Tera Online News

Most of the Aion fans would have read alot about the mega update coming to the Korea server in a week's time. The update, Version 3.0, is called Promised Land, and true to its motif, added tons of promised features and game content.

Filed by vault1@mmosite.com at 12:59 am under vault1@mmosite.com  Tagged Fans, Game Content, Korea, Motif, Promised Land
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Finally more details of Aion 3.0 for Aion fans! In this article, you can expect to see some information of player housing, mounts, PvP, etc. Check it out now.

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Finally more details of Aion 3.0 for Aion fans! In this article, you can expect to see some information of player housing, mounts, PvP, etc. Check it out now.

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Finally more details of Aion 3.0 for Aion fans! In this article, you can expect to see some information of player housing, mounts, PvP, etc. Check it out now.

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Hey, TERA Fans! Check out the new TERA Gamescom trailer below and let us know what you think!

Filed by TERA Fans News at 4:24 am under Uncategorized  Tagged Fans, Hey, Tera
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Hey, TERA Fans! Curse is looking for skilled gamers wanting to get into the industry! Curse has several job openings right now, including:

• System Administrator
  
• PHP Web Developer
  
• Lead Editor

There are a lot of openings right now, so please check the full list over at the Curse site :) Thanks!

Filed by TERA Fans News at 2:58 pm under Uncategorized  Tagged Curse, Fans, Gamers, Hey, Job Openings, Job Opportunities, System Administrator, Tera, Web Developer
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Hello, TERA Fans! :) Today from 1 PM CST to 2 PM CST, TERA Fans will be down for maintenance as it undergoes some upgrades. The forums will be upgraded to IPB 3.1.4 and the Gallery will be upgraded to version 4.0.4.

The new upgrades have undergone some testing, but there still may be issues. If you discover any bugs please post about them in the TERA Fans Feedback forum with as much information as you can provide.

Thank you for your patience as the site is upgraded and I hope you enjoy the new features!

Filed by TERA Fans News at 5:16 pm under Uncategorized  Tagged Bugs, Fans, Feedback Forum, Hello, New Features, Patience, Tera
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Update: Chris Hager responds to the fan feedback about this interview! Thanks, Chris!



Hey, TERA Fans! Here's the long awaited E3 interview! I had the chance to ask producer Chris Hager some of the questions suggested by you; the TERA fans! By the way, quick tidbit: the En Masse guys told me that they cheated by reading through our thread to see what we were going to ask. Hah!

Anyway, Check out the interview below :)





Q. When can we expect a CBT/OBT/Retail date?

A. We haven't announced a launch date on purpose. The reason for that is we want the game to be ready when we launch it. We've seen a lot of games in multiple industries fail because they didn't have the content running, they didn't have the game polished. So our first and foremost goal is making sure the game is ready. To circle back around, we won't have an official CBT and OBT schedule until we announce our launch date. We'll announce our launch and then our beta schedule

Q. What patches will be implemented alongside TERA's NA release?

A. That's a good question! I'm going to refer back to my first answer that we haven't announced a release period. Obviously we want to stay as close to our Korean counterparts as possible because we want to give everybody the most content we can as fast as we can. We are looking at different scenarios now and all of them involve getting the latest content into our launch build. As soon as we can get the Korean content localized and translated to the level of polish that we would like we'll put it right in.

Q. Any news on updated Racials?

A. No not as of yet.

Q. Bluehole recently stated that a new class will be released in Korea in 2012. Any hints or thoughts on this?

A. I can't talk about that yet but I'm excited.

Q. Any updated to the enchanting system as the game is westernized?

A. Right now we're looking at enchanting as well as a lot of the other systems. Right now at its core we think it works okay. I know that there are issues with RNG and I have the same frustrations myself. We're looking at ways that we can possibly make it better but no promises on if we're going to change it and if we do, how.

Q. Any information on Guild Housing?

A. None that I can talk about.

Q. Will character customization be changed for the NA/EU launch?

A. Right now if you look at it character creation is pretty good. We don't feel as if there are any super Eastern faces though we may change some of the presets up. Overall we're pretty happy with character crreation.

Q. Any more details on how PvP will be on both PvP and PvE servers?

A. We're in the process of working through all that right now. We're working with the development team about how our server sets will work. We don't have any news on it but it's something we're looking at right now.

Q. Will the 5 second PK rule be altered on PVP servers?

A. That is one of the things we are looking at right now. So no word on if it's going to change but we're looking at it.

Q. Will we get to learn about the Argons and their origins?

A. I can't talk about it. But the Argons are pretty cool and obviously we want to share that history with everyone but... I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

Q. Are there plans to allow us to rebind the combo key?

A. There is a build we just got in the office that's out in Korea and it has revamped the combo system. You can create your own combos. We haven't had a chance to play with it and see all it does but I believe it does allow you to rebind your combo key.

