Extra Velika Guardian

Hot off the virtual presses, the third issue of the Velika Guardian is here! Isn't it nice to enjoy your weekly TERA community news magazine without pesky subscription inserts falling out onto the floor? As always, hit us up at community@enmasse with your news tips and clever suggestions for the Guardian!

Learn what our Focus Group testers thought about our Westernization efforts for TERA in our second FGT2 postmortem article. The first article addressed the gameplay experience while this one covers the game's comprehensive localization efforts as described in the article's opening

Perhaps the hottest topic of the FGT2 forum, the Westernization feedback category covered the gamut of story, dialogue, naming, game flow, and quests. Overall, testers commented positively on TERA's Westernization and felt it was a strong indication of our goal for the final product. It's important to note that our Westernization efforts are nowhere near complete; as TERA proceeds through development, its Westernization will continue to be improved upon.

Tune in to TERA! This Saturday, En Masse Producer Sam Kim speak with Ten Ton Hammer Live, the MMO news website's live streaming podcast. Sam will answer TERA questions from Ten Ton Hammer and its community. The podcast begins at 7:00 PM Eastern (12:00 AM GMT).

If you'll forgive the pun, we've been participating in interviews en masse this month! We know it's not easy to keep track of them all so we've compiled links to all of this week's interviews: TenTonHammer chatted up VP of Publishing Chris Lee on user-created content in MMOs, Producer Sam Kim discussed core game elements in an interview on Stratics, and Lead Writer David Noonan answered Examiner's TERA lore questions and provided six new screenshots. In the realm of TERA fansites, Senior Producer Brian Knox spoke with Italian fansite TERAOnline.it about PvP and German fansite TERA-Welten.de interviewed Community Director Jason "BrotherMagneto" Mical.