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K-TERA Patch Notes | 3.24.11

[System > Battlefields]

• Match making system was added.
  - We have added a match making system so that players of equal level of skill will be matched. Match making will be made by comparing the teams' winning percentages.
  
  
• Reward methods have been changed
  - We have made it so that you need at least 1 kill to accomplish a win.
  (For example, 10vs10 Battlefields; even if you reach the resource point that you need to win it if your team don’t have a single kill the match will be made a draw.)
  - The additional reward ‘Medal of Honor’ was previously only earned by being in a guild party, now you will only receive it if you win the match.
  - If the team loses without a single kill, they won’t get rewarded at all.

[Class > Priest]

• ”Sanctuary of Regeneration” skill was added.
  - The skill range will be 10m and it will create a circle of 4m radius.
  - The circle will stay active for 5 seconds.
  - This skill can be learned at level 6 and it makes it easier to heal melee classes.
  - You and your allies will gain one HoT(Heal over time) effect by stepping in the circle.
  - The heal amount will vary on your level and it will heal every second for 5 seconds.
  - The heal amount will also vary depending on the Priest’s weapons.
  - The whole party can receive the effect if they are within the circle.
  - Casting time of this skill is 1 second, and the cooldown is 12 seconds.
  - Using the ‘Healing Wind’ skill will trigger a 5 second cooldown for the ‘Sanctuary of Regeneration’ and vice versa.
  - If you were to use the skill ‘Sanctuary of Regeneration’ the ‘Healing wind’ Skill will go on a 5 seconds cooldown while the ‘Sanctuary of Regeneration’ will go on a 12 seconds cooldown.
  
  Acquired level:6 Heal amount each second:136 MP cost:1100
  Acquired level12: Heal amount each second:181 MP cost:1100
  Acquired level:18 Heal amount each second:235 MP cost:1100
  Acquired level:24 Heal amount each second:298 MP cost: 1100
  Acquired level:30 Heal amount each second:366 MP cost: 1100
  Acquired level:36 Heal amount each second:431 MP cost: 1100
  Acquired level:42 Heal amount each second:489 MP cost: 1100
  Acquired level:48 Heal amount each second:533 MP cost: 1100
  
  
• ’Holy Lightning’ skill was added.
  - It is a lock-on type skill and you can use it while moving. It is the only offensive skill that a priest can use while moving.
  - Even if the Priest hits the target with ‘Holy Lightning’ skill the priest won’t be put in to combat, during PVP both the attacker and the victim won’t be put in to combat.
  - Any ally in the range of 10m from the victim of ‘Holy Lightning’ will receive of 15 second buff, the effects are as shown below.
  
  Lv40, Str increased by 12, Attack speed increased by 5% and MP cost 750.
  
  Lv48, Str increased by 13, attack speed increased by 5% and MP cost 813.
  
  - Your strength and attack speed will be buffed, making you efficient in combat.
  - Cooldown is 30 seconds.
  
  
• ’Glyph of Cooperation – Quick Pace’ was added.
  - When using the skill ‘Quick Pace’ for 10 minutes your movement during combat is increased by 15.
  - Required Glyphe point: 3
  - Level requirement 25

[Zone > Monster]

• Monster HPs were adjusted.
  Some of the monsters that were significantly easier to kill and grind on were tweaked by their HP to equalize the effectiveness of leveling and doing the repeat quest for them.
  
  Zone: Vampir Hill
  Lv 28 Monsters Starving Arachnia, Vicious Arachnia and Giant Arachnia had their HP reduced by 16%.
  
  Zone: Cave of the Dead
  Lv 29 Monsters Skeleton Guard, Skeleton Officer and Skeleton Higher-ranking Officer had their HP reduced by 26%
  
  Zone: Labyrinth of Greed
  Lv32 Monster Labyrinth Guardian had its HP increased by 30%.
  
