***Official Rift Planes of Telara Thread***

[Dem2k]

Any Cleric/Shaman players here? I just got battle charge and was dissapointed as it seems like it doesn't even have an animation, my character subzero style slides to its target, which is quite funny really.

My toon is a female Bahmi.

Looks funny but it does look pretty bad

 

[Frapple]

Yeah female bahmi have an animation issue with charging/leaping their landing animation goes on for about a second longer than it should.

 

[Atavist]

Hi there - relatively new to these shores.

For what it's worth, my take on the "is it worth getting into Rift?" question is as follows:

- If you are currently playing WoW and mostly enjoying it: stick with WoW; Rift doesn't do anything differently enough to give up an mmo you still have fun with.

- If you are currently playing WoW and stopped enjoying it, but you used to enjoy it for prolonged periods: give Rift a go. If you had fun in WoW for a long time, but no longer, that suggests you like the fundamental formula of WoW but got burned out. Rift is similar enough, yet a little bit different.

- If you are very pvp-focused (e.g. you come from UO or DAoC): Rift is probably a waste of your time. There is no world pvp (in practice) and no RvR or objective-based world pvp. Just instanced pvp. And that doesn't even feature ranked guild v guild matches or anything like that. It isn't worth the sub for a pvp-er.

- If your mmo experience is with non-wow pve-centric games like EQ/EQII/FFXI/Vanguard and you hated those - try a free trial of WoW and Rift and go with whatever you like best (WoW by default; it is overall the better game atm). Either game is more accessible than the more hardcore pve games.

- If your mmo experience is with games like EQ/EQII/FFXI/Vanguard and you liked the commitment needed in these games: Rift will probably seem too "casual" to you. If you're desperate, go with WoW: there is more to do (Rift does offer a fairly impressive amount of content for a new game, but it doesn't get to compete against WoW in 2005. It competes with the behemoth that is WoW after 3 expansions.)

- If you are new to mmos: try a free trial of WoW and Rift and go with whatever you like best. Then wait for GW2 (just kidding).

 

[Gackt]

Decided in the end not to purchase the game. It's too much like World of Warcraft for my liking, and the story element is borrowed heavily from Aion. It just never sucked me in, I've felt like I'm wandering around alone, I've seen maybe 30-40 people all the time I've been playing. Even in other MMOs around the newbie areas you still get quite a few people wandering around. Everything was just underwhelming. The soul system is quirky, but hardly that new. It's just a modified talent system.

I'm considering jumping back to FFXI, and failing that, waiting for GW.

 

[Tombstone]

The soul system is quirky, but hardly that new. It's just a modified talent system.

Must admit the soul system is one of my favourite things about Rift, I love that I can do so much on a character, that at a push of a button I can be full dps spec, then another push of a button I can be full healing spec, then another push of a button and I can swap into a melee spec. I do hope that more MMOs start to use a similar system, I always found it a bit daft when an MMO told me that I could fight with a mace but I couldnt even hold a sword, hell I am not a skilled combatant but even I can hold a mace and a sword , or that I can hold a one handed weapon, but somehow my brain stops functioning and lacks the motor functions to hold a 2 handed weapon

Ultimately I still pine for UO2 or Daoc 2, but its probably never going to happen and I should just forget about such whimsies and make do with what the market offers.

 

[Vuvuzela]

Then wait for GW2 (just kidding).

Nothing to kid about, I was watching some videos on GW2 yesterday. I was very very impressed!

Rift for me is a fun game. At level cap it offers more than enough content to keep me busy!

At 50, rift offers a lot.....

Expert Dungeons, T1 and T2,
Expert Rifts – earth, fire, air etc
Raid Rifts – earth, fire, air etc
New 10 man instances(after patch 1.2)
Greenscale Raid
River of Souls raid

If that’s not enough to keep you busy! Then I’m not sure what will?

As mentioned a 100 times on this post, for such a new MMO to offer so much, so early on, I think that’s pretty impressive! Yes they still have some issues and yes people will still moan about things.

Tiron have done a good job!

 

[maun]

Ultimately I still pine for Daoc 2,

i agree with you on that, although i doubt it'll ever happen

 

[Mr Krugga]

Just the heads up, two 60 day timecards for £25 on the Hut. Works out at £6.25 a month.

 

[ElliorR]

Ultimately I still pine for Daoc 2

i agree with you on that, although i doubt it'll ever happen

I'd settle for DAoC, SI, done in a modern engine.

 

[Tombstone]

I'd settle for DAoC, SI, done in a modern engine.

On the plus side, Rift uses the same engine (albeit a later revision) as Daoc. Sadly I dont think we'll ever see a Daoc 2, or a redone Daoc.

 

[SeeKified]

If I start the free trial from the game's website and download the normal launcher, would I later be able to get my account onto Steam and put the game time onto that account? Or would buying it on Steam later force me to make a new account?

 

[Utnac]

If I start the free trial from the game's website and download the normal launcher, would I later be able to get my account onto Steam and put the game time onto that account? Or would buying it on Steam later force me to make a new account?

You don't create an account through steam, steam give you a key to apply to your trion account that you made when you downloaded the trial.

 

[Metalface Mark]

Whats the most fun class to play? Started the trial last night and was a rogue of some kind, im still getting to grips with it, looks very nice but so far not particularly exciting.

 

[Tombstone]

Whats the most fun class to play? Started the trial last night and was a rogue of some kind, im still getting to grips with it, looks very nice but so far not particularly exciting.

Difficult to say, what one person finds fun others wont. Lots of people find mages fun in MMOs, I dont. Lots of people dont find healers fun, I do

I'd just try out different souls until you find the ones which you find fun as it will be a highly personal thing.

 

[Dark_Angel]

Errr, weird.

I've used the official rift 7 day trial thing, made an account, but every time I try to login I get a #2002 not authorized error?

 

[Dark_Angel]

NM - it must have glitched upon creation, it's working after I made another trial? O.o

 

[Br4d]

- If you are very pvp-focused (e.g. you come from UO or DAoC): Rift is probably a waste of your time. There is no world pvp (in practice) and no RvR or objective-based world pvp. Just instanced pvp. And that doesn't even feature ranked guild v guild matches or anything like that. It isn't worth the sub for a pvp-er.

This isnt really the case. its the Complete Opposite.

Me and my friend world PVP'ed for ages, and you actually gain a greater reward for killing players over a normal mob (Much better than WoW). Also there is Wardstones by any quest camp etc, which the other faction can kill and take it over. World PVP within RIFT is FAR more rewarding and more fun compared to WoW.

 

[cosmos55]

Sod rift and its lifeless world! come back to Aion for the 2.5 release this week.

 

[Tombstone]

Nah, i'll stick with rift if that's ok. I'm enjoying myself in rift so it wouldn't make sense to drop it and I don't have time to play 2 mmos at once.

 

[Huw]

Whats the most fun class to play? Started the trial last night and was a rogue of some kind, im still getting to grips with it, looks very nice but so far not particularly exciting.

Decide how you want to play first, then choose your calling and souls based on that.