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@Fnights Except that in TERA, if your weapon doesnt collide with the target or your aim is off for a ranged spell, you miss. Having a crosshair and not having one is a very big difference. It's the difference between Monster Hunter and Assassin's Creed combat. B&S's combat locks on to your target so everything follows them, functioning similar to how GW2's combat works. The action animations are just a little different.

This game's combat functions significantly more like GW2's combat than TERA's.

@Saker Whats wrong with overthetop? The mobs look great. The fact that they are different from your same ol' orc/bear/troll/boar RIFTfest that MMOs are plagued by is a good thing.

@BoundingDeer Or they could not change the art style and you could not play it. Seriously. Take your boring run-of-the-mill Tolkien fantasy style elsewhere.

@Jef Reahard I think the reason they dodged that specific aspect of it (apart from them over all being vague with answers) is that the exp curve 100% should not be changed. It's already easy enough on the korean side, the only issue is that it isnt very solo friendly atm which the korean devs acknowledged and are taking measures to deal with it.

As for the Endgame Gear Grind... In K-TERA right now, PvE gear > PvP gear and over all gear isnt very time consuming to get if you have a good group. Of course, they havent implemented true endgame yet (Lv51-60) but if they stick to the same formula it should be ok.

@RizzRustbolt ....What? They havent deleted any gender at all. If you mean the Elin, all they are doing is tweaking the wardrobe...

@Nenene That specific casting animation is only on three specific skills (Hellfire, Sleeping Wind, Blast Ball) of one class (sorcerer), one gender and for two total races: Castanic and High Elf. Thats it. None of the other race/class combinations have that animation. I dont understand why everyone complains about casting animations.

This is the Elin casting animation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GUZ1pxj4l4#t=0m33s It's actually quite badass.

That said, I'm still glad their art is being changed.

@oxlar Maybe you should stop thinking in terms of action MMO = fail and ask yourself why those action games actually failed. AoC? Gankfest, bad designing, lack of endgame. Darkfall? Clunkly combat, buggy, generally unfun. Vindictus? Lack of skills, lack of content, instanced world.

None of said games failed because they were action MMOs. They failed because they were bad MMOs overall. Why hasnt a successful sandbox game been made? Because it hasnt been done correctly yet. Why hasnt any WoWclones succeeded in the past 5 years? Because they havent been done better than WoW yet.

So, why have all of said action games bombed? Not because people are disinterested in that style, but because they just havent been done correctly yet.

@zorovriend It's not just aesthetics. The weapons length in TERA is its actual reach and hitbox. Because of the combat system, weapon size is part of balancing for melee classes.

Just look how easy it is to whiff an attack with weapons that size: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDxGfXKjAk

Imagine how it'd be if the weapon was half it's size. Yeah.

@mxt4347564czjv00q9w9qb1tppfr46hb It's not EM, just BHS. Thats how it has been in absolutely every major korean MMO to release in korea. It's just how they do things and they've been doing it for a long while.