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Want to be an expert at Iron Tombs? Follow this guide for everything you need to know.
Features, Zone Info, Guides
Tue, Oct 25, 2011
Medawky
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Phase 2 of the World Event is now underway, and something suspicious is afoot.
Basics, Features, Zone Info, Guides
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Medawky
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Join Guardian scribe, Padraic, and his trusty, yet slow-witted lackey Bran, as they travel the length and breadth of Telara documenting the people, places, history, and folklore of the world. Before it’s all gone.
Fan Fiction, Features, Entertainment
Sun, Nov 06, 2011
Medawky
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Everything you need to know to get started on Update 1.5's World Event
Basics, Features, Quest Guides, Guides
Wed, Oct 19, 2011
Medawky
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Join Guardian scribe, Padraic, and his trusty, yet slow-witted lackey Bran, as they travel the length and breadth of Telara documenting the people, places, history, and folklore of the world. Before it’s all gone.
Fan Fiction, Features, Entertainment
Sun, Nov 06, 2011
Medawky
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Partially buried in the Shimmersand Desert, Charmer's Caldera is the final tune up before beginning Tier 1 Expert Dungeons.
Features, Zone Info, Guides
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
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Want the chance to help some very deserving kids and win awesome Rift swag at the same time? All you have to do is sponsor our Rift Community Manager; Jason "Medawky" Bolton, as he attempts a marathon 24 hour gaming session with the folks at Trion Worlds.
Features, Contests
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
Medawky
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Highlighting the standard mounts available to players of the Guardian faction.
Basics, Features, Item Guides, Guides
Tue, Oct 11, 2011
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Join Guardian scribe, Padraic, and his trusty, yet slow-witted lackey Bran, as they travel the length and breadth of Telara documenting the people, places, history, and folklore of the world. Before it’s all gone.
Fan Fiction, Features, Entertainment
Tue, Nov 08, 2011
Medawky
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The first in our Rift Mount Guides highlights the standard mounts available to Defiant players.
Basics, Features, Guides
Wed, Oct 05, 2011
Medawky
But every fire mage in WoW has the EXACT SAME point distribution as every other one. I have yet to find a justicar/druid/shaman with the exact same spec. Maybe that will change in a few months, but I don't think it will ever devolve to the one spec only or you can't raid samefest that WoW is now.
Where is the Bard in WoW? I could go on and on about the class, but you have to play past level 13 to see them
Where can I find dynamic world events that happen spontaneously and can dominate the landscape if not acted on by the players? Where warring factions have to band together to vanquish before they turn their blades on each other?
Rift launched with 10x more end game content that WoW did and its system that allows developers to create new content within a matter of weeks is the generational leap forward.
My cleric is a tank, a ranged DPS and a healer. My mage is a ranged DPS, a healer and a crowd control master. My warrior is a ranged/melee hybrid with an amazing pet and a tank.
Rift doesn't need WoW like numbers to survive and thrive, in fact its probably got a few too many WoW players in it now as we are starting to see some of the barrens chat types rear the ignorant heads. But when the game has led the PC sales charts for every week it has been out you will get a cross-section. Unlike WoW though, Rift requires you make friends and group up, so most of the offensive players will become ostracized eventually.
The real strength of Rift lies in its community, player led events and strong relationships abound in Telara and it makes for a very enjoyable experience.
I still enjoy WoW, but I have a strong guild that is pushing heroic mode content and a core group of friends to play with - otherwise I think I would be like many of my other friends, bored to tears.
Blizzard needs to do something quick, releasing Cataclysm too soon would be easier to forgive if they would push some new content - but waiting 5 months for 4.1 (which has zero new raid content) is getting a bit ridiculous. I think they put too many people on the Titan team and WoW is suffering.
Despite my diatribe, I think its very easy to enjoy both games for both their striking similarities and their marked differences.
Yes, the time limit increase was very nice indeed. I am still amazed at how quickly it processes and renders the video as well. One of the best innovations in MMOGs in a long time and it kind of gets swept under the rug do the sheer amount of other things going on in the game.
You can have the in-game NPC and the armor dye, but can I have the real Felicia Day please?
I wish I was on the dole to Trion, we can't even get a mention as a community site on their forums - so I assure you there is no collusion. If you read the cons, you would notice the questing is the top knock on the game. However as you mentioned, the game is on rails and most of it takes place post level-cap. Questing does tell the story of the world, but most people don't read quest text and I'm not sure you can do anything to make most gamers care about the "quality" of the quest system in any modern MMOG. I suppose it's a difference of opinion in what makes a game fun - to me quests are just a means to an ends and not the defining factor in what makes a good game.