Could you clarify? The notes say a player "can go to" the new instance prior to Island of Dawn. Is this instance optional or required?
My thoughts on the patch notes:
•The following IMS rewards are being removed with our launch build, but are included in our Open Beta Test build.
Why? I don't see a reason unless you're looking for feedback to release it at a later date.
Reputation System/Daily Quests
I am glad they put a cap on the amount of daily quests you can perform a day, as well as a cap for certain reputation grinds.
Currency: Not sure why the change from gold into 3 denominations, Gold, silver, and copper. No one likes pocket change, sadly it's invading the TERA world :(
Pegasus Travel
•Players can travel directly from town to town without passing through a major city.
Can players still choose the old flight path? The wording makes it sound so. If so, will it be cheaper because the route?
Enchantment
•A warning message appears if a player puts enchanted equipment into the space intended for the material equipment to prevent accidental reversals. The tooltip for the equipment appears immediately to further confirm that the player has selected the right item.
Wtf is wrong with people double checking, shouldn't need a warning option for something that should be something you'd obviously check before doing...
Achievements
•Various achievements have been added for new game elements. New mounts, masks, and titles are offered as rewards for difficult achievements.
Cool, as long as they won't be so easy to get and see everyone running around with.
Zones
•Players can now use the riding skill in the following dungeons: Hungry Caverns, Azarel's Labyrinth, Pirate Grotto, Tenebrous Mines, Eldritch Academy, Citadel of Torment, Doomcrypt, Arachnaea, Temple of Dagon.
Whoa nelly! God people are so [filtered] lazy. Guess it'll let those wanting to PK reach victims easier since they'll be on foot fighting what they're there for. Good change for predators, bad change for the prey.
Classes
Lancer
•Chained Leash is a new skill that throws a leash around a target within range. The attack stuns the target and pulls a maximum of six enemies nearer to the target. The Chained Leash glyph is the Glyph of Energy. It decreases cool down time by 20%.
Sounds gnarly if used properly in PvP for some good AoEing.
Mystic
•Warding Totem is a new skill that summons a stationary item that casts a warding effect on allies within range; the warding restores HP every few seconds. The Warding Totem glyph is the Glyph of Brilliance. It decreases the MP cost by 500.
Can this totem be destroyed? Life?
Sorcerer
•Stone Skin is a new skill that transforms your body into stone, rendering you immune to all attacks for a short time. Using the skill again deactivates it. The Stone Skin glyph is the Glyph of Energy. It decreases cool down time by 20%.
Kind of lacklust compared to other new skills if you take the 300 second cooldown into account.
I think I can expand on 2 things for you =P
"Currency: Not sure why the change from gold into 3 denominations, Gold, silver, and copper. No one likes pocket change, sadly it's invading the TERA world :( "
I think they did this because players in Ktera actually hit gold cap, making the numbers after that negative integers. I think this method is so that you can retain more gold without hitting the gold cap.
"Mystic
•Warding Totem is a new skill that summons a stationary item that casts a warding effect on allies within range; the warding restores HP every few seconds. The Warding Totem glyph is the Glyph of Brilliance. It decreases the MP cost by 500.
Can this totem be destroyed? Life?"
In Karyudo's mystic guide he said that the totem cannot be targeted by anyone (in Ktera anyways). Not sure about NA.
instead of using the denomination system... why not just divide everything by 100? i dont think any gold ever drops in the single digits atm... so it shouldnt be an issue. we all hate the denomination system, and it is a waste of coding, since noone ever uses copper or silver
Good stuff all around. I like, I like.
One thing though.. what's up with letting only a group of 4 jump into the LFD system though? I got a full group of friends, we should all be able to jump into random instances as well and reap the benefits!
Will pre-order customers be able to claim the mounts mentioned in the pre-order perks tomorrow? Or will they have to wait 'til launch date?