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 Props to Raum for most of this OP, may she rest in peace  Welcome to Rift: Storm Legion! The world of Telara is ravaged by the elemental planes. Come join us in a magitech-laden world full of spiders, mead, and gluts of steel. In real words, this is A Good Game with a great dev team, solid design, and the F2P model that goons salivate for. You can pretty much do everything without having to be a patron, and cash shop stuff is all novelty or convenience boosting. Getting Started Click this referral for a free trial if you think that you will be a patron in the future! Right here! Get a lucky goon a flame horse! Otherwise you can start right here: http://www.riftgame.com/en/ You should also check out the Rift Mobile app that's now out for Android, iPhone, and now PCs! It's not fully supported at the moment while the game goes through the F2P transition, but when it works you can get nice artifacts from the scratchoff game to sell for plat and call guild members jerks through your phone So, why would should I play this game? Rift has arguably the most responsive and talented dev team in the industry. Rift has recently celebrated its first anniversary, and now released its first expansion: Storm Legion! Although Rift will be familiar for players of WoW, the dynamic world, flexible class system, and quality-of-life perks make it a fresh, modern, and supremely playable MMO. The free to play model is very relaxed, with subscribers only getting bonuses over the needed content, and never locking players behind walls of playing with each other. I quit during beta or shortly after launch, what's new? Far too much to list! Rift has undergone some pretty extensive and rapid content releases. There's a lot more to see and do in Telara.  I AM NEW, TELL ME WHAT TO DO- The only choice you make at creation that can't be undone later is calling, so spend the most time thinking about that. Trion is adding new souls soon that will allow each calling to do every role (tank, heals, dps), so choose based on style you prefer. Right now mages can't tank, warriors and rogues can't solo heal, and clerics aren't pure support. Rogues mix melee and ranged, are fast paced and some specs blink around or stealth. Warriors wear plate, almost exclusively melee and use 2-handed or dual weapons. Clerics use 2-handed weapons or mace/shield to tank, and dps mostly ranged. Mages set things on fire, ranged dps and healing. - When you first start, choose one of the default purposes it offers you. This is just a basic template to get you started with Rift's complex and rich soul system. Follow this until level 10 or so, just putting points where it tells you when leveling and checking out new abilities you are given. - Level 10 is when the game really opens up. You will get access to pvp warfronts (hit K) and Instant Adventures (hit .). Both are really nice exp and an alternative to quest leveling. Grinding IA's is the fastest way to level 50, but is also a bit mind numbing to just do that. They have daily bonuses that are even nicer exp. - About this time you will be finding your capital city, either Meridian or Sanctum. There you will be able to buy your first mount if you don't already have one, access the guild bank (get in the guild), purchase roles/respec with your trainer, grab crafting skills. Grab some bags from the gbank for your bag slots, purchase 1 or 2 roles from your class trainer so you have 2 or 3 total (Roles are basically builds that you can switch between out of combat. You might have a questing build with survivability in it, a ranged dps build for IA, maybe something special for pvp, etc). Check the guide forums for your class here for guides on builds, or just ask in guild chat. - Grab a handful of rally scrolls and rally banners from the guild merchant (Orphiel's spire 3789, 4149 in Meridian or Southeast side of Sanctum near the Barber 5217, 2184). You won't be able to teleport to storm legion areas until level 45, but it's good to grab the portcullis in tempest bay as soon as you can, it's the unified city in the new zones and I believe it has daily quests that the capital city may not. You use rally scrolls by right clicking them in your inventory when someone else has dropped a banner somewhere. You drop banners by using the ability in your guild tab of abilities screen. - Let's talk crafting skills. First of all, Survivalist and Fishing do not count to your default limit of 3, and I think they are worth leveling up on your main character. I haven't bothered with them on my alts, but doing the fishing daily at level 60 for 12.5 plat is nice (and you can fish up artifacts/dimension items), and the survalist dailies are easy and give you general crafting currency that you can use to buy recipes on your crafting skill. I would recommend almost always taking mining and foraging as 2 of your 3 skills. They provide the mats for most skills and are very good moneymakers 50+. Apothecary makes potions/vials that are nice, Artificer makes powerstones for clerics/mages, and weaponsmith (i think) makes stones for rogues/warriors. Going with no crafting is viable, going with all gathering skills for making money is viable, do what you feel like. - Check out the guild dimension. Start your own dimension with the quests if only to have someplace to dump dimension items you get so they don't take up bag space. - Remember the "fury of the ascended" skill you have, it buffs you against rifts/invasions. Can save you at times, or make clearing that rift (nice exp) a lot easier. Guilds
