17/03/2012 - TeraEU Pre-Orders

Hi guys!

So this weekend is the Tera-Europe closed beta test no. 3 - and I am LOVING it so far!

From what I've seen there is one major difference between pre-ordering Tera from the European site to the US site. In the US you can buy the 'Digital Standard Edition', 'Digital Collector's Edition', or the 'Physical Collector's Edition' (now sold out). And in the EU you can buy the 'Digitale Pre-Order Mini', 'Standard Edition Digital Pre-Order', or the 'Collector's Edition Pre-Order'. Although in the EU you can't by the Physical CE from the site - you gain access to the 'Mini'. The Mini is a 5€  purchase which gets you into every beta, allows you to play the head-start with early character creation - along with getting all of the pre-order bonuses (mount etc). This means that players can take full advantage of the game (until release) without having to purchase the final product if they don't wish to.
I personally think this is the greatest thing EVER! Although Tera is an amazing game, looks beautiful, plays beautiful (so far) - I'm not too sure if I'm willing to go back to p2p monthly fee games. This is especially an issue with Guild Wars 2 just around the corner which is just as beautiful if not better than Tera (personal opinion) with no monthly fee.

As a side note: Europe is being ripped off with prices of games again... /sigh...

Off back to take full advantage of my 5€ (~£4.50).

See you in game.

Toodles x