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stayontarget
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BHS has choosen Frogster to publish the EU community. http://www.tera-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7724
And there is a big shetstorm brewing over it on several tera forum sites. Me being in NA has no affect on me but I really think this is a bad move by BHS.
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How is it possible they chose frogster is beyond me, yes they are a newbie studio but the developers should not be beginners, i think this will most definitely affect the sales in europe, me including will probably try out the US servers, if the ping is not too high i will probably keep playing on US servers.
So why is Frogster not a good option?
What other company are you suggesting?
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http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm/read/17501/TERA-Frogster-to-Publish-TERA-in-Europe.html
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Well I just spent the last hour setting up an Email with links to all the forums that are voicing out the disdain for Frogster. I sent it to Blue holes English email address and their korean one, I sent it to En Masse, to G4TV's MMO REPORT, IGN, Gamespot, and Massively.com. So that they all can see what a bad idea it is and maybe publish something on the behalf of the players.
I dont know if it will do any good for our European brothers and sisters, but hey Atleast I tried right?
Because they are a very small German publishing company. They only have a few F2P games under there belt and Tera would be there 1st sub game.
There customer service sucks, they ban people for little or no reason. There servers lag like hell and go down quite often.
And because Frogster is in germany, they will have to cut out all blood, violence, and have a dress code in order to comply to german law.
As you can emagin, the rest of EU gamers are pissed off.
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All I can say is; my guild decided to play US servers. We dislike idea of censorship (full product is a full product, why we should pay for part of game), we do not agree on behaviour kind of failcom or mythic, just we wants play like a normal people.
If they going make some cash shops, if they wants to feel free about spitting on customers we say Bye Bye even without first contact to Frogster (sorry guys, just you are not enough good).
My only wish is good ping on US servers. Thats all
Is there someone besides Frogster people would suggest?
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It doesn't quite work like that.
They will probably cutdown their client in their country, but unless your own country which you resides in have very restrictive rules about this sort of thing, you are in the green
They are not making 1 specific client for their own country, and publish the very same in the whole europe. They have 1 standard client, which is no different from the US client, which they publish in the EU. And, of those countries that need censoring, they will get it.
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I'd rather play it on an US server dealing with the lag instead of supporting Failstar.
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Oh ffs.
When their forum is up I'll be the first to flood the forums to ask if they will be removing blood and changing clothing and if they plan actually providing a good CS.
If they remove blood, change the clothing and if their plans for the CS seem like crap they can get bent and I'll endure the lag (if any) if I am able to play on the US server.
"We got rid of the trinity." How'd you do that? "Now everyone can heal." Sounds like you just took the mechanic and spread it thin. "Well no, there's one class that can do it better than others." I see, so they're healers. "No. They're.." -mind asplode-
Link (dated 20 July 10): http://www.tera-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8036
Danatros
Director Product Management
Frogster Online Gaming
Frogster's Letter to the Community
Hello TERA Community,
Before I start to talk about the topic of this letter, I would like to say “thank you” to every fan who is already active in this forum. Everybody here at Bluehole, Frogster and En Masse knows that the community is the heart of an MMO.
For TERA, En Masse will take care of the North-American community and Frogster will concentrate on Europe to prepare everything for a great gaming experience in an English, French and German version. Our combined goal is to support all TERA fans in the best possible way, because triple-A games deserve triple-A services, and that is what we all want to achieve.
After we finished reading all the new threads concerning the partnership between Bluehole and Frogster, we saw that there are many open questions, so we discussed everything within the last days and I would like to start answering some of the topics now and continue within the next days.
1. Free-to-Play or Pay-to-Play
We will publish TERA in Europe in a pay-to-play model. TERA is designed for a subscription model, so the game will be operated as a pay-to-play MMO all over the world. So no one needs to be concerned that TERA will be a free-to-play game in Europe.
2. Questions about possible censorship / PEGI +13 / USK 12+
It’s not our goal to cut or reduce the TERA experience in Germany or any other country where Frogster holds the rights to publish TERA. We won't censor something if we are allowed to keep it in. We love TERA just the way it is, just like you do. We don’t want to change a single pixel of this great game. But I am sure you can understand that we have to stick to the existing law in Germany and other European countries like any other publisher. We will keep you updated on this topic, but so far we believe that nothing has to be changed for Europe.
3. Questions about servers for TERA in Europe
We are working closely with the developers at Bluehole Studio on this matter. This includes specific details about the best possible server hardware for TERA in the EU. Both Bluehole and Frogster want to be sure to offer servers that deliver the best performance for the players in Europe, while En Masse is taking care of this in the US. As the combat system is based on manual evade and targeting, it is really important to choose high-end hardware in order to secure a fun and stable playtime for all customers of TERA in EU, US and the territories covered by the other partners of Bluehole. This is one of the most important parts of the contract between Bluehole and Frogster, so you don’t need to worry about receiving less powerful hardware than US players.
4. Questions about our Support Team for TERA
There will be a special 24/7 professional support team. This team will be in place just for TERA players and no other Frogster games. I really think that a triple-A title like TERA needs not only fantastic graphics and superior gameplay, it also needs the best possible Costumer Support and Community Management available. That is the reason why we will create a complete team separate from all other products in order to have many dedicated specialists available who work only on providing the best English, French and German support to TERA customers. To achieve this, we’ll continue to hire new and experienced staff.
5. Questions about Community Management and information to the players
We know that it is very common for some publishers to deliver information, patches and other stuff for each territory on different dates. Bluehole, En Masse and Frogster already agreed that we will post everything on the same day, providing all users with the same information and the same game versions.
So let me tell you, we are all looking forward to bringing you the best service possible for TERA. You’ll be supported by a team who will be responsible only for you, the TERA community in Europe.
Thank you again, and stay tuned for more information.
By the way, in August there is one of the largest gaming conventions in Europe, Gamescom, so we invite everyone to visit the TERA booth and talk with us if you still have open questions. We’re looking forward to showing TERA to the world and the European player base and answering all your questions.
Kind regards,
Daniel Ullrich
Director Product Management
Frogster Online Gaming
Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries...
Alright so far so good.
Everyone gets the same details on stuff and game versions on the same day? Epic, and I'm pretty sure it's rare aswell.
A whole new costumer service made to be AAA standard? Epic, I don't want to but I will get my hopes up for this.
High class components to make sure everybody gets stable gameplay? WOOT.
They won't change anything unless they have to abide by the law? Meh....
"We got rid of the trinity." How'd you do that? "Now everyone can heal." Sounds like you just took the mechanic and spread it thin. "Well no, there's one class that can do it better than others." I see, so they're healers. "No. They're.." -mind asplode-