IRC and Mumble IRC info - irc.synirc.net #riftgoons Mumble server info - flippingtables.org:46667 / password: lljk Add Ons Info There are lots of different add ons, but I will list the essential ones and those I like. Grabbed from http://www.curse.com/addons/rift Kings Boss Mods is the best for Raiding/Dungeons and giving warnings for boss mechanics. Rift Meter or Simple Meter are the most popular DPS/HPS tracking add ons. I use rift meter, but both do the job just fine. Imhothar's Bags is a nice add on for bag management. I don't even use it for the combined bag window, but I love that hovering over items will tell me how many I have of them on all of my alts. Gadgets Is basically a ton of different visual mods packed into one. FPS and distance trackers, alternate raid frames, currency bar, etc. Very nice to have. Karuul Alert Is an add on that tracks buffs/debuffs. Used primarily by raiders when they have specs that rely on constantly have debuffs up. I wouldn't worry about it unless you are running a DPS spec that needs it.  Resources & General Guides Level 60 Guide[SL] Dungeon GearRift Mobile App on your PC!Rift.Zam RiftNerd - News & Information Rift Addons - Curse Rift Developer Blog Telarapedia - Rift wiki Rift Forums Patch Notes Rift Warriors Rift Rogues Rift Mages Rift Clerics  Trailers & Reveals Storm Legion - Launch Trailer Features of the Storm Into the Storm Dimensions - Welcome Home Screenshots & Concept Art           lsp posted:Here's a collection of guides that may prove useful to those who don't want to sift through the forums. Read through, make your own decisions and feel free to ask, though most abilities are explained in their tooltips. Additionally, anyone else that wants to add to this or corrections or whatever go ahead and append. Eltoasto fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Jan 1, 2014 |
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 For the story of Rift, you should read Trion's history of Telara. With the release of Storm Legion, players have been given the opportunity to travel to two new continents: Brevane and Dusken. Brevane is a vast continent marked by the ruins of a civilization that dared to reach for the stars. From shattered skyways arcing over Cape Jule to colossal evils hidden in the desert of Ashora, the continent is a raw and shifting testament to the scope and cost of Brevanic invention. Dusken is the sinister and twisted realm at the heart of the struggle for the Infinity Gate. Crucia, Regulos, and the descendants of old Brevane battle from the pus swamps of Seratos to the fallen chantries of Morban, racing to unlock the key to life beyond the continent of Death. The world of Rift is under siege. Tears in reality visibly pocket the landscape, leading into the planes of Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Life, and Death. These tears will naturally develop into rifts or can be ripped open by the Ascended with lures that call upon specific planes. From these rifts, planar invasions spill forth to claim the landscape, disrupting the zone and terrorizing towns as they lay waste to them. The planar forces claim these towns and establish footholds across the zones. Rifts, footholds, and invasions are not instanced. They take place in the open world, and are open to anyone who can help. Players of all guilds, and both factions, cooperate to take down gigantic invaders. These invasions award Planarite and Sourcestones, which can be used to buy gear, consumables, companion pets, and other trinkets for both the leveling player and the endgame raider. When a zone invasion starts, you'll be notified in chat and all who participate will be rewarded. There are several variations on the rifts and what they can produce in a zone: Zone Events - These events spawn rifts. These rifts then spawn invasions, which then also spawn footholds should they take over a town. Each town has a wardstone which can be healed and upgraded. If all the wardstones die, the event fails and people get angry. After fending off the invasions and closing their spawning rifts, there are several different kinds of intermediary stages that can start. You may need to kill minibosses, or go attack certain planar structures or shoot at the boss with cannons as he flies around the zone. Finally, the boss will become active or spawn and the server piles onto it. Expert Rifts - Akin to uninstanced expert dungeons in terms of difficulty, these rift events reward gear to participants who open the rift. They must be opened with planar lures which may be purchased in Tempest Bay. Tailored for 5-man groups. Hunt Rifts - Players can draw out some of the stronger commanders of the planar armies and kill them in Hunt Rifts. They must be opened with lures that are purchased from the Torvan Hunters faction. Tailored for 5-man groups or more. Raid Rifts - Raid rifts are challenging content designed for 10-20 players, rewarding them with lower tier raid rewards and the much desired planar essences. Crafting Rifts - Crafting rifts are rifts designed to reward crafting items. These rewards are dependent on the lure used (i.e. an apothecary lure shall rewards herbs, bones, and planar essences, while an artificer's lure shall receive ore, gems, and lumber). Tailored for 5-man groups or more. Onslaughts - In onslaughts, the armies of the dragons swarm over the land and attack wardstones. If you drive them off for long enough, you can be gifted with suitable planar rewards for your efforts.  IMPORTANT NOTE: The goon guild is on a PVE server, so you can be a part of the guild no matter which faction you join or which race you play. Bahmi's DO have the best afro hairstyle though, just sayin The races of Telara all had once fantastic empires and sprawling civilizations. With the coming of the Blood Storm, the races fell from power and were riven from each other in hateful wars. They split into two factions: the Guardians who praise the gods of the Vigil and the Defiant who look to their techno-magic and unbreakable resolve for the future. The following information has been taken in snippets from the official site. The Defiant Based out of the city of Meridian in Freemarch, the Defiant are a loosely knit gathering of those who stand against the Blood Storm and the Guardians who brand them as heretics for their technomagic. Above all else, Defiants are rugged individualists who love technology. With the help of enough eldritch war machines and magical innovations, the Defiant believe the people of Telara will have the power to destroy the dragon gods themselves, without needing to rely on outdated religious dogma. When Telara is saved, the Defiant will be at the head of a new technomagic age, in which every facet of life is touched by their innovations.  