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Content for CB1 tomorrow.
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Since we have 60 hours of BETA time and are only able to reach level 22 I might aswell let you guys know about all the content so you can have something to do and also because some of it isn't obvious because we don't enter those regions through the quests, I don't think.
I am mainly providing these because so many people complain about level 1-15 content saying the monsters are easy, well of course they are, what MMO has difficult monsters in the beginning? So let those complainers know there is content to come!
Unfortunately there is only one dungeon we can do, I am not sure the name but you gain access at level 20.
Second, we've got quite a few BAMs:
Arakia World Boss(Lvl 20 Ovolith) - Located shortly after entering Valley of the Titans across from the little town, being a world boss you may need to server hop to find it. Soloable if you are the same level or higher, but a party greatly increases your chances of success.
Kumas and Nagas(Lvl 21-23) - They are a big fat blue guy and giant centaurs essentially, they are located in the mid-region of Celestial Hills. You could solo these if you are the same level but if you are 17-20 I recommend getting a full party, it's more fun and faster in groups anyways. (My personal reccomendation once you get the hang of em' is to pull 2 at once, maybe a Kuma and a Naga).
Naga Warlord(Lvl 24) - A super charged centaur, he looks pretty awesome when he becomes enraged. I reccomend a party for this powerful fellow, he is located in the middle of the field of Kumas/Nagas.
Basilisk(Lvl 20) - The weakest of the BAMs you will face, if level 18 or above it should be soloable, but groups are always more fun. Located at the top right of Oblivion Woods.
Someone mentioned they were looking for a group for golem like monsters, I failed to locate these(if they actually exist). Anyways I wrote this so you can have the best gameplay experience, sleep well and have fun tomorrow guys and gals!
EDIT: Also feel the need to mention, the NA client will not have highres textures...the file is 17GB while the EU one was 23.7GB, the highres textures for NA will be brought back in the second closed BETA. Just force AAx8 and AFx16 in your graphics cards controls to make things a little better. :[
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Cool thanks for the world boss info.
I'd like to add there is another world boss at the very back right corner of Oblivion woods(very back part of the place with all the basilisks), it is a level 21, you will need to server hop to find it.
There is also a level 25Kumas(this will be very hard) world boss at the very bottom of centurion hills, you will need to server hop to find it.
Fought em all, killed em all. Really good stuff. Hope people give this game a chance, as you start combo chaining combat gets loads more fluid, especially with slayer and then the PVE aspect gets much more difficult with BAMs and the first dungeon.
Are there always zone instances or does the game open up after the island?
What do you mean? I'm level 22 and can run over mountains or go anywhere and end up in level 50 regions if that's what you mean.
I do feel most of the PVE is too easy, but the real problem is that it doesn’t encourage people to embrace the action mechanics, mobs need to use the telegraphed attacks more often, so players stay alert, and each one need to hit for far more dmg to give an incentive to use the dodge and block mechanics. Also the mobs needs to side-step and dodge more.
The point is that the fundamentals in TERA's combat are very strong, they just need to show them at earlier lvls for most of the mobs, so that new players can appreciate the differences with this and most other mmos. You could sell the hardness as a plus, the way EVE does, and the different combat would be a good justification. I know that people need to get used to the combat who have not played action games, (like me) but as a zerker for e.g. I don’t feel the need to block any attacks at this point (lvl 14) as my armour and health can take it, that makes the defence side of the combat no different to WoW style mmos. This may not be the same for sorc for e.g. but if they do take more dmg per telegraphed atk, let them dodge more easily; just give us reasons to use the mechanics.
Sorry, I don't know what to call it.. like instances of every zone. Like there are 30 different instances of the same zone. They call them Chapters in TERA.
Do those ever go away where its just 1 instance of that zone?
Depends on the number of players, at times (3am for e.g.) in certain areas ive been in the only channel. I think its a better system than having overcrowding, quest camping, lag fests, or lots of servers.
Bah if that is the case, I will be passing on this game. I cant stand instances
Guess its back to waiting on ArchAge 
The channel system doesn’t effect immersion or open world flow the way that instances do, it’s just a way to manage the pop, its either that or loads of servers, and all the problems that go with them, its not much of a reason to not try the game. You can change channels whenever you like. Some of the worst problems ive ever had in mmo such as rift or wow is due to pop issues, as they wont use channels.
I think there are no channels after the starting zone, I remember I wanted to change to a different channel for the mount quest and couldn't find them on the interface anymore. So I think it's just for the starting zone.
BOOYAKA!
Ya it appears cities are not instanced, but all other areas are. I am off the main lsland now and several areas into the new contenents and definitely still instances zones. Oh well. I got bored of the questing by level 16, I just can't play the errand boy quests anymore in an MMO. Combat was sick, loved the spells, even the graphics were good for non-high rez, but the rest is just the worst from all MMOs that I hate.
/me back to waiting for ArchAge.
Really glad they had this closed beta though, and I really hope that other MMOs pick up on the combat, cause it was a nice change of pace.
Please make it to 20, you`re so close.
What will happen at 20 ? I am at level 18 and ran out of quests but those repeatable ones...
grinding those are boring though.
There is a big difference between instance and channels. Tera's open world is not instanced but it does have channels, especially at lower levels (except for cities and towns, which has no channels). The channels disapper at around level 40.
Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries...
I think I will go insane making it to 20. It's just not fun. If a game can't be fun before level 20, then I will never roll and alt and if I never roll an alt, I will not be playing long.
Quick question: if you pre-order online (from the site the Tera official site directs you), you get automatic access to the CB events--can you cancel these pre-orders though? If so, do they charge your card and then refund it, or do they not bill you the full amount until the game is released?
They do bill the full amount up front but you can talk to their customer service and get it refunded.
How did you run out of quests at 18? I'm at level 20 and I have quests from the last zone that I didn't even finish. This game is very refreshing.
i enjoy the protect quests but way way to many are kill 10 of this type.. it's starting to get old already...
oh on a side note 360 controller works fantastic with the game..
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/339443/Video-FollowUp-Guide-For-Enhancing-Graphics-and-Performance-in-SWTORSorry-still-Nvidia-Only.html
That is a little odd, one would think it would have been easier to make the same client for both...
It do look great in highrez BTW