Posts by IceD

  • Functional tests of our systems – test no. 2

    I know this may sound unfair to some of the people, but do have in mind that this is a stress test session, not a betatest. Frogster wants to gather data from various hours, not only the peak ones. I'd also like to ask if the characters got wiped, cause it's good to know I won't have to delete them manually.


    Other than that, great news! :)

  • Functional tests of our systems

    I have to congratulate Frogster team for doing a great job on fixing all the issues.


    The test was a great experience. Almost no lags at all, expect one or two server lag spikes somewhere in the middle of the test. I was also amazed how smoothly the game actually run on my decent, albeit a bit outdated pc (c2d E6750, 2 gigs of DDR2 ram and a GTS250 card working at 1280x1024). I played maxed-out and antialiased at x4 and the fps counter didn't went lower than 50 FPS, even in particullary crowded areas. As for the gameplay, I actually didn't came on any bugs, nor found anything out of place. There was no lags at all and my latency was fantastic (~35-90 at most, 30Mb connection from eastern Poland). Too bad I entered 30 minutes after the tests started - I wish I could see that stream of incoming players at the beggining :D


    As it was my first time playing TERA myself, I had a blast. The graphics are really gorgeous, and the gameplay is smooth. The controls were very easy to grasp and just in a few minutes I was slashing mobs left and right like a boss ;) I'm very happy we all were able to have that test today and I hope there will be a chance for a longer test session soon.


    Also, elins ftw!


    Best regards
    IceD

  • Voice of the Community: TERA @ Frogster

    Marketing for me as well, please. I would like to see how do you manage with sales and game promotion and in what ways do you get all the positive feedback on your products from people; This might be preety instructive.

  • Introduction of the Elin race

    It used to (meant to be) a male counterpart to elin, but isn't anymore. Elin and Popori now are two distinct races, and don't have much in common besides popori being "the children" of elin (popori are elin's creations), and elin being the benevolent (kind of :D) nature spirits, which were brought to life out from godess' Elinu's mind.


    Anyway, if the devs would keep the first original model, I would expect another large controversy about now :D

  • Test Session 1 for TERA Europe – Get all the details!

    Yeah, judging from some of the streams, the game is already quite playable and the ammount of bugs isn't that big, as some of us might be thinking. For myself, I was awaiting for something more buggy and glitched at the beggining, but got a nice surprise instead :) Anyway, most of the bugs are just cosmetic, but that shouldn't mean the betatesters might rest peacefully :) Kill em' all guys!

  • Introduction of the Elin race

    Quote from Shadowsinner

    >male version


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    Why not? :) Honestly speaking, it propably wouldn't be a bad thing, at least in the ways of equality. Popori sound fun a lot, but I'd rather like elin to be a bit more realistic, by being an exact race and having their male counterparts, rather than being "nature spirits"; what devs done, is basically an easiest developing move to shake your hands of any future issues and avoid all the problems and make things easier in the process, not to mention all the bull***t, that would propably arise from that (more controversy, I think :D). I also wouldn't be against them being "a little more well rounded" in some of their parts, at least they wouldn't look soo "darn" infantile to some of the most enraged people :D


    That said, them being nature spirits is a nice thing, but I would rather want them to be the true children of the goodess Elinu, tasked with an everlasting mission to protect nature's delicate balance, rather than some "guardian" beings created on a whim of such a poweful entity. It would be more enjoyable that way and they still could be called "natural spirits", anyway.


    Anyway, enough of my ranting; it's not me who created this game :) And in any case, it's good as it is. I only wished we could avoid all this controversial disscusions, which led to such situation.

  • Screenshots of the Week - Edition 28

    I have to say they all look great and people will have a hard time to chose their favourites. As for me, I like the white mount the most, propably of it's cool looking armor and texturing. The pegasus seems nice as well, although he's a bit to fancy for my tastes - high elves will propably look good with them :) The brown mount is preety simplistic, but surely will find it's own lovers.

  • Political System: Which kind of a leader will you be?

    I have to say, this is some preety exiciting stuff!


    As for me, the more regions and more possibilities, the more fun it will be. Don't forget it's not the game that dictates things, it's us who will chose how to play the game and what to do; so basically, The political system will be dependable a lot on the community and all of the players' efforts. This system makes it just a starter for everything. Which means pratically we will propably have the possibility to scheme and plot intrigues against the others, make them suffer, kill for humiliating our lords, wage wars against hostile nations and form new alliances, helping our fellow folk! That's the stuff I like!


    And for sure, I'd love some real political drama out there! Hope, you all won't dissapoint me ;)


    Le roi est mort, vive le roi!

  • Voice of the Communtiy: Favourite race

    Anyway, more original in-dev race character concepts, preety please! Are we going to be able to see some of those as well? I just can't get enough of the game's art and it's a brilliant inspiration from wonderful artists alike!