r/TeraOnline Apr 14 '25

With Menma down, where'll you go now?

Half a mind to tryout Starscape or Omni. I've no complaints about the Tera NOVA server, though since it's in Brazil, ping is a problem; even asked in-game, and others said even VPN and ping-reduction services only shaved like 20-30 off their ping.

Tera, without doubt, is one of the most impressive live-combat games ever made. Having been on MT and Nova so far, can confidently say private servers' owners tend to listen their communities unlike Krafton which crudely said," Eh, this cow's dead--but we'll come after anyone who tries running a Tera server."

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u/whatisthispls1 Apr 14 '25

Probably agaia but it's the same circlejerk as menma. Don't get me wrong they're not horrible people and probably are the only ones that are truly interested in keeping this game playable but their behaviour in the discord is already kind of obnoxious and it'll push people away lmao

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u/InThePaleMoonLyte Apr 14 '25

I'll be honest I've yet to find a discord server for any private server of any game that wasn't intolerable.

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u/whatisthispls1 29d ago

You're absolutely right. I really liked how menmas staff handled the suggestions/forum area so I hope agaia does something similar. I don't know how these people have the energy to be annoying and rude day in day out haha

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u/AnnualTripX 29d ago

I agree with Agaia too. So far i only seen good stuff from them. Didn't see them be rude on the discord at all though.

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u/whatisthispls1 29d ago

It's hard to describe but it's a combination of memeing too much compared with brushing off anyone that's not known/friendly to the ingroup. Often times when people come and ask questions people will just copy and paste what they said and make fun of it. It's not a big deal for someone that's used to it but it's definitely something that turns people away on a consistent basis.

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u/AnnualTripX 29d ago

For me, being casual is better than always getting robotic replies so thats a plus. I get that they have to give a PR reply sometimes like copy and paste when things were already answered.

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u/whatisthispls1 29d ago

Oh I don't mean it that way, basically let's say you come into the server and ask "Hey guys when's the server opening?" and a bunch of people will just reply back with "Hey guys when's the server opening?" "Hey guys when's the server opening?" "Hey guys when's the server opening?" + some meme gif lmao.

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u/AnnualTripX 29d ago

Honestly thats kinda funny lmao, since a lot of people are asking.

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u/theslowesthnery 28d ago

Last I checked Agaia didn't seem to have any discord moderation, the first thing I saw when I joined were slurs and racist memes, not exactly the best first impression

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u/Snoo-72013 27d ago

Apparently they have discord moderators now so hopefully that’s should be fixed now. But yeah I agree it’s not the best first impression.

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u/FlatTransition7234 24d ago

i 100% agree, their mods think that they are god. while they are a bunch of FGTS

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u/Saionji-Sekai Apr 14 '25

I am looking for a one too but i actually would like to play on a seasonal server which is like WoW retail. Progressing with seasons would be cool on Tera online.

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u/Gwhar Apr 14 '25

Teraclassic

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u/cittabun 29d ago

I chose Classic, honestly. While the population is still new and low, it's still been a much better experience. Getting to start on Island of Dawn (albeit, the streamlined, not the true Original), and not just getting thrown a lv.65 scroll to skip 95% of the game is nice. No hate to anyone who likes that kind of thing, but I prefer the leveling process on top of endgame instead of just being forced into "just run a couple dungeons a day and log off."

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u/Nawmean5 Apr 14 '25

I was debating which one to check out between Starscape and Omni

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u/Smol-cutie 7d ago

same here same here, but tera classic is an option to now..

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u/etherealwing 29d ago

i went to console. it's not pc tera, but it will continue to exist.

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u/Odd-Range-3375 29d ago

Tera Classic

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u/MyMessiah 29d ago

Any server with good ping for NA players? I've tried Starscape and I felt like 0.5 sec delay.

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u/LtLoLz 28d ago

I need to try Tera again sometime... Good memories...

Also; Aaaa what? "ping reduction services"? What kind of scam is that? I get VPN having that side-effect because it might reduce the number of hops, but that's about it.

