TERA Online: Japan Closed Beta announced

Hey, TERA Fans! It's been a long time since we've had major TERA news, hasn't it? I think that will all be changing as the E3 Expo rolls around next month from June 7th-9th; it seems to me we'll get some sort of important announcement there!

I'll be at the show and I'll see TERA at both its Atari and En Masse Entertainment booths so as not to miss anything. As the show draws nearer I'll also be taking questions from the community for an interview with the EME team :) So, exciting times ahead, have no fear!

Anywhoo! Today there's a small bit of news to report: our Japanese translator Meiellink confirmed for me today that TERA's official Japanese site has announced the details of TERA's Japanese CBT! Learn more below, thanks to Meiellink!

TERA Japan CBT Schedule

CBT Time Period

• July 1, 2011(Fri) - July 4, 2011(Mon)
  
CBT Application Dates

• June 13, 2011(Mon) - ?
  
Number of Participants

• 35,000 players
  
Qualifications for Applicants

• Must have a valid Hangame account.
• Participants will be chosen at random.
• "TERA Leaders" (a group of community leaders.) will be automatically included.

CBT Restrictions

• Level cap: Level 22
• Race/class limitation: All races and classes.
• Zones to level in: Island of dawn, Velika and Eternal Basin (Sounds odd to me, maybe a mistranslation x3)

TERA Online: Open Beta FAQ

Originally posted on ThisIsGame, this Q&A about the TERA Open Beta translated by TeraFans has a great deal of information about the game. The answers are from Hyun-Kyu Park, Executive Developer, Kang-Suk Kim, CEO, and Lead Graphic artist Chul-Woon Hwang.

Some of the topics discussed are graphics, endgame content, battlefields, the political system, changes made since the stress test, level cap, dungeons and more.

“TERA’s max level to be 50, enjoy politics and battlefields.”

- Hyun-Kyu Park, Executive Developer for Bluehole Studio, Kang-Suk Kim, CEO, and Lead Graphic artist Chul-Woon Hwang.

TERA: Crystal Guide (Advanced Mechanics)

Crystals are attached to equipment in order to improve a character’s chances of survival in a variety of ways. Crystals allow the player to improve the strengths that their class already possess, or they can be used in order to conquer any limitations the class may possess. This in-depth system allows the player to create their own style of play in a very detailed way. In TERA, Crystals are regarded as consumable items, meaning that if a character dies or if you decide to unequip the Crystal, it could be destroyed.

Tera Online Basics: Homunculus Guide

The Homunculus, introduced in the city of Velika, is a unique pet system in TERA. This pet may offer many different services to its owner. In the recent FGT2, the Homunculus was a personal shop system and this guide will detail the steps to setting one up. Life is much easier when someone else does the buying or selling for you, but of course this system is not without a price. The player will have to take care of its Homunculus in order to keep it alive.

In FGT2, TERA offered a small in-game tutorial explaining all the basics about the Homunculus. Today we will share this information with the community, including some additional information from our team’s experience with our own Homunculi.

TERA: Beginners Guide

TERA is undergoing a stress test in Korea, after which we should see a lot of new information pop up. TeraFans.com translated one very useful informational guide talking about the enhancement crystals, quests, enchanting system and more. If you’re hungry for more Tera Online information, this will surely satisfy you!

• Locating Quest Objectives
• Combo Skills
• Acquiring Enhancement Crystals
• Enchanting Gear
• Valkyon Points
• Quest Difficulty

Tera Basic Mechanics: Controls Guide

One of the most important things in MMORPG games which is directly linked to your success in game are controls. Knowing the right keybinds and actually using them is half the battle so see below to find out the default controls for movement, various actions and interface elements.

Movement Keys & Mouse Buttons

Keyboard Shortcuts

TERA Online PvP Mechanics: Duels, Group Duels (Death Match) And More

The senior community manager for TERA, Evan ‘Scapes’ Berman, took some time out to chat with IncGamers yesterday about the highly anticipated game. While talking about what TERA has over existing MMOs, they touched on the “all action no faction” aspect of the game, and asked what that meant for PvP, an important part of most MMOs.

“PvP’s going to be something that we can detail a little bit more as we reach the E3 part of the year, but what I can tell you now is that we know it’s going to be a major element of the game.”

