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Rift: Planes of Telara |OT|
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KaYotiX said:Hey first strike, ill prolly roll a warrior of some sort. Wont be on till tomorrow but who can i hit up for a guild invite?
Played the game on a friends account and just bought the CE from amazon
Any of the officers listed in the guild roster on our website
Officers are up to date, though I have to go through the member list and update it again. I think there's been another 10 or 15 people since I last updated it.
Union Carbine
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I'll have to try that out. I've been going INQ/JUST/SENT for about 5 levels or so now and I like that quite a bit.Zefah said:
blurredvision
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Anno said:
Yeah, it's quite obvious that a lot of WoW population moved over to Rift. The forums are evidence of this.
These invasions taking place in Freemarch are becoming a bit annoying. Taking part in them is fun but when I just want to finish up task they make traveling a pain on top of the how normal monsters are placed.
I also hope the story picks up. Just finished the series of task that lead me to the Defiant city/stronghold. I think this one mission into the Iron Tombs might be interesting but it's a bit above my level at the moment so there is another task/mission leading elswhere that I guess I have to do that first. If it wasn't for the rifts and invasions taking place I'd be very bored with the game even though I like it. The story so far is just barely mildly interesting. Just a lot of grunt work. Go here and clear out this area, gather things things, watching this, etc. I know who the big bad in this area is, lets move on. It was clear back in one of the very early missions. The lore books have been the most interesting so far and I'm glad I was able to pick up a bunch of them in the city.
I also hope the story picks up. Just finished the series of task that lead me to the Defiant city/stronghold. I think this one mission into the Iron Tombs might be interesting but it's a bit above my level at the moment so there is another task/mission leading elswhere that I guess I have to do that first. If it wasn't for the rifts and invasions taking place I'd be very bored with the game even though I like it. The story so far is just barely mildly interesting. Just a lot of grunt work. Go here and clear out this area, gather things things, watching this, etc. I know who the big bad in this area is, lets move on. It was clear back in one of the very early missions. The lore books have been the most interesting so far and I'm glad I was able to pick up a bunch of them in the city.
Solaros said:
Well, reading the OP would probably be a good start as most of what you need is in there (including the guild info, server, etc.)
The game is pretty intuitive. I'd recommend just playing around with builds. Oh and if you make something that you don't like - remember that you can get all the souls for your class at lvl 13 and have up to 4 different soul configurations. You don't need to reroll just cause you don't like assassin or something
I'm downloading now, I'll need something to keep me occupied while the FFXI servers are down and it seems like a good time to jump in while the game's still so new. I love playing a new MMO when they're so full of promise and excitement. Unfortunately they almost always disappoint. I hope this one's different! I'll register on the Lotus Cross site as soon as I know what my character name is.
Edit: Character name is Amnesiac, I'm on Belmont, probably won't play much more tonight but I'll be on tomorrow and hit someone up for an invite. Game seems great for the first 5 minutes!
Edit: Character name is Amnesiac, I'm on Belmont, probably won't play much more tonight but I'll be on tomorrow and hit someone up for an invite. Game seems great for the first 5 minutes!
Hawk269
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As a new player to MMO's, with my history of playig WoW for about 2 days, LOTR for about 2 days, Conan for about 2 days, Final Fantasy (the 1st one) for about a week and none of them held my interest that much. RIFT however has and alot of the reason is because I think it looks really good.
However, one thing that bugs me about it is this....Why did they not make the starting areas for the different races unique? We get only two Story lines for the most part in the Defiants/Guardians, but how much better would the game have been if each race had there own starting area till about level 10 or so, then everyone lands into the same zones that they do now depending on faction?
I also kind of wish that there were a few lower level dungeons or caves. The whole Freemarch area seemed overly long and it would of been nice to have a low level dungeon at around level 10 or 12, then move to the Iron Tombs (defiant side).
But overall, I love the game. It has stopped me from buying other games which is good for me to save some money and even though I am only at level 26, I am enjoying the hell out of the game.
However, one thing that bugs me about it is this....Why did they not make the starting areas for the different races unique? We get only two Story lines for the most part in the Defiants/Guardians, but how much better would the game have been if each race had there own starting area till about level 10 or so, then everyone lands into the same zones that they do now depending on faction?
I also kind of wish that there were a few lower level dungeons or caves. The whole Freemarch area seemed overly long and it would of been nice to have a low level dungeon at around level 10 or 12, then move to the Iron Tombs (defiant side).
But overall, I love the game. It has stopped me from buying other games which is good for me to save some money and even though I am only at level 26, I am enjoying the hell out of the game.
evilpigking
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Got to 50 yesterday! Ran Abyssal Pinnacle and Caldera's C...something today. Both were pretty fun. Picked up a new chest, shield, helm, and the epic pants from the Stillmoor raid quest so hopefully I'll be able to start running experts soon.
I was hacked yesterday with all of my platinum stolen. Was questing in the morning, logged out , came back later at night, found my toon in front of a mailbox with no platinum. 40 plat gone. I don't lick on banners (adblock) and I don't visit Zam either. Only Rift sites I go to are the main site, my guild's and the Wiki.
GM has not gotten back to me. My password is not easy to figure out.
If this isn't resolved tomorrow, that is it for my time in Rift. I will not tolerate this kind of shit. In all my years of MMO playing, I have NEVER been hacked. Not about to start letting it slide now.
