You guys must do not check out things on youtube offten or never but in a hands on video of RIFT they had a show on classes and Rifts and I seen a Class ranger type using this mage fire spells, so yes we can be what the fuck we want, they said RIFT has endless customisations and possibilities.
Dude. Take your own advice and read up on things before spouting off about them. The Nightblade is a rogue calling that wields some fire / dark magic. It's still a rogue, and it's using class abilities, not abilities from an entirely different calling.
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Give this man cigar, what he speaks is true, just check out the videos.
"....As an Ascended grows in power, so does his or her ability to attune souls. Leveling a character will unlock the ability to attune additional souls. A maximum-level player will be able to attune up to three souls of their choosing!"
....and i quote...."UP TO THREE SOULS OF THEIR CHOOSING"
Up to three souls of their choosing FROM WITHIN YOUR ARCHETYPE, to be more specific. Detailed information about the class system is available on the official website at www.riftgame.com
That was a direct quote from the offical website...hence why i posted it. To be exactly specific, It does not say FROM WITHIN YOUR ARCHETYPE.
In practice, you'll throw out what may look onscreen like a very impressive fireball only to have little numbers pop up over little mobs heads, and no other effects - just like every other MMO. whee.
What I'd like to see is scorched armor, knockback, and dead opponants (at least dazed).
i think hes a pretty cool character but yet again its another mage in another mmorpg
My point excactly. Why not make some more unconventional Wizards like say GANDALF (one of the archetype if not THE archetype). You know, someone who can maybe create a shield that can take a blow from a Balrog, or banish evil spirits, open magical gates or I dunno, ANYTHING beside just throwing out high DPS.
The glass cannon mages of MMORPGs are getting old and just seems an easy way out of balancing classes instead of trying something different.
Ohhh add some warlock and elementalist skills to this and it will be an awesome combination.
Wouldn't that make the class a standard wizard class then? I personally prefer "specialized" classes rather than a one size fits all. Otherwize, just have a fighter, healer, and caster. Each class does everything relatively close tothat class and have a cardboard game.
Very nice but a new pure water mage "Tidaltyphoon" would strike down any master of fire mage LOL
Unless of course the pyromancer had a superior heat spell that caused all the moisture in the surrounding area to disipate, therefore negating the water spell.
i think hes a pretty cool character but yet again its another mage in another mmorpg
My point excactly. Why not make some more unconventional Wizards like say GANDALF (one of the archetype if not THE archetype). You know, someone who can maybe create a shield that can take a blow from a Balrog, or banish evil spirits, open magical gates or I dunno, ANYTHING beside just throwing out high DPS.
The glass cannon mages of MMORPGs are getting old and just seems an easy way out of balancing classes instead of trying something different.
Exactly! Dare to be different. Heck in UO my mage could wear full plate if he wanted, mana would not regen very well, but he could do it. I get so tired of the same old, same old. What happened to imagination? Magic should never just be about throwing fireballs or icebolts. This and the stupid holy trinity needs to be dealt with harshly.
i think hes a pretty cool character but yet again its another mage in another mmorpg
My point excactly. Why not make some more unconventional Wizards like say GANDALF (one of the archetype if not THE archetype). You know, someone who can maybe create a shield that can take a blow from a Balrog, or banish evil spirits, open magical gates or I dunno, ANYTHING beside just throwing out high DPS.
The glass cannon mages of MMORPGs are getting old and just seems an easy way out of balancing classes instead of trying something different.
Exactly! Dare to be different. Heck in UO my mage could wear full plate if he wanted, mana would not regen very well, but he could do it. I get so tired of the same old, same old. What happened to imagination? Magic should never just be about throwing fireballs or icebolts. This and the stupid holy trinity needs to be dealt with harshly.
yep... I'm also tired of the same old.... the same old "this is dull! where is the innovation" babble... seriously... if you want skill based stuff - look around there's tons of games that offer exactly that... also if you want other kinds of magic - there's generally other kinds of mages in most MMO's that offer exactly that (DAoC: Sorcerer, Cabalist, Theurgist, Banshee, etc; LotRO: Runekeeper, Lore master; AoC: Herald of Xotli, Necromancer; EQ&EQ2: Illusionists, Coercer, etc etc etc etc) It's ALL out there...
the problem is not that the games have become stale and bland, the players have become spoiled and whiny... wanna know why UO, EQ, AC and DAoC were so awesome? because they were pretty much the only 4 MMOs out at the time... sure there were a handful of others but that was basically it... today there's hundreds of MMO's to chose from but apparently none of them are "right" ... what a shame *sadface whiny whine*
I bet you and all the other people on these boards who are constantly rubbing nostalgia all over themselves and claim everything out today is shit, would enjoy a lot of these MMOs, if you just stopped caring to much about the bad and focused on the good and awesome parts...
hell i hated the grind in DAoC... still played it 6 years... leveled 17 characters to 50... nobody was complaining back then... nowadays it's "what i have to kill 90 wolves for this deed??? OUTRAGEOUS! worst grind ever omfg rofl" -.-
but yeah.... I hear GW2 is going to save all our game experiences AND cure cancer.... you should check that out, maybe?
