Tera Online News

First and foremost, I've updated the TERA Fans wiki to include up to date (i.e., taken from the CPE) skills and glyphs for lancers, and also updated the starting stats on the lancer page. For this post I'm going to talk about my thoughts and opinions on a few of the officially translated glyphs (but not the skills as I did that in my previous column) and then some of my thoughts on (low level) PvP, mainly duels.

Glyphs
Glyph of Polish (Stand Fast) - Reflects 20% of blocked damage. This one caught my eye straight away. Most likely to be a staple for PvP of any sort. If you have this glyph enabled and you block, say, a sorcerer's firebomb attack the reflected damage will be a good chunk of the sorcerer's health. Not only will it be good for damaging ranged classes when you can't get close but it could even scare your opponent into not attacking you. Imagine a sorcerer being too afraid of you blocking (thus reflecting 20% of the damage) their biggest attacks to even use them. Or a berserker too afraid to do the same.

Most of the other glyphs are nothing special except perhaps Glyph of Energy (Leash) - Reduces cooldown by 20%. Leash is an amazing skill to use against those pesky kiters who just refuse to stay in close proximity to you for longer than a second or two. With this glyph the cooldown will be reduced from 40 seconds to 32 seconds, quite nice.

While not eyecatching, two glyphs deserve honourable mentions. Glyph of Threat (Challenging Shout) - Provides 10% additional aggro. While 10% isn't much extra, threat issues with the lancer's low default threat and healers inciting rage in monsters like you've never seen dictate this to be an essential glyph for PvE. Not so useful in PvP.
Glyph of Spirit (Combo Attack) - Increases MP regeneration by 20%. Lancers eat up MP like there's no tomorrow. At the state of the CPE client version, lancers need all the extra MP regeneration they can get. Recent changes to the kTERA client may have absolved this need for extra MP regen, but extra couldn't hurt. Right?


Level 17 PvP
Lancers are pretty beastly in 1v1 PvP, at least against melee classes. I found slayers to be the toughest melee opponenents merely because just by using their standard attack they can get behind you and, even if they're facing the other direction, their weapon swings will hit you in the back - quite a pain when you're trying to block. On the other hand mystics and sorcerers can cause big problems for a lancer. They each have a good keepaway game which works extra well at level 17 because the only way lancers can close distance is with Charging Lunge, which has a 10 second cooldown. While 10 seconds may not seem like much, it feels like forever when you've got a sorcerer pelting you with fireballs.

I also had some clipping problems with dueling, where I would stun an enemy and then my Combo Attacks would just go right through the opponent. I'm not sure what was causing it though - it's either a hit detection bug or it's lag related. Perhaps a hit detection bug caused by lag.

I won't be writing about what it was like to fight every class as a lancer, as some either weren't very notable or I didn't get enough experience against them to write an informed paragraph. I did get my conqueror title though. :D

Sorcerer
They're like rabbits, always hopping around. If I get in close, they jump away. If by some miracle I get in close again within a few seconds, they have another jump to use. While this did cause problems, it was easily solved by doing nothing but blocking. While it's not a permanent solution, it can make an impatient sorcerer get closer to you so they can attack from your side or behind you. That's when you hit them with a stun. With HP/MP regeneration enhancement crystals this is not only a way to force the sorcerer to get closer, it grants you a small reprieve to generate some more HP/MP, and wait out the cooldown on Second Wind while not having to worry too much about taking damage.

Mystic
Mystics just have too many options. They can kite you all day long. If they're in danger of dying? They'll just sleep you and heal up. If they need to heal while you're right next to them and they don't have sleep? They have a summon that heals them while they avoid you. It's possible to kill this summon, but trying to do that can just leave you open to attacks by the mystic or, even worse, give them a chance to heal themselves up properly and/or drop orbs. That's not to say that mystics are unbeatable - it's just a long, tedious battle. Their damage output isn't the greatest but their survivability tools more than make up for that. They strike me as like lancers in that regard. Just try to stay alive and slowly whittle away at your enemy. In one of my duels against a mystic, I got 3 knockdowns in a row. Unbelievable, right? Unfortunately I ended up losing that duel, as fun as it was.

Berserker
Heavy hitters, but easy to block. With one exception. Their spinning attack, if aimed a little to the side of you, will just spin right past you and start hitting you from behind. If you don't react fast enough to this and turn around to block the other way, you could potentially be taking a lot of damage from just this one attack. Other than that berserkers aren't really anything special at this level. Their guard is easy to get around and the rest of their heavy hits can be easily blocked if you see them coming. Which shouldn't be hard as they have to charge them.

