The three people I played with all disliked the game, everyone did like the combat (only I felt a little let,down by the combat, since I nearly expected the game to be monster hunter quality based on the wacky hype), the art and the flow of it all but the bitching over the quests and awkwardness and ease never stopped. All genre veterans with no patience for the bad tropes of the genre any more. The combat wasn't near enough to compensate for the rest, especially with it being so rooted and hotkey based regardless.
I wasn't impressed either, not entirely, but I am a lot more willing to keep poking at it, although ultimately it felt like a rather normal Korean MMO with nice hybrid combat, but nothing to really use that combat on until deeper in the game or for crazy binge end game power gamers, of which I am no longer, never again.
I still want to get it though, because I feel like I'm going to miss something, so I'm kind of in a loop at the moment, especially when there's so much software and competition upcoming.
I'd probably not second guess it if it had a good box only model or a f2p model, and i could just tinker when i felt like it without feeling obligated but after so many years of defending it back in the infancy Im largely done with subscription based games unless it's something monumental.
It's more time than money, but with Tera clinging to the old tropes and on a subscription model, time factors into the money, as well.
