We’re burning through time as we get closer to launch. It’s hard to believe we just wrapped up our third closed beta test (CBT3), which was a ton of fun with more players than ever, and we’re just days away from our fourth (CBT4)! It won’t be much longer before our early character creation, open beta, and launch! There’s electricity in the air in the office, and everyone is more energized than we’ve ever seen as we push toward the finish line.
Now that we’re more than halfway through our closed beta cycle, we’re seeing some interesting trends. The castanic race is still the most popular, followed closely by human and high elf. Players dig playing a warrior, with more than 50,000 created so far. Other popular choices are slayer, sorcerer, and archer (you guys love your DPS!). Roughly 250 guild versus guild battles have been fought, showing that PvP was also popular. Archers and slayers tend to be the most popular picks for PvP, but more than 120,000 kills were racked up this past weekend. All in all, it seems like everyone has had a good time. We did, however, have nine unlucky players earn the “Black Death” achievement for dying 100 times each. Hopefully they were shooting for a record!
Looking toward CBT4 and beyond, we’ve been hard at work making changes. For the next beta weekend, we’ve fixed a number of the bugs you’ve reported and increased the difficulty for levels 1–15 to make the beginning of the game feel more challenging. We’re also testing the waters and will have an event going on this weekend (read our more on this!). As we collect feedback, we’ll keep making tweaks to levels 1–15 to make this part of the game just as exciting and engaging as what comes later. We also have new additions and announcements for our open beta client that we’ll talk more about as we get closer to the event.
We’re excited for this weekend’s beta test, and look forward to seeing you all in TERA!