Scapes assured us. Further on he mentioned PvP part of the game is still in development so he can’t provide many details about it yet, but apparently duels are already implemented. In addition to duels, TERA will also offer group dueling where you can gather people and fight another group for as he calls it instantaneous, emergent PvP.

The game’s launch is this winter, when we will hear more about battlegrounds, ladders and other game info.

TERA PvP: Berserker Tips (Basic)

In this section we will take an overview on Tera Berserker PVP. This is about using your skills wisely, that is when, where and how to use them. You can develop your own style and build your own strategies.

For a slow melee character, the Berserker needs to close gaps between themselves and the enemy. Let’s look at some tips for Tera Berserker PVP.

This is a brief guide. I will update it to be more detailed and precise when i get my hands on more information. Visit Tera Online Berserker Guide to understand the class.

TERA Skills: Berserker Skill Introduction

Here is a brief intro to Tera Berserker skills. I am just going to write basic info about Tera Berserker skills in this one. Berserker has two types of skills mainly – damage and status effect with status effect being stun.

Damage skills dish out great deal of damage and the Swirl skill is very good to handle mobs. If you pull of skill -> stun -> skill combo well then you can take out a good chunk of your opponents Health Points.

This is a brief guide. I will update it to be more detailed and precise when i get my hands on more information. Visit Tera Online Berserker Guide to understand the class.

Tera Berserker Skills List

 

Backspin Attack

Attack an enemy by spinning in circular motion. Attacks the enemy from back and stuns them temporarily. A great skill to pull of another combo just after casting.

Shout

Unleashes a shout that has a change to put enemies in the Berserker’s vicinity into lethargic status.

Berserker

Improves your damage by unleashing anger held within. This skill gives you a temporary boost in your attack damage.. however, reduces your damage at the same time.

Swirl

With this skill you can hit multiple targets, especially a group or a mob by spinning in circular motion and dealing damage to everybody around you. Great skill to handle mobs!

Manifestation Of Rage

Converts HP to SP i.e. with this skill you can sacrifice some of your health to gain Mana. Amazing skill if you have some to heal you, it’s like you can make good use of your other skills by regenerating Mana using this skill.

That’s all on my Tera Berserker Skills entry. I will post a more detailed guide on each and every skill and how to make best use of them later on.

TERA Classes: Berserker Gameplay

In this entry, we’ll look at Tera Berserker Gameplay. I also have a couple of videos that could have a look at to get an idea of what kind of gameplay you would have if you were to play a Berserker in Tera.

This is a brief guide. I will update it to be more detailed and precise when i get my hands on more information. Visit Tera Online Berserker Guide  to understand the class.

TERA PvP Guide: Archer Tips (Basic)

Here are some tips that will help you with Tera Archer PvP skills and gameplay.  You can develop your own skills and strategies as you progress and learn to get a hang of your Archer.

Fight melee characters is going to be pretty much similar. However, fighting ranged characters or another Archer itself in PVP would be more of a challenge. Let’s have a look at some Tera Archer PvP tips:

TERA Classes: Archer Gameplay

I thought of checking out Tera Archer gameplay videos when I was looking at different classes. It looks like Archer in Tera is really fun to play. Not easy, but not difficult either.

Precision and Range are important. Unlike other MMO games where precision wasn’t even concerned. The Archer sprites look cool, especially when you are on a mount.

Keep reading to learn about first impressions and my thoughts on Tera Archer. Check out Tera Online Archer Guide to learn about skills, PvP and leveling guides.

TERA Skills: Archer Skill Introduction

In this blog entry, I will be writing about Tera Archer Skills. Archer’s in Tera have some really powerful nuking skills. These ranged skills deal a lot of damage.

Tera Archer skills mainly fall into two categories – Power shot type skills and trap skills.

Okay, now let’s have a look at Tera Online Archer Skills

TERA Class: Sorcerer PvP – 3 best PvP Tips

In a PvP situation, what you need to understand very clearly is that you cannot afford to take much damage. The main strategy you need to follow here is “Low DPS is better than No DPS”. Let us understand what this means in depth in this part of the Tera Online Sorcerer guide.

This is a brief guide. I will update it to be more detailed and precise when i get my hands on more information. Visit Tera Online Sorcerer Guide to understand the class.