GM has not gotten back to me. My password is not easy to figure out.
If this isn't resolved tomorrow, that is it for my time in Rift. I will not tolerate this kind of shit. In all my years of MMO playing, I have NEVER been hacked. Not about to start letting it slide now.
Kintaro said:
I'm really sorry to hear about this, obviously this is a very widespread problem and I'm living in fear it's going to happen to me (and I haven't even really started playing yet). I've heard they're talking about implementing some sort of cell phone based authentication which would be awesome. I just don't understand why this is happening. I've been careful to use a unique password (not one I use for anything else) and not to register on any fan sites in case that's where the leaks are coming from. It just seems far more likely to me that there is some sort of internal security problem on their end and that's something that should never happen with an internet-based-video-game company.
Maybe the Coin Lock System will help?
Kintaro said:
I saw you login and log off yesterday before it happened. It was probably an hour or two before you logged in to find all of your stuff gone. A guy I was playing with last night also got kicked off in the middle of an expert dungeon boss fight and had to change his password :3
Nobody has messed with my account and I just went and changed my password the other day. I'd recommend everyone here do the same just to be safe. Make sure it's at least 8 characters long with capitals, lowercase, numbers and symbols as well.
Oh and a friend of mine has been waiting a week with no word on his stuff. They are flooded with support requests right now so while you will get it back at some point, it could either be a day or who knows when. According to him if you call in you go straight to an Indian call center too.
WonkyPanda said:
I have to disagree with some of our other GAFers and say that heavy Inquisitor pretty much wrecks our other options for solo leveling speed. I hit 50 fairly quick by most peoples' standards and I never saw above level 10 Defiant-side in beta (or level 20 of Guardian for that matter). Inquisitor is just a boss soul for doing stuff solo. Soul Drain is a monster.
Just saw the announcement before I left - servers are going down for an update in a few with 60 mins of down time. If someone could post the patch notes up I'd appreciate it as I'm going to be spending a good chunk of time in the hospital today for my grandma's knee surgery.
Also, I heard from Maxrpg / Ashton and he's alive and plans on coming back when RL slows down
Also, I heard from Maxrpg / Ashton and he's alive and plans on coming back when RL slows down
1stStrike said:Just saw the announcement before I left - servers are going down for an update in a few with 60 mins of down time. If someone could post the patch notes up I'd appreciate it as I'm going to be spending a good chunk of time in the hospital today for my grandma's knee surgery.
Also, I heard from Maxrpg / Ashton and he's alive and plans on coming back when RL slows down
I'll post 'em whenever they go up. I just logged on and saw the announcement.
Here they are, actually:
RIFT Patch Notes 1.02 said:
BattleMonkey
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blurredvision said:
Doubt it's that. All MMO official boards are cesspits
Amneisac said:
Too late for the coin lock system for Darsh.
The coin lock system doesn't prevent you from buying from a vendor either, so you could still lose a ton of plat if the hacker just wanted to be an ass. Based on what I've read it would take a miracle for him to get a response from CS by the end of the week.I don't understand why they thought it was good idea to launch without any kind of authentication system.
1stStrike said:
Yeah, to be honest they were two of my bigger gripes with the game at level 50. It was fucking dumb to run around and do simple stuff like gather herbs. Note that is still dumb but that's mostly apothecary's fault for being a hilariously bad tradeskill - maybe more tolerable with these fixes.
I still think "Exposed" in general is pretty retarded, though, and wouldn't mind seeing that disappear entirely.
HixxSAFC said:CoinLock feature is an ok solution for now but not a long-term solution I hope; they need to get some authenticator type dongles out asap though.
Got to finish DA2 and get back into this, haven't touched it since the minute DA2 unlocked, heh
They are, but only iPhone and Android apps and text message authenticators. I remember reading in an interview at Massively that they won't have a separate hardware authenticator because they claim everyone has the ability to either use the app or receive a text message.
The coin lock feature is interesting, but if all the hacked accounts really are keyloggers as Trion claims and not a problem on their end (which I have my doubts) then those hackers have easy access to your email as well.
Projectjustice
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Are the servers down?
I've been giving this one a try for the past couple of days. Been very enjoyable, and plan on going with it for a while. Rolled on Belmont as well, but as Guardian.
Side note, it's the first Diku MMO I've played where general chat wasn't taking about WoW the majority of the time.
Side note, it's the first Diku MMO I've played where general chat wasn't taking about WoW the majority of the time.
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Kyoufu said:
It is definitely worth trying. There are a lot of really cool stuff in the game, and any MMORPG fan should be able to enjoy it for, at the very least, a couple of weeks.
I made a new tank build for T2's today (I have 110 toughness now and most of my T1 set) with 37 in riftstalker / 21 in bladedancer / 8 in bard and it's beastly. Wallach was saying that it was a lot easier to heal and I have more utility + I don't get hit nearly as often. I'll go periods of time without taking any damage - and if I pop side steps it's all miss miss miss miss miss miss hit miss miss miss miss for 15 seconds
Plus, I have a opener where I charge at an enemy and root them for 2 seconds which gives me 2 CP to start with (which is awesome).
Plus, I have a opener where I charge at an enemy and root them for 2 seconds which gives me 2 CP to start with (which is awesome).
SUPARSTARX
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Is this game worth getting if I like/liked WoW? Should I expect a WoW clone without the cartoony designs?