Blade and Soul - TERA (Population loss?)

[Taiga]

For a while I wanted to pick up a real MMO (only played like Vindictus before this one) so I grabbed TERA and really started to love it [59 Slayer atm] ~ Before I downloaded it I did research on Blade and Soul, since it's coming out Jan. 19, 2016 so I'm worried that a lot of the TERA population will dwindle :'( ofc I'm going to try Blade and Soul, but I want TERA to continue thriving as a MMO and hopefully be on par with Blade and Soul.

What do you guys think? Are you gonna try Blade and Soul? Will we lose a lot of TERA population? <--- I don't want this :(

[OHMYGYOD]

I was planning on trying bns. But i seen a couple of Tera players who've been playing/streaming/making yt vids more than they used to with Tera like Flow from MT and Kilryan from MT and some others.

[BearBot]

the population will likely lose to black desert more then blade and soul even tho its a very good game its still 4 years behind and black desert will release around the same time.

[F4ngDragon]

Nah, we will not lose a lot, NCSoft on NA is known to screw people on the american versions, and also, lots of the hype that went into BnS was lost during all the time that it took to reach over here, and the censorship is pretty heavy so people will move, but not like a huge migration of them.

[Taiga]

引用自 BearBot：

the population will likely lose to black desert more then blade and soul even tho its a very good game its still 4 years behind and black desert will release around the same time.

Black Desert also looks like a deeply thought out and well designed game, but I'm not sure how the pay to play model fits with the generations today. Since Blade and Soul and TERA were F2P , I'm not sure how Black Desert (as beautiful as it is) will hold up.

[BearBot]

引用自 青 虎 刃 (Taiga)：

引用自 BearBot：

the population will likely lose to black desert more then blade and soul even tho its a very good game its still 4 years behind and black desert will release around the same time.

Black Desert also looks like a deeply thought out and well designed game, but I'm not sure how the pay to play model fits with the generations today. Since Blade and Soul and TERA were F2P , I'm not sure how Black Desert (as beautiful as it is) will hold up.

What i thought of <Black desert> its the Witcher of MMOs. and yes blade and soul still holds up better then most MMOs to date and the combat is still solid.

[United_Strafes]

引用自 F4ngDragon：

Nah, we will not lose a lot, NCSoft on NA is known to screw people on the american versions, and also, lots of the hype that went into BnS was lost during all the time that it took to reach over here, and the censorship is pretty heavy so people will move, but not like a huge migration of them.

Not true at all, they censored one mission that was a paltry side mission, there was no "heavy" censorship things like boob physics and skimpy outfits ae completely unchanged and people made way to big of a deal out of the ONE main thing that was intentionally changed.

[BearBot]

引用自 United_Strafes：

引用自 F4ngDragon：

Nah, we will not lose a lot, NCSoft on NA is known to screw people on the american versions, and also, lots of the hype that went into BnS was lost during all the time that it took to reach over here, and the censorship is pretty heavy so people will move, but not like a huge migration of them.

Not true at all, they censored one mission that was a paltry side mission, there was no "heavy" censorship things like boob physics and skimpy outfits ae completely unchanged and people made way to big of a deal out of the ONE main thing that was intentionally changed.

yep, its not China censorship.

[Sandman]

Black Desert is grindy as HELL. It's not like Tera where you quest to level. You're literally just killing trash mobs for hours and hours trying to level up. If you die, you lose XP and then you spend time grinding that back.

End game content is basically non-existant and the guys in BDO only talk about things like fishing and crafting.

I really tried to like Black Desert because of all the hype but it's such a grind I just can't do it. Also, there haven't been any good instances for grouping that I can find. So you're basically just running around in the woods killing trash mobs all day.

And it's not even Free to Play. It's Buy to Play in the US. No thanks.

[sNaG]

I whant to try Blade and Soul i tryed Black Desert it was ok but i dident like the classis that much and I think Tera is a awesome game i had it for 2 days and i am a level 30 lancer and all the missions and stuff like that are free so far so i think tera will still have alot of players and for sure Me

[Sandman]

Blade and Soul I hear is not too bad. I heard the PVP is really really good. But there is no healer class. However, there are dungeons and raids unlike Black Desert.

I'm in the closed beta right now for Black Desert and I really just can't continue playing.

I watched a youtube video where a guy is killing trash mobs for 45 minutes and he gains like 1-2 levels. Just mindless and boring.

Maybe someone can shed some light and I'm a real dummy, but it just looks like a Chinese internet cafe grind fest.

[GrapplerBot]

I've played Blade and Soul.

TERA's combat is waaaay better. B&S feels janky and you stick to things in a strange way.

[White Raven]

Played BNS Russian and Beta here in US:
First off BNS is going to feel more like a polished game since it has been out for a long time and we are pretty much just waiting for translations, down side to that is that it has lost it's market due to being delayed for so long.
I've only played one class but combat is mainly based on combos, in a similar fashion of Guild Wars, but better integrated and can change easily to different fighting trees during combat as needed.
Healer class is Summoner, obviously not a traditional healer.

Waiting for CBT2 Black Desert, I'm really afraid this is going to turn out like Archage. I'm prepared for the fact that this is not going to be a polished game since it is new, and they don't have traditional "raids and dungeons". I hear some review complaining about this, but I think since it is a new game it's going to be about giving it time to develop, get balanced, and content to be released. So far character creation and combat looks pretty amazing so we shall see.

Just encase anyone was wondering why I was here, I've played Tera for way to long and have been looking for something new. I know I will play Blade and Soul it will most likely be my new long term game. Since I already bought Black Desert I will play that, but I have a feeling I will prob just play new content as it gets released, it really depends on where the end game pvp/content hits me.

[Sandman]

Guild Wars was such a let-down because you learn all your skills in like 10 minutes. People say "Oh, you unlock different runes or whatever and can customize" but I was real disappointed. Granted I bought it like 3 weeks after release. World PVP didn't carry over into the normal game, no upgrades, no levels, no items, nothing.

Now I hear it's F2P. I paid $50 or so and I felt duped.

I almost launched Black Desert again because CBT1 is almost over, but I just don't feel like killing trash mobs for 2 hours to get 2 levels. Instead I played Tera and did some dungeons. Much more fun.

[PJ]

引用自 青 虎 刃 (Taiga)：

What do you guys think? Are you gonna try Blade and Soul? Will we lose a lot of TERA population? <--- I don't want this :(

A friend of mine really wants me to play Blade and Soul with him. So I'm going to play both.

[Ephnen]

Skip BDO and stick with Tera. I do love the BDO visuals, but the PVP is a clusterf*ck and leveling becomes painful once you reach a certain level. It will make you pull your hairs out and will start to hate the game. This is coming from a Korean who has played many grindfest MMOs. I just can't do it again when comes to US. B&S in other hand, it's something I've been faithful to since the announcement and will continue to do so. Because it's actually fun to play, unlike BDO. If US BDO changes the exp rate, so it becomes a lot less grindy, then I'd consider it.