Q. Are their plans to add key roleplaying emotes like /walk and /sit?

A. Not right now, but that's something I can check on and get back to you about. I know they're pretty customary in MMORPGs.

Filed by TERA Fans News at 7:50 pm under Uncategorized  Tagged Cbt, Counterparts, E3, Fan Feedback, Fans, Foremost Goal, Game, Good Question, Hager, Hey, Korea, Launch, Lot Of Games, Multiple Industries, Patches, Release Period, Rng, Scenarios, Tera, Tidbit
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Hey, TERA Fans! Thank you so much for being patient as all the Curse sites weathered technical difficulties. If you're interested, here's a detailed account of what went down. Welcome back, everyone!



As many of you are probably aware, the Curse family of sites has been down since early AM (PST) the 22nd. This post is meant to clear up any questions that may arise about this event.

At approximently 7:30AM PST, on June 22nd, our primary SAN controller experienced a catastrophic failure, bringing it offline. This controller was the primary controller for most of the database nodes, and most of the web nodes. Redundant systems failed to come online, even though they had reported as 'ready' before the primary systems failed.

After replacing the failed controller, it begain booting and copying it's configuration from it's peer server. Unfortunately, as soon as the configuration was copied, the secondary controller also died.

After replacing the second failed controller, we began powering the servers that reiled on the SAN for their data - all of the database servers and the network-attached storage (NAS) file servers that store all the media, static content, and most of our web files as well.

This process only took a few hours. The main delay was an extended period (24 hours) of checking the continuty of the data on the disks. This was the majority of the downtime experienced.

As we started pulling our servers online after check was complete, we noticed an issue with the firmware's on the new SAN controllers. The newer firmware versions were conflicting with the storage array, and thus, the controllers couldn't talk to the disks.

The manufacturer told us that this was a known issue, and provided us with a method of repairing it. We then backed up all the data again, and proceeded to apply the firmware patch.

After the patch, we were able to restore the drives, and start booting up the critical systems, followed by the non-critical systems.

We can assure you that at no time during the hardware failure was any of your personal information compromised. We take the sacred trust you put in us with your information VERY seriously.

Thank you,
The Curse team.

Filed by TERA Fans News at 3:56 pm under Uncategorized  Tagged Approximently, Catastrophic Failure, Critical Systems, Curse, Database Servers, Downtime, Fans, File Servers, Firmware Versions, Hey, Network Attached Storage, Peer Server, Redundant Systems, Secondary Controller, Static Content, Storage Array, Technical Difficulties, Tera, Web Files
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Hey, TERA Fans! Thank you so much for being patient as all the Curse sites weathered technical difficulties. If you're interested, here's a detailed account of what went down. Welcome back, everyone!



As many of you are probably aware, the Curse family of sites has been down since early AM (PST) the 22nd. This post is meant to clear up any questions that may arise about this event.

At approximently 7:30AM PST, on June 22nd, our primary SAN controller experienced a catastrophic failure, bringing it offline. This controller was the primary controller for most of the database nodes, and most of the web nodes. Redundant systems failed to come online, even though they had reported as 'ready' before the primary systems failed.

After replacing the failed controller, it begain booting and copying it's configuration from it's peer server. Unfortunately, as soon as the configuration was copied, the secondary controller also died.

After replacing the second failed controller, we began powering the servers that reiled on the SAN for their data - all of the database servers and the network-attached storage (NAS) file servers that store all the media, static content, and most of our web files as well.

This process only took a few hours. The main delay was an extended period (24 hours) of checking the continuty of the data on the disks. This was the majority of the downtime experienced.

As we started pulling our servers online after check was complete, we noticed an issue with the firmware's on the new SAN controllers. The newer firmware versions were conflicting with the storage array, and thus, the controllers couldn't talk to the disks.

The manufacturer told us that this was a known issue, and provided us with a method of repairing it. We then backed up all the data again, and proceeded to apply the firmware patch.

After the patch, we were able to restore the drives, and start booting up the critical systems, followed by the non-critical systems.

We can assure you that at no time during the hardware failure was any of your personal information compromised. We take the sacred trust you put in us with your information VERY seriously.

Thank you,
The Curse team.

Filed by TERA Fans News at 3:56 pm under Uncategorized  Tagged Approximently, Catastrophic Failure, Critical Systems, Curse, Database Servers, Downtime, Fans, File Servers, Firmware Versions, Hey, Network Attached Storage, Peer Server, Redundant Systems, Secondary Controller, Static Content, Storage Array, Technical Difficulties, Tera, Web Files
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