Rift

[Fez]

I started up again with my lvl 27 warrior on molinar...only to find out over the weekend that the guild is practically dead.  I have a defiant alt on estrael, a VERY low level mage alt on sunrest and 3 alts of varying levels on molinar.  i'm not sure whether to play the warrior to max or just start over somewhere else/concentrate on my defiant rogue.   

Yep, most of the Wanderers on Molinar have wandered off.  Some of the holdouts moved this past weekend, and I'm about to.  The main choices appear to be SIN, Accidenrtal Discharge ("AD"), or Pandemonium.  Sin and AD appear to have the largest player bases.  That being said, Molinar often seems to be dominated by Defiants, and I think we are bleeding Guardians at end-game because of the ganking in Stillmoor.  I was there yesterday as  was off work, and at one point I was the only Guardian in the zone with about 20+ Defiants.  Got ganked repeatedly.  This may become a game-wide issue on the PvP servers at some point...time will tell.

If I create a toon on Sunrest, any guilds have some outfitters who can make me a set of bags?  I find bag space to be a big deterrent in starting out a new toon.

[hepcat]

any way to move alts to other shards?

[CeeKay]

any way to move alts to other shards?

Yep, create it on the shard you want to play on and start leveling up 

[Huw the Poo]

No server transfers just yet, although word around the campfire is that they're coming.  If I recall correctly Trion hinted at it in a recent podcast.

[Teggy]

Yup, this guy needs to be corpse camped until he cries and cancels his sub:

http://twitter.com/#!/OMGYougotjacked

[CeeKay]

OMG You got jacked like a boss!

[Blackadar]

Yup, this guy needs to be corpse camped until he cries and cancels his sub:

http://twitter.com/#!/OMGYougotjacked

That reminds me of some little prick on Sunrest who has some /yell macro that he spams ("This is a PvP server, NOOB!!!") when he thinks he's going to kill you.  So even his own side hates him because he's that annoying.  Funny thing is that I'm not very good at PvP, yet this guy has never managed to beat me one on one.  Hell, I was AFK for a bit and came back to find myself about 1/3rd health and this guy trying to finish me off.  He started spamming the macro just as I came back.  So I drank a pot, healed up and proceeded to wipe the floor with him. 

As Bugs Bunny would say..."what a maroon!"

[Teggy]

Yup, this guy needs to be corpse camped until he cries and cancels his sub:

http://twitter.com/#!/OMGYougotjacked

That reminds me of some little prick on Sunrest who has some /yell macro that he spams ("This is a PvP server, NOOB!!!") when he thinks he's going to kill you.  So even his own side hates him because he's that annoying.  Funny thing is that I'm not very good at PvP, yet this guy has never managed to beat me one on one.  Hell, I was AFK for a bit and came back to find myself about 1/3rd health and this guy trying to finish me off.  He started spamming the macro just as I came back.  So I drank a pot, healed up and proceeded to wipe the floor with him. 

As Bugs Bunny would say..."what a maroon!"

Funny thing I noticed is that since he automatically twitters before his gank attempts, you can see where he fails and when he gets embarrassed by people half his lvl.

[hepcat]

...so there's a guild called "Fat Kids Are Hard to Kidnap" now.

[PR_GMR]

Yup, this guy needs to be corpse camped until he cries and cancels his sub:

http://twitter.com/#!/OMGYougotjacked

I love it how he has 487 tweets but only 5 followers.

[CeeKay]

...so there's a guild called "Fat Kids Are Hard to Kidnap" now.

invite please!

[Teggy]

Looks like there's some new content coming today in prep for the big patch:

Latest Update Adds Facebook Integration, New Raid Content, and More!

 

Trion Worlds announced today the second major update to its popular MMORPG Rift™ hits servers on Tuesday, May 10th. In Rift 1.2 “The Spoils of War,” Trion adds Facebook integration, a new type of instanced content called a “Sliver,” additional zone events, and several in-game features, including a Looking-for-Group system, an additional role, and a Wardrobe.

 

With Facebook integration, players can open a rift from the Plane of Bragging Rights by updating their profiles with screenshots, YouTube video links, and Achievements directly from in-game. The update also introduces “Slivers,” 10-person raids that put players in alternate realities where invaders from the planes have “won” and Ascended must fight to set things right.

 

In advance of Rift 1.2, Trion is kicking things off today with the Spoils of War prelude. Earth and Fire rifts are opening unexpectedly all across Telara, spilling forth mysterious fragments of golden dragon eggs along with the usual monstrosities. Daily quests in Meridian and Sanctum offer special rewards to those Ascended who attempt to solve this planar conundrum.

