Gameforge AG has announced that TERA is to swap to a free-to-play model from the former subscription-based one in European service areas. This follows Korean version developer Bluehole Studio's similar announcement in December
Accounts will now be split into two types: Free User and Veteran. Free users can play without charge, and access all of TERA's game content including races, classes, instances, equipment, PvP, and the political system. Limitations come into play when comparing the number of character slots and safe deposits, which veterans will retain.
Anyone who has purchased TERA, regardless of whether they hold a subscription during the switch or not, will have access to 8 character slots, the max number of safe deposits, and a special in-game title.
Both account types will offer the opportunity to become a member of the TERA Club, which is comparable to the current subscription. Players that currently have a subscription running will receive automatic club membership. Additionally to the content of both account types, members receive further advantages with regard to game comfort: shorter cooldown times for instances, increased experience point yields or an epic mount.
For the start of the free-to-play version of TERA, players can also look forward to a brand new dungeon as well as a new arena for exciting 3 versus 3 battles.
Incorporating a real-time battle system with a third person camera view into a fantasy MMO, TERA has a lot to offer to players. Typical features such as quests, crafting, and PvP action are available, but one of the main differences between TERA and other fantasy games is the battle system: Rather than tab-targeting a victim, players manually target an enemy with cross-hairs and actively dodge enemy attacks!
To maximize your TERA experience, be sure to check out the TERA Fans Wiki and visit http://www.terafans.com/, where you'll be able to find all the information you need in addition to a passionate community of players.
Comments
It's great to see this game go F2P it's just a shame that the game itself has no active support, users are able to use 'P2P' and share hacked files and a majority of the errors is based simply on how huge the game is and how long it takes to actually patch the game.
I bought the game when it came out and it was 27GB, today it's almost 50GB. It can take (for some pcs) upto 3 hours to patch the game and even sometimes the launcher won't even update your game (it will simply freeze, but seem active).
It's not a bad game or a game to hate but worth trying out, just remember that this game has issues (Not like War Z issues).
edit: talking about the EU client. US I've not tried as it's not nessessary for me to play there.