Rift - who plans on playing?

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Rift is going to be released on 1 March with a "head start" for all pre-orders from 24th of Feb and an open beta from the 15th of Feb.

For the unaware it looks a lot like WOW but better graphics.

You can have a look here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_9oiBivg-g

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcUbkOMpKVk&feature=channel

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjwW7iEtB9Q&feature=channel

Sorry about the very annoying commentary but it gives you a good idea of what to expect.

The game's website is http://www.riftgame.com

They are going to have european and american servers.

Anyone interested in starting a SA guild for it?
 
28 classes ... that's a bit hectic!

Warrior Calling:

- Champion
- Reaver
- Paladin
- Warlord
- Paragon
- Riftblade
- Voidknight

Cleric Calling:

- Purifier
- Inquisitor
- Sentinel
- Justicar
- Shaman
- Warden
- Druid

Rogue Calling:

- Nightblade
- Ranger
- Blade dancer
- Assassin
- Riftstalker
- Marksman
- Saboteur

Mage Calling:

- Elementalist
- Warlock
- Pyromancer
- Stormcaller
- Archon
- Necromancer
- Dominator


This sounds a lot like the classes and callings/sub-classes from Aion, rather than talent trees in each main class as in WoW.

If that's the case it'll be pretty damn awesome. If it is like Aion, then it would be cool to level up under the 4 main classes and at some point you specialize in a certain sub-class.

It looks like they've tried to combine Aion/WoW/Guild wars and some LOTRO classes. Balancing all of them is going to be fun!

sauce
 
One of the nice things about the game is that you can have 4 specs at one time (wow has duel spec only). But with all the classes you probably going to need them.
 
been playing all 6 betas so far and it's very solid mmo imho ( if you take the beta out of the betaplay ). not to say it's ***, but all betas is beta for a reason. in fact it's been the more stable beta testing i've done in a while.

@voicy

you pick a calling/path, then inside it you mix and match what you like. for example

mage with warlock and necromancer. this was for role 1, then you are able to purchase another 3 roles. obviously they get more pricy the more you have. what is nice then i am able to play my choice build with another role that say i need for grouping/pvp/dungeons.

so in end you don't need 4 characters, but you can have that all in one with one mage and 4 roles.

i would hower add this : rift definitely had some weird spins on the known classes as for example you might find druid under cleric not your "standard" druid as per wow.

there will more mass vip key give aways i guess for beta 7 and 8 if there is one. just keep an eye on mmoprg, tentonhammer, and related.

Kaine said:
so this is the new wowkiller hey. good luck to them :) cant see it happening though
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god no, please stop with this wow killer bull****. its a solid game and that's where it ends, ok :)
 
Kaine said:
so this is the new wowkiller hey. good luck to them :) cant see it happening though
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It doesn't need to be a wow killer to be successful. What they have done right imho is not try be totally different from wow. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
 
Pr⊕phet said:
been playing all 6 betas so far and it's very solid mmo imho ( if you take the beta out of the betaplay ). not to say it's ***, but all betas is beta for a reason. in fact it's been the more stable beta testing i've done in a while.

@voicy

you pick a calling/path, then inside it you mix and match what you like. for example

mage with warlock and necromancer. this was for role 1, then you are able to purchase another 3 roles. obviously they get more pricy the more you have. what is nice then i am able to play my choice build with another role that say i need for grouping/pvp/dungeons.

so in end you don't need 4 characters, but you can have that all in one with one mage and 4 roles.

i would hower add this : rift definitely had some weird spins on the known classes as for example you might find druid under cleric not your "standard" druid as per wow.

there will more mass vip key give aways i guess for beta 7 and 8 if there is one. just keep an eye on mmoprg, tentonhammer, and related.



god no, please stop with this wow killer bull****. its a solid game and that's where it ends, ok :)
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That makes sense ... I've been reading up on the various classes and in itself each one seems to lack completeness. Being able to mix things up a la Guild Wars looks pretty damn awesome!
 
cool, so now i'll wait for:

The Ultimate Rift Starters Guide - Voicy
 
Voicy said:
Thanks dude, you rock!

I had a looksee at your screenies and I like how it has the simplistic approach to action buttons as featured in guild wars VS the shyteload of real-estate taken up by wow buttons and addons.
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well to mention just to simplest changes, but nice ones:

1) ability to just group without needing to shout, plead or beg. you just run up to the event taking place and click join public group. that will automatically set you in the "public raid" that is partaking in the server event.

2) cast heal on target's target. makes healing a breeze...

Voicy said:
Whahaha ... you're the one who played the BETA. You can make the guide using my template! :D
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meh, english needs improvement as it might turn out too foreign :D
 
I am definitely give it a go. +1 for South African guild
 
hmmm looks really good but there's just to many other things coming out that demand much more attention

Homefront
AC3: Brotherhood
crysis 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Shogun 2: Total War

all of em out this march ... sigh!!!
 
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