AceBandage
Banned
DeathNote said:
And that's why you can have 4 specs.
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Rift: Planes of Telara |OT|
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And that's why you can have 4 specs.
Lotus Cross will be looking into late-night EST raids, particularly because yours truly has to work closing shifts often. More than likely I'll try to make them near the weekend so people can focus on "thursday - saturday" raid schedule or something similar.
And AWWWESOME OP El, go LC OPness!
Death to the Guardians and their Ignorance!
Oh and the subtitle for the OT should definitely be "We are Ascended"
And AWWWESOME OP El, go LC OPness!
Death to the Guardians and their Ignorance!
Oh and the subtitle for the OT should definitely be "We are Ascended"
Testing out every combo of one class isn't my concern really. I'm not partial to any class or role in WOW. When I hit near cap on one calling I just know that one of the other class combinations is going to interest me more than what I put effort into leveling. Less because of max potential and more because of how they look and their spell animations. I guess leveling up 4 characters to cap and getting 200+ combinations is awesome compared to 9 characters and 30. Maybe that's the point.AceBandage said:
Been playing since Beta 3 and love it. Seen the Lotus Cross guild you guys have set up, but has anyone set up a European guild? Being in the UK means i'd get a fair bit of lag connecting to a US server, and if raids may be taking place late night EST time as maxrpg says, it'll be well into the 2AM time over here! 
daemonarch
Neo Member
Rift: End Game Raiding Preview (g4tv)
http://www.g4tv.com/games/pc/63677/rift/articles/73643/Rift-End-Game-Raiding-Preview/
its a nice article
http://www.g4tv.com/games/pc/63677/rift/articles/73643/Rift-End-Game-Raiding-Preview/
its a nice article
New video added to the OP with lvl 50 content preview (including raid rifts and the first raid).
Quick Link
Quick Link
1stStrike said:The beta is the best time to "jump in" as you can test it out without forking out any money. You've got until 1 pm EST on the 21st to try it out. The best way to see if you'll like it or not is to give it a shot
I'll gladly take it :S
Really? Shit. Now I need to split this weekend between Rift and MvC3. Weird since I just had a dream last night that I somehow got hold of my old WoW account. :lol
Anyone else notice their FPS go down with this beta? I can't seem to get above 30 FPS anymore when I was hitting 40-45 a lot. I've even seen it drop down to 18-20 pretty often when just running around not in or near rifts.
I wish I had an interest in any of the other rogue souls, because bard seems like it would be a lot of fun based on me getting one to 10 so far. Seems like it has a really neat EQ1 bard feel to it.
Lebron said:
I wish I had an interest in any of the other rogue souls, because bard seems like it would be a lot of fun based on me getting one to 10 so far. Seems like it has a really neat EQ1 bard feel to it.
Well having put some considerable amount of time into this last night, I'll post my impressions for those on the fence etc.
The Good
The class system is amazing, really well thought out and implemented, the diversity you can achieve in what you wanna play and roles you can fulfill is great, naturally there are more efficient combos for doing a single role then others but unless your looking into min maxing this isn't a problem.
The Rift mechanic is cool, I wasn't expecting it to take off the way it did because of player apathy, but I logged into people calling out rift positions on maps for high level rifts that they needed assistance in closing. Also they happen frequently enough that you don't have to go looking for them if you don't want to, and the big invasion style rifts, are an excellent touch. Here's an example of my map during on of these invasions, took about an hour and 20 minutes to get everything cleared up, was insanely fun.
Invasion Map
I haven't had the chance to venture into the dungeons and such yet, so I can't comment on that but judging from what people have been talking about in general chat it seems like the standard fare.
The Bad
I'm not sure what it is about the character models, but they just don't look good, I can't really put my finger on it but something about them just seems very unpolished, and it applies to the general graphical quality in the game as well. It isn't really a horrible thing but, it just comes off to me as not being very fluid, in movements to the clay like environments. I'm playing with everything on ultra and maintaining around 60fps but again just comes off to me as not right, however I do enjoy the art style of WoW quite a bit which may be it.
In any case the game is fun, despite being very similar to a certain other MMO it has a unique enough spin to differentiate itself, would definitely recommend trying it out if your least bit interested in MMOs
The Good
The class system is amazing, really well thought out and implemented, the diversity you can achieve in what you wanna play and roles you can fulfill is great, naturally there are more efficient combos for doing a single role then others but unless your looking into min maxing this isn't a problem.
The Rift mechanic is cool, I wasn't expecting it to take off the way it did because of player apathy, but I logged into people calling out rift positions on maps for high level rifts that they needed assistance in closing. Also they happen frequently enough that you don't have to go looking for them if you don't want to, and the big invasion style rifts, are an excellent touch. Here's an example of my map during on of these invasions, took about an hour and 20 minutes to get everything cleared up, was insanely fun.
Invasion Map
I haven't had the chance to venture into the dungeons and such yet, so I can't comment on that but judging from what people have been talking about in general chat it seems like the standard fare.
The Bad
I'm not sure what it is about the character models, but they just don't look good, I can't really put my finger on it but something about them just seems very unpolished, and it applies to the general graphical quality in the game as well. It isn't really a horrible thing but, it just comes off to me as not being very fluid, in movements to the clay like environments. I'm playing with everything on ultra and maintaining around 60fps but again just comes off to me as not right, however I do enjoy the art style of WoW quite a bit which may be it.
In any case the game is fun, despite being very similar to a certain other MMO it has a unique enough spin to differentiate itself, would definitely recommend trying it out if your least bit interested in MMOs
Sebulon3k said:
Iron Tombs is a lot of fun. Once you hit lvl 17 give it a whirl. Everyone I've taken through it has had a lot of fun with it and the others show promise too. There are some "open" dungeons too.
Good feedback, though. I really don't have an issue with the graphics (I turned off bloom and put it on edge as I think that makes things look better) but I realize it's no Crysis.
I'll probably play a chick in live since I've played a male for 3 beta's now up to lvl 41. Give me something different to look at
I hit lvl 41 last night just doing pvp arenas for the most part. Most of them involved the defiants getting stomped in whitesteppes, with a couple wins in codex and quite a few wins in black (apparently, we're the zerg and most defiants are brainless and can't fathom actually achieving objectives).
I hit lvl 41 last night just doing pvp arenas for the most part. Most of them involved the defiants getting stomped in whitesteppes, with a couple wins in codex and quite a few wins in black (apparently, we're the zerg and most defiants are brainless and can't fathom actually achieving objectives).
AceBandage
Banned
Woo!
Big rhino mount!
I'm now completely torn on what to play at launch. Messed around with a warrior today and really like the feel of the Paladin, Riftblade, and Void Night. It also seems like tanks seem to be fairly lacking so far in game. I see mostly rogues and clerics running around.
If the guild [needs] anything in particular, I would probly play it as I'm completely uncertain what to play atm.
If the guild [needs] anything in particular, I would probly play it as I'm completely uncertain what to play atm.
AceBandage
Banned
Heard a nice little DO DO DOO tone and was like :O.
Then I noticed it was the servers going down.
Then I noticed it was the servers going down.
AceBandage
Banned
Shanadeus said:
Nah, it's the low level alternate Guardian mount.
Horses suck.
Also, where are Death Rifts? I'm trying to get my bard soul, but all the rifts in Silverwood are Life and Fire.