I was thinking of getting into terra but lately i have been hearing some bad things. The game is not so cheap and I don't want to pay $15 a month on a game that isn't going to keep me around. Thought I would see what u guys had to say before I joined. Are you happy with your purchase? Are you having fun? Now that you are 60 are there still plenty of things to do? does the hack and slah gameplay get boring after a while? Is the game boring in general?

I have also been hearing about things in the world like shrubs, mobs, and players not rendering until they get pretty close. Saw a video and that looked really lame. I am thinking that I should just wait for guild wars 2. What do you think?

try for free.. first 20 levels and also don't believe everything you hear, is an awesome game and I love it, need a little work but once again is new and they are working on those details and to add more content.

http://tera.enmasse.com/news/posts/try-tera-instantly-for-free

it's a great game, but i would recommend avoiding the forums, theyre full of the most insane, whiny people i've ever seen.

GW2 = NCsoft = farmers everywhere, broken pvp, grinding fest

Troll thread?

Like any game, TERA has its fair share of issues. Some matter more to players than others.

For example, yes the draw distance can be too short sometimes, but that's hardly a reason to stop playing it.

The 60s who are bored are mostly the 60s who rushed to cap and are of the 'one character for life' persuasion. Myself, I have four characters. A 60 lancer, 31 warrior, 31 mystic, and 11 slayer. I just hit 60 on my Lancer yesterday. Haven't even completed a level 60 dungeon yet.

Depending how much time you have to play, and how much time you think you'll spend on alts, there is plenty to do. The game is amazingly fun, even if solo questing is rather repetitive. The visuals are beautiful, combat is smooth, and the dungeons are just fun as hell.

But if you are expecting this to be a sequel to your favorite MMO from 10 years ago, it's not. If you think TERA is primarily a PvP game, it's not. If you're expecting a Final Fantasy type grind, you won't find it here. Players can hit level 60 in under a week if they have the time.

Tell us more about what you're expecting from TERA, and we'll tell you how well the game matches those expectations. I, however, am completely satisfied with my purchase and 6 month sub.

First off, please remember that forums are typically a morass of complainers, trolls, meme-queens, i-quitters, and white knights. Be sure you filter responses with that in mind.

That said, I am really enjoying Tera! I've played every class except sorcerer to levels 16, 18, 23, 29, 33, 38, and 45, so I can't give you any advice about end-game. However, I can tell you that this is the first time in any game I've played (WoW, Rift, LoTR, DDO, Aion, AoC, SWTOR, GW1) where I've had such a thoroughly entertaining time leveling, questing, grinding, exploring, experimenting with new classes, and creating new characters/faces. Here are some reasons I fell in love:

1) Each race and gender has significantly different armor graphics. Love them or hate them, they're almost universally very creative, interesting, detailed, and ornate. Getting new armor is very exciting, and a great many race/armor combos are truly stunning.

2) The graphics are not mass-appeal graphics. The system requirements aren't outlandish, but they didn't pull a WoW/ToR and make the game look like crap so people could play it with Windows 98. The game's beautiful. The rendering issue you mention depends largely on your graphics settings; mine sit at max and I hardly notice it at all. All the same, even without the textures completely rendered, they look better than most MMOs. The amount of detail is something you really have to see in game to believe.

3) Everything you've read about the questing is true. They're pretty mundane and repetitive, tbh, and do feel a little grindy. Fortunately, this is mostly compensated for with open-world dungeon zones that feel huge and epic, lots of world bosses as parts of quests and just for EXP, and the fun of the combat system. At times I'll get bored with questing and just go kill BAMs for awhile. Also, there's a decent amount of cut scenes included for main storyline quests; this is a nice departure from WoW where you had to kill Deathwing/Lich King to get a fugly 20-second cinematic.

4) Having played the GW2 beta weekend, I can assure you that GW2 is not coming out at the end of this month. I'd be shocked if it's out before Thanksgiving. There are lots of bugs still, and I honestly wasn't too impressed. If you're concerned about having things to do at end game, then GW/GW2 is not the game you want to play; there's virtually nothing to do at end game.

I'm spending the time to tell you all this because I bought the game with low expectations and was very surprised - pleasantly so. In fact, I cancelled my wow subscriptions after 6 years of playing. It's worth the money. Community can make a big difference, too, and I would suggest Celestial Hills if you're looking for immersion, some light RP, and lots of active guilds with very few douchebags.

There is nothing in TERA that is not already in another game, including the combat. (Darkfall has the same combat)

Tons of billing issues because Enmasse chose Digital River to manage the subs.

GMs who troll customers that have legit concerns and questions.

Support that has become a giant pain in the [filtered] to get in contact with.

The draw distance is rather short.

The games not grindy but just poke your eyes out boring.

Not worth the full price plus the sub. Might be worth it if you can get it half off, just make sure to set up your sub via paypal so you won't have a problem getting charged when you cancel.

In all honesty i wouldn't play it alone - if you have a friend however i'd absolutely recommend it, not only so you can work together on BAMs and boring quests but so you can block out the relatively horrible in-game community. I personally picked this up with a friend so we could pass the time until GW2 arrived but i can see us continuing to play tera alongside GW2 for some time.

No rendering issues whatsoever for me on either my laptop or my desktop (both nvidia for what it's worth).