New TERA gameplay clips feature dungeons, boss fight, exploration

@Xo1o
Haha, I found that last sentence amusing as well...is Massively funded by Quakers? idk.

Anyhoo...wow the game looks Fantasitit...err, tic. Definitely happy En Masse is taking their time on localization. Nobody wants Aion 2 the sequal where a perfectly great game gets lost through westernization.

@jimr9999us

Haha, no we're not funded by Quakers, but long experience with writing TERA posts has led me to conclude that many people are incapable of refraining from harping on the armor, regardless of whether the game itself is of any interest to them.

Hopefully those folks will skip this thread, but I doubt it.

@Xo1o If playing female characters makes me into some kind of anti-man, I don't wanna be male! AKA If this is wrong, I don't wanna be right!

@Xo1o But then, there's actually a good chunk of our playing population that aren't biologically men in the first place, so that's a silly comment. But I understand where you're coming from. :D

@Omali Who let that ten year old walk around with her underwear showing and her shirt barely buttoned?!?

@Azev

Yeah, same. Even with the delays I'm still interested in this game, because there's nothing else really like it on the western market at this time.

As far as the skimpy armor complaints are concerned, I've seen a lot of armors for female characters that are anything but skimpy, I think it just depends on the race you choose and the particular piece of armor in question. Some of the races have more of a predisposition to skimpier clothing (the Castanics for example are pretty much as naked as they come), while many of the human or amani armors are much more covered and heavier. It's part of the art direction of different races, and while it means that some people will be offended by pixels, it also means that each race has its own unique armor graphics, which is impressive.

Idk if anyone hasn't seen this yet, but here is a thread with links to many of the armor sets (over 400 of them), categorized by race and sex.

http://www.eximiusclan.com/threads/4742-Tera-400-Suits-of-armor

I think a lot of people are tired of the complaining about the armor, and just don't care if some people find it offensive at this point, and some of us are still burning torches for a game no one is forcing us to play. At the end of the day, children will behave like children. Regardless, the link is a great source for people who are interested in the graphic and art design for TERA.

@NeverDeath My theory is that the Castanic, being essentially demon people from a fire plane have an internal body temperature just approaching scalding, thus need a lot of ventilation in their armor... and it's fantasy, so the armor is enchanted, and can deflect pesky things like broadswords and crossbow quarrels just fine. :D

@Azev

I can't wait for the game either, but I'm concerned about grouping. In an action game, the danger involves quick timing and reflexes. With a Priest in the mix, the danger seems to be all but eliminated. I think the most fun I'll have is trying not to do things with a healer, as I could just wail away and be healed despite whatever combat system may be in place.

@DeeBeeP

I think they should provide support for both types of armor, which TERA does - it's just that they have specific art design dedicated to each specific race, so it's more a matter of what race you play than what class. Castanic Warrior for example isn't supposed to be like warriors in WoW, they are agile and light, Lancers are the real shield-wall bucket o' steel types, and most of those sets from what I have seen are pretty damned heavy.

I think the fact that so far most of the information showcased via videos has been with the skimpy armors of the castanics goes a long way toward misinforming people that it's all that exists in the game. Regardless, the horse isn't getting any deader on this one, methinks.

@DeeBeeP Hilde from Soul Calibre has my vote for favorite well-armored female. Her armor even manages to look both practical and elegant.
http://images.wikia.com/soulcalibur/images/a/a4/HildeSC4.jpg
Mind, I don't mind skin in the least either though.

@(Unverified)

Unless they plan on including anything to do underwater like combat or quests than whats the necessity for allowing players to dive underwater?

You obviously haven't played SWTOR yet in which every ocean and lake is no more than 3 feet deep.