Rift is only £8.49 until the 31st. Hurry

Oldbοy · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:30

Rift is only £8.49 == EXTENDED TILL SEPT 5th!!! ==

EDIT: OFFER NOW EXTENDED TILL SEPT 5th!!!

Rift is now the 2nd largest MMO in the west and for a very good reason as-well. Rift is now 6 months old and it's still growing unlike many other MMOs shortly after release so this one is definitely a keeper. The game is only £8.49 until Wednesday so hurry! You'll need to play the trial and then upgrade to the full game before the 31st to take advantage of the £8.49 price.

Use my link (recruit a friend) and you'll get a slight XP boost and unique title.
http://www.riftgame.com/en/products...&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ascend_invite

PLUS if you come to my server 'Bloodiron' on Defiants, I'll give you 5 plat to start off with. Don't know how much 5 plat is? It's the cost of the starting mount, twice. (my characters will automatically be added to your friends list so you'll know who to ask)

TriedandTested · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:40

Nice referral link. :rolleyes:

RTM.

Swifty55 · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:43

WeOwnTheSky said:
Nice referral link.

RTM.

Hmm?

Oldbοy · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:48

WeOwnTheSky said:
Nice referral link.

RTM.

I'm not trying to hide the fact that's it a referral link. I think I actually wrote (recruit a friend) in my post. So great detective work used there!

Besides the referral link, I probably would have posted this £8.49 deal regardless of whether recruit a friend existed a not. With MMOs, 'the more the merrier'

eekfek · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:52

It's probably worth a dabble at that price for those who havent tried it, but it's far too easy to hit the level cap then it gets very tedious.

bhavv · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:53

Who cares about referral links to an MMO? Normally both accounts get in game bonuses for it, its not a personal business or anything, the games developers make the same amount of cash either way, and people that play get some bonus or a free month of playtime for referring people.

I'd be interested if they remove the fee and place in microtransactions instead

Oldbοy said:
Rift is now the 2nd largest MMO

2nd largest subscription based MMO maybe (I think Aion is still ahead of it though isnt?), 3rd or 4th largest if you also include Guild Wars.

TriedandTested · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:55

Oldbοy said:
I'm not trying to hide the fact that's it a referral link. I think I actually wrote (recruit a friend) in my post. So great detective work used there!

I wasn't trying to be detective here, referral links aren't allowed. If you'd contributed more to the forums it wouldn't be so bad...but still not allowed.

McDaniel · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:59

Well i'm going to give it a whirl...

Oldbοy · 29 Aug 2011 at 13:07

bhavv said:
2nd largest subscription based MMO maybe (I think Aion is still ahead of it though isnt?), 3rd or 4th largest if you also include Guild Wars.

http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/08/16/gdc-rift-2nd-mmo-in-the-west-over-1m-customers/

He could be lying of corse, but heres where I read it anyhow.

Oldbοy · 29 Aug 2011 at 13:20

P.S for anyone trying the game out, there is no other server to go on but Bloodiron - the 'Defiant' side.

I'm currently in the OCUK guild 'Orphiel's Covenant' (ocuk.guildlaunch.com)
Anyone from OCUK is 'pretty much' an instant accept. As for the guild itself we're a lvl 13 raiding guild and more importantly than anything else it's the friendliest guild I've ever played with; Honestly. Plus, there is always a good 10-odd people on mumble at a time to chat with

Snaggle · 29 Aug 2011 at 13:21

5 plat is a lot of money in rift to start with .. Yes its a referal link but its a kind offer if you plan to try it out

bhavv · 29 Aug 2011 at 13:27

Oldbοy said:
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/08/16/gdc-rift-2nd-mmo-in-the-west-over-1m-customers/

He could be lying of corse, but heres where I read it anyhow.

WoW - 12 Million subs
Guild Wars - 7 Million sales
Aion - over 3 Million Subs
DDO - Over 1 Million active accounts / subs
Rift =/= 2nd place.

Anything to do with MMO statistics is pure garbage these days. I dont get why people get such a massive happy over how well the games they play have sold.

The developers of Rift also havnt made this statement, nor is there any source or any actual evidence behind the claim (as it is being discussed to death here http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/311869/page/1). Its just a clueless rabid fanboy posting nonsense about his favorite game on the interwebs.

cosmos55 · 29 Aug 2011 at 14:45

give it another month and it will be f2p

Jamrasta · 29 Aug 2011 at 15:21

I cant remember my favourite author, back to BFBC2

Semiskimmed · 29 Aug 2011 at 15:25

its worth it for a month or two but its a bit flat end-game :cool:

Xaero Tolerance · 29 Aug 2011 at 16:16

eekfek said:
It's probably worth a dabble at that price for those who havent tried it, but it's far too easy to hit the level cap then it gets very tedious.

That combined with a relatively small world does make it rather boring after a while

bhavv · 29 Aug 2011 at 16:41

cosmos55 said:
give it another month and it will be f2p

I will play it then.

svensonbanks · 29 Aug 2011 at 17:54

Good price. But it does not include online playtime.. usually you would think you would get a months free, not on this deal. You have to subscribe or get a timecard..

daver · 29 Aug 2011 at 19:16

Rift seems to have been on sale every 5 minutes for the last few months, pretty sure it has been less than a fiver at time as well

Nullvoid · 29 Aug 2011 at 20:20

That's certainly cheap but I just don't like the approach the developers took of progressively dumbing down the more complex callings, to achieve their apparent goal of reducing everything to the point where you can just set up a couple of macros and play the class well by mashing them repeatedly.