I am feeling some trepidation towards the idea of creating an RP server character when me and my friends already have characters on another server together, we all have agreed to migrate over to RP if I do. I am relatively new to TERA, I played the open beta but only recently came back when I heard it stopped asking subscription.
I have a few questions before I can decide if I want to move my group of friends over:

1. How much RP is around? Should we expect random RP in the streets, people staying always in character, complete abandonment of the game proper, or is the RP confined to interpersonal private groups?

2. What kind of RP should be expected? Lore centric, character centric, very loose, or does it vary wildly?

3. What's the population like? Packed to the brim or post apocalyptic wasteland?

tldr; Give me an idea of the RP server culture.

Quote: Minea on 12/18/2012, 02:30 PM

To explain the process a bit, we need a new version of the game to port this. Building a new version of the game for this is not something that we at En Masse can do as a publisher. It's not just a copy and paste of another language either (although translation/localization itself is quite a handful.. Korean is just a very different language from English, not to mention one of the hardest to learn for non-native speakers). Each build for each territory needs to be built separately by BHS since there are other differences in territories. After it's built, there is testing, after it passes, the build is sent to us. Then it needs to be tested in our simulated environment before it can go live.

We tried really hard to get this for our holidays, but there just wasn't enough time for us (En Masse and BHS both) to go through all these. We wanted these available for our community as much as you did. :(

@FallenAnvil, Stop spreading rumors please. As for the crafting quests, it was never our intention to remove them (despite the community's feedback that requested them to be removed), and they were brought "back".

9/10 of the post was succulent, thank you - but I've got to stop a word real quick because it's not representative and I think it's important EME as the recipient of feedback not only understands, but lets us know they understand how they handle that feedback.

Specifically "As for the crafting quests, it was never our intention to remove them (despite the community's feedback that requested them to be removed), and they were brought "back".

That's why I sometimes see posts from people who advocate gaming mentalities of mid 2000's that even the games themselves that established them have evolved out of and fear EME will take them as legit gospel (because let's be honest now, things like offering a single Santa Cap as a reward for spending $25 on the EME as a promotion doesn't inspire confidence in the soundness of some decision making back at HQ when they make the Santa Caps worth silvers before 12/20 is even reached.)

Feedback from some Beta Testers led you to believe people did not want crafting quests. What kind of players were those beta testers? Since you guys obviously have the data it would be interesting to find out where those Beta testers are at at this moment. Are they even playing the game anymore? Because I can say from the get go, the moment we in game met the 250 crafting wall only a very very select few were able to breach it was kinda like general consensus in the forums from actual players outside of beta that crafting quests were needed.

Quote: stryker4526 on 12/13/2012, 06:06 PM

Quote: lllcooplll on 12/12/2012, 10:09 PM

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I want that for my amani *-*

Excuse me while I go barf.
Seriously if you wanted sexy outfits maybe you shouldn't have chosen a hideous race that only a "scaly" would play.

And judging by the profile picture youve chosen your just another pedo thats into little kids. After all elins are a race that only pedos play right? :3

No im not being serious im just proving a point~

Seriously get off your high horse. Just because you dont like a race doesnt make it hideous and that gives to know right to insult the people who play it. Its all personal preference. You like to use little girls as your profile pic i like to use "hideous" female amani. To each his own.

its funny that they had to go through the whole censor thing when they are bringing those naughty costumes into the game. I know, or mostly assume that most of the censoring was because of the elin but at the same time they are giving those costumes to the elin anyways.

What was the point EME/BHS??

It's still nice to blend in with the atmosphere of a town. Guild Wars 2 had it added in fairly early on, so it's almost a bit of an insult on EME's part to have ignored the matter thus far.

Lhuster -

Your comment is pre mature. You said it yourself, you are new to this game.

Ask ANYONE who plays a Slayer, and a Berserker - if they are the same. In fact, I challenge you to find 1 other person, that feels these classes play remotley similar.

Priests and Mystic similarities?

About the only thing Priests and Mystics share is one lock - on type of heal. That is it. Mystics run Auras, which require constant in fight positioning adjustments to remain useful. Priests buff pre fight, with no in fight positioning requirements. Priests can heal up to 5 people at once via a circle. The max a Mystic can heal is 3. Anyone who plays either of these classes will absolutley tell you that the raw healing power of a Priest is vastly superior to that of a Mystic, but that if you are looking for more offensive output in your group, and less healing powerm the Mystic is fantastic.

Thralls? You are not experienced enough to explain how a Thrall of protection is used by a Mystic when PvPing against melee classes. We use them as a collision barrier against melee trying to pwn us.

Anyways, gotta love reviews by noobs.