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To be a Paragon or Not to Be - Poll Opens to Name the Class - TERA - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited March 2017 in News & Features Discussion

imageTo be a Paragon or Not to Be - Poll Opens to Name the Class - TERA - MMORPG.com

TERA News - The TERA team is asking for the community's input to name the next class coming to the game sometime in or after April. En Masse had named it the Paragon, a female glaive-wielding hero, but apparently the name hasn't struck a chord with the community. As a result, a new poll has been posted to ask for input.

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  • 3dom3dom Member RarePosts: 889
    Where is
    Polearmy McWardenface
    variant?

    Thank you for your time!

  • ShazbokShazbok Member UncommonPosts: 4
    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.
  • HunctucavetoHunctucaveto Member UncommonPosts: 20

    Shazbok said:

    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.



    Don't bother asking, this debate has been going on a long time in Tera, debate is too kind , MANY complaints lodged, but have fallen on deaf ears at En Masse.
  • AllerleirauhAllerleirauh Member UncommonPosts: 496

    Shazbok said:

    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.



    Don't bother asking, this debate has been going on a long time in Tera, debate is too kind , MANY complaints lodged, but have fallen on deaf ears at En Masse.
    It's not En Masse, that's only the publisher. The developer is Bluehole Inc. Gameforge is the publisher for Tera UK. En Masse cannot change anything. I thought that they settled on Paragon, I guess not.
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  • JDis25JDis25 Member RarePosts: 1,353
    Paragon
    Moondancer
    Sentinel
    Valkyrie
    Glaivedancer

    Ugh.. gonna go with Paragon.
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    Looking forward to: Crowfall / Lost Ark / Black Desert Mobile
  • Tiamat64Tiamat64 Member RarePosts: 1,545
    edited March 2017
    Shazbok said:
    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.
    Budget issues, I imagine.  When an MMO is first created, there's always a lot more budget devoted to it than afterwards with ongoing development and update.  Hence lots of race/gender/class combos at the start, but less and less for each new class cause they don't have the budget to develop all those animations for each race and gender combo for the new class.

    Whether or not that justifies such a thing as okay etc is an entirely other matter, of course.
  • Reaperman69Reaperman69 Member UncommonPosts: 28
    hmm moondancer shes not carrying a moon. i think poledancer is a better choice :)
  • MrMelGibsonMrMelGibson Member EpicPosts: 3,039
    edited March 2017

    Tiamat64 said:


    Shazbok said:

    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.


    Budget issues, I imagine.  When an MMO is first created, there's always a lot more budget devoted to it than afterwards with ongoing development and update.  Hence lots of race/gender/class combos at the start, but less and less for each new class cause they don't have the budget to develop all those animations for each race and gender combo for the new class.

    Whether or not that justifies such a thing as okay etc is an entirely other matter, of course.



    Thats great and all. But even if this is true. That still doesn't excuse 3 female only classes in a row. Before anyone says "most ppl play females in Tera". Well no shit. When all the newest classes are female only. It doesn't take rocket surgery to figure out why.


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  • AeliousAelious Member RarePosts: 3,521
    edited March 2017
    Valkyrie seems to be the obvious choice.

    Paragon to me denotes some sort of holy or light power class, like in Guild Wars. In fact I thought this new TERA class was another healer at first just due to the name.

    A melee warrior that uses a glaive and is female only? Screams Valkyrie.

    Edit: I forgot about the moon power resource pool so Moondancer also sounds fitting. It will be one of the two if the poll winner ends up being the one EME BH goes with. Side note, I am impressed at the amount of total votes. Sure, an account is free but I doubt people would go to that extreme to dup vote on a class name.
  • HeraseHerase Member RarePosts: 993
    edited March 2017

    MrMelGibson said:



    Tiamat64 said:




    Shazbok said:


    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.




    Budget issues, I imagine.  When an MMO is first created, there's always a lot more budget devoted to it than afterwards with ongoing development and update.  Hence lots of race/gender/class combos at the start, but less and less for each new class cause they don't have the budget to develop all those animations for each race and gender combo for the new class.

    Whether or not that justifies such a thing as okay etc is an entirely other matter, of course.






    Thats great and all. But even if this is true. That still doesn't excuse 3 female only classes in a row. Before anyone says "most ppl play females in Tera". Well no shit. When all the newest classes are female only. It doesn't take rocket surgery to figure out why.



    from what i remember reading a while back, its because people in Korea people rather play those races and gender. As it's Blueholes choice and not Enmasse or gameforge, they design things like this based around what the players over there want. While the game is doing very well here, i think most of the playerbase is Korean based
  • WarlyxWarlyx Member EpicPosts: 3,368
    Valkyrie no doubt , since its only female
  • xyzercrimexyzercrime Member RarePosts: 878
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  • AllerleirauhAllerleirauh Member UncommonPosts: 496
    edited March 2017
    Herase said:




    Tiamat64 said:




    Shazbok said:


    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.