  Zone: Island of Despair
  Lv32 Monster Red Mist Berserker had its HP increased by 25%
  
  Zone: Witch’s Castle
  Lv36 Monster Mad Dark Magic Jester had its HP increased by 30%
  
  Zone: Lake of the Moon
  Lv35 Monster Flaming Beast had its HP increased by 18%
  
  Zone: Forgotten City of the Giants
  Lv37 Monster Rocksmash Tribe Destroyer had its HP increased by 26%
  
  Zone: Golden Road
  Lv36 Monsters Desert Hyena and Waste land Wolf had their HP increased by 30%.
  
  Zone: Temple of Heretics
  Lv37 Monsters Lok Fanatic Gladiator, Lok Fanatic Soldier, Lok Fanatic Priest and Lokian Archer had their HP increased by 30% and Charmed Dark Reaper had its HP increased by 29%.
  
  Zone: Essenia Hills
  Lv 41 Monsters Toolsa Protector, Toolsa Shaman and Toolsa Follower had their HP increased by 30%.
  
  Zone: Corrupt Forest
  Lv40 Monster Crazy Rock Wolf had its HP increased by 30%.
  Lv41 Monster Volatile Earth Elemental had its HP increased by 30%.
  
  Zone: Ancient Forest
  Lv40 Monster Forest Pillager had its HP increased by 80%.
  
  Zone: Tyrant’s Highlands
  Lv44 Monster Kaidun Gladiator had its HP increased by 30%
  
  Zone: Ancient Castle of Evil
  Lv43 Monsters Evil Gladitor, Evil Warlock, Evil Dark Knight and Evil Shaman had their HP reduced by 17%
  
  Zone: Frozen Prairies
  Lv43 Monsters Wendigo Cryomancer and Wendigo Gladiator had their HP reduced by 30%.
  
  Zone: Isolated Zone
  Lv47 Monster Kaligo Holy Soldier had its HP increased by 30%.
  
  Zone: Valley of Savagery
  Lv45 Monster Tamed Valley Basilisk had its HP increased by 40%.
  
  Zone: Flaming Mountain
  Lv51 Monster Abysmal Hell Beast had its HP reduced by 19%.
  
  
• Monster positions were altered in Pirate’s Hideout.
  - Fixed an issue where ranged classes were having a difficult time kiting monsters around the narrow pathway, to address this we have removed a few monsters around the pathway in both 1st and 2nd floor.
  - Fixed the Red Mist Gladiator who kept resetting due to being stuck in a wall.

[ETC > Bug fix]

• Crystal – Venomous Blade bug fixed
  - Fixed an issue of the Venomous Blade effect being applied on your party members.
  
  
• Glyph of Cooperation – Guardian Armor
  - Fixed a bug of the Stamina buff being applied to ALL party members, not just the caster. Now the spell will properly grant only the Caster the Stamina buff and also the tooltip changed to the following effect if the player had equipped the Glyph that increased by duration time of the spell.
  - To fix the duplicate system message, we no longer display message for the glyph effect, instead just show the status icon.
  
  
• Battlegrounds Resurrection bug
  - Fixed a bug where you would resurrect immediately if you were to be resurrected through the Blessing of Resurrection effect. Normally it would trigger a resurrection wait time.

Filed by TERA Fans News at 4:36 pm under Uncategorized  Tagged Allies, Battlefields, Cooldown, Level 6, Match, Medal Of Honor, Melee, Mp, Patch Notes, Percentages, Radius, Regeneration, Resource Point, Sanctuary, Skill Range, Tera, Time Effect, Weapons
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On November 19th, TERAblah was able to finally get some information out of En Masse regarding, what some might call the best class, the Mystic! Some questions that everyone wanted to know about were answered, and some questions we already knew to be true were also answered.

In the interview with Brain Knox at PAX, TERA Fans was able to clarify whether the Mystic class can really be considered a pet class or not. Now we know, thanks to various interviews, that not only are they summons, but short-duration allies. The tanking summon and damage dealing summon attack the last mob the player has hit and the healing summon only heals the Mystic and has the shortest duration.