Lancer
While I didn't get much experience against other lancers, I felt I had to write here about them because of how fun it was. Perhaps the most fun I had dueling was against another lancer. Though I don't imagine it was too much fun to watch - 50% of the duel was either me or the other lancer blocking. It helped me learn to get around opponent's blocks though. Shield Barrage, while being a decent damaging tool, makes you dash forwards a little before the attack and then you can change the direction for your second attack with the shield. Aim the first swing a little to the side of the blocking opponent and then aim towards their back for the second swing. Not only will it get you behind them and do a decent amount of damage, you'll have a chance to stun them. They're blocking, they think they're safe, then all of a sudden you're behind them and they're stunned.

Deathmatches
Personally I didn't enjoy deathmatches all that much, I feel that at least at level 17 lancers have no place in them. Our damage output just isn't good enough to hurt multiple opponents at once, and it's certainly not good enough to keep people afraid of going after our healer. While having a certain stun and a potential stun is helpful in group PvP, I just don't feel it outweighs the cons of lancers at this point. Later, perhaps, when we get our Leash and AoE slow, we'll find our place in group PvP.



Thoughts? Opinions? Dissenting or otherwise?

Filed by TERA Fans News at 5:59 pm under Uncategorized  Tagged Aggro, Berserker, Chunk, Close Proximity, Duels, Fans, Glyphs, Honourable, Lancers, Monsters, Mp, Opponent, Pve, Rage, Regeneration, Shout, Sorcerer, Spirit, Staple, Tera
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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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Skill Table
Skill Videos
Gear Milestones
Overall Impressions

