AceBandage
Banned
Bard seems simple.
It's a DPS support class.
You buff up the group while you unleash a deadly rain of arrows.
It's a DPS support class.
You buff up the group while you unleash a deadly rain of arrows.
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Rift: Planes of Telara |OT|
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AceBandage
Banned
Except a lot more fun than in WoW.
I abhorred leveling in WoW, but I'm having a blast in Rift.
I abhorred leveling in WoW, but I'm having a blast in Rift.
This Rogue in our guild is a "Tank" as he puts it. Riftstalker/Ranger/Bladedancer. However, every time we group up with a few others(mages/clerics) and go out, this dude is hanging back there with me spamming arrows. I'm like, "....." We normally don't have a warrior with us so the mind boggles. My boar does most of it since his boar always dies because he never heals it. I swear lol
Addiction. I like that you don't have to invest a lot of time into it before you're drowning in skills and raids. Hell, before you hit 15, you'll probably have done more raiding events and have more skills than you would in the other MMOs out there at the same level. I really hate having to invest a lot of time into something to really get to the good stuff. Sort of reminds me how they're handling GW2 too, getting involved early on and what not.
Broadbandito
Member
AceBandage said:
reasons why? i am interested in hearing your points.
AceBandage
Banned
Broadbandito said:
In WoW (at least for the majority of the time). There were really just two things to do.
Quest and Dungeons.
In Rift still has these, but adds in the Rifts and Invasions as well. Both of which add a great deal to the community and the feeling of a living world.
In WoW, you'd be out and see some people, maybe on the same quests, but that would be about it.
In Rift, you'll be out, and suddenly the entire area goes dark, the battle horns sound, and you'll be in the middle of a giant clusterfuck of 40 players taking on an army of undead or goblins or something and instantly just join in.
There's also the class system. In WoW, there was really only one way to play each spec to get anything out of it.
In Rift, you can pretty much do whatever you want. There could be a thousand Necromancers in the game, but they'd each have their own abilities to use and their own play style. And they'd all be viable.
Though, if there's one thing that I can fault Rift for, it's the awful voice acting. Some of it sounds like the programmers just goofing around.
I will say, though, that I don't hate WoW at all. I enjoyed the 6 years I put into it, but Blizzard has been grinding away many of the things I originally liked about the game, so I think it's time for a break at least.
Quagm1r3 said:
Sadly, no. You have to download the retail client and everything is started over.
AceBandage
Banned
Scum said:
You'll probably want a Warrior, then.
They can do everything but heal, I believe.
This game is so much fun.
http://thejayzone.com/pics/rift/rift1.jpg
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The last 2 shots are using supersampling. I don't normally use it, since it drops my framerate to 40-50 on average, and around 30 at it's lowest point. This is with a SLI GTX 570 system. Very demanding.
http://thejayzone.com/pics/rift/rift1.jpg
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The last 2 shots are using supersampling. I don't normally use it, since it drops my framerate to 40-50 on average, and around 30 at it's lowest point. This is with a SLI GTX 570 system. Very demanding.
AceBandage
Banned
The game actually isn't too taxing.
It runs a bit slower than WoW when I have all my add ons enabled, which is fine, since Rift already includes a lot of those in the main interface.
But it does have a lot of beautiful scenery.
It runs a bit slower than WoW when I have all my add ons enabled, which is fine, since Rift already includes a lot of those in the main interface.
But it does have a lot of beautiful scenery.
AceBandage
Banned
On a single 6850, I get about 30 FPS in Rifts with everything maxed and SS on.
I think that the shadow levels play a bigger role though.
Damned resource hogs.
I think that the shadow levels play a bigger role though.
Damned resource hogs.
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.htmlScum said:Sweet. March 1st, it is then.
You can play around with that soul calculator in the mean time, to see what layout you want to roll with first.
Yes it is. Nice pics, btw.TheExodu5 said:
Also, A Song of Ice and Fire fan, eh?
Projectjustice
Banned
Sebulon3k said:
Trion said they are against such mods and I agree with them. Recount ruins parties in WoW all the time from elist pricks.
AceBandage
Banned
Projectjustice said:
DPS meters are both a blessing and a curse.
They let you know if your rotation can be improved or not, but they also make it so DPS are so focused on padding meters that they don't pay attention.
Personally, I can go either way.
Projectjustice
Banned
AceBandage said:
Doesnt matter to me as long as the party is successful in finishing an instance.
Projectjustice said:
I don't understand how they plan on people improving in Raid instances and such without being able to find out what's working and not working in their rotation, I was dpsing as a shaman earlier and I had no idea how I was doing compared to the rogue counterparts in my group.
