Players from around the world, rejoice!

In a pleasantly surprising announcement, Scapes with En Masse Entertainment broke the news that IP blocking won't be implemented to block, say, European players from playing on North American servers and vice versa. This is great news, showing that PC gaming is a step ahead of the curve as always. We hear enough stories about region-locked this and DRM-that on other sites, so this is nice and refreshing. Obligatory quote from Scapes:

"Our goal is to give players the choice as to which server they are going to discover the world of TERA. In a time that players are becoming more connected around the world, we believe that IP blocking has no place in a world class Action MMO. Note that accounts created with one publisher will not be able to access the other publisher’s servers. Additionally, player data such as characters or progression will not be shared or transferrable between different publishers’ servers."

Official announcement: http://www.tera-online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9682