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TERA |OT| F2P starting in February! Were you expecting a parade?

@TERAonline said:
We're adding priority server queues for players who're disconnected from TERA or experience a game client crash to get them playing faster. This means all PVP servers will enter maintenance on May 3 from 3:00 AM to 3:30 AM PDT, followed by all PVE servers from 3:30 AM to 4:00 AM PDT.

<3 En Masse
 
The worst thing about the 1-3 hour queues on Valley of Titans during head start and launch for me were the random crashes and disconnects that caused me to suffer through those queues multiple times. Players were recommending something like this on the official forums and it looks like they listened!
 
The worst thing about the 1-3 hour queues on Valley of Titans during head start and launch for me were the random crashes and disconnects that caused me to suffer through those queues multiple times. Players were recommending something like this on the official forums and it looks like they listened!

hmm. let's complain for the pirate items then.
 

nicoga3000

Saint Nic
I've decided plants are harder to find for gathering than ore. I should really sell off some ore to fund plants for alchemy. Healing elixers and stam pots would be awesome right now.
 

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
I've decided plants are harder to find for gathering than ore. I should really sell off some ore to fund plants for alchemy. Healing elixers and stam pots would be awesome right now.
Gathering nodes usually clump together. So there will be one area of the map with a ton of ore, one with a ton of essences, and one with a ton of plants.

Although by and large ore is more frequent than the other two.
 

nicoga3000

Saint Nic
Problem is that healing elixer III and beyond require the higher level plants. I think I'm like, 180+ in my gathering, but I'm not even sure where to GO for certain plants. Is there a good online database of "stuff"?

Also, have they fixed the daily achievements yet? I know there was that issue that you couldn't run old dailies after you out-leveled them...Are we still SOL on them?
 

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
What tier plants are you at?

I can give you the location of a plant farming place if it's Tier 3.
 

oktarb

Member
Anyone suffering from the popup logout menu constantly coming up like every five minutes? I rage quit last night after 15 minute escort mission. Finished mission and a cut scene launched. Right before it did the logout but popped out and then logged me out as I watched the cut scene. log back in - mission failed. grrr!
 

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
IIRC Sylva is in Poporia, I don't recall any dense plant places (they blend into the background so it's hard to see). Try the Eastern area with all the BAMs.
 

EvaTType01

Neo Member
okay, im not usre if its my connection(wirless) or the game, but is anybody getting infrequent pauses in-between during gameplay? lag basically. im attacking a mob, and then all of a sudden everything freezes for like 5 secs or so, then resumes, almost died at frey forest since everything aggross now.....it happens like everytime now. i ordered cables at monoprice to hook it up to my router physically, but i was just wondering.
 

Ichabod

Banned
Wtf, tried signing on today and the game won't let me because my account is expired. I thought it was supposed to switch me over to the 30 trial today.
 

Ichabod

Banned
*maniacal laughter* Welcome to Hell: http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/general-discussion/topics/Expired-subscription.

[I'm in the same boat as you :(]

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Well...fuck.
 

QisTopTier

XisBannedTier
*maniacal laughter* Welcome to Hell: http://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/general-discussion/topics/Expired-subscription.

[I'm in the same boat as you :(]

LOL some people in that thread are fucking stupid as hell.

This guy in particular

When I bought my game from Amazon, it clearly stated that the game has 30 days of playtime. No other game I ever bought forced me into a subscription before I'd had a little bit of play out of actually buying the game. Who in their right minds pays $50 to get one day of game time?
That in my book is robbery, since I don't actually know yet if it's something I want to continue past the 30 days I already paid a premium for. I'm not about to tell you I'll pay $15 a month, or $60 for 6 months until I know if I think it's worth it.

This policy is a fast track way to a class action lawsuit and a free to play affair to attempt to recover from it.
 

aett

Member
Well, I'm never going to get far in this game. :) I can't settle on a character. I've played a Lancer and Berserker to 15, a Sorcerer to 11, and I'm halfway through the starting isle with a Slayer. A big part of it is that I have such limited playtime lately and I don't want to invest a ton of time into a class that I'm going to end up not liking. I was enjoying Lancer a bit, but it's doubtful that I'll spend much time playing with other people for at least the next several months, and I've heard that it's not a great solo class. Sorcerer didn't really click with me -- does that class get a little more mobile at a certain level?
 

nicoga3000

Saint Nic
Well, I'm never going to get far in this game. :) I can't settle on a character. I've played a Lancer and Berserker to 15, a Sorcerer to 11, and I'm halfway through the starting isle with a Slayer. A big part of it is that I have such limited playtime lately and I don't want to invest a ton of time into a class that I'm going to end up not liking. I was enjoying Lancer a bit, but it's doubtful that I'll spend much time playing with other people for at least the next several months, and I've heard that it's not a great solo class. Sorcerer didn't really click with me -- does that class get a little more mobile at a certain level?

Lancer does not do that great solo. An additional DPS (or even a second Lancer) makes a WORLD of difference.

I can't comment on the other classes, but I commend you for trying them all out. Word of warning though...Most classes really don't shine until 20+! So keep that in mind. :)
 

aett

Member
I can't comment on the other classes, but I commend you for trying them all out. Word of warning though...Most classes really don't shine until 20+! So keep that in mind. :)

So I've heard! That makes it more difficult. I'd play each one past 20, but I don't want to get sick of the game before I leave the first few areas.
 

