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 Classes: Lancer Glyphs & Low-Level PvP

First and foremost, I've updated the TERA Fans wiki to include up to date (i.e., taken from the CPE) skills and glyphs for lancers, and also updated the starting stats on the lancer page. For this post I'm going to talk about my thoughts and opinions on a few of the officially translated glyphs and then some of my thoughts on (low level) PvP, mainly duels.

Glyphs
Glyph of Polish (Stand Fast) - Reflects 20% of blocked damage. This one caught my eye straight away. Most likely to be a staple for PvP of any sort. If you have this glyph enabled and you block, say, a sorcerer's firebomb attack the reflected damage will be a good chunk of the sorcerer's health. Not only will it be good for damaging ranged classes when you can't get close but it could even scare your opponent into not attacking you. Imagine a sorcerer being too afraid of you blocking (thus reflecting 20% of the damage) their biggest attacks to even use them. Or a berserker too afraid to do the same.

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 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 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 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!