We also now know that the summons are not player controlled, but AI guided, and the summons will have constant, generic names, and no mater what race a player plays, all the summons will look simmer when they are summoned. En Masse also states that the summons are skills which can be upgraded once a player meets the upgrade requirements.



I am also planing on asking En Masse some questions about the Mystic class, in our very first Mystic class interview! I would like everyone to chip in, even if you are not planing on play a Mystic. If you have a question that you would like to see answered, you can either leave a reply to the thread, or PM me with the question.

Filed by TERA Fans News at 6:02 am under Uncategorized  Tagged Allies, Brain, Class Interview, Duration, Generic Names, Justice Friends, Last Mob, Mystic Column, Pax, Reply, Summons, Tera
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Hello TERA Fans! I'm Rishea and I'll be your Warrior columnist! (Better late than never, right? Hehe!) Ever since I played the first test with Amira, I fell in love with the Warrior class and I hope to meet the expectations of the other Warriors here!

Since I played for the first time, it seems like this class has been given so many options as far as play style. You can be straight DPS or an evasion tank of sorts. The potential is endless!

For those of you who may not have explored Warriors yet, they're a dual-wielding, fast paced melee DPS class. Their attacks aren't as hard-hitting as classes like the Berserker or the Slayer, but after several hits in succession, they can do devastating damage. They also have abilities to dodge incoming attacks and knock down or even stun enemies to help tanks or their cloth-wearing allies. Recently, they've been given the option to be a tanky sort of class since they're able to hold aggro well with their attacks and dodge to avoid damage. With the help of glyphs and crystals, there are tons of options depending on how you want to play! Warriors are very versatile!

Also with the new Combo system given to Warriors, as a tank or a DPS, you can deal large amounts of damage. This is a fresh way to play a class so players aren't stuck in a typical tanking role. As a DPS, it keeps things fun since there are several different combos that can be used. Perhaps depending on the situation, you may need to use different combos, but since the interface makes it easy to know which ability is available next, it takes away the hassle of trying to remember which abilities come after what.

I'm looking forward to being your Warrior columnist and seeing what new ideas and theorycrafting is to come with this great class! Farewell for now, TERA Fans!

Filed by TERA Fans News at 8:40 am under Uncategorized  Tagged Allies, Amira, Berserker, Columnist, Crystals, Dodge, dps, Enemies, Evasion, Farewell, First Test, Glyphs, Hassle, Hehe, Incoming Attacks, Melee, Slayer, Succession, Warrior Class, Warriors
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The official Popori description on TERA-Online.com seems to have recently been edited to state that the proper name for "female Popori" is actually "Elin". It also grants some insight into how the Popori race was created. (Okay, okay, so I was wrong. That once.)

The first edit I've noticed is in the first sentence where it is clarified that the umbrella term "Popori" describes two types of nature spirits, the Popori (males) and the Elin (females).

The sentence also seems to state that the Elin "raised the Popori into consciousness" and this is further clarified in the second paragraph. It seems that the Elin were first created by the goddess Elinu herself and that the Elin then granted some furry creatures sentience with their "divine spark".

Check out the updates I'm referring to, bolded below.

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And just for fun, check out some shots of the adorable Elin I've taken on my many journeys through the world of TERA :D



Thank you, Zyrusticace, for initially pointing out this update over in this thread! (Even if you are a dirty pigeon. <3)

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Hello, TERA Fans! This thread's got something for everybody-- even Lancers O:

Yesterday, Scapes posted this week's screenshots of the week and they're all of Lancers in action! They feature an Aman Lancer fighting a Kuma and three Lancers forming a protective barrier of Lancer-ness 8D

As noted on the official forums, if you look closely at the background of the second screenshot, there is a hot pink crystal sort of thing. Scapes has confirmed that, that is a gatherable crafting material. So, check out the screenshots below!

