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wildturkey1
Member Posts: 26
When I first saw rift at a gaming event I thought "hmm nothing new, way to late to a party from last year".
But after actually participating in beta 5 I actually understand what the devs saw in their 3rd eye & i had a great time.
Sure it can be linear if thats all you want/can only see, but with rift events, artifacts & the random treasures spread across the 1 huge zone I spent my time exploring, it can also be a non linear journey full of exploration. Sure it shares similar mechanics to alot of mmo's before it, but thats because those mechanis work and thats why they are in alot of mmo's before it... NOT JUST WOW! Sorry about the yelling, but even the most jaded mmo player realises the description 'clone' for this game is purely moronic.
Also the development team seem to have a fantastic approach, the beta actually feels like a beta, as in feedback is being transfered into changes & they really seem like the real deal.
Also relating rifts to PQ's from warhammer:
1. PQ's did not scale to the players in a zone
2. PQ's did not spawn invasions to invade player hubs
3. PQ's would not spawn randomly, they were always the same, always there
4. You would not recieve quests relating to PQ's like you do for rifts
5. there were not zone wide PQ events like there are for rifts
I know most people know this, but calling a rift a PQ is misinformation
Comments
PQ's from Warhammer were fun in the beginning. Later on they were baren wastelands. The great thing about PQ's were the rewards you would receive. I think the rewards were better then the rewards you get from closing a Rift.
I can see how you prefer the rewards system from PQ's as you actually got gear from PQ's.
The ploblem I found with that was It just ended up being a straight line gear progression from PQ to PQ, zone to zone, and I ended up only doing the PQ's which had gear that I actually needed, otherwise what was the point as it wasn't the fastest way to lvl either.
In rift you recieve currency which can be saved up & used to buy (This is what I found so far, there may be more things) items that boost crafted gear, or epic gear itself (as well as other rewards such as planar stat boosting items which can be sloted onto your toon, among other rewards, but the main reward I think is the planar currency). Some people might not like it because they dont like having to grind gear that way, much like honor or tokens in wow, but I love it & heres why:
1. you won't have to pick & choose rifts like I said I did with PQ's as all rift rewards will be useful.
2. you end up with sweet epics if thats what you decide to use the currency on.
3. it provides a new & alternative way to acquire epics other that dungeon/raid running or pvp currency (which rift also has both of aswell).