Tera:Panpan's Adventures

My character.

2012-04-30T09:12:00.000-07:00

Hey hey, been busy playing these last few days and here is my character with the new golden armor from CR.

Mystic (1-27) impressions.

2012-03-13T15:46:00.000-07:00

After playing almost all classes available in Tera up to the 22-27 range, I can say that no class is as fun as mystic. There are two healing classes in Tera: priest and mystic, priest is more focussed on the healing aspect while mystic is more of a buffer class with minor healings. What makes mystic fun is the great mobility and original gameplay, early on you get the teleport spells that allows you to blink, making you very hard to catch in pvp situations and saves you from certain death, in case a boss or bam aggros you, in pve.

That been said, mystic has one of the lowest dps in the game, and unlike other mmorpgs where you can build your healer to do some decent dps, like in StarWars:TOR or Rift or WoW, in Tera doesn't seem possible to do it. So unless you like to heal and buff your party, avoid enemies trying to kill you, don't pick mystic in retail. :P

Even tho is totally possible to heal in instance or in a boss fight with a mystic, it's harder then doing it

with a priest. Mystic has only one direct heal and its dispel is a lock on skill instead of an aoe dispel like priest's one. As mystic you have the ability to conjure these balls that drop on ground and people of your party can pick up, when they do they receive an healing over time and a dispel from it, and you can conjure as many as you want before a fight. Personally I love the idea but feels very underpowered compared to the overwhelming group heals priest gets. Mystic buffs seems to be a big deal for a party and you always want a mystic in your group to finish an instance quick, but keeping those auras up consume your mana so you need to keep an eye out for it.

I'll try mystic more in next beta but most likely I'll pick this class for the actual game so I hope it keeps be fun and needed.

Exploration

2012-03-12T13:12:00.001-07:00

Here some screenshots of Tera from some very nice places, hope you enjoy them :3

Warrior Tanking

2012-03-12T11:12:00.002-07:00

Here a video of me and Tatewari duoing Abraxis and Hydrath Demon.
Was first time tanking with warrior these mobs and overall tanking:P

Human Warrior High Level Gear

2012-03-12T05:15:00.001-07:00

And here are some weapons and armors for high level human warrior from the shop that sells quest's tokens rewards.

Human Priest Armors and Weapons

2012-03-12T03:38:00.001-07:00

Here some screenshots of human male priest's staffs and robes. The items are sold by an NPC in Velika in exchange for high level tokens obtained from quests rewards. Character is Tatewari, king of ice!

Weapons

Robes

Betas Update

2012-03-11T17:06:00.001-07:00

This week I played the NA beta so I could test Tera more and with a class I won't play in the actual game: the warrior. Warrior is a tank/dps and I tried out how it performs in pve and in pvp. As tank its very fun to play but also bit frustrating because is much harder then lancer and less effective overall, at least in the 1-32 range.

I had a lot of fun this beta too but the things that bugged me since start are still there. One thing that got me bit mad was that spells and glyphs are so unclear sometimes. For example warrior's Battle Cry states: "it may stun"...what's up with that?:P "may"? Give me a percentage or just make it stun or not stun..."may" just feels weird...
PvP is very frustrating, and yes I'm not good or anything yet, but I can clearly see that some classes can't beat others if both players are on same level and that's depressing.
It's just very very weird that such an amazing game has such poor attentions for gameplay/combat details and that's, what I think, will be the reason why Tera won't be a big hit :(

Human Female Leather Armors

2012-03-10T16:50:00.000-08:00

More Duels

2012-03-05T05:28:00.004-08:00

Here some more duels Mystic vs Berserker, we didn't really practice much but its enough to see bit of gameplay of these two classes.