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Today, TERA Fans translator Meiellink notified me that a Japanese TERA teaser site has now opened! Right now there doesn't appear to be any new news on the site, but they are playing the amazing G*Star 2009 trailer... maybe we'll see the 2010 trailer sooner than we think :D

Anyway, if you're going to be playing TERA from Japan, you should definitely check it out.






Finally, I just thought I'd spread the word about a new thread I started yesterday! The Q&A thread will be home to Super TERA Fans and New TERA Fans alike as we attempt to address simple questions with simple answers :]

If you have a simple question but you aren't sure where a question like yours might be answered in the abyss of TERA information, just ask it in the Simple Questions -> Simple Answers thread and a TERA expert will surely try to help :D

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Lance and board. Doesn’t quite sound right does it?

A little information to start what will hopefully be a series of successful Lancer columns. As I haven’t been lucky enough to be in any of the FGTs (big hint to anyone in a position of power who reads this ;D), these columns will be largely made up of pure speculation and my opinions on articles I’ve read or videos I’ve seen. Until I get to try the game out for myself, that is.



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What attracted me, personally, to the Lancer class were a few simple points. Heavy armour, fun gameplay mechanics, and a button for raising one’s shield. I realise the last point was more of a TERA mechanic as opposed to a Lancer mechanic, but it boils down to the one reason I always shied away from tank classes in previous MMOs I’ve played – interaction. I’ll use World of Warcraft as a basic example. In a nutshell, tanking in WoW consists mainly of standing still in front of the enemy with one eye on one’s health and one eye on one’s threat meter. With some exceptions, what the enemy itself is doing is largely unimportant so long as you keep oneself at the top of its threat list. The Lancer can’t do that. The Lancer needs to stand between the enemy and allies to use the shield to block attacks from reaching allies. The Lancer needs to actually press and hold a button to execute said block. The Lancer doesn’t stack a blocking stat and pray to the rng Gods that a portion of incoming damage is reduced.

Interaction. The one thing that tanking has lacked thus far in MMOs. The act of actually physically blocking attacks from reaching allies just gives that much more weight to the word “tank”. PvP is also a factor in my decision to play a Lancer in TERA when I mostly played as dps in other MMOs. It’s entirely possible, and sometimes the best thing to do, to just bypass a tank completely and ignore them until you’ve managed to beat down the squishies providing backup for the tank. With the collision detecting preventing enemies from running right through you, in theory it should be entirely possible for a Lancer and allies to command control of a choke point such as a bridge. With the lancer standing on the bridge or a mountain pass, shield raised, and said allies staying back a little to heal the Lancer and attack the enemies. With good coordination between the players, a choke point such as this could decide the outcome of the PvP encounter. A shield used for shielding.

This raises a very important question in my mind – race selection. Presumably the larger races such as Aman will have a larger hit box, resulting in an easier time in blocking attacks from reaching allies, or blocking enemies from passing the Lancer at a choke point. Not to say that the smaller races just won’t be able to do any of this. Will it be easier for larger races? Will the shield hit box be the same size for each character? This is highly unlikely, and it could possibly mean that for certain points in the game, a Lancer will have a restricted choice of race. Honestly, I can’t imagine a Popori Lancer having the same size shield hit box as an Aman Lancer.

Then we come to the Lancer’s role in parties. Up until now, I’ve only been talking as if Lancers were only viable as tanks. This is not necessarily true. With proper gearing and (very heavy on the assumptions here) speccing, Lancers might well be able to output some proper dps numbers. Mostly for PvP and solo content, of course, but with good enough reactions it could be possible for a Lancer to do extra dps in PvE by sacrificing some tank-like stats. This may strike some of you as an odd thing to do, but with TERA’s heavy emphasis on reacting to enemy attacks and raising your shield in time, or even moving out of the attack’s area of effect altogether, Lancers may end up as quite the dps boost to the party. Imagine this – you’re PvPing and you see a Lancer heading your way. Your party is occupied elsewhere, so is the Lancer’s. It’s common knowledge that tanks generally don’t do much damage, so you figure that you could prevent the Lancer’s advance for a while to give your party a chance to catch up to you for backup. The Lancer blocks one of your attacks which is followed by Riposte. Suddenly, Crash Gear then Shield Bash. You’re stunned and have reduced armour. The Lancer’s doing a lot more damage than you first anticipated. You try to run away to get some breathing room and think about what to do next. The Lancer charges. You try to run again? Noose.