The Eth are a tribe of humans who adapted to the harsh southern deserts by becoming master survivalists and taming their environment through magic. During the Blood Storm Wars, this inquisitive and fiercely scholarly race discovered a means to harness sourcestone as a fuel for eldritch war machines. After the construction of the Ward and the return of peace to Telara, these proto-technologies saw application in all areas of life. Yet the Vigil soon demanded that sourcestone technology be abandoned. Though it meant being cast from the gods’ sight, the people of Eth refused. In spite of the Vigil, they further conquered their environment and built an empire of conglomerated city-states ruled by brilliant sorcerer kings. The power and influence of the Eth spread throughout Telara, fueled by the wonders of sourcestone. Unfortunately, their technology fell into the clutches of insidious dragon cultists, and the Eth empire collapsed soon thereafter. Rather than risk the Blood Storm’s release, the Eth buried their wonders in the sand and destroyed all record of their forbidden techniques. quote:Desert Dweller's Birthright  Within the dense jungles of the Kelari Isles, rebel Elves carved sprawling magical cities from the limestone, bonding powerful spirits to every structure. They built great temples to appease this ever-expanding population of spirits and demigods, and their cities expanded from the temples, mirroring spiritual and natural phenomena. The Kelari fled their isles after their society was corrupted from the inside out. The Shade struck Telara, and Akylios’s deep-sea prison began slowly cracking, driving the seas into a swirling frenzy. Though monsoons and tidal waves battered the isles, the Kelari held fast, protected by their spirit patrons. Finally, Anthousa Mona, High Priestess, sounded the exodus, and the remaining Kelari sailed from their beloved isles. By then the seas were nearly impassable, and a mere score of ships made it to the shores of Freemarch. Only recently has the Kelari population seen growth, when Defiant resurrection forges pulled a number of lost Kelari from their journey down the Soulstream, returning them to life as Ascended. quote:Legacy of the Fire islands  The Bahmi are the curious and reclusive denizens of the Rhaza'de Canyons. Their elemental ancestors, the Shalastiri, arrived on Telara through a rift from the Plane of Air at the time of the first Blood Storm Wars. Led by their prince, Bahmi, they proved invaluable warriors in the fight against the dragon gods. But Bahmi's decision to aid Telara was also marked with tragedy. The placement of the Ward meant he and his companions would never be able to return to their homeland; despite this they stayed, and fought valiantly. With the Ward in place, and peace returned to Telara, Bahmi's people settled in the canyons, breeding with humans and forming a new race. Despite a brutish reputation, Bahmi idealize hospitality, the pursuit of excellence, and community above all else. In strength of arms, the Bahmi are beyond measure, and their craftsmanship is superior. When the Eth Empire fell, many of the refugees found haven in the Bahmi lands, creating a deep bond between the two peoples. quote:Shalastir Heritage The Guardians The Guardians are the chosen of Telara’s gods, the Vigil. After the tyrant Aedraxis called forth power from the Plane of Death and devastated Telara, the Vigil chose the greatest souls who fell that day to be harbingers of the next era. A golden age awaits, but Telara must first be saved — by deed, by example, and by the sword. Its people must be redeemed, its corruptors purged, before the world can truly be safe.  Honor, faith, and duty are the most sacred tenets of the strong Mathosian humans who once ruled the rocky highlands of the north. Mathosians value strength, hard work, and a man’s oath above all other things except perhaps loyalty. It is their commitment to these virtues that helped turn Mathosia into one of the greatest empires Telara has ever known, and from the humblest of beginnings. Tragically, it was also the very beliefs that eventually tore them apart. quote:Legacy of the Shade  The Elves walked beside the gods in the youth of the world. Favored among Tavril’s creations, they were given long life, wisdom, and an affinity for the land. In return for these many gifts, the gods appointed them stewards of Telara, to watch over the wilds and defend the other races from all threats. The Elves took to this task with natural elegance and focus and guarded Telara with wisdom, magic, faith, and skill for thousands of years. quote:Grace of the Forest  Dwarves were the first blacksmiths, masons, the first enchanters of magical devices. Their works made them welcome in any settlement the world over. Dwarves made weapons of surpassing deadliness, jewelry of astounding beauty, and structures to withstand eons and sieges. When the Blood Storm invaded, the best the Dwarves could hope for was to be forced by the more civilized dragons Laethys, Crucia, or Akylios to produce wealth, weapons, and runecraft. Rather than accept slavery or oblivion, the Dwarves marched from their halls of stone to help rid Telara of the plundering wyrms. Meanwhile, in the Moonshade Highlands, Rune King Molinar of Hammerknell ushered in a golden age of magic and runecraft. The delve produced miracles to rival the brilliant Eth, and was spared the horrors of the Shade, only to suffer the consequences of an ancient lie. For Hammerknell owed its miracles not to craftsmanship, but to binding the spirits of the dead to fuel the machines. Freed by proximity to planar energies, these spirits rose up in vengeance. The doors of Hammerknell were also sealed, not to protect the city from the world, but the world from the horrors of the city. quote:Miracle of Hammerknell  In the deep, dark places of Telara, the dragon cults plot devastation, and only the Ascended can end their corruption. The goblins must be chased from their stinking holes, and surreal faerie haunts must be cleansed of their wicked occupants. Undead miners dig in the earth, coming ever closer to waking ancient sleepers. Elsewhere, the great dragons themselves strain to escape their elemental prisons. Chronicles (1 – 2 players)  Special adventures for one (well-geared) player or two players, Chronicles let you and a friend explore Telara’s sweeping story, fighting beside legendary heroes and earning rare items in the process. The Chronicles are:
Dungeons (5 players)  Designed for teams of five adventurers, dungeons come in three difficulty levels.
