I made a thread about my impressions of the Beta here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.353046-TERA-Online-Beta]. It's worth trying, there's an option to pay like 5 euro for Beta access and one week game time. I like it, but I don't quite get why gear has such a large impact on a fight when the combat system requires skill. Any skilled player can still get their ass handed to them by an average player, all it requires is gear. In the Beta I had some green swords and I couldn't really kill anything in PvP, I had to focus on avoiding the opponents attacks and slowly working them down; it took like 5 minutes to win a duel. I then bought some blue swords and didn't even have to dodge, I could just stand still like a twat and mash everything off cooldown. I realise this is low level play, but that certainly doesn't fill me with hope for end-game. If it comes down to grinding gear and mashing everything off CD then it's going to suck.