Bluehole Studios announces the largest expansion in the history of the Free2Play spectacle TERA so far. While celebrations can begin in Korea at the end of July, players in North America and Europe may have to wait until the end of the year.
Max level increased to 65, new areas and guild housing!
The TERA expansion will raise the maximum level from 60 to 65. Each class will receive new skills and glyphs on the way to the end level, allowing for further character customization. In the northern continent of Arun, which players will gain access to for the first time, there is a vast landmass to be pacified.
But the new expansion is not just about “more of the same,” it will also introduce a number of new features. The entry for new players will be facilitated with some guides and tutorial ideas. Experienced players will be drawn by a revision to crystals and enchantments. Four new instances will also come. And another dungeon that will be “competitive.” It will be like the already existing 5-man dungeon “Flame Crucible” with leaderboards where the best players of a server can compete. It is quite possible that there will be a kind of race for best times, similar to what is seen in The Elder Scrolls Online or World of Warcraft.
A major highlight is that guilds in the fantasy world will soon be able to establish their own quarters. Since the release, fans of the action MMO have expressed the desire for housing. And this is not entirely unfounded: speculations have been fueled by some developer statements and the suspicious placeholders in the open world.
In the last year and a half, it has been rather quiet about alleged accommodations for guilds, leading to growing doubts about whether they would ever be implemented. With this announcement, these doubts have finally been dispelled – literally – because in the first screenshot, the guild houses have soared to new heights.
There are no precise details yet, but since guilds in TERA do not exactly lead a pacifist existence, it is likely that there will be some connection to a war. Initial hints at least suggest this.
While Korea is already expanded, Europe is still waiting
While the new content is set to start in Korea at the end of July, En Masse Entertainment has a much more generous timeframe. They aim to bring the expansion live in North America by the end of the year, which makes sense since a large content update named “Wounded World” was just released this month. The situation with Gameforge, the publisher for Europe, is still unknown at this moment. Typically, Europe is close behind North America. Experience suggests that new TERA content usually arrives two to three weeks after it does in the U.S.
Further information about this expansion will follow in several steps. Additionally, developer Bluehole Studios has mentioned that they have an even bigger surprise in store. As soon as we know more, we will inform you.
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