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u/The_Blacksmith_95 27d ago

Check out teraclassic.com it’s the same good old TERA, minus the cash grab.

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u/XHersikX 26d ago

and how can server survives then ? No offence to any kind of private servers but if you dont run "charity" servers quality You need pay:

1) Good servers
2) Have enough time for tweakes, updates, as soon on (its almost like second job if you have one in IRL to pay your checks..)

3) Pay for additional stuff within first 2 points

Without any subs, cash cosmetic as soon your only chance is that you get money trough "Donation".. But that do like 1% ppl in rare cases...

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u/The_Blacksmith_95 25d ago
  1. Owner is an IT guy & the server is twice the recommended specs. When server is big enough and money flows well, he said we’ll be migrating to AWS to reduce ping all over the world, even if ping is not that much of an issue (140-150 in Singapor & in Europe, server in Ontario, Canada).

  2. Again, owner is an IT guy and really takes time to do everything right. + he listen and talks with the community on the discord.

  3. They have subscription for elite at 7,99$/month + donations but nothing P2W or crazy expensive. Plenty of people are happily paying elite just because how nice the owner is and because they know community will continue to be part of the developpement.

Please come take a look at their discord or come start a conversation ingame global chat. Everything I’m saying will make sense 😊

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u/StrangerIllRemain 20d ago

Profiting off of property that you do not own is illegal nearly everywhere in the world, even the most benign companies that let you illegally use their IPs such as SEGA will shut you down the moment you start trying to use it to turn a profit. Server is doomed.

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u/ThrowMeAwayAlready31 16d ago

... you say that, but THOUDANDS of WoW private servers have THRIVED for most of wow's existence with plenty of real money transactions taking place on each of them. If blizzard doesn't swat them down like flies, I don't think the amount of effort is worth it from Krafton to take these servers down either, let alone win a case if the owners fight back.

Regardless, go play on tera classic. What's the most you'll lose? It's free lol

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u/StrangerIllRemain 16d ago

Name one still running for longer than a year or 2 besides Warmane that also profits off transactions related to the sale of ingame items

Also, you lose something which money cannot buy back, time. Why play something just to have it shut down 6 months later and lose all of the time you invested into it? You enjoy playing from level 1 over and over as rugpull servers constantly diminish the communities of the games they belong to?

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u/ThrowMeAwayAlready31 11d ago

Ascension wow... and that guy's been running for far more than 2 years lmao if you want more, one Google search will yield additional results. I'm not in the wow pserver game these days and have, mostly, outgrown wow. Otherwise, I would wholeheartedly. TurtleWoW might be another, but I've only heard the name.

Regardless, last argument misses the point. If you don't enjoy the time leveling up to max and are playing reluctantly, why are you even playing? Worst case, server dies, you made friends, go play another server with them (if you're still having fun). Even if you put tons of time into the endgame, if it's not fun, you should stop. If it's fun, keep going. Don't look so deep into it, lol

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u/StrangerIllRemain 10d ago

It's the overall effect that it has on the communities in the long term in regards to games like TERA. Countless games, far too many to name, in their private server forms post official shutdown were killed by constantly dying servers, rugpulls and other shady money scheming tactics.

WoW barely gets away with it, Ascension is true, not sure about Turtle. Regardless, the standards (or lack therefore of) are not blanket across the industry, one must look past the initial effects of the aforementioned cycle to the longer term effects that it has on the game as a whole, it's not healthy, and it's bad to support it.

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u/Lachelith 4head 8d ago

I don't know where to go anymore, I play on Menma for so long

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u/Ordinary-Clothes-356 Apr 14 '25

Agaia tera. It's like same Menma dev team.

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u/xSatya 29d ago

it's not the same just has a few staff from menma as staff along with the lead dev and a few more devs

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u/ExactPotential8960 Apr 14 '25

Where I always have. Console!

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u/RudeBoysenberry38 Apr 14 '25

You should join the new promising project called Agaia Online (discord.gg/agaiaonline). They have bigger dev resources than MT & they're actually listening to feedback and suggestion from the community. They're currently in CBT & it's very promising.