KadeMadina wrote:
1. release date?
It looks like Spring 2011 currently. However there has been no official announcement.
Korea will be entering Open Beta within the next month or two.
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2. How many people have played it and when will I be able to apply for beta testing?
I do not have a number of how many people have played it. However, application to testing is available now as stated by Miric.
You can also enter contests to win beta invites. http://www.tera-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11509 Is the current contest.
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3. The graphics look amazing, will I have to have a crazy intense pc to play it?
CPU: Intel Core 2 DUO or
Graphics Card: Geforce 8800GT (minimum: Geforce 7600)
RAM: 2GB or more
DirectX 9.0c or higher
Hard Drive Space: 40GB
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4. Politics? Heard something about in-game politics where a player can become the like "King" of a server? What is that all about?
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*The Political System is in-game, server invasions to come.
After CBT3, TERA's development team first tried to make group play fun and interesting. Blue Hole's CEO said "Many players love to come together and compete. We don't want players to just enjoy the content we made for them, but to enjoy some of the situations made by the players themselves."
Trading, crafting and combat will help fuel player driven content. In order to keep the game's community strong, guild housing, crafting housing and personal housing are all closely related to in-game guilds.
The Political system has also been added to the game. TERA's political system will include influential leaders who can actually change the game world. Leaders can change the placement of NPCs and even decide if PK will be allowed or not. With the political and guild systems there will be constant rivalries.
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The theme of today's trailer was Politics. When will the Political System be seen in TERA?
Captain: The political system will be added in the OBT. The political system is actually end game content so it won't really be active until the game's launch. We will time the event when there are a fair number of high level players around and have a first election of an Exarch. After that, PK rules and other systems will be shown one by one through the reign of the first Exarch.
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The Political System
The political system is designed from the ground-up to be a fun, community experience:
- Provinces have leaders called Vanarchs
- Vanarchs can run for the office of Exarch
- Political power includes adjusting tax rates, instituting in-game rules, and more
- Politicians receive special privileges and equipment such as mounts (much like real life)
Vanarchs can be elected via vote or through PvP.
Exarchs are elected from the available Vanarchs.
There can be only three Exarchs - one for each of the main capitals.