Skill Table

Icon	Skill Name	Level	MP Cost	Cooldown	Description
	방패 방어 / Shield Block	1	100	1 second	방패를 들어 전방으로부터의 공격을 방어합니다. 방어 가능한 최대 피해량은 장비의 성능에 따라 달라집니다. 스킬 버튼을 누르고 있는 동안에만 효과가 발휘되며, 방패 방어 중인 시전자 뒤의 아군도 동일한 방어 효과로 보호 받게 됩니다. Standard hold to block skill. Amount of damage blocked depends on weapon, high amounts of incoming damage blocked with a low level weapon will still let most of the damage through.
	연속공격 / Combo Attack	1, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54	0	0	근접한 대상에게 타격을 입히고 일정량의 MP를 회복합니다. 스킬 버튼을 연속적으로 누르면 공격이 이어지면서 더 강한 타격을 입힐 수 있습니다. Standard left-click attack to restore MP. Chains up to 3 times.
	방패 연타 / Shield Attack	2, 8, 14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56	37	4 seconds	전방을 향해 전진하면서 방패로 공격을 가합니다. 스킬 버튼을 연속적으로 누르면 2연타 공격으로 이어지며, 추가로 피격 대상을 잠시 동안 기절 시킬 수 있습니다. Press two times for a quick two hitting short range AoE shield combo with a chance at a stun on the last hit. The stun seems to have roughly a 25% chance of happening.
	도약공격 / Leap Attack	4, 10, 16, 22, 28, 34, 40, 46, 52, 58	152	4 seconds	대상을 향해 크게 도약해 강력한 공격을 가합니다. 방패치기, 방패 연타, 연속공격의 마지막 타격 뒤에 사용하면 더 빠르게 발동 됩니다. Powerful but slow multi-hitting lunge. Can be used as a reactionary skill after second hit of shield attack or a full set of combo attacks, very fast startup if used in this way.
	방패치기 / Shield Strike	6	100	25 seconds	방패를 강하게 휘둘러 근접해 있는 대상에게 타격을 입히고 잠시 동안 기절 시킵니다. Stun, 2/3 seconds long
	진격 찌르기 / Charging Thrust	8, 14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56	50	10 seconds	짧은 거리를 빠르게 돌진하여 찌르기 공격을 다합니다 Charge towards the target, following with an attack. The charge travels 20m. Must connect with the target before the charge ends or there's no attack. Effective range is about 18m, anything further and you risk not getting the attack depending on the size of the target
	기상공격 / Rising Attack	12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60	0	15 seconds	일어나면서 대상을 공격합니다. 다운된 상태에서만 사용할 수 있습니다. Reactionary skill used to get up quickly with an attack after being knocked down.
	회생의 의지 / Revitalizing Will	14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56	360	60 seconds	HP를 즉시 회복합니다 Instant HP regen Amount per level - 789, 1093, 1512, 2089, 2885, 3984, 5499, 7591
	도발의 포효 / Roar of Provocation	18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60	150	10 seconds	주변 약 10m 범위 내의 몬스터들을 도발해 시전자에 대한 적대치를 대폭 증가 시킵니다. 10m PBAoE around the lancer that taunts any target not currently attacking the lancer and also causes a high amount of threat. Recommended to be used constantly throughout any fight to ensure you keep the targets concentrated on yourself and not your allies and any time you lose control of a target and it decides to attack someone else.
	맹렬한 돌진 / Vicious Charge	20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56	253	11 seconds	창을 앞세우고 돌진해 정면의 대상에게 연속적인 타격을 입힙니다. 돌진 중에는 다운 및 경직에 저항할 확률이 높아지며, 받는 피해도 50% 감소됩니다. Slow foward charge hitting multiple times along the way. Drains mana continuously while active, can be cancelled by blocking. Most of the damage comes at the end of the charge. Can't steer the charge. Character charges forward 15m, attack at the end extends to 18m-20m. Reduces damage taken by 50% for duration.
	신뢰의 오라 / Aura of Trust	22	400	5 minutes	30초 간 주변 약 20m 범위 내 파티원들의 맷집을 91% 향상 시켜주는 신뢰의 오라를 생성합니다. 효과 적용 대상에서 시전자 자신은 제외되며, 공격을 받아 다운되면 오라는 사라지게 됩니다. For 30 seconds you enhance your ally's threshold of damage by 91% (Actually don't know what this threshold means. It could mean resisting the chance to be downed or stunned.) This aura's radius is 20m and the caster (lancer) cannot be buffed from this and if the lancer experiences a knock down effect during this effect the aura will be canceled.
	포획 / Hook	26, 50	100	40 seconds	조준한 대상에게 갈고리를 던져 시전자가 있는 위치로 끌어 당깁니다. 지나치게 큰 대상은 끌어당길 수 없으며, 갈고리는 최대 약 18m 까지 날아갑니다. Pull the target towards yourself and stun it for a second. The pull works on targets of all size aside from the largest of enemies. If the target can't be pulled, the stun still takes effect. 18m max range.
	반격 찌르기 / Riposte	26	Passive	Passive	방어 상태에서 적에게 반격을 가합니다. 반격 시도 중에는 다운 및 경직이 발생하지 않으며, 받는 피해도 50% 감소됩니다. 방패 방어 성공 시에만 사용할 수 있습니다. When in Shield Block you Riposte your enemy. During the action sequence of the Riposte you cannot be stunned or downed, also you receive 50% less damage. You can only use this when you have a successful block.
	방어구 부수기 / Armour Break	28, 52	75	3.5 seconds	강력한 일격으로 대상의 방어구를 부숩니다. 피격된 대상은 일정 시간 동안 맷집이 3% 감소됩니다. 효과는 최대 3번까지 중첩됩니다. 3% reduction to target's armour. Can be applied up to 3 times. Using the skill again while at 3 stacks will refresh the duration. Lasts 10 seconds. Could do with a duration increase, perhaps by 5 or 10 seconds.
	위협의 파동 / Wave of Threats	32	150	30 seconds	시전자를 중심으로 주변 약 7m 범위 내의 대상들에게 위협적인 파동을 발산해 일정 시간 동안 이동 속도와 공격 속도를 30% 감소 시킵니다. 7m wide PBAoE that reduces attack and movement speed of all enemies in range by 30%. Lasts 5 seconds. Best used against fast hitting enemies or fast moving enemies.
	철갑의 의지 / Ironclad Will	36, 42, 48, 54, 60	125	20 seconds	철갑의 의지를 다져 최대 3359 만큼의 피해를 흡수합니다. MP 1 당 최대 13까지 피해를 흡수할 수 있으며, 최대 피해 흡수량을 넘어서거나 모든 MP를 소진하면 효과는 즉시 해제됩니다. 10초 간 지속됩니다. Grants a shield that expends mana to absorb incoming damage. Removes 1 MP per x damage absorbed, up to a maximum of y damage absorbed, seperate from the inital casting MP cost. Lasts until 10 seconds have passed or y damage has been absorbed. Amount per skill level - x: 13, 17, 25, 33, 50 / y: 3359, 4637, 6401, 8834, 12191

Some notes about the skill table.
1. I recommend you watch the accompanying video to a skill if you don't understand exactly what I meant in the skill description.
2. MP costs should be accurate to the first version of the skill at the level you get it
3. I couldn't figure out for myself what Aura of Trust and Riposte did while I was playing, so I asked Kalsteine to translate them for me. Thanks to Kalsteine for that, and for giving me more accurate names of some of the skills.
4. Aside from those two skills, all skill descriptions are paraphrased in my own words from notes I made on them while playing.
5. Values in the descriptions, such as the x and y values for Ironclad Will, were taken from the official Wiki.
6. There are more skills after level 36, but since they come after 38 which was the cap in the kOBT I didn't want to include them as I hadn't been able to use them. There are some pretty nifty looking skills though.

Skill Videos

Gear Milestones

None of this gear (aside from the lances and shields of course) is exactly lancer exclusive, seeing as how berserkers also wear plate, but I thought I should include these three major gear milestones for good measure so anyone reading this can get a good look at how a lancer looks with some of the big gear upgrades. How a female Aman lancer looks, at least. The level 38 gold gear looks like a bit of a downgrade, aesthetically, from the previous sets doesn't it?
Images are clickable for high resolution versions.