[Mikuni]

Another nice title killed by this horrible publisher,

http://tera-europe.c...ras-future.html

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February will mark a new era as TERA will open its doors anew, free to play for everybody!

[Aurion]

Old news is old.

[Sirmi]

I doubt it's a fault of GF.

I was reading couple of articles and opinions with proofs that most MMO games with subscription model are going F2P because it's bringing higher income than subscription one.
Of course some points like leaving players etc, lowering population still is a heavy nyerk for these games but still, F2P models are working well

[1234Sildrin4321]

I don't know why people say a game is "killed" if it just turns F2P.

[Mikuni]

Of course it's their fault, all the big legions left to play in US servers (where it's not going f2p).

http://eds.guildlaunch.com/

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We now reside on Valley of Titans NA, as the guild has moved away from EU TERA due to bad publishing on Frogster's behalf!

etc

[Aurion]

Mikuni, on 14 January 2013 - 07:17 AM, said:

Of course it's their fault, all the big legions left to play in US servers (where it's not going f2p).

Actually it's going F2P in NA as well.

[Maurin]

Mikuni, have you even played TERA to claim its GF's fault?

That game lacks content. In Korea there are only 4 servers left.

Stop your hatred for GF, it's pathetic...

[dirtyklingon]

tera should have never been anything other than b2p or f2p hyrbid.


as both a game and the content it had at launch, and has since added, it has never been able to support a $15 sub, much like many of the mmo's released last year.


regardless of the retarded comments you see on every new mmo youtube video about it being just another tab target/hotkey skills mmo, if people really wanted tps/fps/action rpg combat in their mmo, games like tera would sell alot better than they do, or in cases of the games in teh subgenre that have plenty of content, retain players better.

but they don't. these games don't even do that well in their native korea.


it's because they're all gimmickry and novelty, without much depth or substance. the combat systems are nothing new if you've played dynasty warriors or like games in teh past 20 years. and branding them as mmo's is simply self defeating(which is a rampant problem in the mmo industry in general, not just for action rpg games like tera)


wether or not tera was mismanaged in eu (or na) has little to do with teh game itself simply not being what is required to support people paying a $15 a month sub for more than a couple months unless they play only a couple hours a week and don't socialize with other players in game.

[Machazareel]

Mikuni, on 14 January 2013 - 07:17 AM, said:

Of course it's their fault, all the big legions left to play in US servers (where it's not going f2p).

http://eds.guildlaunch.com/



etc

You doofus. NA announced that they're going F2P before EU did. Just as it has gone F2P in Japan and Korea. This has nothing to do with gameforge and everything to do with the game not being suitable to be a p2p game. F2P is the best thing that can happen to it.

[dirtyklingon]

idk if any of you guys that regular in c&m go up the root index ever, but for some context, the OP used to be GF's biggest fanboy, often bragging about his inside contacts and getting people banned, then the love affair turned sour and he spends his days raging about them all over aionsource now, threatening law suits and legal action because they are sick of his nyerk and stopped returning his mails.


besides i though tera was managed by frogster in europe? is gf = frogster now?

[Nobody]

Gameforge bought Frogster or Frogster bought Gameforge - don't remember which. So yeah, they're highly related. f2p is the choice for Tera in NA as well, so it doesn't make sense to blame Gameforge.

This topic is highly inflammatory and I don't see it going anywhere positive. So closing it.