![]() I’d like to take this chance to thank our beta testers for the great feedback and ample constructive criticism. Here’s what Rüdiger Mörsch, our Product Director, had to say on the launch of RaiderZ: “I’m really excited that we’ve now reached release status after a thoroughly successful beta phase. Raiderz download eu Patch#But there’s even more – in early 2013, Patch 1.1 will be arriving, the first of many planned content updates. Winter is fast approaching, but all is not doom and gloom since there’s a fantastic event to look forward to. RaiderZ also allows players to create truly individual characters and to imbue them with over 350 talents and diverse equipment items – your will be done! Players can look forward to exciting battles against massive boss opponents, tons of engaging quests, extensive PvP features and a sophisticated guild system. ![]() Karlsruhe, – After the success of the beta phase, the gates to the monster-hunting MMO RaiderZ are open as of today, initially in English and German language versions. It’s a nice introduction to group combat and a reason to group up pretty soon after you get past the tutorial.Gameforge has today released the fantasy MMO in Europe I had my first grouping experience to complete a quest to kill five basilisks. It’s possible to solo them on certain classes so I’ve read, but not really on a healer. These mini-boss/elite monsters are out in the open world as a challenge for groups to take on. The world also features the Big Ass Monsters, as the developer themselves refer to them. It also means you need a certain awareness of surroundings – dodging backwards into a group of enemies is a bad idea! This gives combat a fluidity that is lacking in most other games. I really love the disengage style skills, the equivalent of the dodge double-tap in GW2. This means that I often vary the order of my attack skills in anticipation of or as a reaction to my opponent. Yep, I’m not talking a rotation at least not yet, since creatures have behaviours in combat which you can ignore or react to. I’m playing a priest as my main, and so far loving the combat options. The crafting system is slightly complex with subcomponents and an array of steps in the process, but it seems a lot more approachable than say Vanguard’s crafting and it offers a tiny bit more depth than crafting in Rift or WoW. There are some nice non-combat features in the game, however, such as buffs from gathering and cooperative gathering benefits (not tried this yet). I’m ignoring the issue for now and trying not to compare it to Guild Wars 2’s painted landscapes as there is no competition there. However the landscapes are spartan to understate the issue. Probably not quite as good as Guild Wars 2 but certainly better than most MMOs. It’s a weird mix really, the character models are lovely and very well animated. I’ve mentioned the graphics in Tera as a negative. The one advantage, depending on your perspective, for Tera over GW2 is that Tera has the trinity of tank, healer and damage dealer. ![]() Of the MMOs currently released only Tera and RaiderZ (worse graphics and clunky combat) have this. I want to double tap to dodge away, I want to use positioning and direction as part of the combat tactical equation. I find the combat in Rift, WoW, LoTRO et al rather too static for my tastes. Guild Wars 2 has pretty much ‘spoiled me’ for playing standard, static MMO combat now. I’m ready to re-appraise the game now though for one principal reason – the combat. I trialed the game last summer but wasn’t ready for another game and was somewhat underwhelmed by the graphics. This was enough of a temptation for me to buy it online, though I had the added complication of buying the US digital download version – there is no official RP server in Europe and Gameforge (in EU) seem to be doing a particularly bad job of deploying patches vaguely ontime so I’m playing State-side. I get something for having invested in the game. Just like with Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, owning the game will give me a bonus as a “Founder”, i.e. As per the announcements on major MMO news websites, you probably have heard that Tera is going free-to-play soon. ![]()
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