TERA > B&S

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TwixT on 06/25/2012, 10:01 PM - view
I see your
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y4b_B-kqB4


and raise you

the only reason anyone looks at Blade and Soul




When you've actually played the game you realize the bells and whistles can only go so far when the combat is complete [filtered]. In the end it's the exact same as many previous kMMOs just as Tera is.
draakdorei Profile Options #12

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There's nothing impressive enough in B&S right now (having played CB and the current OB) to make me want to pay a monthly fee for it.

Then again, if I didn't have the friends I have on TERA now, I wouldn't still be here either.
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Sheapy on 06/25/2012, 10:07 PM - view
TwixT on 06/25/2012, 10:01 PM
I see your
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y4b_B-kqB4


and raise you

the only reason anyone looks at Blade and Soul




When you've actually played the game you realize the bells and whistles can only go so far when the combat is complete [filtered]. In the end it's the exact same as many previous kMMOs just as Tera is.


i bet it is, hence i linked it as "the only reason" you cant have a fun innovative idea like that and expect anything else. I honestly expect the rest of the game to be tab targeting trash i wont play anymore.
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I do not like Blade and soul, however i think you picked one of the worse videos to show its combat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsjpTfO864A&feature=plcp may be the best option.

The combat looks pretty, but when you realize that you have to do certain special effects over and over and over and over and over again within a single combat sequence because everything is so long to kill, it gets really old.

BTW, Blade and soul is more of a ORPG than a MMORPG. It has pretty good story apprently, and the cutscenes are nice, however the whole game is broken into chapters and you can only effectively play with people within the same chapter.
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BnS may have many shortcomings but combat will not likely be one of them.

It's not like GW2 or WoW in that you have a reticle and the camera is mouse move. More skills are targeted but I've seen many miss. It's simply less movement oriented.

Biggest problem that I can tell will be that so much of it is instanced.

Overall, it's definitely a more progressive game that will cater to more people. No healers, no trinity. The holy trinity always presents the exact same problems. Populations are dps overloaded, tank skill is far too important relative to others, healer classes are boring to play (PvE anyway).

From the outset the dungeons look more interesting, with more promising mechanics than Tera dungeons. Especially lowbie ones. While LoT, ET, FoK and BT are not bad, most of the pre 58 dungeons are pretty monotonous and boring.

The biggest difference will lie in presentation. The animations of BnS are stunning, visceral. The cutscenes are great, and the story would suffice as a single player RPG (possibly slightly generic, but passable, unlike TERA's jumpy storytelling).
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One question. Does it have RNG enchanting?
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zipzo on 06/25/2012, 09:46 PM - view
I don't even know why or how people believe that bringing up Blade and Soul on these forums is ever supposed to be intimidating.

I did some research on B&S since I haven't been following it closely, but I've seen countless mentions of it being 'better than TERA' on this forum.

The game is not only run by one of the shadiest MMO companies in prominence today (next to Nexon), but the amount of misguided ideas strewn about as to its gameplay is horrendous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y4b_B-kqB4

B&S in all its glory. This is nothing other than a spit shined asian tab target MMO people.

Why are you bothering to talk about Blade and Soul? Are you intimidated by a game that still hasn't announced anything regarding a US release date?

And posting that video means what exactly? TERA's newest and shiniest feature is Nexus. Why don't you post a video of someone lagging across the map during a Nexus event and see the general response on the B & S board.

I'm not a Blade and Soul fanboy either, I don't know anything about the game but to say that TERA is better is just ignorant. Especially since you admitted that you knew nothing about it and haven't played it.
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ace52387 on 06/25/2012, 11:19 PM - view
BnS may have many shortcomings but combat will not likely be one of them.

It's not like GW2 or WoW in that you have a reticle and the camera is mouse move. More skills are targeted but I've seen many miss. It's simply less movement oriented.

Biggest problem that I can tell will be that so much of it is instanced.

Overall, it's definitely a more progressive game that will cater to more people. No healers, no trinity. The holy trinity always presents the exact same problems. Populations are dps overloaded, tank skill is far too important relative to others, healer classes are boring to play (PvE anyway).

From the outset the dungeons look more interesting, with more promising mechanics than Tera dungeons. Especially lowbie ones. While LoT, ET, FoK and BT are not bad, most of the pre 58 dungeons are pretty monotonous and boring.

The biggest difference will lie in presentation. The animations of BnS are stunning, visceral. The cutscenes are great, and the story would suffice as a single player RPG (possibly slightly generic, but passable, unlike TERA's jumpy storytelling).


Have you actually played Blade and soul? It pretty much players like GW2 with out dodge. I.E, your single target abilities still selects a target, however it still can hit multiple targets depending on the skill, etc. It's not "true action combat" (i hate that phrase) like tera. It hides that fact in using animations to give the player more of a sense of being a part of the action, when in reality, the animations are just used (not intentionally mind you.) to hide the fact that its everyday above average combat.

Ok. This is a pet peeve of mines...apparently you do not understand the meaning of visceral. An animation cannot, by definition, be visceral.

The feeling someone feels when wanting to cut someone's arm off can be defined as visceral. The feeling / emotion which guides someone to punch someone in the face instinctively can be defined as visceral.

The animation of the two suggested above, cannot be considered "Visceral". Its kinda like using the word "Horny" to refer to the feeling you get when you want to use a horn; Completely wrong word.
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It looks pretty! As someone with a subcription to TERA (and not a one month subcription) I can tell you, I think it looks interresting.

Doesn't mean one has to leabe playing TERA :p One could play both or switch back and forth. MMO players have been doing that between MMOs for quite a while now.

Also, lack of a US release date means lack of interrest untill a release date is known!

Though, in my case anyways, I've known of B&S way before I knew of TERA, but glad I found out about TERA :)
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Nobody answered my question ._.