Amarie and I are still playing Tera. Have been doing endgame dungeons. They don't have any raid zones yet, I don't know if they will. The political system is interesting to say the least. It has only been live in the US for 1 month so it's hard to comment on if I like it or not. So far it seems like you have to be in the HUGE guilds to be successful in politics but it has only been one term so we will see.
Forgot to mention "Nexus's" are live. I haven't gone to one because they happen before I get home from work but I guess you could call it a raid. Not like BWL or something. It's sorta like rift but you need a raid group to do it.
Each zone has a Vanarch. 15 or so zones. The Vanarch gets to decide what vendors are open , tax rate ( Vanarch keeps the taxes), if pvp enabled that sort of stuff. To be a Vanarch you have to campaign and be voted in. There are Requiremets to enter the campaign like you have to be a GM, pay a fee and some other stuff I forget. The reason I say it seems like you have to be in a big guild o get it is, obviously the biggest guilds are voting for themselves and their alies.
Cool. I'd be down to jump on for a week and see what you guys are up to. You probably won't actually see me on till Sunday but I'm getting it downloaded right now.
-Ander
It's kind of like watching "The Guild" and realizing you're one of the characters.