In a not so surprising outcome, Gameforge will be taking over the publishing role of TERA (NA) from En Masse Entertainment (EME). EME previously announced back in August, they will be shutting down. Account migrations will begin starting October 22nd while the actual server migration happens on November 12th.
Gameforge has handled several of these service migrations including TERA SEA and RU. The most confusing thing for players will be how Gameforge sets up players that have used the same e-mail address, as sub-accounts that you needed to switch between if you already had a prior TERA EU account. I remember after the SEA transfer occurred, I logged into my original EU account for TERA, and switched to the SEA server, and didn’t see my characters there. It turns out they linked your original TERA account to have access to the other server BUT it’s actually a separate sub-account. I presume this is how they’ll handle it for NA.
EME has updated their support page to cover this change. Players who have purchased EMP (the virtual currency) will also have their balance transfer over (this is remarkably good news) at a rate of 100 EMP to 10 TERA Thalers (Gameforge’s version). Interesting, anyone who has Elite already enabled will see that carry over, and will also see TERA Club benefits on the other Gameforge servers. Elite vouchers will not actually work once the service migration happens though so any such vouchers need to be used before the EME servers shutdown on November 9th (so it looks like there will 3 days of downtime). The TERA Rewards system was a unique feature of TERA NA and will not transfer over. Gameforge also has their own FAQ regarding the changes.