 

Full list of Rift 1.2 Features:
■Facebook Integration – Post updates, screenshots, or Achievements from Telara directly to your Facebook profile!
■Looking for Group– Automatically form groups for dungeons, rifts, and group quests.  Complete random expert dungeons for additional bonuses, both for the daily player and the weekend warrior!
■Wardrobe – Players can configure up to five outfit slots to choose between - look however you want, and break out those costume items.
■New Ascended Powers – Omen Sight (Guardian) and Quantum Sight (Defiant) reveal openings to Slivers and even more in the future.
■Additional Role – By popular demand, players can purchase a 5th role for even more class flexibility.
■Many UI Improvements –Auction House, Crafting, and Artifacts all receive useful new refinements.

 

 New Content in Rift 1.2:
■Gilded Prophecy Sliver – Rift extends its support of 10-player raids to this new type of instance! Fight against Golden Maw cultists from another reality to prevent them from gaining relics of vast power.
■New Dynamic Content – Two new raid rifts, one new expert group rift, rifts specifically designed around rewarding crafters, and easier access to expert group rifts.
■New Zone Events:

o   Planar Chill – Control strategic locations in Iron Pine Peak against planar onslaught

o   Scourge of the Sands – Defend precious resources as they are moved to critical locations in Shimmersand Desert, then launch a counter attack

o   An Eye for an Eye– Guardians and Defiants summon their respective champions in order to defeat the Colossi in this end-game brawl.

[Harkonis]

Was hoping to get the assassin changes this week, since I'll be busy with Brink next week.

[jersoc]

well my guild randomly disbanded and no one knows what happened. Guess i'm done with the game. see how the lfg pans out, but meh. haven't really played in weeks anyways.

[Huw the Poo]

well my guild randomly disbanded and no one knows what happened.

Did you finally convince them that Rift is shit?

[Harkonis]

well my guild randomly disbanded and no one knows what happened.

Did you finally convince them that Rift is shit?

  nice

[Teggy]

Rangers might get a buff! I feel so loved.

Hey all,
Just wanted to give you a quick look at the upcoming Rogue changes, these should go to TEST with the next patch either today or tomorrow. Please try them out and give us your feedback.
 
Marksman
 -- Master Archer now scales with Points in Soul
 -- Sniper Training now gives a 7/14/21% bonus
 -- Added a new ability at 24 points Deaden: Blasts the enemy interrupting spellcasting and silencing them for 5 seconds on a successful interrupt. This ability is not affected by global cooldown.
 -- Leaving a Pedestal will now apply a 15s buff with the Pedestals damage bonuses
 
Ranger
 -- Shadow Fire now increases the damage of Ranger attacks by 35%
 
Assassin
 -- Impale now gains additional bonuses from attack power
 -- Physical Trauma now increases your Final Blow damage by 4/8% to targets affected by your Impale
 
Bladddancer
 -- Soul renamed to Bladddancer
 -- Bladd Finesse now increases the Attack Power bonus for Deadly Strike by 50/100/150/200/250%
 -- Deadly Dance bonus increased to 7/14/21% and can occur up to 3 times
 -- Bladd Finesse and Combat Expertise swapped positions in the Soul Tree
 -- Due to changes to the Bladddancer a free respec has been give
 
Bard
 -- Added a new ability at 36 points Verse of Rebirth: Brings the fallen ally back to life and restores 20% of their health and mana. This ability cannot be used while in combat.

(and supposedly the "Bladddancer" is just a joke based on an in-game typo).

[jersoc]

well my guild randomly disbanded and no one knows what happened.

Did you finally convince them that Rift is shit?

it's not Dragon Age 2.

[Harkonis]

bards finally getting a rez. nice

bladddancer was a typo on an in-game tooltip that they fixed a couple patches ago fwiw.

those changes sound really nice and actually make the marksman a tempting soul for pvp imo.

The assassin changes have the potential to make assassin primary a viable pve spec without changing too much in pvp.  (you don't often get more than 2 finishers off on one target in pvp)

that ranger change will shake some rotations up since 35% is probably enough to make shadow fire worth using again.

[Teggy]

that ranger change will shake some rotations up since 35% is probably enough to make shadow fire worth using again.

Well since you told me to use it with Splinter Shot to get my first 4 combo points I am going to pretend I didn't just read that.

[Huw the Poo]

YES!  I've only gone and bloody done it!  I finally hit the level cap in a MMORPG (apart from Guild Wars which doesn't count)!  Me, with one of the worst cases of gaming ADD I've ever known!  I cannot overstate what a huge personal achievement this is for me.

If I wasn't sitting down I'd need to sit down now!

[Harkonis]

that ranger change will shake some rotations up since 35% is probably enough to make shadow fire worth using again.

