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my run down on rift after the 2 beta event's
Rift
graphics
when you log in you get is this warhammer online
questing
if you like handhold just like world of warcraft then this is wounderful for you
rift's
beta 1 they where far to easy spawn and mobs dead
beta 2 the made them vary had and a blast needing lot's of people to kill some of them but then they turned to back to cake walk after people crying there to hard.
there is no UI ATM for people in the area of rift's making it vary hard to get people alive on a healer forceing us to click click click on people looking.
Grouping
well they made it where you get more EXP if group but the mobs are so easy there still no point and if you go for higher mobs for EXP the scaleing is horrable lvl 11 killing lvl 13 mobs with a lvl 12 player I got 140 exp we kill lvl 15 mobs we got 150 exp.
it is a instance grouping game only
PVP
will be only BG PVP unless of PVP server but still hear say as it is not ingame yet.
crafting
basic crap go mine brake down magic stuff and click make it button
Starter area's
guarden starter area is basicly fully discovered on the path in a forest and look like same forest crap
defient starter area It beats guarden's ass in every way from look's feel going of path.
Combat
is click spell 1 now 2 now 3 over and over on single target UI
UI
the basic UI from world of warcraft but the got it right so it works
soul system
basicly pick 3 class's and spend only 50 point's for 3 tress
class's
well same type of spells for every class for that arc type just change the dmg + or - 10 dmg and diffrent dmg type
the my reveiw after 2 beta's I will not be getting the game myself besides I have gave up on MMORPG as a whole starting 2 days ago after 12+ years.
PS. as for the WoW state meet's the boot realy dose fit for what I said coming for a WoW basher for year's.
Comments
Well, I don't think everyone will feel the same about Rift as you do, but that you acknowledged and faced the facts and made a decision is certainly admirable.
Just like with other types of burnout, when you notice and acknowledge that you're burnt or burnt out on MMORPG's, it's a good thing to step back and away from it, do other stuff that you find more enjoyable, taking a breather from MMO's and then after half a year to a year or so look back again to see if anything has changed in your stance and feeling towards them.
Sometimes it has, and sometimes you have to conclude for yourself that MMO's just don't entice you anymore as they used to do, and that there are other hobbies and interests that give far more satisfaction.
The ACTUAL size of MMORPG worlds: a comparison list between MMO's
The ease with which predictions are made on these forums:
Fratman: "I'm saying Spring 2012 at the earliest [for TOR release]. Anyone still clinging to 2011 is deluding themself at this point."
OP, it's early yet. Many have concerns, but really the depth and breadth of class choice is much more than pick 3 and distribute. It's pick among 6? I cant remember the number that follows your first soul, and then distribute 51 points, that you can save for the next soul, or re-balance through an in-game gold offer to your class master.
As for PvP. I expect it to be more meaningful than WoW or WAR, and perhaps more dynamic, and I hope a blend of open-world with the same meaning and purpose, though I havent tested it yet.
But when you look at early-on polls done at the Rift site, having almost 800 respondents wanting a mix of pve and pvp, almost split in half for those that prefer a PvE vs those that prefer a PvP-based server, is pretty telling. http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?4850-What-type-of-server-will-you-play-on/page18
Tells me that Trion would be stupid to ignore PvP and be just as ignorant to have a non-sensical PvP server. Because my sense when talking to anyone about PvP, it inevitably comes down to wanting it, for those that do, but with tangible and recognization game-play value, meaning and purpose, as opposed to just having it as a generic third-person-shooter. But thats been my experience.