In Storm Legion, there are currently seven dungeons:
 Raids require a group of ten to twenty players ready to confront the greatest threats Telara’s enemies have to offer.
In Storm Legion, there are the following 10m raids:
In Storm Legion, there are the following 20m raids:
 PvP happens in Warfronts (instanced PvP) and open World PvP (Daily PvP quests and PvP Rifts). Warfronts are broken down into level brackets: 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50. At level 50 you are able to start grinding Prestige which are PvP Ranks. PvP Ranks are effectively broken down into brackets as well - you obtain the gear in each bracket before you're able to obtain gear in the next. Prestige is PvP-based experience, adding to your rank within PvP whereas Favor is the currency used to purchase gear. Armor and items come with two PvP unique stats: Valor and Vengeance. Valor is used to mitigate damage whereas Vengeance is your PvP-based attack power bonus.  Warfronts Warfronts are instanced PvP battles where teams of Defiant battle teams of Guardians. Either faction can be drafted as a mercenary for the opposing team, fighting as a Defiant on the side of the Guardians or vice versa to help correct imbalanced teams. Every weekend, a different Warfront becomes a hot spot for conflict between the Guardians and Defiant. New Warfronts and Warfront modes often debut as Weekend Warfronts, which always reward extra Favor and Prestige. There are currently six warfronts: quote:Black Garden - Martyrdom  Conquest Conquest is a three-way inter-dimensional PvP struggle across a massive alternate-reality instance. Conquest features cross-shard recruitment and huge armies, spreading all-new warfare, land-control mechanics, and more across a battlefield the size of an entire zone. quote:Oathsworn, Dominion, and Nightfall descend on this alternate Stillmoor, eager to harvest its precious sourcestone. Rampage across haunted valleys and claim enough resources to fuel your faction’s plans.  In the world of Telara your characters can choose to work in various professions. This gives them abilities to gather various resources, like wood or metals, or to craft items from resources, e. g. weapons, runes or potions. A character may choose any combination of up to 3 professions. These are leveled independently of adventuring levels and are not tied to the soul system. Gathering Professions
Crafting Professions
In Patch 1.9, Trion added the survival skills of Fishing and Survival. Fishing allows you to fish up food for your group that can be cooked with skills in Survival and also fun things such as trophy fish and artifacts that are exclusive to the waters. Survival allows you to cook food, create bedrolls, and tents for gaining rested experience. These skills can both be learned with no restrictions. Crafting & Tradeskill Guides [SL] Fishing in Brevane and Dusken Eltoasto fucked around with this message at 05:12 on May 15, 2013 |
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 The Soul System is a very large feature for Rift. There are four classes or, as Trion calls them, 'callings' which receive eight unique souls that they can mix and match. As you level up, you receive points that you can put into these souls, unlocking new abilities, and improving old ones. The huge flexibility from this system allows for truly unique playstyles. Do you want to be a teleporting rogue that throws bombs? A mage that heals by doing damage? A cleric that shoots nonstop death star lasers? You can do all this and more! Each character can have up to six 'roles'. Each role is a configuration of three souls, and you can switch between these roles at any time while out of combat. Having trouble on a tough pull? Have someone swap to their healing role. Need an off-tank? That DPS rogue can switch to his Riftstalker build. Keep a build for PvP, solo questing, and three builds for raiding because your GM is giant loving sperglord.  quote:Clerics are bar none the most flexible calling in Rift. Within a raid the clerics will be flexibly changing their roles to suit the needs of every encounter. Tank healing, raid healing, DPS, support, tanking! You need it--we got it, and what each fight needs is typically very different. Clerics have one tanking soul, three healing souls, and four offensive souls. The tanking soul doubles as a potent raid healing base and it's incorporation with other souls is a significant factor in our great flexibility.
Guides & Builds for Clerics [SL] Warden - Raiding [SL] Inquisitor [SL] Defiler - Raiding & Dungeons  quote:Mages offer many flavors, but they're always ranged casters. With 6 offensive souls and 2 (loving amazing) supportive souls, mages have a great potential to blast the enemy to bits or carry your raid to victory. Every raid MUST have an Archon (a mage that delves heavily into unique raid wide buffs and debuffs) and at least one Chloromancer (a mage who deals in life damage, and converts this damage into healing for his allies).
Guides & Builds for Mages Info post here! 