Tera Online Sorcerer PVP Tip #1 – Know your strength and weakness

As a Tera Online Sorcerer it very clear where your strength and weaknesses lie. As I have said before there is one simple statement you need to keep in mind. Low DPS is better than No DPS at all. This means that, in a battle whenever you sense any danger you should stop whatever you are doing and find a safer place to attack from.

The strong points of the Sorcerer is that they can bring down enemies very quick. You can use different combos while using traps to slow them down.

Tera Online Sorcerer PVP Tip #2 – Use skills wisely

You need to understand which skills to use where and how. While initiating when a for is unaware use blast ball empowered with Contract of Wreck. Pop contract of wreck and charge Blast Ball and fire. Blast ball is best used at the start as you won’t get time during the battle to use it again.

As I have repeatedly said, the Tera Online Sorcerer must keep his or her distance from the enemy at all costs. You can use spells like Pillar of Flame if they got to close or Backstep to take a leap backwards. You can also use Mana Shield to avoid damage. But Mana shield must not be reckless used as it can drain you out of mana very easily.

The Tera Online Sorcerer is nothing without Mana, use Mana Recovery to recover the used mana.

Tera Online Sorcerer PVP Tip #3 – Know your opponent strengths and weaknesses

If your foe is a melee class, then it is better to stay away from them and try to nuke them down. If they have spells which can pull you to them or them coming to you, then you should be ready to use a trap or spells like Backstep.

If playing another ranged character then you need to keep dodging their spells all the while trying to aim them. This can be hard but can achieved with some experience.

Now that we have a basic understanding of the Tera Online Sorcerer PvP ,look at the other guides in this section for a more in depth view of the Sorcerer.

Tera Online Sorcerer Gameplay – Learn here how the class works. Understand the core mechanics of this. Understand its weaknesses and strength. Have an overview of the skills.

TERA Basics: User Interface Guide

Tera introduces two UIs (user interface) for the non-targeting combat system. The first UI is the Movement UI, the second is the Management UI. To toggle between the UIs use the “Alt” key or the “Esc” key.

Movement UI

Tera Basics: Campfire Guide

Campfires are an interesting part of the out of combat TERA experience. There are campfires, just like the one pictured, all around the world of Arborea, usually near questing hubs that never burn out. However, these campfires also exist in portable versions, being given out as quest rewards. Players are able to put those down wherever they chose, though eventually, those fires will die out. That’s the purpose of the fire starters. Any player is able to keep the fire alive by using a fire starter item. The portable fires are one-time-use items and aren’t currently buyable, but this could always change.

The image to the right shows the following:

1. Campfire
2. Fire starter
3. Parchments
4. Your Condition

Fire starters are used to keep your fire burning. Parchments allow you to use the campfire and depending on which one you use an appropriate effect will be given to you. The big heard displayed in the picture shows your condition, and the longer you stay near the campfire the better it is; better condition increases your health which is always good.

Campfires are used by right-clicking a parchment near a campfire. If you continue putting fire starters in the fire it will continue to burn. If you use more parchments you can receive other special effects, and staying in rested condition near the campfire will recover your condition to full.

These are just the basics to help you understand better how campfires work. When I have more information on the specific effects I’ll be sure to update this article.

Tera Online: Basic Warrior Combat Mechanics

Tera Online Guides that offers step by step guides to help players more effectively level up in Tera comes in handy for almost any player given the rather high level cap on game release. There are a total of 8 playable classes in Tera Online. These classes are aimed at ensuring that players who choose to play this game finds it interesting and fun.

Each class levels up rather differently thus, understanding what skills and outcomes can be expected from each player at each different level would come very much in handy. Below is a short listing of the skills and abilities gamers can expect from one of the class to give you more insight into what can be expected.

Tera Online Warrior

Tera Online Guide Goes Online

Looking for a good Tera leveling guide? Well, you’re in luck and your search ends here. In this blog post I will be writing about and reviewing good Tera leveling guide out there.

There are so many Tera leveling guide available on the Internet. How do you know if it’s a good one or not? I mainly look at features and usually buy the ones that have money back guarantee. Finally, I keep one that I like and just ask for a refund if I don’t. As simple as that.

Since I anyways buy all the guides, I also decided to put up a review and comparison for the top and best Tera Leveling guide.

So which Tera leveling guide is the best?

Well the answer right now is none. Since there aren’t any available out there yet. But keep an eye on this blog post – I will be soon updating it with a review of a guide that will help you to level up fastest!