Hey, I'm currently playing the game (and loving it) and am trying to convince my friend to buy it too, but for some reason I never got my buddy codes. I was wondering if anyone had an extra buddy code they could let me use please? thanks in advance!

NO... NO ONE GIVE IT..

Cannot... take longer queues... *Twitch*

We will go on a PvE server to avoid queues. Do not worry! :D

PM sent :)

I have 3 codes and choose not to reveal them.if you haven't preordered I honestly feel you shouldn't be here!!All these freebies are doing is causing queues on some servers and taking names that should go to people actually committed to the game.

Quote: Jeffable on 04/29/2012, 03:29 PM - view

If that is true... talk to LIVE CHAT support. A GM will give you the missing codes.

As far as people complaining about the queue, idk it's been horrible for Jagged yesterday, but today I haven't had to wait on a queue the whole day and I relogged several times.

Quote: slappy1 on 04/29/2012, 03:40 PM - view

I convinced two out of three people to buy TERA with these codes...being that they didn't even care to try the game out in the first place...One of them isn't sure simply because of the cost of the software (not so much the subscription).

Those getting the BC's are pre-orders..some people didn't get them and had to acquire through customer support...GW has been overhyped and TERA's been shadowed as of late. I say invite as many friends as you can! This game is awesome, the customer service is awesome, and it should increase in popularity.

Quote: missymiss on 04/29/2012, 03:43 PM - view

That's all grand after launch!It's great you got a couple people to play,but that could've happened in a week,once the pre orders got situated and have the names they wanted and so forth.For every person that uses a free key and joins there could be 2 more that create characters and possibly take wanted names to only never play again.

I just feel the buddy codes should've happened in a week or 2.

That's all assumption. The cost of the game plus the cost of the software and a large number of game reviews considering the new game releases has a lot of people not interested in Tera. Headstart WITH buddy codes was a smart move because those who already played the game and decided to pre-ordered (or pre-ordered without playing the game and liked it) would try to play for a high amount of hours to take advantage of the headstart and "be ahead of others". Those with the buddy codes would join the provider and further be contented with the game (leveling with friends > leveling alone).

The fact that people are willing to wait on the queues says a lot. Even for those who pay for the game, what's to say I'm not here for a 1 month subscription then leave the game? Some people will play some people will leave. There is no tangible data to support your logic. And obviously, the game received a greater audience than expected (code or not, if it was a bad game by those playing it, being that the trial doesn't even last that long to begin with, people wouldn't bother playing and much less willing to wait for any queue to do so--in fact, one of the people I talked to turned down the code because the trial period in his opinion was too short to bother downloading the client and playing; obviously, if I insisted and he tried he wouldn't have stayed).

Finally, for your "name availability" argument... pre-orders were given the opportunity to reserve names for quite some time now... WAYY before buddy codes were possible...so you can scratch that argument off.

(^ see http://tera.enmasse.com/news/posts/early-character-creation, in addition to the duration of CBTs, OBTs)