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

[DanTheMan]

Am I right in thinking that Rift is focused around endgame with getting there being a sort of introduction to it rather than anything substantial? If so, it seems like a good game for the casual as it means you can log on purely for raid nights etc?

Would I be right in thinking this?

 

[Tombstone]

I think there is certainly a case to describe it that way, levelling is very fast and you can hit max level in a matter of a few days /played.

 

[Stusteel]

I finally got round to installing this last night, and started a Defiant Mage on Shivermere so I'll keep an eye out for OCuk'ers while im in the lowbie areas.

I currently running as Merrydown, but I am a bit of an altoholic.

Excellent, I will keep an eye out for your toon.

 

[Azraeluk]

Cheers Stu, I should be about a bit over the weekend.

Im a WoW/SWG Veteran and really have no idea what im doing in RIFT thus far

 

[Stusteel]

Cheers Stu, I should be about a bit over the weekend.

Im a WoW/SWG Veteran and really have no idea what im doing in RIFT thus far

We can adress your noobness once we have you in Covenant.

Basically, same idea though, do quests for loot and xp. The only differences are Rifts and the souls...but as I said, we can go through that at some point.

 

[Archy]

Yeah, I'm a wow vet and it's pretty easy to pick up to be honest. Some great guides on riftjunkies forums for various things too that helped me a lot.

 

[Stusteel]

Yes, lots of info out there, class builds may need tweaking due to 1.3 but I guess that only is relevant for level 50 builds.

 

[Stusteel]

http://ocuk.guildlaunch.com/

for sign up to Covenant btw

 

[gummi32]

I will be starting a trial of this tonight. Not played many mmos before so hoping I can get into this.

Any tips on what class/server to start on?

 

[DanTheMan]

I think there is certainly a case to describe it that way, levelling is very fast and you can hit max level in a matter of a few days /played.

You're a LOTRO veteran aren't you Tombstone? I'm currently playing LOTRO at the minute and thoroughly enjoying myself but Rift seems to offer that PvP fix and slightly more endgame. How do they compare in your eyes? Are you currently subscribed to both or has one taken precedence?

 

[Tombstone]

You're a LOTRO veteran aren't you Tombstone? I'm currently playing LOTRO at the minute and thoroughly enjoying myself but Rift seems to offer that PvP fix and slightly more endgame. How do they compare in your eyes? Are you currently subscribed to both or has one taken precedence?

I'm almost a <insert MMO name here> veteran but yeah I have a lifetime account on LoTRO. I dont play it intensively, but it is an MMO I drift back to from time to time.

The PvP is better in Rift imo than in LoTRO, though thats not too hard really what with LoTRO focus being so heavily on the PvE sides of things. I'd say that there is a bit more to the endgame of Rift than LoTRO too. Rift is my mainstay for MMO PvP at the moment, seeing as no bugger wants to actually make a Daoc 2 or UO 2 mad

I'm also interested to see what Guild Wars 2 does with PvP as it sounds promising on paper (but then again, dont all MMOs sound promising on paper before they are released )

Rift has a kind of WoW-ey feel to it and the PvP is mainly happening in instances rather than in the open world. However patch 1.4 and 1.5 are supposed to have PvP slants to them so things might change somewhat and allow for more open world pvp too in the near future. The community in LoTRO is better as the Rift community does have elements of the WoW community in it.

Theres a trial of course for Rift if you fancied trying it out, though I think the trial might have a level cap which is low enough that you may not get a decent feel for the pvp in it.

 

[DanTheMan]

Well, I already had Rift installed from the last free weekend so decided to actually give it a go. It runs like abdolute crap on my system, even on low the framerate is terrible, the only way to get it half decent is to turn AA off. Obviously the system requirements are far higher than LOTRO.

 

[Tombstone]

Well, I already had Rift installed from the last free weekend so decided to actually give it a go. It runs like abdolute crap on my system, even on low the framerate is terrible, the only way to get it half decent is to turn AA off. Obviously the system requirements are far higher than LOTRO.

Ah, its possible, I'm afraid I'm not a good source for requirements as my machine tends to run everything nicely, so its tough for me to tell how something is performing.

 

[Lokai]

Decided to give this a blast, just waiting for it to patch then I will roll on Shivermere i think.

 

[Stusteel]

Decided to give this a blast, just waiting for it to patch then I will roll on Shivermere i think.

Whisper someone in Covenant when you get there.

 

[m0r94n]

Just sent a guild app. Decided to give this another go and have transferred my 40 Cleric to Shivermere.

 

[Stusteel]

Just sent a guild app. Decided to give this another go and have transferred my 40 Cleric to Shivermere.

If will invite you tonight if you are not already sorted by then.

 

[Jano]

Tempted to do the same after quarter end. Havent played for about a month now, but might be worth a move to a more active server.

 

[Archy]

Anyone doing the new dailies for the new world event? I'm only lvl 36 atm, is it worth my while doing them or is it mainly for 50's?

 

[Tombstone]

Anyone doing the new dailies for the new world event? I'm only lvl 36 atm, is it worth my while doing them or is it mainly for 50's?

You can get some nice little items, the level 30 and level 40 necklace or trinket or whatever it is , is quite nice. Think thats 150 seals or 200 seals or something. Quite easy to get by doing the daily, kill the lizard things in the capital and the augment the wardstone dailies.