    Budget issues, I imagine.  When an MMO is first created, there's always a lot more budget devoted to it than afterwards with ongoing development and update.  Hence lots of race/gender/class combos at the start, but less and less for each new class cause they don't have the budget to develop all those animations for each race and gender combo for the new class.

    Whether or not that justifies such a thing as okay etc is an entirely other matter, of course.






    Thats great and all. But even if this is true. That still doesn't excuse 3 female only classes in a row. Before anyone says "most ppl play females in Tera". Well no shit. When all the newest classes are female only. It doesn't take rocket surgery to figure out why.



    from what i remember reading a while back, its because people in Korea people rather play those races and gender. As it's Blueholes choice and not Enmasse or gameforge, they design things like this based around what the players over there want. While the game is doing very well here, i think most of the playerbase is Korean based
    When I used to play Atlantica Online (years ago), you would have thought that it would have been more popular in Korea, but apparently, it wasn't. If North Americans are willing to play the game, which they are, they have already adjusted the game to fit the preferences of the player base, but yes, it's Bluehole's choice and not En Masse. Some people still seem to want to blame En Masse or Gameforge for something that they cannot change.
    Post edited by Allerleirauh on
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  • jonassmjonassm Member UncommonPosts: 24

    MrMelGibson said:



    Tiamat64 said:




    Shazbok said:


    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.




    Budget issues, I imagine.  When an MMO is first created, there's always a lot more budget devoted to it than afterwards with ongoing development and update.  Hence lots of race/gender/class combos at the start, but less and less for each new class cause they don't have the budget to develop all those animations for each race and gender combo for the new class.

    Whether or not that justifies such a thing as okay etc is an entirely other matter, of course.






    Thats great and all. But even if this is true. That still doesn't excuse 3 female only classes in a row. Before anyone says "most ppl play females in Tera". Well no shit. When all the newest classes are female only. It doesn't take rocket surgery to figure out why.





    ... even before gender locks, female characters, specially elins by a wide margin, were always the most popular, stop talking what you dont know about, you sound really pathetic at this point.
  • DeathFromAboveDeathFromAbove Member UncommonPosts: 112
    Call her Pole Dancer.
  • AeliousAelious Member RarePosts: 3,521
    jonassm said:

    MrMelGibson said:



    Tiamat64 said:




    Shazbok said:


    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.




    Budget issues, I imagine.  When an MMO is first created, there's always a lot more budget devoted to it than afterwards with ongoing development and update.  Hence lots of race/gender/class combos at the start, but less and less for each new class cause they don't have the budget to develop all those animations for each race and gender combo for the new class.

    Whether or not that justifies such a thing as okay etc is an entirely other matter, of course.






    Thats great and all. But even if this is true. That still doesn't excuse 3 female only classes in a row. Before anyone says "most ppl play females in Tera". Well no shit. When all the newest classes are female only. It doesn't take rocket surgery to figure out why.





    ... even before gender locks, female characters, specially elins by a wide margin, were always the most popular, stop talking what you dont know about, you sound really pathetic at this point.
    You do understand you just personally insulted someone over your feelings for a game?

    As a counter-argument, EME should be relaying preferences of the region they are responsible for and hopefully they are. BH may still decide to stick with gender and race locked classes as that's thier prerogative. NA/EU markets may not be large enough to sway them.

    It's worth noting that all studies I could find do not show a large preference for female avatars overall, only that more males prefer to play females characters than vice-versa (20% vs 8%).
  • MrMelGibsonMrMelGibson Member EpicPosts: 3,039

    jonassm said:



    MrMelGibson said:





    Tiamat64 said:






    Shazbok said:



    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.






    Budget issues, I imagine.  When an MMO is first created, there's always a lot more budget devoted to it than afterwards with ongoing development and update.  Hence lots of race/gender/class combos at the start, but less and less for each new class cause they don't have the budget to develop all those animations for each race and gender combo for the new class.

    Whether or not that justifies such a thing as okay etc is an entirely other matter, of course.









    Thats great and all. But even if this is true. That still doesn't excuse 3 female only classes in a row. Before anyone says "most ppl play females in Tera". Well no shit. When all the newest classes are female only. It doesn't take rocket surgery to figure out why.








    ... even before gender locks, female characters, specially elins by a wide margin, were always the most popular, stop talking what you dont know about, you sound really pathetic at this point.



    I Was There Since Beta Kid. Only reason Elins were popular was because of the hit box advantage and the reach they have. Majority of players I talked to that played them didn't even like them. They just used them for that extra edge. You see, it's you that doesn't have a clue.
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  • zaberfangxzaberfangx Member UncommonPosts: 1,796
    edited March 2017

    Shazbok said:

    Any particular reason why this new class is also restricted to female characters only? More and more of your classes seem to be race/gender specific. I'm starting to feel like I'm playing an online version of Gauntlet instead of an actual mmorpg.



    Is all about the money, people end up making more females then males in a MMO they go where the most amount money is. Other part too is lazyness companies just to save more money.
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