Not only could play like this do quite a decent amount of damage, but coming from someone that’s supposed to be a tank? It may well leave a lot of players disorientated; damage and ferocity unexpected from a tank. Even with gearing for damage output, with good reactions and anticipation of what other people will do it such situations, a skilled Lancer could be a very formidable opponent.

This column feels a little too technical to me. I'll try to break up the next one if I can. Let me know what you think.

To me, this opportunity is as much a learning experience as it is about sharing my opinions and experiences with the community. Maybe I said something outrageous; maybe I said something completely wrong, any feedback is good feedback. The more feedback I receive then the more I can better myself and better my columns.
I hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it. Peace out.

~x

Filed by TERA Fans News at 2:40 pm under Uncategorized  Tagged Allies, Armour, dps, Exceptions, Fun, Game, Health, Interaction, Mechanic, Mechanics, Mmos, Nutshell, One Reason, Pvp, Speculation, Squishies, Stack, Stat, Word Tank, World Of Warcraft
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Good evening, TERA Fans! Tonight the team is proud to share with you the third in our series of class guides from the recent focus group test!

Tonight, wiki team member Eldritch_Song fills us in on his class of choice, the Lancer! Enjoy!

(DISCLAIMER: The developers at En Masse Entertainment have enabled TERA Fans to share this information from the FGT with our community. Keep in mind that any of the information found here is subject to change as the game continues to develop.)

TERA-Online.com said:

Lancers are “stoic guardians” able to take damage, but also able to dish it out when the situation requires. Despite being a relatively slow class due to their predisposition to prefer blocking to dodging, the Lancer is nevertheless able to focus damage very precisely. This allows them to excel in single combat, though they are also able to drop their defenses and charge into the battle to scatter smaller foes from the field as necessary. They are the center of every battle, protecting allies and bolstering defenses, all while dealing devastating blows to unsuspecting opponents.





Class Skills



Combo Attack

Assigned to the left mouse button by default, Combo Attack is a starting skill, and one that is used frequently. The nature of the lance ensures that the Combo Attack is very narrowly focused, allowing the Lancer to attack a single enemy with great precision. Typically the Lancer will strike normally three times, and then perform a more powerful thrust on the fourth attack. When groups of enemies crowd the front of the Lancer, Combo Attack enables the Lancer to strike multiple enemies at once in a straight line. The best strategy for ensuring this condition is attracting a group's attention, and then moving back slightly, so that they charge at you in a group. One attack and they immediately regret their impetuosity!











Shield Block

Shield Block is perhaps the staple of the Lancer class, allowing them to heavily mitigate damage, transforming a foe's powerful assault into a harmless tap. By default, Shield Block is assigned to the "C" key, and must be held down in order to maintain the stance. The Lancer must be facing in the direction from which the attack is coming. Doing so will heavily reduce the amount of damage taken by the Lancer. This ability works equally well defending against magical as well as ranged attacks. With an instant casting time, this ability allows the Lancer to react quickly to each creature's "tells", rewarding the Lancer with an eye for sensing incoming attacks.






Ferocious Charge

Ferocious Charge is the perfect tool for breaking that stalemate, charging out of an unpleasant situation, or for mauling multiple foes all at once. The Lancer leans forward and charges in the direction they were facing when the charge was initiated. This produces a barrage of strikes against any enemies in the Lancer's path. While the damage for these multiple strikes is relatively low when taken individually, they cumulatively produce a significant amount of carnage. During the final seconds of the charge, the Lancer unleashes several powerful blows, following through with the entire strike by fully extending the arm and thrusting the lance through the last of their foes. This ability is most effective when initiating a fight, charging into groups of enemies, or when an enemy is knocked down and unable to respond.







