Before I get straight to business I would like to say that this is an Excellent MMO. Not so much for what we can (or cannot) have or do, but mainly because it is a HUGE refreshing change.

Throughout my OBT experience I took notes on mechanics or features that i feel would need some adjusting. Please keep in mind that this is a list of both current features and also ideas for later.

To get straight to business.

Guild Chat:
1. Quite annoying when we attempted to pass on Ventrilo information to recruits and it was censored. I completely agree with some of the censoring because it hinders 3RD party sites from posting their websites. But, could this restriction please be limited to open chat and party chat.

World Broker:
1. The searching for items to enchant your currently equipped gear is broken. Sadly, i spent approx. 10 gold at one sitting and was not able to use any of the items to enchant my gear. It was very upsetting. Especially since, at the moment, I was trying to understand exactly what items could be used to enchant my gear.

2. As advanced as Tera is in a lot of their mechanics, I would like to see an option where I could do a mass search. For example, add a check box next to Weapons (To search for all weapons) and to the sub trees as well (Scepter, Staff, etc...). So, if I would like to upgrade, or just browse the market for, certain items i could check Scepter, Robes, and boots. Then select what rarity and click search.

Banking System:
1. It was amazing that we had lots and lots and lots of space in our banks. To my understanding though, the banks are shared throughout all character within that server. If this is true, It would be wonderful if I could have at least 1 bank tab to myself. My personal bags started to become full with NO TRADE, CANNOT PLACE IN BANK, ETC.. items. I just ended up deleting these even though I was unsure if they were needed in the future.

Climbing:
1. WTB Climb down feature? As far as I could find, there was none. Everyone just told me to jump. As a Mystic, I was semi ok with that. Outside the fact that i could heal myself, but what about other classes that would have to burn through Health pots. Seems unfair.

I also have PvP comments, but I will post that on the PvP server i was on so I can be flamed and despised for actually attempting to offer a solution instead of stating annoyance.

Anyways, Please add to this post. i would love to see what others think and saw of mechanics I was not able to experience.

Thanks for your time,
Alehouse. =D

Good stuff! I agree with all of these things. Here's some others:

1. I don't understand the profanity filter. We can drop the f-bomb all we want but if I say something like "I wish it was Friday" the filter takes out "wish" and "it" because when those two words are together, they spell the s-word. WTF? We're all adults here, we don't need a profanity filter. Or at least it should be an optional feature.

2. The inability to post website and vent info is beyond stupid.

3. WHYYYYY do we not have auto-dismount? I have to hotkey my freaking mount just to keep from going crazy. I find myself running up to a mob, letting it knock me off my horse and then firing because it's just easier.

4. Temporary dyes that last for hours or days...what the bleep?! Seriously, beyond dumb.

5. If you are going to instance match me with a person several levels above me, then I should still be able to complete all my quests, regardless of their level. There is absolutely no reason to prevent me from finishing my quests just because I'm lvl 25 and the tank is lvl 27. Whoever though up that rule should be fired. It caused more arguments in guild and area chat because people were leaving dungeons as soon as they started because of being matched with higher levels players. And nerfing the loot when higher level players are in the instance? Also dumb. I'm not running this dang thing for my health (or health pots, lol), I'm running it for gear.

6. If you die in an instance, you have to pray that the tank can hold the BAM still long enough for someone to use a resurrect scroll on you. Otherwise, it's a RIDICULOUSLY long walk back and half the time, you cant even get back in. WTB an instant combat rez, please. Or a graveyard outside the door...but WAIT! all the trash just respawned. And if several people wipe but one person lives, they cant run to safety and then rez you all, because the boss NEVER resets. Even if you make it all the way to the door and go out, guess what happens when you come back in? Mr. BAM is waiting for you right inside that door. Insta-dead.

7. If you leave the instance party before completion, the other people still can't leave or they're considered deserters too. Only the very last person gets a free pass there. Lame.

8. Is there like ONE graveyard for every 4 zones, or what? What's with dying in Freehold and having to run back from freaking Lumbertown. That is just stupid.

