But looks like that aspect is still undecided. They have a poll in their forums asking players if they would still play TERA if PvP was highly limited. Based on the current poll numbers, about 50% would not play without open PvP and the other 50% either don't want PvP at all or prefer PvP in a battleground/arena environment. But if you read the posts that follow it, you would think 90% of the posters prefer open PvP. PvE types tend not to post as we don't want to be ganked in the forums any more than in our MMO's.
My guess is they will go with some form of forced PvP. It may not come till later levels, it may be through content restrictions, or through some other mechanisms. And that would be a shame, as the majority of the Western audience won't play it. They may try it. They may enjoy a few levels of it. And then they move on.
The world graphics are pretty from what I've seen, and the character models are pretty spiffy too, including the obligatory cute player critter. It's still a year away from release, so maybe there's still hope yet for me.
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Those are nice looking character models. From the looks of the screenshots they would give a decent sense of realism without requiring heavy duty hardware.
There's a teaser video out there, too, and it looks gorgeous and fun. Time will tell how it sorts out, but it's worth paying attention to.
That said, yes, open world PvP has a small audience. More often than not, it's just bullies perpetuating the ganking circle of jerkiness. Any game that has open world PvP and no way around it slips off my playlist very quickly.
It does look very pretty and I'm hoping it won't require a hefty system, as I sure don't have one!
Looks like there will be some options.
Q: Does the company plan to support servers where PvP is everywhere (PvP servers) as well as servers where you have to flag yourself to be part of PvP (PvE servers)?
A: Yes. We expect to have both PvE and PvP servers. PvE servers will still have consensual PvP content such as battlegrounds and duels.
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