Riposte

Riposte, earned at level six, is an incredibly useful "passive" skill that allows the Lancer to counter-attack each time they emerge from the Shield Block ability. Once a Lancer has successfully initiated Shield Block (and hopefully put an end to an enemy's attack), the Lancer may counter-attack by using their Combo Attack while still blocking. This results in the Lancer bashing the enemy with their shield, and then stepping through for a powerful thrust immediately afterward. This skill is especially useful for maintaining the Lancer's momentum in combat, allowing them to seamlessly transition between attacking and blocking.







Roar of Defiance

Roar of Defiance, acquired at level ten, is the Lancer's first "aggro" ability. When activated, the Lancer unleashes a roar which attracts the attention of surrounding enemies. The range of this ability is large enough to allow the Lancer to capture the notice of fairly distant enemies. In addition, the Roar affects the Lancer's surroundings in a full circle, allowing them to dominate the battle from its center. This is the Lancer's primary means of protecting group members from unwanted attention by monsters, in addition to the Shield Block ability. The relatively low cooldown requirement means that the Lancer is able to continuously maintain the hate of their enemies throughout the battle.








High Level Skills

While the skills received during the first ten levels represent the Lancer's core functionality, the later skills involve significantly more utility, permitting the Lancer to further find their niche within the group.

An often frustrating experience for a young Lancer is being taken unaware and knocked down in a fight, unable to initiate Shield Block. The Soaring Attack ability remedies this nicely, allowing a Lancer to quickly rise from the ground and get back into the battle with a strong counter-attack. Though only usable every twelve seconds, this ability lets the Lancer respond that much faster to enemy attacks, which is essential when a second's hesitation may be the difference between a successful block or certain death. While the Lancer's powerful strikes are often enough to knock down opponents as a matter of course, the ability Shield Bash allows them to take advantage of this situation more accurately. Using this ability on an enemy and then rushing in with Ferocious Charge is often enough to frighten the staunchest of opponents. At level twenty the Lancer is provided with the Noose ability, which allows the Lancer to pull enemies to them from a significant distance. Importantly, the range of this ability is fifty percent greater than that of Roar of Defiance, allowing the Lancer to have even further control over events on the battlefield.

Thus far, most of the Lancer's abilities have directly impacted the battlefield either by damaging opponents with powerful attacks, or by controlling enemies by drawing their animosity and/or the monster itself. However, at level twenty-six the Lancer is granted its first debuff, Crash Gear. This ability reduces an enemy's armor, allowing both the Lancer and their party to deal increased damage for ten seconds. It is important to note that this ability can be stacked up to three times on the same opponent for each successive attack after Crash Gear is applied. Getting in those attacks is certainly doable for an attentive Lancer, and even more so when activated with allies nearby! Moving up to level thirty, this trend of granting the Lancer group-friendly abilities continues. Aura of Inspiration places a buff on group members which increases their defense by fifteen percent. The fact that this Aura does not affect the Lancer is very flavorful, further heightening the Lancer's persona as the stalwart defender of their party. Granted at level thirty-six, the Lancer receives a second "aggro" ability called Infuriate. The primary difference between Infuriate and the similar ability Roar of Defiance seems to be one of degree. Infuriate has a significantly longer cooldown cost. However, the name of this ability seems to indicate that the hate generated by this skill is also significantly improved over the more frequently used, but less powerful Roar. This skill enables the Lancer to take charge of a chaotic battlefield, ensuring that the attention of surrounding enemies is securely focused on them, once again protecting their party from sure death!

Filed by TERA Fans News at 4:15 am under Uncategorized  Tagged Allies, Enemies, Enemy Attacks, Fgt, Focus Group, Foes, Good Evening, Group Test, Guardians, Incoming Tide, Lances, Left Mouse Button, Party Members, Predisposition, Single Combat, Stalwart Defenders, Straight Line, Team Member, Thrust, Unsuspecting Opponents
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