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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

NewNews - TERA Online entirely free today

Official Site: http://tera.enmasse.com/
Source: Youtube Channel enmasseentertainment

Tera Online went free-to-play 2 months ago with lots of limitations as mentioned in an earlier post.  It might have been a way to test the waters or analyze player reactions before going entirely free, but that doesn't matter now as En Masse Entertainment has launched an entirely free Tera Rising today.  No more subscription fees, no monthly payment, just the game and of course a micro-transaction store.  The shop will include clothing, mounts and consumables, nothing too extravagant that would give PvP players an advantage as far as I know.

For those unfamiliar with Tera Online, it is an Action-MMORPG that utilizes combat mechanics found in action-games rather than the usual point-n-click/Tab-action combat found in most MMORPGs.  This means that players will have to actually aim their attacks in order to land hits on an enemy.  It's still an open-world experience with instance based dungeons and PvP.  I participated in the Beta and really enjoyed it.  If you're interested in Tera Rising, click on the top link, register for an account, download the game, and you'll be ready to play in no time.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

NewNews - TERA Online Free-to-Play Up To Level 28

Official Site: http://tera.enmasse.com/
Source: Youtube Channel onrpg

It's come to my attention that TERA Online is free-to-play up to level 28 now.  That's a little more than half the max level of 50.  TERA Online is an Action-MMORPG where it takes out the traditional Point-n-Click mechanics and turns it into more of a Action-game control schemes.  Players will have to actually aim at the enemy rather than click or Tab-action their targets.  I tried out the game during beta and really enjoyed the mechanics of the game as well as the beautiful graphics that really brought out the environment.  I liked the idea of being able to truly control your attacks and having to aim rather than click on an enemy and execute every skill I possess on my character as it brought more depth to the MMORPG genre and allowed players to fight more than one enemy at a time.  As long as you possess a En Masse Entertainment account, you can download TERA Online Discovery and start playing.  If you don't have an account, you can make one for free.  The player can also choose to switch from a free-to-play account to a subscribing account to play the full game which takes off all limitations.

Here are the limitations directly from the FAQs of the site:

You may only have 1 Discovery Edition on your En Masse account.

Max level 28
200g limit
Max gathering skill of 150
Max crafting skill of 100
2 characters per server

Chat restrictions:
/Say chat
Area chat
Global Chat
Trade Chat
Bargaining at the brokerage
Party search
Whispers (you will be able to whisper to players on your friends list)

Limits to:
Bank. You cannot deposit gold into your bank.
Parcel. You may not send parcel messages, but you may receive them.
Friends List. You may not add people to your friends list, but other may add you to their friends list. If someone adds you to their friends list they will show up on your friends list.
Whispers. You may only whisper your friends.
Guild. You may not apply to or create a guild, but if invited, you may accept a guild invite.
Trade Broker. You may not post items for sale, but you may purchase items.

Other restrictions:


No dueling, death matches, or battlegrounds.
No trading.
You may not transfer to another server.

You can start playing TERA Online free now by clicking on the top link and clicking "Discovery Edition - Play for Free" on the right of the page.