Looks like MMO TERA Online is also heading into the free to play area. If you want to secure your Veteran status be sure to register your account pronto as only those who had access prior to the switch are eligible. The new pay model is the TERA Club with a daily selection of boosts, different types of scrolls, you’ll also get a special mount. The cost for entry into the TERA Club is the same as the previous subscription so €12.95 for single months, €11.65 for three months pre-paid and €9.99 for twelve months pre-paid. If you happened to be hesitant to try TERA we’re only a few short days away until you can check it out for free and if you are a previous play who quit be sure to head back over and see all the awesome changes.
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PRESS RELEASE
TERA free-to-play to launch February 5th in Europe
Karlsruhe, 30.01.2013 – With the switch to Free-to-Play, previous and future players have the chance to play one of the best-looking and innovative MMOs of the last few years for free. But that’s not all: just in time for the launch, the world of Arborea will be enhanced with additional content. This includes a new dungeon as well as a PvP arena offering experienced adventurers numerous new challenges and rewards.
TERA’s free-to-play model
TERA’s free-to-play model will include two standard account types: the Free User and the Veteran. Free Users receive full access to the entire game content – this includes, for example, the races, classes, instances, equipment items or players-versus-player content. Veteran status is reserved for players who purchased TERA before the switch to free-to-play and offers advantages that Free Users do not receive. Everyone has access to the TERA Club: amongst other things, players receive a special mount, a daily selection of boosts as well as different types of scrolls here. These can, for example, increase experience points and the amount of gold gained or can summon merchants, crystal merchants or the banker. The monthly subscription fee of 12.95 euro for the TERA Club, is the same price as the previous subscription. If you subscribe to a 3-month membership, the fee is reduced to 11.65 euro and 12 months reduces it to 9.99 euro a month.
The item shop
Aside from the aforementioned boost items, the shop will include recovery, mana and stamina potions for character development. Service items are also available for purchase, with which players can change the name or appearance of their hero. In future, the shop will continue to be filled with exclusive mounts, weapon skins and clothing.
… and there’s more!
With another update due to appear later on in the year, TERA’s political system will also receive an additional feature. Players that belong to a guild can enter into an alliance with this feature and profit from useful bonuses in this community. The three alliances are enemies of one another and continually fight each other for dominance on the respective game server.
About TERA
TERA is a classic fantasy MMO, yet it stands out from games within its genre in some points. One such point is the so-called True Action Combat system – the first of its kind. Similar to the controls in action games, the player actively carries out their attacks and spells, instead of just pressing a key. In this way, their position in relation to their enemy is also decisive: enemies will be sighted once in the middle of the cross hairs. Even before release in summer 2012, TERA was praised by players and press alike, above all for its detailed graphics and the numerous innovative approaches, such as the novel political system.
About Gameforge
With an impressive portfolio of 20 titles and over 300 million registered players, Gameforge is one of the leading providers of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) in the western hemisphere. Based in Karlsruhe, the internationally active group of companies offer their games in more than 50 languages. Their portfolio contains client based games such as AION, TERA, Metin2 (Europe’s most successful MMOG), 4Story, Runes of Magic, Elsword, Wizard101 and RaiderZ. They also offer browser based online games such as the classic OGame, the award-winning Ikariam and mobile games. The company employs around 600 employees at its locations in Karlsruhe and Berlin.
Title: TERA
Genre: Fantasy-MMO
Platform: PC
Publisher: Gameforge
Developer: Bluehole Studio
Release: 2012
USK: 12
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