I'd already started playing TERA before for a beta preview several months ago. I was suitably impressed, but hadn't got to play it as much as I'd have liked. Other work, real life and a backlog of games meant that once the beta was over, I had to decide against picking up the game to play for fun. With it being subscription based and my free time being limited, I just could justify playing and I'd decided, despite the hype, I'd probably never get around to it. It goes without saying then that I leapt at the chance to do this diary, this weekly look at the world of TERA.