Don't get me wrong, this game is beyond awesome. It just seems that all the smart people were working on the tough stuff like the action-combat fighting and the graphics, while all the no-brainer projects got assigned to the...less than smart people. Come on guys, you can do better than this. Are you telling me that NO ONE in KTERA complained about this stuff?

I agree on the censoring of words and any web address in chat is redundant, especially since gold sealers are working around it with very little effort. For the rest of the matters addressed, I much rather have the Devs work on end game then address these small matters, especially the the inconvenience about grave yards, don't die and you solved that yourself.

Quote: Erosia on 04/25/2012, 06:54 AM - view

I also agree. Good points made. Great game! Could use a few tweaks here and there.

About the chat filters. This game is rated "Mature", right? Yeah..don't get the chat filter.

Temporary dyes are also kinda dumb imo. I think the enchanting system is enough of a money sink, the gear customization doesn't need to be temporary just to add more of a cash sink into the game.

Auto dismount, YES! I also found this a bit annoying. No major gamebreaker, just makes you ask "why?".

Instance deaths I don't have much experience with yet. I only ran one dungeon and it was with the group I leveled with, we actually just 4 manned SB rather than try to PUG someone. I died once, it was my own stupid mistake, and our mystic rezed me after the boss died so I didn't have any long run back. Honestly, if you die in an instance, there's about a 99.99% chance it was your own fault. Sit tight and wait for the rez, or take the long run back if you think you can make it back before the boss dies. Respawns? Really? Sorry...we 4 manned SB and back tracked to make sure we hadn't missed anything and there weren't any respawns. Maybe your group was really bad? Or maybe you were in SM and it's different than SB? I can't answer that.

Loved the combat! Soloing BAMs is a blast! Takes a long time but oh the fun! Never had so much fun fighting a monster in an MMO. Some tweaks could be made to make the game a bit more enjoyable overall, but the combat alone will keep me coming back. Even the boring quests and story almost redeem themselves just by the fact that the monsters you kill to complete them are fun to fight. I've never played a game where I wanted to kill monsters for no other reason than "it's fun".

Quote: Alehouse on 04/24/2012, 11:45 PM - view

The sac weaps/armor that you use to enchant a piece of currently equipped gear has to be the same tier as the item you are trying to enchant. Don't go by level because some items may be the same level, but at a different tier. I learned this the hard way as well and is a common mistake. I believe this is what you are referring to.

I agree that the censoring is completely out of control. When people ask for my website I can't even type it ingame without doing the retarded www(dot).... since you can't actually write www.

Quote: Erosia on 04/25/2012, 06:54 AM - view

It was a beta, these are recommended quick fixes. There is not just one developer working on this game, there is an entire Team. So multitasking is what they do.

Quote: Alehouse on 04/25/2012, 12:27 PM - view

I understand how Dev' work, just that I disagree on the importance of the issues you posted except for the first. Such as the enchanting problem, if you researched how it worked you would of saved you self 10g.The bank issue, start a alt guild or stop hording some much. The damage from falling, use a scroll or unstuck. I just wanted to post my opinion just as you posted yours and my opinion was Devs time could be used more wisely then fixing problems that are not that big.

Some of these I agree with, though the broker has been fine for me. I'm all for fine-tuning, but It's usable at this point, for me. It took me awhile to realize how enchanting equipment works (same tier), but I don't buy items to do it, so never lost gold. I just pick up drops, and use the drops to enchant. That +6 will make you stone broke, if you are buying the equipment!

Oh, speaking of getting to +6...for the love of all, PLEASE stop playing music and spamming my screen every time someone hits +6 enchant! Seriously, no one cares or wants to here that music every few seconds. </endrant>

Falling hasn't been a real issue for me, there are always paths to take so you don't take much damage. If you are getting hurt falling off the ladder in the SM dungeon, jump all the across and grab the ladder on your way down. That's what I do, anyway - regardless, I agree it's very odd you can't climb down anything, lol.