New Screenshots from CBT2

2012-03-04T16:20:00.001-08:00

Here are some new screenshots from CBT2 with various characters i have played, soon I'll post some videos about it too..Enjoy :3

Priest Mini-Review (up to lvl 22)

2012-02-27T09:16:00.002-08:00

Priest in Tera is quite different then a normal healer class of other mmorpgs, I don't recommend it unless you really like to heal. First of all, priest damage is very low compared to any other class except for mystic, and unlike other games where you can build your healer to do decent damage in Tera you really can't play it as a dps class.
First levels as a priest are very easy, you can easily make big pulls of mobs and aoe them down, in fact priest has a lot of aoe spells in the early levels but all of them are almost melee range and that's what i don't like of this class, most of your damage abilities require you to go melee range of mobs/players leaving you exposed.
Priest is squishy and wears cloth armors, so be ready to get tons of damage if an elite mob or a player hits you, but to balance that you get very powerful heals.

Healing in Tera is harder then in other games, where you target from the party list the person to heal and then press the heal you want to use. Most of the healing spells in Tera needs you to target the person you want to heal or the area you want to trow your healing over time spells and that requires you to move around to find the targets to heal and get closer to bosses or players and exposing yourself. I really enjoyed healing in instance, was fun and, unlike other games where the healer can stand still and spam the buttons, not easy.
Personally I had bit of troubles healing a low hp target while other players where around him and got damage from bosses while trying to do so (was first time i played!).

If you want an idea of how it is to heal as a priest watch this:

Priest is a good class and a powerful healer but lacks some fun elements Mystic (another healer/supporter class) has. The pve content up to level 22 could be done with a mystic healing the party instead of a priest without any problems.

Priest cons (up to level 22):
- Squishy - Low damage - Most spells are melee range - Not necessary for a successful group - Not good in solo pvp -

Priest pros (up to level 22):
-Best healing spells - A lot of aoe early game - Easy to find party for instance or elite mobs - Great in group pvp.

Field Boss (priest pov): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC3PRiM2myw

Waiting...

2012-02-25T05:23:00.000-08:00

I want to plaaaaayyy!! Waiting for next beta is a torture. Im planning on making more pvp videos this time so should be fun hopefully. :3

Arakia Duo

2012-02-21T10:18:00.001-08:00

Here is me and Kusa duoing Arakia, a field boss lvl 22. The boss isn't hard if the tank is good, leaving alot of time for dpsing as healer, stay away from it tho..can kill you very fast if you get hit:P

Priest Gameplay

2012-02-20T13:06:00.000-08:00

Here a video of the first instance's last boss from priest prospective, was my first time as priest healing in a group. It's very hard to heal in a group the right targets so I will need alot of practice. Enjoy

Castanic Heavy Armors

2012-02-19T16:59:00.000-08:00

Here is collection of castanic heavy armors from the remodelling shop. Character is Kusa, you can see him play with me in all my videos. :P

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9378/castanicheavy.jpg

Mooore screenshots

2012-02-19T16:04:00.000-08:00

Here some screenshots from CBT1, are the characters i made and got to lvl 22. Some are screenshots from the armor shops where u can buy skins for remodelling.

EU - CBT

2012-02-17T15:06:00.000-08:00

Closed beta started with some lag and a lot of players, could have used 1 or 2 more servers:P
Anyway this is the character i made for this beta, gonna test out archer and make few videos soon.

More Tera Screenshots

2012-02-16T09:56:00.003-08:00

Waiting for Beta

2012-02-16T02:50:00.000-08:00

I had to buy the game from the ubisoft shop and now I don't even know if the code i got from them is the right one for beta access T.T. On the account management keeps saying "trial version" and even tho has been said that its normal I can't stop worring...I want to play sooo much.

Tera EU - Sneak Peeks/Server Tests - Review

2012-02-14T06:59:00.000-08:00

After trying Tera for some days during the Server Tests/Sneak Peeks and after playing few characters, up to level 22, I decided to make a small review of what I think of the game. Of course I haven't seen everything Tera has to offer but I believe to have a lot of informations about it already.

Graphics (8/10): No need to play the game for long time to notice the awesome graphics and engine of Tera. I love how everything looks bright and every part of the map is filled with details like flowers or rocks instead of just endless terrain texture. I have a good PC but in other games like Star Wars: TOR I had issues with fps drops in crowded places, in Tera i never swapped even in very crowded areas having max details and graphics.

