Tera coulda been a contender...

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The point of chrono scroll btw was not to make the game P2W. The point of the chrono scrolls was to keep people who werent willing to pay a sub to play the game to continue to play the game by paying in game money. The idea is very good in that they keep the community bigger and a bigger community means continued interest in the game.

It's common sense sir. Learn to have some.
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Destian on 07/03/2012, 06:54 PM - view
bluesux on 07/03/2012, 06:46 PM
You really crying about the enchant system> are you aware of the ktera enchant system? this is a godsend


Spraying garbage with an air freshener doesn't magically not make it garbage...


How is it garbage? you mad that you keep failing?
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Destian on 07/03/2012, 06:52 PM - view
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Destian on 07/03/2012, 06:33 PM

1. I'm not whining about T12.

2. Does anything you just said make Tera's RNG enchanting crap any less terribad?

I'm sorry, it takes TONS more selling of chronoscrolls and mindless gold grinding to max out in Tera's endgame.

And that's somehow...better?
... o_O so what you are saying is it's not that easy to get max gear and that people have to work to obtain it?


No, I'm saying that Tera's endgame progression system sucks a giant pile of [filtered] no matter which way you slice it, but it favors people who have money to burn on chronoscrolls.
so you are mad that people have the option to pay $1000+ on chronoscrolls to get the best gear in game as of right now? You know what they miss out on by doing that? Playing the game. It will not benefit them in a pvp environment as skilled players can obtain the same gear and a lot easier. So it all comes down to them still needing skill to do [filtered] in the game.
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destian, after seeing many of your threads, this game isn't for you. This is a good thing, though, as I understand the reasons why.. There are people that like this type of game however, and, it's better to just let them play as they like instead of trying to constantly change the game to the extent you are. It's just, a lost cause.
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bluesux on 07/03/2012, 06:54 PM - view
The point of chrono scroll btw was not to make the game P2W. The point of the chrono scrolls was to keep people who werent willing to pay a sub to play the game to continue to play the game by paying in game money. The idea is very good in that they keep the community bigger and a bigger community means continued interest in the game.


1. And the fact that the entire endgame "progression" system consists for throwing massive piles of money at an RNG is pure coincidence, right?

2. This actually hurts the community in the long run because it makes progression trivial and more about who is willing to throw the most money at the game. In the long run more people are going to get sick of server firsts always going to the guild who sells the most chronoscrolls.
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Destian on 07/03/2012, 05:16 PM - view
How much longevity is there really going to be in a system where people can pump RL money into the game and have their gear maxed out in less than a week as a result?

Chronoscrolls are going for as little as 2-3k on my low-pop server. You're not going to max out gear "in less than a week" with a 6k gold, seeing as you can't claim more than two a week.


Destian on 07/03/2012, 05:16 PM - view
All it will take, however, is another MMO with a similar combat system AND a better endgame and Tera will be forgotten inside of a week.


Again with the week thing. Seriously? Do you think another game company will take a chance on this combat system and make a huge investment in endgame content for launch? GW2 is the last big MMO coming out for a long while and it's not going far from the old tab-targeting model players know and love.

Anyway, TERA has problems that have nothing to do with chronoscrolls, which were announced last year, and should not have come as a surprise to anyone.

As rants go, this one was poorly thought out. It really looks bad when you go from defending blindly to attacking blindly.
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Spectral on 07/03/2012, 07:04 PM - view
destian, after seeing many of your threads, this game isn't for you. This is a good thing, though, as I understand the reasons why.. There are people that like this type of game however, and, it's better to just let them play as they like instead of trying to constantly change the game to the extent you are. It's just, a lost cause.


The sad part is that I don't think it would take that much to fix:

1. Leave chronoscrolls as they are.

2. Rip out the enchanting system and replace it with measurable progression that doesn't involve money sinks.

3. Add in tons of OPTIONAL money sinks to encourage the purchasing of chronoscrolls (expensive mounts, vanity items, player housing, etc.).
Edited by: Destian 12 months ago
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Destian on 07/03/2012, 07:10 PM - view
Spectral on 07/03/2012, 07:04 PM
destian, after seeing many of your threads, this game isn't for you. This is a good thing, though, as I understand the reasons why.. There are people that like this type of game however, and, it's better to just let them play as they like instead of trying to constantly change the game to the extent you are. It's just, a lost cause.


The sad part is that I don't think it would take that much to fix:

1. Leave chronoscrolls as they are.

2. Rip out the enchanting system and replace it with measurable progression.

3. Add in tons of OPTIONAL money sinks to encourage the purchasing of chronoscrolls (expensive mounts, vanity items, player housing, etc.).


you can't radically change this game due to the backlash that would occur. Everyone who spent tens to hundreds of thousands of gold on enchanting would feel beyond cheated. These changes you want aren't something that can be added into the game at this point in a reasonable amount of time. The game revolves so heavily around the enchanting system it's almost past the point of no return. By the time changes are added it will have been far too long anyway. Even if what you wanted was granted it would still be months before making it into the game.. so maybe wait and come back to it if it has changed. Making thread after thread is just wasted energy on your part, if you were to be heard, you're heard.
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Destian on 07/03/2012, 07:10 PM - view
Spectral on 07/03/2012, 07:04 PM
destian, after seeing many of your threads, this game isn't for you. This is a good thing, though, as I understand the reasons why.. There are people that like this type of game however, and, it's better to just let them play as they like instead of trying to constantly change the game to the extent you are. It's just, a lost cause.


The sad part is that I don't think it would take that much to fix:

1. Leave chronoscrolls as they are.

2. Rip out the enchanting system and replace it with measurable progression.

3. Add in tons of OPTIONAL money sinks to encourage the purchasing of chronoscrolls (expensive mounts, vanity items, player housing, etc.).


I agree with this. I just don't agree that chronoscrolls really made anything worse. I don't mind farming hours for something but I do mind possibly not getting jack [filtered] from it because of a number being pulled out of a hat. With that being said, selling chronoscrolls to people on the broker kind of eliminates the stress of having spent hours in a day getting 4k to blow on this slot machine and buys another player more time to enjoy the game :)

If we wanna get to the heart of the problem, they should've made all enigmatics BoP so that people aren't just buying all the best gear.

Also, No.2 could never happen at this point. They could rip out as much of the luck factor as possible. But sadly, they can't just replace it altogether.
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bluesux on 07/03/2012, 07:00 PM - view
How is it garbage? you mad that you keep failing?


Nope, I tried it at lower levels and I have no intention of doing so at max level.

It's garbage because the best Tera player in the world and the worst Tera player in the world have exactly the same chance of success.

It's a system designed to make bad players feel less bad about being bad (and to sell more chronoscrolls).