Despite the recent lawsuits against TERA developers Bluehole and En Masse, plans for region-based IP blocking are already mapped out.

En Masse, the American subsidiary of Bluehole, has stated the firm will block IP addresses based on region, with Asia, Africa, Russia, and the Middle East currently on their block list.

Explaining the reasoning behind this move, the company stated:

"While we appreciate that there are players in these regions who would enjoy playing on En Masse servers, it's unfortunate that the vast majority of internet traffic we see from these regions is from cyber-criminals relating to account theft, gold-farming and other hacking behaviour."