Guides & Builds for Rogues Zyzyx's Rogue Bible [SL] Lyx's 2.0 Rogue Guide  quote:Front-liners no matter how you slice it, warriors set a high standard in both tanking and DPS. With an even split of four tanking souls and four DPS souls, warriors have some of the richest options in the flavor of their tanking yet still have a variety to choose between in their DPS specs. At the top end of content, warriors put intense damage in specs that flexibly transition between area of effect and single target damage but as melee fights are subjected to the limitations and mechanics a fight imposes on them. If unfettered by mechanics, warriors will consistently lead raids in output.
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Hugoon Chavez posted:Is there an EU guild by any chance? Eh? Dimension housing is pretty incredible if you want a sandbox. The starter dimension is free and tiny, but it's just the starter. Also no, there is no EU guild.
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~notes~ RIFT 2.2 Hot Fix #13 - 5/15/13 GENERAL * Raid assistants can now invite instead of recommend invite via the unit frame menu, and non-assistants can now recommend invite. * Fixed an issue causing Hellbugs to do more damage than intended to other NPCs in the Invasive Species rift. * The Hellbug Monarch from the Invasive Species rift is no longer immune to taunt. * Fixed the Skywarped Talon mob spawning with no health in the Runecrafting crafting rift. CALLINGS WARRIOR Beastmaster * Calliope’s Beastmaster Crystal: The 4 piece bonus buff triggered by Messy Wounds now last 30s, up from 15s. Tempest * Discharged Defenses: The tooltop for Discharged Defenses has been corrected, it now correctly reads that its buff causes Warrior attacks to ignore some of the target’s armor and resistance. ROGUE Bladedancer * Blade Hustle: Now increases the damage of your next Quick Strike or Precision Strike by 5-15% per stack, up from 3-9% per stack. * Blade Hustle: Now stacks up to 5 times, down from 10 times. Nightblade * Living Flame: Now applies Fiery Spike onto affected enemies. DUNGEONS AND RAIDS * A Hero Rises – Queen Miela will no longer become stuck before the War Machine boss appears. * Abyssal Precipice - In standard mode, the damage from Kaler Andrenos's Ice Geyser has been significantly reduced. * Endless Eclipse: Kain – All eligible players should now receive the “Cannibal Corpse” achievement per kill, instead of just one. * Fall of Lantern Hook: Quest – Wash it Away: Quest targets should now always appear when entering a fresh normal instance of the dungeon. ITEMS * Possible fix for cloak crash implemented. ZONES * Ashora: Onslaught: Fixed invasion mobs that wandered through walls in the Valley of Iron * Eastern Holding: Fixed some rift locations in Eastern Holdings that were not displaying on the main map. * Iron Pine Peak: Adjusted the fail-state footholds during the Army of the Wind zone event to be less punishing to respawning players. * Seratos: A Walk in the Park: Arlaun Merkur will now avoid potential footholds more efficiently. * Seratos: Instant Adventure: Reduced Ibtok's damage across most of his abilities. * Silverwood: Fixed a rift location in Silverwood that was spawning Hellbugs in strange locations
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Tsurupettan posted:When the game was first starting out, I recall reading a number of warrior and rogue guides that had very large and intricate macros, which were put forth in a manner that basically stated 'if you do not use these macros to automate your rotation you are playing wrong'. I don't find having 50-60 buttons fun (cough EQ2), but I don't find boiling things down to 3 macros fun. If that was just pubbies being pubbies and posting bullshit and it's more like 3-4 macros to manage rotation + your cooldowns/utilities/etc. for situational usage, I'm fine with that. I know the game has a lot of filler attacks that are unexciting and just bloat the bar, so you won't 'miss them' by sticking them in a macro. There are a couple specs that boil down into a big macro or two, but those are often NOT the best specs. Most specs written by top level raiders will chastise people who overuse macros because often a big macro can lag a bit and you end up not using the skills exactly when you should. tldr, there are really dumbed down macro based specs, but also some really complex specs to run.
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I think it's because he is trial and they may not be able to join custom channels. I got him though 
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Tsurupettan posted:Alright, cool, I'll give it a go. Thanks everyone. Well for support, raids always want one Archon (mage, old school buffs and debuffs), Defiler (cleric, heals and siphons damage off the tank), and bard (rogue, plays guitar and poo poo). Warriors have some support stuff as well but I don't think it's used that often, I could be wrong but if you have support #1 and tank last, I'd eliminate warrior. My main is a mage, it can do what you want to do, but I think the class that is most fun to play is rogue or cleric. If you want to be able to main heal a dungeon, go cleric or mage. If not, go rogue. I mean, if teleporting around and blasting a flamethrower on fools sounds interesting, not sure why it would.
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Invisible Handjob posted:I bought this a long time ago, I probably still have my account. Will I get any bonuses by using this account when f2p goes live, or would I be better off starting a trial account and getting 10 hours of playtime like the OP lists? (I want the expansion for free and do not want to pay $15 or whatever to resub my old account for a month) First, you can probably get 3 days playtime for changing your pw or something, if you haven't logged in for a while. If you get those 3 days, then you can sign up for raptr and do it in those 3 days probably? As for bonuses, we are told that people will get rewarded for the time they have been subbed in the past, but we don't know the details yet. Tsurupettan posted:Is leveling through IAs reasonable? I just noticed they're doable by low level players, and I'm kinda tired of questing in MMOs by running from hub to hub. IA's are actually faster than questing, so go hog wild. Grabbing quests through the zones and completing them with the IA groups is the most pro way of doing it. PVP with it's daily bonus is nice leveling too.