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You guys must do not check out things on youtube offten or never but in a hands on video of RIFT they had a show on classes and Rifts and I seen a Class ranger type using this mage fire spells, so yes we can be what the fuck we want, they said RIFT has endless customisations and possibilities.
Souls can be chosen within a calling only.
Go to the Rifts website
Read the Q&A threads
Come back and make an informed and intelligent response.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. Benjamin Franklin
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For some odd reason, this class smells of Adam Gershwitz (Bright Wizards FTW).
Why did they have to hire that putz
Give this man cigar, what he speaks is true, just check out the videos.
That was a direct quote from the offical website...hence why i posted it. To be exactly specific, It does not say FROM WITHIN YOUR ARCHETYPE.
It will feel strange playing a fire caster without combustion (I wont miss combustion at all....)
awesome class, sad combo of race-class in the picture
i think hes a pretty cool character but yet again its another mage in another mmorpg
madnessman
Imagination makes it sound great.
In practice, you'll throw out what may look onscreen like a very impressive fireball only to have little numbers pop up over little mobs heads, and no other effects - just like every other MMO. whee.
What I'd like to see is scorched armor, knockback, and dead opponants (at least dazed).
Looks like 7 classes per calling (archtype) -
http://www.riftgame.com/en/classes/index.php
My point excactly. Why not make some more unconventional Wizards like say GANDALF (one of the archetype if not THE archetype). You know, someone who can maybe create a shield that can take a blow from a Balrog, or banish evil spirits, open magical gates or I dunno, ANYTHING beside just throwing out high DPS.
The glass cannon mages of MMORPGs are getting old and just seems an easy way out of balancing classes instead of trying something different.
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Wouldn't that make the class a standard wizard class then? I personally prefer "specialized" classes rather than a one size fits all. Otherwize, just have a fighter, healer, and caster. Each class does everything relatively close tothat class and have a cardboard game.
A tiny mind is a tidy mind...
Unless of course the pyromancer had a superior heat spell that caused all the moisture in the surrounding area to disipate, therefore negating the water spell.
A tiny mind is a tidy mind...
Looks dull
Exactly! Dare to be different. Heck in UO my mage could wear full plate if he wanted, mana would not regen very well, but he could do it. I get so tired of the same old, same old. What happened to imagination? Magic should never just be about throwing fireballs or icebolts. This and the stupid holy trinity needs to be dealt with harshly.
Another good article about a class
I'm really excited about Rift
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Nice info,
The Pyro made him drop his sword:
definitely my starting class
I want to play this game but with The Old Republic and Guild Wars 2 coming next year it is going to be tough!
yep... I'm also tired of the same old.... the same old "this is dull! where is the innovation" babble... seriously... if you want skill based stuff - look around there's tons of games that offer exactly that... also if you want other kinds of magic - there's generally other kinds of mages in most MMO's that offer exactly that (DAoC: Sorcerer, Cabalist, Theurgist, Banshee, etc; LotRO: Runekeeper, Lore master; AoC: Herald of Xotli, Necromancer; EQ&EQ2: Illusionists, Coercer, etc etc etc etc) It's ALL out there...
the problem is not that the games have become stale and bland, the players have become spoiled and whiny... wanna know why UO, EQ, AC and DAoC were so awesome? because they were pretty much the only 4 MMOs out at the time... sure there were a handful of others but that was basically it... today there's hundreds of MMO's to chose from but apparently none of them are "right" ... what a shame *sadface whiny whine*
I bet you and all the other people on these boards who are constantly rubbing nostalgia all over themselves and claim everything out today is shit, would enjoy a lot of these MMOs, if you just stopped caring to much about the bad and focused on the good and awesome parts...
hell i hated the grind in DAoC... still played it 6 years... leveled 17 characters to 50... nobody was complaining back then... nowadays it's "what i have to kill 90 wolves for this deed??? OUTRAGEOUS! worst grind ever omfg rofl" -.-
but yeah.... I hear GW2 is going to save all our game experiences AND cure cancer.... you should check that out, maybe?
<S.T.E.A.L.T.H>
An Agency that kicks so much ass it has to be written in all capital letters... divided by dots!
www.stealth-industries.de
Souls can be chosen within a calling only.
Go to the Rifts website
Read the Q&A threads
Come back and make an informed and intelligent response.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
Benjamin Franklin
Ummm that would be exacctly like taking a pyro as your primary class. And getting a melee fighter soul or some such.