Tera v.s. Guild Wars 2

[ViciousXUSMC]

Round 1 Fight!

- Post your personal opinions on why one game is better than the other, or what you like about one, or dislike about the other.

I may have a little talk show podcast thing soon with a fellow YouTuber/Gamer as we were talking briefly during my live stream of Guild Wars 2 on this same topic.

I was surprised to see somebody support Tera so strong and not like GW2 very much. So now I am interested in seeing more opinons from other people.


You May
> Flame the game but not each other
> Use technical reasons like performance, stability, monthly cost
> Use personal reasons, in my opinion...

Be constructive I would like to see a good debate.

[DEagleson]

Il start then.

For me the decision is based purely on the fact that Tera needs a monthly subscription while Guild Wars 2 does not.
If Tera followed the same buisness model i would perhaps go for it too but them Elins creep me out. D;

[mtrein]

Yes, we cannot allow the monthly subscription thing to keep going. Do expansions every year to cover costs of development, but don't charge every month. That is the main reason I'm leaning towards Guild Wars 2 too.

[GamingACU]

I personally think that GW2 > Tera in almost every instance. I played a ranged class for both during each beta (Ranger and Archer respectively) and while Tera's aiming mechanic required a little bit more skill it distracted away from skill rotation and the lack of movement while attacking actually deteriorates the skill required to play. In GW2 you can attack and cast skills while moving making the pace much quicker and skillful.

The dodge system is also much better in GW2 as you can choose the direction and how you want to dodge rather than it being connected to a skill like Tera.

I also like the way the story played out in GW2 and found the experience to feel more unique. I enjoyed who the cutscenes were done in GW1 as it made things feel more epic and GW2 sort of follows suit. While playing Tera I pretty much felt like I was playing Aion with an improved combat system.

I'm not saying Tera is bad, but it's just not as good as GW2. After playing just the beta weekends for both I'd say Tera is around an 8 while GW2 is closer to a 9. Tera is still honestly the 2nd or 3rd best MMORPG out there period, IMO, but there really has been a lack of quality titles in the genre even though the market feels flooded (albeit with sub-par games).

[pay928]

Combat feels more fluid in GW2 but have to plan your moves more carefully in Tera so neither one is better to me, it would depend on how I feel like playing at the time. This is mostly due to Tera being less forgiving to mistakes.

Definitely like the character customization more in GW2 since any class can have a variety of play styles while each character in Tera plays nearly the same every time you log on them.

Questing to GW2, PvP probalby GW2 but Tera doesn't have BG's yet to fully judge but an even playing field in structed PvP as well as grandness of WvW is going to be hard to beat.

Main point Tera wins on is the political system setup and setting up the more seeming community that the political system will yield. Active elections, loving/hating guilds based on how they run their provinces will probalby yield a more active server community than GW2's WvW will. It will be easier to not know who nameless guild X is in WvW since nothing they do directly effects me like a guild raising/lowering taxes or closing/opening shops in Tera.

Overall, going to play Tera until GW2 comes out but will probably cancel sub then unless game ends up being good enough I want to continue paying for a sub and wish to/have time for playing both games.

[jinda]

I cant say anything about GW2 as I haven't played it. But I am curious and want to try it.

I am starting with Tera and maybe one of the reason why I like it is just because its not WoW. I dont hate WoW but I just got tired of playing it for 6 yrs.

Feels like Tera is a whole new game for me. I like the combat style so much. Maybe if I get the chance to play GW2 then I would feel the same being new to me.

One thing I am not used is how the screen is locked in Tera.

The dodge system is also much better in GW2 as you can choose the direction and how you want to dodge rather than it being connected to a skill like Tera.

I'm not sure what you mean but you can also choose your dodge direction in Tera. What do you mean by the dodge is connected to a skill? I thought its an independent skill.

[masterchef341]

gw2 is probably going to be a lot better than tera as a game, totally ignoring the fact that with tera you have to pay 10-15$/month depending on how far ahead you pay.

even if gw2 releases a $40-50 expansion every 16 months, it's going to be a MUCH cheaper endeavor, and you won't be required to pay anything extra to continue playing at any point.

I would also have less of a problem with pay per month games if they didn't have an initial purchase requirement. There's no way I'm paying $50-60 for a game download, and then $15/month on top of that to have access to the game. Flat refuse on principal, even for a high profile game, much less something like tera.

[tijo]

I haven't tried TERA so i can't really comment on the gameplay aspect, but the no monthly fee is certainly attractive for GW2 and the way they intend microtransactions to be implemented in GW2 it won't be buy to win either like some free to play MMOs. If GW2 succeeds with that model, the arguments for pay to play will certainly take a hit. I don't really see myself paying per month for a game.

One thing i do like about both games is that they do try to make things differently than other MMOs in certain respects. There are some things that you can't really change that much though.

[hakira]

Haven't played (or really even looked into) either of them and frankly I'm not sure if I want to get back into an MMO again, but if I have the time it will def be GW2. No sub fees are really appealing not because of the money but because without them you don't feel like you are committed to the game for reasons other than the gameplay - with fees you feel bad not playing because then what are you paying for? I can still install and play GW1 anytime I want even though I haven't so much as thought about it in 4 years or so and it will be exactly where I left it.

Another reason to buy GW2 for me is to support their business model, it seems like the quality game studios/companies are moving towards f2p/microtransaction variants and we should vote with our wallets. Valve has made more money with tf2 after it went f2p than all their other games, it just works.

[Star Forge]

Yes, we cannot allow the monthly subscription thing to keep going. Do expansions every year to cover costs of development, but don't charge every month. That is the main reason I'm leaning towards Guild Wars 2 too.

They don't really even need to spam expansion packs like WoW does. That also gets very annoying. Their idea is to do microtransactions and that model is pretty successful in many MMO's that implement it.