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Tsurupettan posted:e: vvv Hooray! What do you suggest with it? 8 points into chloro will give you LGV + instant bloom, very nice to go along with it. Then your 3rd soul choice should be based on what spell you want to cast with the eldritch armor procs. 0 points into pyro gets you fireball, a few points into ele gets you lightning strike, and some like stormcaller for aoe forked lightning. Eltoasto fucked around with this message at 02:14 on May 17, 2013 |
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Yeah fireball will still be 1 second or so cast until you have 35 points in Harb, but still worth casting for the damage.
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 Mage Info Dump! Last updated: 5-16-13 If you are like most people, you chose a mage because you liked to make things explode from a distance, and hey maybe sometimes heal as well! Sadly, we haven't always been able to make things explode very well, and in one patch we were even better melee dps than ranged. But do not fret, rift has such a variation in roles classes can play, we've always been able to play a part. And right now we are in a VERY good place. Pyro makes things blow up rather well. But first, let's get leveled to 60. Leveling builds Harbinger is the best solo leveler due to survability. It's melee, but you get a runspeed buff, a charge, and a teleport along the way. It's also the storm legion soul however, so it may not be an option if you are a F2P player without the expansion. Do not fret though, not having Harbinger will not hamper you at the endgame. These builds will be leveling builds for questing or exploring, for dungeons/IA's (fastest leveling)/PVP you will want niche builds for full dps or healing, etc. Many of these builds will link to guides here, which is the best source for mage guides at the moment. Harbinger/Chloro There can be many variations, but I will put up builds for full harbinger, a splash of chloro, and some pyro. The chloro gives you some healing while you damage, as well as an instant bloom heal if needed. The pyro gives you fireball, which will eventually be an instant cast from the harbinger's eldritch armor procs, but at low levels will be a .5 second cast. Level 21: The first build, you aren't great at AoE yet. You want to pull with blazing light or withering vines. You should use fireball with your proc, and your spam attack macro should be something like: #show Storm's Fury suppressmacrofailures cast Vorpal Slash cast Storm's Fury cast Piercing Beam cast Storm Slash cast Blazing Light cast [notactive] Charged Blade Buffs: Eldritch Armor Lightning Blade Level 30: On the way to 30, you continue to dump everything into Harb and extra points into chloro, stopping at 8 points and beginning to dump extra points into pyro. Add Lifegiving veil to your buffs, this heals you when you do damage, especially life damage (Lucent slash, vorpal slash, blazing light). You can now use vile spores as your eldritch proc for some nice healing instead of fireball if the need arises. You've added introspection into harb in case you need to regen some mana in combat. The big news is lucent slash, now you can burn down packs of mobs, the more mobs the more you heal yourself. Level 40: Continuing to pick up lots of awesome talents in harb, and filling in pyro. You now have your ranged interrupt from harb, and vengeful shock can go into your spam macro. For healing, planar shield isn't really worth the charge cost, and conditioned response isn't worth it unless your bloom is on cooldown. Level 51 Hey you made it to storm legion, good job! Picking up lots more handy things in harb. Are you feeling invincible yet? You kinda are. You can put blade rush in the spam macro once you pick up it's in-combat ability if you want, will stun the mob for 4s every 15s. At 44 you got a really nice defensive cd in essence of the wind on a short cooldown. Tempest winds is a pretty awesome channeled attack to mix in there. We are done with pyro now, we got what we wanted with burning fury and now we will be critting a lot more. Did ya notice phantom blades? Yeah, you can now pretend you are melee'ing a dude when you are actually 30m away, and that can be up half the time. Level 60: And we are done! You got rending slash at 54, that can go on in the spam macro. At 58 you got a stealthing skill, good for those sticky situations. And at 60, the grand daddy of them all...Empyrean Ascension. For 30s every 2 minutes, you get to turn into a fuckoff metal angel with special attacks. It's not super powerful, but it's fun and it is an increase in damage done. I spam this macro as the angel: #show Empyrean Ascension suppressmacrofailures cast Empyrean Ascension cast Dancing Limbs cast Storm Nova cast Energy Beam cast Shocking Touch Other leveling builds coming soon, as soon as we can decide on the best course for non-harb Endgame Builds Mages can ranged dps, heal, and run support in raids. As well as DPS or heal in dungeons. As a fresh 60, you may need someone helping with group healing with dungeons as we don't get all the tricks that clerics do. Mages are, however, excellent tank healers. DPS is in a good spot right now, with pyro and warlock putting up nice numbers, and some other specs emerging as we settle in to 2.2 and 2.3. Chloro is what I primarily run in groups, so feel free to ask Stampy any questions in game. Amory runs DPS more than most of our mages and puts up obscene numbers, she can answer questions on pyro or lock specs. Abuadlah (abadmage) has run Archon for a while and can give tips, it's easy to be a mediocre archon but a good one will really help the group. Healing Builds This is an excellent guide I use the 8 pyro/7 harb build myself and swear by it. A build with dominator squirrel in it isn't bad to have either. Support Builds All fresh 60's should make an archon build, you can help out raids easily that way, even if you barely have enough hit to get in. Here is a longwinded video about the Archon abilities. Go ahead and read this one stop thread for all builds Archon. DPS Builds Right now I would say that you want to carry 3 DPS roles. One AOE role (Either 61 Dom or 61 Stormcaller, depending on preference) along with Warlock and Pyro. If you don't have that many slots open, choose between lock and pyro. Warlock is very mobile, easy to run, and does high damage. It has been given some help with target switching and aoe, but is not very ideal for fights that have you switching a lot. Pyro can switch just fine with prime on a low cd now, and it is a lot more mobile but still not as mobile as lock. If any other mages have constructive stuff to add to the DPS section, lemme know and I will, I am certainly not an expert in the field. One of the several pyro guides, probably as good as any other until Valerry updates his. Valerry's 61 Warlock Guide 61 Stormcaller! I don't see a good Dom guide, so tldr dump all points into dom, the rest into whatever. Cast mass betrayal and traitorous influence, watch everything die. If stuff is alive, cast your other AOE's. Then chill until the cd's are up. Eltoasto fucked around with this message at 23:47 on May 17, 2013 |
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May 17, 2013 09:36
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The "Currently in development" line makes me think it was the final nail for End of Nations. The f2p patch has a lot of stuff still in development, so I doubt very many were involved with Rift. If I had to guess, it's a combo of EoN, post launch layoffs for Defiance, and some warface/rift peeps.