Well since you told me to use it with Splinter Shot to get my first 4 combo points I am going to pretend I didn't just read that.

that was way back before I played as a ranger.  (and for the record I prefaced what I said with 'I don't play ranger, but here's what should work')  You ignored all my advice after I actually had time under my belt

Ranger is now my primary pve dps build, so now I know a lot about it.

[Harkonis]

YES!  I've only gone and bloody done it!  I finally hit the level cap in a MMORPG (apart from Guild Wars which doesn't count)!  Me, with one of the worst cases of gaming ADD I've ever known!  I cannot overstate what a huge personal achievement this is for me.

If I wasn't sitting down I'd need to sit down now!

This year was the first time I hit the cap in an mmo as well, and I put a LOT of hours into games

hit 80 in AoC AND 50 in Rift

[Teggy]

that ranger change will shake some rotations up since 35% is probably enough to make shadow fire worth using again.

Well since you told me to use it with Splinter Shot to get my first 4 combo points I am going to pretend I didn't just read that.

that was way back before I played as a ranger.  (and for the record I prefaced what I said with 'I don't play ranger, but here's what should work')  You ignored all my advice after I actually had time under my belt

What advice? I hardly see you on for more than 10 minutes every 3rd day these days. Any way, I'm all about the cleric these days. Well, not really but it may wind up that way eventually. I figure if I play the support dude in the FPS's I should go with the support dude in the MMOs.

[PR_GMR]

YES!  I've only gone and bloody done it!  I finally hit the level cap in a MMORPG (apart from Guild Wars which doesn't count)!  Me, with one of the worst cases of gaming ADD I've ever known!  I cannot overstate what a huge personal achievement this is for me.

If I wasn't sitting down I'd need to sit down now!

(clap clap clap)

I've never reached max level with a toon on any MMO ever. Congratz, Huw!

[Huw the Poo]

Cheers mate!  Yeah, it took some doing I tell ya.  I've been playing the hell out of Rift like no other game in a long time.  For reference my /played is something like 5 days and 4 hours.

[Soulchilde]

i like the game, but no Hark or Kato makes soloing boring. 


*Hear Hark over vent eating taffy " told you should have started when the game came out."    *

[Harkonis]

Kato just got his second char to 50, but has been working a lot lately.  I am avoiding alts, but will group with ya when 50! 

Do i get taffy now?

[USMC Kato]

Kato just got his second char to 50, but has been working a lot lately.  I am avoiding alts, but will group with ya when 50! 

Do i get taffy now?

Yeah, its just bad timing for me. When Soul and Ken moved to our server my training cycle is now in the field for a while. 

[USMC Kato]

i like the game, but no Hark or Kato makes soloing boring. 


*Hear Hark over vent eating taffy " told you should have started when the game came out."    *

Hey Soul when I get back, I have a lvl 20 Cleric alt, and a level 10 rogue alt.

[naednek]

Cool I'm a lvl 21 mage!  So I won't be so far behind   I'm averaging an hour a night.  Weekends are going to be busy this month and next month.

[Soulchilde]

i like the game, but no Hark or Kato makes soloing boring.  


*Hear Hark over vent eating taffy " told you should have started when the game came out."   *

Hey Soul when I get back, I have a lvl 20 Cleric alt, and a level 10 rogue alt.

It's cool I'm in no rush.  I've decided to level for fun this time instead of rushing forward and I am enjoying myself much more.   I have a lvl 22 Cholor Mage, 16  Reaver, 12 Nightblade and lvl 4 Cleric

[Fuzzballx]

So i hit 50 a while back....but I ubervillain status today....i'm taking over the world! Via the auction house!

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/541767472294723925/745E2A1F55F0D404DD39B068703B079FE29A4EAD/

[USMC Kato]

Cool I'm a lvl 21 mage!  So I won't be so far behind   I'm averaging an hour a night.  Weekends are going to be busy this month and next month.

Hey Ken and Soul, can you list your character names and alts? Hark doesn't want me in his guild because I'm too awesome, and I am not able to see your names 

[naednek]

naednek

[Soulchilde]

Kenji - Mage
Vandale - Rogue
Liege - Warrior
Preach - Cleric

[Fez]

You guys are Defiants on Sunrest?  Since Wanderers is kind of dead, been thinking of creating a Defiant, but can't stand the idea of not having bag space.  Anybody able to make decent bags on Sunrest?

[Harkonis]

Kato's guild has a max outfitter who i'm sure would be willing to make em.

[USMC Kato]

Kato's guild has a max outfitter who i'm sure would be willing to make em.

I can do it also Fez, my Mage is a lvl 300 outfitter/runecrafter

[Harkonis]

Kato's guild has a max outfitter who i'm sure would be willing to make em.

I can do it also Fez, my Mage is a lvl 300 outfitter/runecrafter

you took the slyness out of my post, bastard.