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[TERA] Game coming to an End in June

CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
edited April 2022 in MMO Extravaganza
http://tera.enmasse.com/ THE OFFICIAL SITE

*SERVER INFO*
Server: Tempest Reach
PVE Guild: We Are Nice Guys http://weareniceguys.guildlaunch.com
Raidcall: #4871615

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-xA



This 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:
Aman.jpg
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

Baraka.jpg
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"

Castanic.jpg
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.


Highelves.jpg
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.

Elin.jpg
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.


Popori.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N8BagVq90
Elin Bioweapons gone horribly right The best damn race in the game.


Human.jpg
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

Archer.jpg
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=ASTwO3qteCQ
http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/archer


Berserker.jpg
"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=X9QKLM2LRNM
http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/berserker


Lancer.jpg
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=cyT1BbB1MZE
http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/lancer


Mystic.jpg
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=uWvkuO2E9sw
http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/mystic


Priest.jpg
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=ZECrfAtmxp4
http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/priest


Slayer.jpg
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_QGQ
http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/slayer


Sorcerer.jpg
Every mage ever. Massive firepower but made out of wet tissue and popsicle sticks. Avoid danger accordingly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5eDf-HY8U
http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/sorcerer


Warrior.jpg
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=1LxrZ4bZTB0
http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/classes/warrior


RESOURCES


.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 Guide

Enchanting

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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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    edited October 2014
    BOOBS

    *ahem*

    Right, almost time for Group 1, TTT first night. How do we group up in the game?

    Jazz on
  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    Commence to jigglin! Excite for tonight.

  • BotznoyBotznoy Registered User regular
    Running late everyone apologies

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    Want to play co-op games? Feel free to hit me up!
  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    I totally don't know the chat controls. Ooops.

  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    We using teamspeak for chatting?

    Switch Friend Code: SW-6732-9515-9697
  • RadiationRadiation Registered User regular
    Ingame chat. Also geeeeeeeeeez patch.

    PSN: jfrofl
  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    DoctorArch wrote: »
    We using teamspeak for chatting?

    Group... 4? Whichever one im in, we can use TS for chatting.

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  • heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
    I guess I should download teamspeak then.

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  • BotznoyBotznoy Registered User regular
    To group one. We stopped at the quest putting the pieces together at around level 9

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  • IanatorIanator Gaze upon my works, ye mighty and facepalm.Registered User regular
    edited October 2014
    Game is open, how are we communicating? TS? Vent?

    EDIT: Waiting at the starting area. Look for Harold.Excelsior

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  • RadiationRadiation Registered User regular
    If you have a bit of time would you please modify your character note in the guild tab and list your forum name? This would help out so much!

    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.

    PSN: jfrofl
  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited October 2014
    Group 2 screenies!

    On the platform at the start! Just 4 of us but things went well!
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    Now we're suddenly here! Hi Sammy!
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    Mounted up at the guild board
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    We killed something like 40 Saber Tooths before the guild quest popped.
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    And group plant picking!
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    And done for the day.
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    Bonus- Rick hates flying.
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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    I snapped this pic after we quit in Lumbertown...

    A random player who understands the value of Pinkness.
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    Hehe.

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    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
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  • BeezelBeezel There was no agreement little morsel..Registered User regular
    Interesting trivia: This game is why we have a the "off link and clearly mark potentially boobtastic screenshots" rule in the screenshots thread :D

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    I do.

    I still am amused by the level of pink displayed.

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    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
  • IanatorIanator Gaze upon my works, ye mighty and facepalm.Registered User regular
    Group 3 is wrapped up. Just four of us, took a bit to get all together. One character (an_alt?) forgot to redeem a few quests in the town and got KO'd in the Gorge; we'll continue next week.

    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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  • DarlanDarlan Registered User regular
    Had fun playing with group three tonight!
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  • ironsizideironsizide You must whip it Registered User regular
    I guess Geth is into butt shots?

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  • DarlanDarlan Registered User regular
    Hah, that wasn't my intention. You zoom in, bam, butt shot, you zoom out, you can't get a pic of the players in the group. :)

  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    We got to 11, parked in lumbertown, and spent some quality time together until we ran out of time.

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  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    edited October 2014
    CorriganX wrote: »
    We got to 11, parked in lumbertown, and spent some quality time together until we ran out of time.

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    Mount your friends?

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  • TierwulfTierwulf Registered User regular
    GROUP 4 OH YEAH!

    Shh...it's ok...the police car is gone now..

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited October 2014
    Ianator wrote: »
    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.
    The trick with Slayers is to correctly use their "if you use X then Y will come out almost instantly" links and abilities. If you've not unlocked them yet just wait a bit, like many classes Slayers don't really get most of their class kit until level 20 or so.

    Glal on
  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    Slayers also don't get the final power in their main combo chain until like 58. A slayer at end game plays very quickly and responsively. Slower than a warrior, but everything is slower than warriors.

    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.

  • RadiationRadiation Registered User regular
    Well we have a wave of new fresh characters, so ideally by the time you are ready to hop back in, people will be near max level and ready to rock out on some instances and the peevee pees.

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  • JaysonFourJaysonFour Classy Monster Kitteh Registered User regular
    The hardest thing will be to keep thinking up new lines to name my launcher.

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    I can has cheezburger, yes?
  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    The hardest thing will be to keep thinking up new lines to name my launcher.

    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.

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    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    Radiation wrote: »
    Well we have a wave of new fresh characters, so ideally by the time you are ready to hop back in, people will be near max level and ready to rock out on some instances and the peevee pees.

    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.

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  • JaysonFourJaysonFour Classy Monster Kitteh Registered User regular
    Pretty much we got to the southern campsite- cleaned out all the missions except Picking up the Pieces. I figure next week we'll make Lumbertown and try to grind as hard as possible.

    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:

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  • heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
    So, I have a question for reasons. If I were to buy an item in the item mall, would that be available to all the characters I have, or just the one I bought it on?

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    Pretty much we got to the southern campsite- cleaned out all the missions except Picking up the Pieces. I figure next week we'll make Lumbertown and try to grind as hard as possible.

    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:

    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?

    ~~ Pixie on Steam ~~
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    heenato wrote: »
    So, I have a question for reasons. If I were to buy an item in the item mall, would that be available to all the characters I have, or just the one I bought it on?

    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.

    ~~ Pixie on Steam ~~
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    Which is a pain, when the one instance of the item you have clips through that character's face and is thus unusable... :(

  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    It also makes it darn expensive keeping 6 or 7 characters dressed up in fancy costumes... and hats... and glasses... and wings...

    /sigh

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    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    I'm thinking about remaking my Warrior on Tempest Reach since there's a lot more people to play with around here. Getting back to 40 is gonna be annoying tho but now that I know what's worth keeping and to mine all the things and get all the plant parts etcetc, getting money shouldn't be that hard.

  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Kalnaur wrote: »
    Radiation wrote: »
    Well we have a wave of new fresh characters, so ideally by the time you are ready to hop back in, people will be near max level and ready to rock out on some instances and the peevee pees.

    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.

    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!

  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    You have nothing to apologize for, Jazz. We were there to have fun together, and I sure as hell was! :biggrin:

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  • heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
    Woooow. You can only buy funbucks in 10, 20, 40, or 100 dollar bundles? Fuuuuck thaaaat.

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    heenato wrote: »
    Woooow. You can only buy funbucks in 10, 20, 40, or 100 dollar bundles? Fuuuuck thaaaat.

    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.

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    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
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