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May 17, 2013 22:42
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malhavok posted:The layoffs are probably just standard "post launch" layoffs for defiance, even if the game does well you don't need as many people working on it after it's launched as before. Yeah, Hartsman was on twitter being upset about how games are developed these days and offering help to those sacked. That would fit in with defiance, and not even necessarily Defiance's sales numbers. Someone said that she got 2 months full pay+severance package, which they wouldn't do if it was due to a disaster.
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May 18, 2013 01:36
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Lenaway posted:I downloaded this game along with raptr, but they're gonna run out of codes before I qualify. If anyone has a spare key I'd really appreciate it. My e-mail is dezlenaway(at)gmail(dot)com. Are those callings? don't pay attention to those, they are templates aimed to help out noobs. Tell us what class you are or just ask guild chat for specs.
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May 18, 2013 06:48
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Once it goes f2p, the only thing the storm legion expansion is going to give you is the expansion souls. So if you missed out on the Raptr thing (I think it's safe to assume they won't be restocking the keys), just wait until f2p and buy the souls individually if you find out you need them. I think Warrior and Cleric can probably do all the content without them, mage and rogue get a lot of use out of theirs though.
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May 19, 2013 06:35
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The benefit is it not being bound, which helps for alts. Thankfully they did away with resistance gating in Storm Legion, so passing barnacles back and forth between alts isn't really a thing. I suppose you could use a char with max lycini rep to get essences and pass it around, but then you are losing main stats.
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May 19, 2013 21:10
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Glad I still have a few then, because I ain't doing that grind again. Thankfully the dendrome region rep seemed easier, in the stream he was getting rep for jumping on a plant.
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May 19, 2013 21:17
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I don't expect them to restock the Raptr keys, Elrar seemed kinda surprised that it was still going on when asked about it in the livestream. Also the point I was trying to make about the expansion souls is that all of them have value, but the goon guild isn't going to kick you out of raids if you don't have them, as long as you are flexible with your specs and can bring other valuable roles. Not having the mage or rogue will directly affect your leveling though. Also Also going to log on and send out invites. Hugoon Chavez posted:Someone asked before, but I didn't see a reply. I think that's one of the few things that customer service can't/won't do for you.
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May 20, 2013 20:59
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Northan posted:So I've been looking for a new way to waste my time as of late since Uni's finally done. Would you guys say that this game is worth starting into at this point and leaving it running overnight to get the free copy of the expansion before the whole F2P glut hits? Yes. We don't know how much the expansion or expansion souls are going to cost once the game goes F2P, so it's hard to say for certain, but I'd be safe and get the free copy while you can. As far as starting now? Yeah it's fine to start now, our guild is on the first tier of raid content and isn't going to be ready for the 2nd tier when it comes out with 2.3. If that is your interest, sure you can get raid geared and join us within probably 2 weeks
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May 21, 2013 22:55
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The only thing I don't like is the currency potion, and I'm pretty sure it's not going to make it to live with that form.
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May 22, 2013 17:47
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How do you access the store on the PTS? I get the new popup with vendors, but is there a consolidated shop?
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May 22, 2013 18:41
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Checking out the store, yeah there are a ton of hats, including a beanie hat with a propeller for you Zoness.
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May 22, 2013 20:01
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The goon guild is on a PVE server. There are PVP servers but honestly this game has such a huge reliance on open world stuff, a bad pvp server is going to end up being incredibly frustrating.
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May 22, 2013 21:48
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Demon Theory posted:So there is legit open world PvP, even if it is grief oriented? There is a pvp server, have fun participating in any zone event if your side isn't the one with numbers. I have no idea how things are on that server, and will never go to find out.
