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Each month, we pose a question to our developer friends, and each month they impress us with their candor and the diversity of their responses. This month is no exception.

Public quests will be a big part of the next wave of MMOGs, with both Guild Wars 2 and Rift: Planes of Telara making avid use of the concept.

Senior Designer Simon Finch calls Rift: Planes of Telara an "RPG MMO with a twist, meaning that players will encounter the familiar and the unfamiliar." That twist could mean anything from the game's

You might have read about Rift: Planes of Telara in its former incarnation, Heroes of Telara, and wondered about its cornerstone concepts, e.g.