Being an MMO on a games console, accessing all of a character's skills seems like a tremendous challenge. Without a suitable keyboard and mouse, only clicking on an ability to activate it isn't an option. The controller scheme Bluehole crafted for Tera gold on consoles corrects this perfectly: designating L1 as a switch between 2 rows of perks.

Once I figured out where my character's skills fell on these two rows, selecting the desired attack became seamless. I'm quite happy with Bluehole's decision here, since it matches an already excellent combat system.

That battle system, in fact, is the best part of all buy Tera items. Typical MMOs make me mindlessly click on attacks and force me to watch the action unfold. Not so here, as I'm actively participating in every skirmish I encounter. Clear danger paths let me move out of the means of enemy attacks.

The button design is easy to learn, providing an easy point of entry to new MMO players. That active involvement keeps me engaged too, where I had trouble staying interested in different MMOs and the conventional combat system. TERA's battle is easily the best portion of the game, which is important in a genre such as an MMO.