Rift: Planes of Telara

[Tannhauser]

Ohhh very nice!  They really seem to addressing some specific complaints I have about the game; fun, world-size, gear checks, etc. 

Also good to see less instancing.  It has its place but it does divide up the playerbase.

Very excited for this.  Moreso than GW2 (to be fair I've not played GW2 and am only going by posts here at f13).

[Draegan]

You should be more excited about GW2.  But this expansion looks very good.

[Rendakor]

That video actually looks really good, particularly because that's a world boss and not hidden in an instance.. If I can convince some friends to go back I might give this another shot.

[Rokal]

Definitely looking forward to this. They're reportedly going for a more open-world feel for the expansion, which would make sense if they're tripling the landmass for 10 extra levels of content. Trion continues to impress.

[Modern Angel]

This is a crowded fucking Fall for MMOs, though. LOTRO expansion, this, probably GW2...

[Zetor]

I've actually reactivated my rift account earlier this week and have been having a lot of fun even as a soloer. The Instant Adventure stuff is freakin' awesome, and they've added an insane amount of [free] content in the last year compared to... well, any other diku, really.

The hard choice will be between the rift expansion and MOP for me... GW2 is a given, but that's a no-sub game, so yeah.

[Tannhauser]

Been back in Rift about two months now and having fun.  Lots of quality of life fixes makes soloing a little less tedious.  My main is on Ember Isle now, getting ready for the xpac.  I have three alts that I meander around with, doing whatever strikes my fancy that day. 

As for LOTRO, I probably won't buy the xpac.  My toons are stuck in Isengard.  I'm just tired of playing it after five or six years. Same with Wow, although I'll probably buy MoP because I'm an idiot.  GW2, well GW1 really didn't grab me so I'll play it when it arrives, but not too anxious for it just now.

[Modern Angel]

I'm the opposite, I think, though I burned out a bit on LOTRO until Rohan drops. I resubbed to Rift and it was AWESOME. Hooked up with a good guild of new people. I just can't do the WoW style gear grind anymore. I think Rift *right now* is a better WoW than WoW. There was absolutely nothing I disliked about Rift. It's so solid. I just don't really enjoy that style of game anymore.

[Dark_MadMax]

Ok I tried the "demo"

- very nice technology. I am sure it has a great future ( the technology for 0 download demo that is )

now the game itself

- cant tell shit about graphics  as it runs on something like 360p.
- atmosphere could be nice as the rainy sound is well done
- most boring run/talk quests as ever
- not sure if that female "warriror" wearing anything . This sure looks like ass crack. Also high heels standard outfit of warriors?
- definitely good attention to environment details. I wish I could actually see the details :)
- combat animations are kinda neat. combat is confusing as hell though. Some quicktime sequences -press spacebar to combo?
- timer runs out....

Not so sure showcasing your game in 360p with some wierd interface is best way to attract customers

[Chimpy]

Are you sure you played Rift? The rift I remember was not a high heels are combat wear kind of game.

[Tyrnan]

Are you sure you played Rift? The rift I remember was not a high heels are combat wear kind of game.

Sounds more like TERA, especially the "spacebar to combo" bit.

[Falconeer]

Also, what's this 360p weirdness? Rift looks pretty gorgeous in 1920x1080.

[Pennilenko]

It doesn't even remotely sound like it was rift that he tried.

[Phred]

It doesn't even remotely sound like it was rift that he tried.

0 download demo? Demo runs out? Sure as shit sounds like the recently posted Tera demo. Wow, talk about do you know where your kids are.

[Falconeer]

Some quicktime sequences -press spacebar to combo?
- timer runs out....

 

[Dark_MadMax]

It doesn't even remotely sound like it was rift that he tried.

i Posted in wrong thread lol . Yah its about Tera. I dont think rift has clientless demo

[Rokal]

Rift just recently got a streaming client where you can start playing as the game gradually downloads, but it's not truly clientless like TERA's Gaikai demo.

[Redgiant]

Go to 3:10 of this.

 

And don't forget to watch the part at 9:50 too.

God almighty, I might resub for this.

My whole beef with Rift was that it felt kind of small and puny. These sorts of additions I'm seeing directly address that and more.

[Xanthippe]

Rift adds Mentoring

Like the reverse of sidekicking in City of Heroes (was that also called mentoring?).

Patch 1.9 looks like something I might resub for. 3-sided pvp, mentoring, instant adventure and barbershop? Sounds like it might scratch my gaming itch.

Live next week, apparently.

[Tannhauser]

I think the 27th.

My hero Tahnhauser, is keeping the fires burning for anyone who wants to hop back in BC. 

[Chimpy]

I am thinking of giving this a whirl next week once I finish upgrading my pc as it is like 6 bucks on amazon.

[Rendakor]

I was thinking of resubbing as well, so I logged onto my account on the Trion site and got 3 free days for changing my password or something. Does anyone have a guild going on the Defiant side? I'm apparently on the Trial server (Ashstone) so I'd like to transfer somewhere real, and don't really feel like rerolling to Guardian.

[Nerf]

I just finished my 3 day thing as well, and think I'll be resubbing.  The level cap increase coming soon is essentially agear reset and means that taking a year off really won't have set me back at all.

Oh, and rogue tanking is stupid easy now,they put rift guard on blink/guarded steel,and you only need 1 stack of phantom blow now.  Coupled with the new "rogue block" deflection stat, I barely have to pay attention.
oh, and deferred death is useful now, heh.

[Threash]

Have they announced what the expansion souls are yet?

[Rokal]

Have they announced what the expansion souls are yet?

They're going to announce them over the next coming weeks, starting with the mage soul this Friday.

[dd0029]

There was a video released yesterday showing a quick shot of the new souls. The mage was holding a 2h sword. Kind of interesting, but if it's actually melee, I expect it won't be used a whole lot in pve because ranged is nearly always better for survivability. The warrior vanished, so there's questions on what that might mean. The rogue did some green thing, so nothing much there and the cleric was unnoticable.

[Mrbloodworth]

Ooooo, warrior mages?  

There was a video released yesterday showing a quick shot of the new souls.

And you did not link it? For shame!

[dd0029]

Here: http://www.riftjunkies.com/2012/08/10/storm-legion-developer-diary-video-released/

[Draegan]

In about 2 hours you'll see a live stream where they will do a reveal.

[Mrbloodworth]

Here: http://www.riftjunkies.com/2012/08/10/storm-legion-developer-diary-video-released/

Sexey.

[Rokal]

New mage soul (Harbinger) summary:

-Melee dps
-Transmutes caster weapons (example is a staff in the video) into melee weapons like a scythe/sword
-Mage armor periodically allows you to instant-cast spells from other mage souls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DXK8eThEKoE

Seems pretty neat, eager to see what the rest of the new souls are.

Other details from the video are that all current souls are getting 2 extra tiers of talents and extra unlocked abilities.

[Tannhauser]

Ok he looks pretty cool!  I like how he's melee but can toss in an insta-cast spell from your other soul. 

[Amaron]

That's a good choice.   It always seemed like an odd hole in the selection of original souls.

[Tannhauser]

The devs hint that this is a fighter's xpac, one of the reasons they made a mage soul.  If so, this could be a kickass pvp soul.

[Rokal]

They're doing a promotion where you get Storm Legion for free if you resub for a year.

http://stormlegion.riftgame.com/en/

I wasn't sure whether I was going to do the $99/year again, but this makes the decision easy.

Edit: looks like you have to lock in at the regular rate, not whatever promo you were on, so it's $120. A little less appealing but still a nice offer.