can has cheezburger, yes?
Send me your breast ones. I'll tit a look at them, see which ones hold up and which ones just sag. That way, we can nipple bad puns in the bud. That's what bras do for each other, no?
Unless it specifically says "account based" (like some of the mounts), it's just for which ever character uses it. EG, if you buy a police uniform, you can pass it around, store it in your bank, etc, but as soon as you put in ON one of your characters, it's soulbound to that character.
/sigh
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Yeah, it's not super-far from where you left off.
I must apologize to my Group 1 squaddies for my being so incredibly rubbish at certain aspects. (@an_alt, I want you to know you are NOT the only one who was struggling.) Thank you all for your patience as I got up to speed with things like:
1. Being able to use the chat.
2. Remembering to turn in quests.
3. Remembering to get the sodding quests in the first place. See: the main quest. Yeesh.
Lumbertown looks cool from the screenshots, looking forward to getting there.
A special shoutout to @The Pink Skull, awesome as always, who was the one who actually got me going on the chat in the game because she saw my pleas for help as she was playing XCOM. You're bloody awesome, you are!
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Virtually anything you could buy from the cash shop you can also buy for in-game gold through the trade broker. Just don't fall for some of the gimmicky prices. Basically, a gold:points ratio of 11:1 or 12:1 is fair. More than that, someone is gouging.