Rokal

Member
It's not a really in-depth preview, but if you play the prologue for any class you'll get a taste of level 20 gameplay on that class.
 

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
It's not a really in-depth preview, but if you play the prologue for any class you'll get a taste of level 20 gameplay on that class.
I understood their reason for that but it's really difficult to get a feel for the class when you get all the skills at once.
 
I had only a bit to play last night and I created an Aman lancer and got him to 15, uh-oh....I may be in love!

Hopefully this doesn't overtake my Sorcerer :x

Question regarding Lancers: Is the only real "block" skill we get the one we start off with?
 

nicoga3000

Saint Nic
I had only a bit to play last night and I created an Aman lancer and got him to 15, uh-oh....I may be in love!

Hopefully this doesn't overtake my Sorcerer :x

Question regarding Lancers: Is the only real "block" skill we get the one we start off with?

Yup.

Lancers taking over!
 

Ken

Member
I rolled a slayer and am having fun, although I wish it felt a little bit more like a greatsword user in Monster Hunter.
 
Sorcerer didn't really click with me -- does that class get a little more mobile at a certain level?

There are a few spells you can cast while moving, but most of them will stop you for a certain period of time. Generally, the stronger the spell the longer it takes to cast. You can always cancel mid-cast but the cool down kicks in anyway.

PvE damage is hysterical - nearly everything you use is an AoE, though they all behave differently so you'll need to know how the skills work to use them properly.

PvP is a lot harder, you Time Gyre to stop someone, sleep them with Mind Blast to set up a Fireblast. Beyond that you have to hope someone else is a long enough distraction so that you can blow things up. A lot of PvP skills don't come in until the late 50s/level 60.

There are a couple of traps, like an Archer, but they take so long to cast, are so blatantly obvious and have such a short duration that I can't see a use for them.

The rough real life equivalent is something like a MLRS.
 

jiien

Member
I appreciate the feedback, thanks. I might take your advice and go a melee class instead. Which is the most mobile?

Warriors are the most mobile melee class in the game (and I would say arguably the most mobile class in general). They get two dodges, a dash, they take a step between auto attacks (both in animation and actual distance, so you can "circle strafe" around a target as you attack), and many (most) of their skills involve movement forward, or in a direction of your choosing. Oh, and they get a teleport to the back of a target.

I would very much recommend a Warrior if you want an engaging class. And if you really want challenge, tank with it.
 

Dead

well not really...yet
sorcery class is pretty fun but I cant stand the clipping with the disc and the characters arm when standing or running :X
 
hm? I haven't noticed and I take pictures up close most of the time. i'll check for it. maybe there is clipping.

It happens, though I think of it as minor.

I saw an Elin whose head clipped through her hair as she moved from side to side, that's a more serious issue.
 

aett

Member
Is it possible to play Warrior as a DPS class and not a tank or a hybrid? If so, that's another one I'm going to have to test out. :)

Oh, and in regards to clipping, I've seen High Elf females' upper arms clip through their breasts, which seems like something they should have noticed.
 

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
I play my warrior as a DPS.

Works fine.
 

Tempy

don't ask me for codes
Hmm, I went into the Mysterious Jungle instance, accidentally returned using the teleporter before I was done; went back; it asked if I wanted to reset the instance; I said yes, but there were still some enemies from the last time which I ended up killing (including the quest target). But now I don't have credit for killing the target and the instance didn't reset.
 

Vesper73

Member
Hmm, I went into the Mysterious Jungle instance, accidentally returned using the teleporter before I was done; went back; it asked if I wanted to reset the instance; I said yes, but there were still some enemies from the last time which I ended up killing (including the quest target). But now I don't have credit for killing the target and the instance didn't reset.

Try reseting all instances, and then go in with a friend. It should reset.
 

Ricker

Member
Anyone suffering from the popup logout menu constantly coming up like every five minutes? I rage quit last night after 15 minute escort mission. Finished mission and a cut scene launched. Right before it did the logout but popped out and then logged me out as I watched the cut scene. log back in - mission failed. grrr!

Are you playing with a 360 controller?

okay, im not usre if its my connection(wirless) or the game, but is anybody getting infrequent pauses in-between during gameplay? lag basically. im attacking a mob, and then all of a sudden everything freezes for like 5 secs or so, then resumes, almost died at frey forest since everything aggross now.....it happens like everytime now. i ordered cables at monoprice to hook it up to my router physically, but i was just wondering.

Not happening to me no...
 

Tempy

don't ask me for codes
Try reseting all instances, and then go in with a friend. It should reset.

Not sure where to reset. Can't abandon a story mission; and it only asked me once if I wanted to reset when I returned the first time to the teleporter. Doesn't ask me anymore.

EDIT: Nevermind, found it! Go to Profile->Instances->Reset Instances
 
The expired subscription thing is a bigger deal than many people realize.. EME's billing system seems to be billing those people for their monthly subscriptions due to the error..

They need to get this fixed before it becomes a PR nightmare for them.
 

Knuckleruckamus

Neo Member
The expired subscription thing is a bigger deal than many people realize.. EME's billing system seems to be billing those people for their monthly subscriptions due to the error..

They need to get this fixed before it becomes a PR nightmare for them.

People in the official forum thread are now saying there's some system outage making it impossible to fix the subscription issue. Yowza, this looks... unpleasant.
 

Dead

well not really...yet
Is that related to my account status saying it will expire tomorrow despite being activated today? I haven't even chosen a subscription plan yet lol... :(
 
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