Tera CBT is Over! OBT HERE WE COME!~

Hi peoples!  This is Wretched Calx.  TERA CBT is OVAH!  Yeah no more feeling special!  Next up is the Name Reserve on the 13th, Open Beta Test the 19th - 23rd, and Head Start April 28th through May 1st!  w00t! 

I've learned a few things on my travels through Beta-Land.  A current rumour I've heard is that we'll be leapfrogging straight to the platform that KTera is on.  Sounds like rumor mill fud to me, but who knows?  That'd be awesome!

Anywhoo,
I'd like to make a place to record what to do as I level through the game.  Here are some good hints that may save you a few hours of grief, but mostly serve as my own personal notes on what to do or not to do in the game!! 

*  When crafting potions, don't be afraid to pick up some recipes for ores >> ore powder.  Oftentimes it's worth sacrificing some of those ore just to gain a level or two up to the next 50 tier, so that you can begin to craft new potions.

*  To craft potions which are instaheal, you must first craft elixirs which are HoT and then combine them.  You will get more instaheals than HoT potions, but the gold costs for buyable mats become rather high!

*  When leveling, instance as much as possible, and for the most part stick to the Story quests.  They give tremendous XP. 

*  The best Route would be to run Normal Quests/BAMs up until you hit the instance for that level,
--Then run the instance as much as possible until people won't let you into their group due to your making them ineligible for quests. 
--Then at that point, do your Story quest which will be RIDICULOUSLY easy, and yet will STILL REWARD YOU WITH MAD XP!!  Do this in between instances, but:
--Don't forget to save the STORY quests at the next higher instance level for AFTER you can't do the instance anymore.   Their XP reward is still just as large and will make your getting to the next instance tier much easier.

*  INSTANCES ARE KEY!!  (moreso than in other games imo)

*  BAM turnins are great, and in many cases give Catharnac (guild quest) rewards also!

*  Your guild needs Catharnac rewards to level up, so feel free to donate these to your guild if you'd like.  Remember you can spend them 30 at a time for a single XP+ for 5 min potion, but really the time spent isn't worth the reward if this is what you're aiming for.  Just give em to your Guild Master, for great Justice!

*  GET EVERY SINGLE GUILD QUEST YOU CAN!  They stack infinitely and wont take up any of your normal quest space!

*  Many times, the Greens of 3 levels above you are equal to your golds.  Unless it's cheap, don't bother buying gear as you can EARN IT easily through quests!!

*  I've learned that many quests will tell you the rewards upfront, so oftentimes quest chains won't be particularly rewarding if they don't so so in the beginning.  Shop for quests and get the ones with the most XP, and the best GEAR!! 

*  There are often different zones for the same level.  Do the best quests in a zone, and then change zones and do the best ones in that zone.  It's much better than laming around collecting crap gaining less XP.

*  Gear stats from lvl 33 blues up to lvl 36 pretty much DOUBLES, so BE SURE TO GET YOUR CR GEAR ASAP!

*  I think infamy starts at 9 lvls below, but it could be as little as 7 lvls under you.  Keep your ganking to 7-6 lvls below you for ultimate control of your pvp.  Remember, Surprise is often the most useful advantage you can have!

*  Killing MOB's (mobile objects, some wack ass old EQ or something term for baddies) in an instance will lower your Infamy by 1.  Also you can lower it by just going to sleep for the night.  Wake up and it's a couple hundred down.

*  Killing people 10+lvls below you will give you 150+ Infamy!  That's 1 person for 1 night's work of reducing infamy!  Unless we're on a lowbie killing spree, it's often more beneficial for YOU to let them stroll by without killing them!  (consider bringing them to low health and letting a mob kill them, whoever strikes the last hit will get the infamy)

*  As soon as you land in a populated area (Pirate ville, Lumbertown, Elinu Land, some others)  Be sure and use your evade skill immediately.  This will give you the edge for all the people ganking at the platform and will allow you a crucial few seconds to get free, even if you can't see them before you land, they may be there!


That's all I can think of for now.  Happy ganking, and may the tearz of carebears flow freely!

-Wretched.Calx

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