FFXIV / Tera battle mechanics

[Calevr]

Watching these have got me feeling this is what i would like FFXIV to offer everyday!


Tera Online Level 42 Dungeon Boss 1080p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ShwgsSPnE

FF14 Uraeus NM (Mercury -Melmond)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OTgiOa3-yI

Final Fantasy XIV Opening Cinematic Trailer [HD]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag2cR...eature=related

Final Fantasy X: Boss - Seymour Natus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vckZE...eature=related


There needs to be something that excites you when engaging an enemy. At the moment FFXIV doesn't have this.

I miss that epic Final Fantasy experience!

[yukikaze_yanagi]

For a good part i see a big guy smashing the terrain and charging. Nothing i should call "epic", or different from the buffalo. Battle animation are cool. But not really the encounter

[Reika]

Looking at the UI...... Wow clone AGAIN?! Everythings in the same damn place too. The battle looks nice and all, but games with developers who cant make their own stuff up dont deserve no props. Tho it isnt nearly as bad as what Rift did.. And a bunny tank is pretty cute.. and it doesnt look like it has auto attack either >.>.

[DeadRiser]

Looking at the UI...... Wow clone AGAIN?! Everythings in the same damn place too. The battle looks nice and all, but games with developers who cant make their own stuff up dont deserve no props. Tho it isnt nearly as bad as what Rift did.. And a bunny tank is pretty cute.. and it doesnt look like it has auto attack either >.>.

It's a UI, there is gonna be some similar stuff. As for making your own stuff... XIV did it and look where we are now.
This post is going to get taken off and you will get a warning for promoting other MMO's so I'd take it down when you have the chance.

[Jinko]

Looking at the UI...... Wow clone AGAIN?! Everythings in the same damn place too. The battle looks nice and all, but games with developers who cant make their own stuff up dont deserve no props. Tho it isnt nearly as bad as what Rift did.. And a bunny tank is pretty cute.. and it doesnt look like it has auto attack either >.>.

Tera has a real time battle system, its hard to explain but its far far far away from being a WoW clone, sure the UI looks similar but its just what people find comfortable to use and is intuitive, I mean FFXIV's UI is the complete opposite its very minimal and clunky as hell.

Now I kind of like FF14 but the chances of me leaving when Tera comes out or I get into the beta is highly likely, SE need to get their act together.

The NA/EU version of Tera is being heavily westernised, don't expect to see ridiculous grinds in this game even if the Korean version does.

[Reika]

And when is it that Tera is being released NA/EU?

[Martyr]

And when is it that Tera is being released NA/EU?

Supposedly 2011. They just did a community play event recently, but they're not in open beta. There's no NDA on it, so there's a lot of information out there for it.

I dunno. I'll definitely play Tera, if just to get more action into my MMO life, and because I like the look and feel of it, but I'll be sticking around FFXIV as well. Tera promotes itself as 'skill based' where really it's just utilizing a different set of skills.

Hopefully, FFXIV gets a lot more strategic, then I'll keep it around for when I want to actually think, and play Tera when I want to chop things to little bits with an oversized sword.

[Betelgeuzah]

The NA/EU version of Tera is being heavily westernised, don't expect to see ridiculous grinds in this game even if the Korean version does.

Which is kind of stupid. The two different versions, if not developed independently, will come to a situation where the Korean version and Western version do not match. The Korean version is balanced with more grind in mind, and if the Western version is simply a less grindy version of it- well, I'm not sure whether the Korean devs will give a shit to adjust.

Not to mention Frogster publishing the game in EU. God, why do they hate us?

It's kind of sad, since while the game looks generic it is polished and is pretty much as good as a game from Korea can get.

[Reika]

FFXIV's is different because it had other FF games to branch from, and every FF game will look and function different in some way. Rift... no predecessors, so it copied WoW. Tera... No predecessors, so it Copied WoW. The combat is obviously different and by the looks of it better in Tera, but when I look at it i see another WoW paste.

And if i know anything about korean MMO's it will probably be one of the 'gold means everything' and 'HUGE NUMBERS are awesome' styles, so you go to buy a weapon from a merchant and it will cost 23,472,299,299 gold.... and you will have to get 10,000,000,000 exp for one level, then add 5,000,000,000 for the next, as well as reduce exp gained for the next level. That kind of system is more likely to attract botters and gold sellers that WoW did. (Numbers are a bit exaggerated, but Aion looks JUST like that.)

Wonder what Guildwars 2 UI will look like. . .

[RichardButte]

Tera's boss encounter looks infinitely cooler and more fun, though I've sworn off of Korean MMOs because they're always ridiculous grinds.