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May 22, 2013 22:41
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I apparently have an internet tube blockage tonight, so won't be able to raid 
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May 23, 2013 02:04
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Tsurupettan posted:There are Hellbug mounts too. No idea how to get them though. They drop in the rifts, I think the 4th and final stages have a chance to give a rare reward.
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May 23, 2013 18:33
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Hashtag Yoloswag posted:I have a question that will greatly affect which class I play in the long term Rogues are fun
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May 24, 2013 06:22
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Drythe posted:Ok, now that my dreams of tanking are crushed, do warriors look bad rear end DPSing? Warriors are usually "hit things with sword till it dies" and never look that spectacular. Eh, you never know when someone will go fuckgoons and a tanking spot open up. But you will definitely be dps first. Here's a video of the riftblade doing it's dps rotation if that helps, warriors definitely get elemental effects and stuff to go with their attacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFLPTBiKfQI
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May 24, 2013 19:56
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Obscurity posted:If I'm a mage what are the specs I'll be needing? 1 DPS 1 Support 1 Healer 1 PvP at a minimum? I feel like I'll get confused with all those haha. You think if I get to endgame and just want to DPS that will be kosher? Well right now pyro owns bones, so if you get good at pyro then yes, people will want you dps'ing. They will probably get irritated if you don't have an archon or chloro spec handy in an emergency though. We currently have 6 role slots at 60 now, so 1 archon, 1 chloro, 1 solo, and then the last 3 can be a mix of pvp if you do that and dps.
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May 24, 2013 20:15
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Obscurity posted:So If I only want to dps, and I don't want to play pyro I'm screwed? Should I just reroll as a melee class or something? Warlock is also very good. Dom and SC are very nice aoe dps. There are other builds you can be, pyro is just the top single target DPS. But if you are coming at it with the attitude that you ONLY want to DPS and ONLY want to be a necromancer, well then some groups will only want you to not be in them. Rift has amazing versatility within the classes, but the players need to take advantage of that. lsp posted:Could we get my post with specs updated in the OP? I feel like that would help a lot of the elementary questions out. Yeah I'm going to do some work on it.
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May 24, 2013 23:28
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Kyrosiris posted:Is it bad that the first thing I'm doing when free-to-play goes live is getting myself a 150% mount? I am doing the same thing, gently caress 1000 plat. I estimate that us storm legion year purchasers will get 7500+ gems.
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May 25, 2013 00:27
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Red Red Blue posted:Just so I'm clear, the game gives you the choice of going to the two different zones at 50 but you're going to want to do both of them, right? I finished one about halfway through 51 and the 53 mobs in the next place are wrecking me. I went to the other level 50 zone anyway but I was wondering if I was missing something Basically you will need to do both unless you do a ton of pvp. On my characters I would do one zone completely, then go over to the other and just roll through the storlyine quests until it catches up on level to the mobs.
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May 25, 2013 01:45
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And to add to that, disabling pvp gives you a 5 minute buff that looks like a fist. It counts down and your pvp is turned off if it hits zero without you attacking or healing someone involved in pvp.
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May 25, 2013 07:53
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Gerdalti posted:With the upcoming influx of new players (myself included), can we get a list of some leveling specs for each class? Going X points in Y soul is helpful only to people who've been playing for awhile. New players may not understand which points go where, or why they should go where. Well I made a nice mage one! The other classes need to step up and follow my example 
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May 26, 2013 18:49
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Ciaphas posted:Are Clerics reasonably capable at playing the tank and DPS roles, or do they tend to be pressured into healing in groups? All three tanks do very well at it. Even with raid tanking, it's a secondary thought. Now if all you do is dps, and you want to raid and only do dps, then make sure you are good at it. Otherwise they may start thinking about you healing.
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May 27, 2013 04:22
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Spuckuk posted:So, anyone got a good idea for a low level (22) build for a Mage to AOE the poo poo out of things in events? I still have very little what souls do what beyond Harb/Chloro owns for levelling and Pyro/Dom for warfronts. Stormcaller and Dominator are the two aoe dps souls, but they really get most of their toys level 35+. You could go SC and just forked lightning poo poo endlessly, then once you reach 31 you can get charged shield and use lightning field to blow up groups after forked applies 2-3 stacks of electrified. For right now, I would suggest going pyro and picking up firestorm, it's probably the heaviest hitting aoe spell at that level and can be cast nonstop.
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May 28, 2013 20:10
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Has anyone been able to get the Raptr app to count non-steam rift hours? I bought Rift on steam back when it came out, but storm legion and everything else has been the solo client. I don't even have any rift steam files installed, but it's on the list so Raptr sees it and that's the only rift it will see. If i try to manually install a game and point it to the base directory, it says "got it!" and then just shows Rift (Steam) and doesn't track any time. I really don't want to install through steam and lose all my mods just to game the ascend a friend system.
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May 29, 2013 01:10
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Oh yeah, also:quote:RIFT @Riftgame 24m
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May 29, 2013 01:34
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Well I know the first thing I am spending credits on: Also Zoness it looks like the token boost no longer applies to frozen eclipse stones. So pro raiders will no longer have to sell their plasma.
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May 31, 2013 10:48
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