Kinda lol that I won't be able to tell what changes in my talent tree are doing to my output
AceBandage
Banned
It's also weird that there are training dummies in the game, but no DPS meters.
I mean, what's the point of that?
I mean, what's the point of that?
AceBandage
Banned
knitoe said:
Rifts appear based on the amount of people in a Zone.
They're never more than a zone can handle and only become a problem when people are being lazy (which doesn't last long since they can't quest is the rift takes over a town).
For those that are crazy about their exact damage I'm pretty sure there's already parsers out there. If not, there will be after release anyway. Personally, I've never cared that much so long as I can kill shit and I've always done a pretty good job at finding a strong build.
External combat parsers already exist. I think Rift Junkies has one that runs in the background as you play. Rift itself already has some sort of combat logging feature that writes your combat log to a text file.
Personally, I'd rather they just put an actual meter in the game instead of making people use an external program. People glancing to a meter on their UI to check their DPS >>>>> people alt-tabbing to check.
Personally, I'd rather they just put an actual meter in the game instead of making people use an external program. People glancing to a meter on their UI to check their DPS >>>>> people alt-tabbing to check.
If they had a Mac version of this game I would have picked it up the day it was released, but I'm tired of dual booting, so things are going to have to be Mac native for me to really jump into them full-time. I did play in the beta, though, and it was pretty interesting. Not a big fan of the animation, however.
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Deleted member 17706
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I pre-ordered and am ready to go for the early start.
I'm still not decided on what archetype I'll play. I tried a bunch of different characters, but I never leveled on higher than 16 (I didn't want to spoil myself for the mid-game content). Right now I'm leaning towards a Cleric (Justicar/Sentinel/Warden), but I am also kind of interested in the Nightblade/Ranger/Bard combo for Rogues. I'll probably play both, as well as some sort of caster until I decide on which I'll play to max level first.
Oh, also, it's a minor thing, but the title of this thread is wrong. The "Planes of Telara" part is no longer in the title.
I'm still not decided on what archetype I'll play. I tried a bunch of different characters, but I never leveled on higher than 16 (I didn't want to spoil myself for the mid-game content). Right now I'm leaning towards a Cleric (Justicar/Sentinel/Warden), but I am also kind of interested in the Nightblade/Ranger/Bard combo for Rogues. I'll probably play both, as well as some sort of caster until I decide on which I'll play to max level first.
Oh, also, it's a minor thing, but the title of this thread is wrong. The "Planes of Telara" part is no longer in the title.
Hawk269
Member
TheExodu5 said:
I have everything maxed out, with Supersampling on with a 580 and I get around 47fps most of the time, I drop to about 25-28fps during a heavy rift with a ton of players. Seems to be pretty nice, but would like a rock solid 60fps, which I can most of the time if I turn off supersampling and turn shadows to enviroment only. It just looks so much better with full shadows and super sampling. Here is hoping that some driver updates and some more tweaking by Trion will give me even more performance.
AceBandage
Banned
Well, without all the background stuff that's running in the beta, we should get some improvement inthe retail version.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
I found I got much better performance setting the graphics to ultra then the default.
It seems to detect what kind of setup you have and set the graphics accordingly, even if that means past ultra where there is very little improvement in the way it looks.
It seems to detect what kind of setup you have and set the graphics accordingly, even if that means past ultra where there is very little improvement in the way it looks.
Hawk269
Member
I did the pre-order at Gamestop for the collectors edition. So how does the "Early Start" work since the physical copy wont be in my hands until the 1st? I am in the beta right now and have been messing around with it...so when the early start goes into effect, how will this work if I donnt get my hands on the actual game until March 1st?
AceBandage
Banned
Did you get a code or something to input on your account? You should be able to download the clinet with that.Hawk269 said:
The only difference in leveling is the Rifts which keep the world alive and offer a distraction from quests. I sort of stopped doing the betas once I couldn't get continuous rift hunting groups. Some people complain about the amount of Rifts, but I would rather have those than be stuck questing as Trion's quest design is nothing new. I also have more time to use all my various skills in a big Rift encounter, so that part of the game utilizes the gameplay better as well.
AceBandage
Banned
Nyx said:
I already made a long post about half a page up.
1stStrike said:
If you already played some beta`s though,I think you don`t even need to re download the game,they will let you play the head start with the patched beta you are using now let`s say but come the first of March,you need to delete that client and install with the disk version and apply the key(no grace period by the way,no key,no play,even if you where in the headstart)... I could be wrong though.
