Quote: Arkwright on 12/26/2012, 05:56 PM

The mass denial in this thread.

It makes me smile so much...

OMG Dah-ling! It's Kid-Schadenfreude in the flesh! Did someone drop some chum in the water or something? Looking forward to some vinegar in what would otherwise if quite the fine healthy salad of this thread.

Hey, remember when some of the original players said this game was going to be F2P soon? Yeahhh...
Can't say I didn't see this coming. The biggest mistake of my life was paying for a year's subscription of this crap. That's some good misleading advertising on their part. Suckered me right in like a moth to a flame. Sigh. This game will take the path Aion took. After all, it is kind of an NCSoft copy.

TERA EU made a recent response to this as well today.


https://forum.tera-europe.com/showthread.php?t=133964


”The Korean version of TERA is going f2p which is the next big step for them. Please understand that it is too early right now to talk about this but we will have more information for you about the EU version in January.”


K-TERA and J-TERA announced going F2P today. From that official statement from EU it pretty much seems they will be announcing the "updated" model in January... since it is too early to talk about it now. The same could be said about our territory. I know there are still like 2 people still thinking if it is or if it isn't going F2P; it is going F2P.

Quote: Suziana on 12/26/2012, 07:01 PM

Hey, remember when some of the original players said this game was going to be F2P soon? Yeahhh...
Can't say I didn't see this coming. The biggest mistake of my life was paying for a year's subscription of this crap. That's some good misleading advertising on their part. Suckered me right in like a moth to a flame. Sigh. This game will take the path Aion took. After all, it is kind of an NCSoft copy.

Oh pffft. Put yourself in the shoes of those who bought Lifetime for TSW even after several vigorous warnings not to do so! Tera had some dignity and belief in its product not to offer lifetime subs right off the bat. Even tho I'm a chornoscroll kid I still think the yearly sub deal from the start remains a killer deal.

It's lifetime subs that pretty much scream "I know my game is not good enough to hold your attention for a year!"

Quote: Diver on 12/26/2012, 07:07 PM

Quote: Suziana on 12/26/2012, 07:01 PM

Hey, remember when some of the original players said this game was going to be F2P soon? Yeahhh...
Can't say I didn't see this coming. The biggest mistake of my life was paying for a year's subscription of this crap. That's some good misleading advertising on their part. Suckered me right in like a moth to a flame. Sigh. This game will take the path Aion took. After all, it is kind of an NCSoft copy.

Oh pffft. Put yourself in the shoes of those who bought Lifetime for TSW even after several vigorous warnings not to do so! Tera had some dignity and belief in its product not to offer lifetime subs right off the bat. Even tho I'm a chornoscroll kid I still think the yearly sub deal from the start remains a killer deal.

It's lifetime subs that pretty much scream "I know my game is not good enough to hold your attention for a year!"

But you realize that TSW went Buy 2 Play with a very minor cash shop (small AP/SP/EXP Run Speed boosts) and the obvious costumes, what they DID do for people that still want to subscribe or have bought longer than what was forseen subscriptions gain FREE credits (on a monthly basis) towards the cash shop, additional bonuses in game and a discount on ALL cash shop items (something like 10%)

So other then pure want by the posters, why would nTera go free 2 play soon?

it is financially stable and generating revenue. unlike kTera and jTera that have been out longer then nTera. Though I am sure eventually it will be Free 2 Play as it will adopt a streamlined version of what kTera has, it wont be so soon.

As you may have read today, NHN (the publisher for TERA in Korea) has decided to change TERA’s business model to be free. The industry has shifted in this direction and the Korean gaming market has always been on the forefront of this shift. NHN’s decisions are their own as is every territory that services TERA. TERA currently remains a subscription-based game in North America and Europe.

Regardless of the news from Korea, the good news is that TERA will continue to grow and improve with new game contents in North America, and all contents will be available for us should we decide to evaluate their use. As mentioned in A New Year for TERA, we will be following up in January with more information on the upcoming content including Crucible of Flame, an instance with scalable rewards and the new 3v3 battleground, Champion’s Skyring.

We know you are full of questions but that is all we have for now. Enjoy the holidays and look to January for more information – 2013 is going to be huge for us and we can’t wait to get started.