Setting (9/10): I played a lot of mmorpgs and, recently, there is this trend of the "constant war" world, filled with dark atmosphere and chaos and misery everywhere. Personally, I don't like it, sure can be more exiting, at first, but after awhile becomes just dull and repetitive, I prefer a mostly peaceful world like Tera or some areas of World of Warcraft (ashenvale, westfall, azshara, feralas etc. ), where i can enjoy going around and look at the fluffy green hills or magical forests. I haven't seen all of the world of Tera but so far it had a very happy and magical touch and I really had a lot of fun exploring it.

Music/Sounds (7/10): I liked the musics of the game very much. Usually when i grind or quest I put some music of my own but with Tera i didn't do so because game musics fitted the areas and the experience perfectly. My only complain is that sometimes the musics stops for quite a long time and takes a while before they resume, would have preferred a shorter time between one song and another.

Gameplay (8/10): I was bit sceptical about the "aim to hit your skills" mechanic but felt very nice to try it and makes grinding mobs a lot less painful and more interesting, even tho less relaxing :P. I tryed almost all of the game's classes and I found that some have way too few abilities compared to others. Mystic, for example. has in the first levels a lot more skills then slayer or berserk. The pve part of the game is very well made, mobs are funny and there are a lot of Bams(bad ass monsters) and Elite mobs around to prove your skills and have an exiting fight.

PvP (6?/10): One of the most important factors in mmorpgs for me is PvP, I always loved competition and to learn how to play better by doing PvP. Its of huge importance that classes are balanced to have a nice experience in PvP and I have seen a lot of other mmorpgs like rift(at start) and swtor fail completely under that aspect. Since I only played up to level 22 i don't know if the game is balanced but judging only from my experience (very limited, again :P ) the game seems very very unbalanced, some classes do way too much damage compared to others and don't get punished that much by mistakes in the fight while other classes instantly die from a single one.
Overall damage is too high, everything seems to implode when focused even little bit and I didn't enjoy that very much but, as I said, its early to judge this aspect of the game too seriously. :3

Overall Tera seemed a great game to have fun and explore, has new things compared to other mmorpgs and I hope will get even better when full game releases.

I'll make a more complete review after playing the game more time and experiencing more of what has to offer, so follow me! :3
http://www.youtube.com/user/TeraPanpan?feature=mhee

Mystic Gameplay

2012-02-14T01:30:00.000-08:00

Here a video of mystic's gameplay, we killed some elites as well as doing all secret base with just mystic and beserker, to test if was possible to do it without an actual tank. Mystic is very fun to play in instance and elite grinding, you are mainly a healer but you have time for some dps too. Healing is harder then in others mmorpgs since you have to lock on your heal on the target you want to heal, this can be hard when there are many people in your group. The damage the mystic can do is very little compared to other classes, mainly relies on aoes and a spammable, lock on, dot. Also mystic has pets that can be summoned to do different tasks: healing, damage, tanking. Anyway here is the video :3

New Screenshots

2012-02-13T17:05:00.000-08:00

Soulcrusher

2012-02-12T03:27:00.000-08:00

Here you can see me and Desu killing Soulcrusher, a boss in one of the first instances in Tera. The boss wasn't hard to kill once we understood his abilities but was very very long fight because was just the two of us.

Was the first time i tanked with warrior and tried my best, I never had so much fun tanking like in this game and warrior has a really awesome gameplay. Instead of standing still and absorbing damage as a normal tank, warrior has to avoid most of the boss's abilities and it's super fun to do it :P

GM Anna

2012-02-11T02:38:00.000-08:00

While leveling my warrior I found GM Anna in the main town of the first area. :P
The announcement at the end is one of the funniest from a GM, guess they don't like people spamming "LAAAG" more then me.

Mystic Gameplay

2012-02-10T02:59:00.000-08:00

An this is my elin mystic grinding mobs and questing in the starting area :P
I found mystic to be a very fun class, has a lot of aoes since low levels and has a pet that can tank bigger mobs for you. Animations are cool and well made too...BUTTERFLIES ATTACCCKKK! :3