If you took part r attempted to take part in the final parts of RIFT's first World Event this weekend, you were either treated to a final showdown that lasted between 1-2 hours or were stuck frustratingly pounding on the keyboard in a long server queue as the event passed you by. If you've been on the forums since then, you know that more than a few people are not happy about how things turned out.

Trion aimed high and they know that while the event was a grand idea and one that with some tweaking could be a lot of fun, was a bit flawed in the execution. Following the event, RIFT Executive Producer Scott Hartsman took to the forums to explain what the event was intended to accomplish and acknowledges that Trion had some missteps along the way and could have done some things differently. Hartsman also notes that what was learned from this weekend's event will be used to make the next one much better.

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Subscribing players will also be happy to know that Trion is working to make it up to those that had a bad experience with the event, were unable to attend due to real life getting in the way or were jammed up in an excessively long server queue and unable to make it in. To that end, Trion is presenting players with a few things extra this week.

1) Operating on that assumption, later this week everyone will be receiving an in-game mail with the River of Souls Event Reward Pack containing:

Symbol of Purity – This item starts a quest you can complete to obtain

  • 250 Otherworldly Sourcestone
  • 1x - Purified Treasure Cache – Contains a random chance of obtaining one of the special world drop event rewards from the day of the event
    • Common – Grave Goods Bag -Unique 20 Slot Bag (NEW ITEM)
    • Uncommon - Shroud of Anti-Life – Lorn non combat Polymorph
    • Rare – Nimble Spectral Horse – 90% Speed Mount
    • Ultra Rare – Swift Spectral Warhorse – 110% Speed Mount
  • Shadetouched Weapon Cache – The starter item for the Rare Death weapon quests. You can choose whichever level appropriate one you'd like.
  • The following two Achievements, since not everyone who was (or wanted to be) present was able to obtain them.
    • Grim Hero
    • Grim Protector



2) The achievement for kneeling to Alsbeth will remain available in her incarnation inside the River of Souls.



3) Additionally, we're also going to continue the Otherworldly Sourcestone drops for the next few days, for those who haven't yet finished off their collections and would care to.



4) And since the question has come up quite a few times -- the ability to complete the quests from the Shadetouched Weapon Cache will continue, such that you're always able to finish them.

While a few things could have been done differently with the event, Trion does continue to push the envelope for dynamic world events in RIFT. It was an ambitious project for only a month out of the gate and it should be interesting to see how Trion deals with their next event using feedback and what they learned with this one.

Source: RIFT Forums


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Last Updated: Mar 13, 2016

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