As others have commented it has to do with what you are looking for. If you are a casual gamer and want something else, or a game that is better than your previous game Rift is for you. If you are a "play 6 hours per day" type Rift is not for you. Personally I like Rift because it works and that it avoids EQ2s biggest problem nowadays that all content is either too easy or to hard. Rift reminds me of EQ2 in better days but improved. But if you play EQ2 or WoW and love it, Rift is not for you, stay in your current game.
This is exactly how I feel. The problem I have with Rift isn't really Rift's fault at all. It is that I am just sick of the high fantasy setting. I need a change. So if you haven't played any fantasy RPGs recently then I say Rift is perfect, but if you're looking for something new other than WoW, EQ2, or LOTR than don't bother. It's just more of the same.
I very much enjoyed my month and a half with Rift.
Rift is a classical fantasy themepark, heavy pve mmo with single-player ease of play and team-based style game-play in the environment with linearly coded mob invasions. Their pve and features are beautifully coded but their pvp is meaningless and left to a few shoe-box BattleGrounds or WarFronts that you find yourself in on a 10 vs 10 (for example) cage-match of capture the flag; rinse-repeat.
Rift is well-polished and has a very rich story-line, has very nice breadth and depth of character customization, though crafting and economy is not worthwhile other than to sell raw mats to a vendor for coin, and at its’ core, it is very reminiscent of conventional grindy pve mmo's. Even the current end-game with raiding the same dungeon time after time for coin for elite loot is pretty standard; I just dont have 2 undisturbed hours in one sitting to tough it out through one per-night.
There is nothing bad about it (Rift) if you’re looking to transition into such a heavy theme-parkish game with friends or family, or as a transitional break until something more suitable for you comes out, if Rift doesn't suit you. If you've played WoW, LotRO, War, then you will find Rift a very familiar blend of all those games.
I got as much, if not more entertainment enjoyment, out of Rift with my 2-week headstart and first month free, than I had with any single-player RPG. I might even resub every other month or once a quarter since there was absolutely nothing broken about the game, though it is what I mentioned. . .to me at least.
I play quite a bit during the day and weekends and I am still enjoying Rift and have no plans on quitting unless something goes horribly wrong, at least until GW2/SWTOR come out.
I think its a very well done game, and yes I did play WoW for many years but I still come form the whole UO background, and have played both EvE and Darkfall for quite some time, with that I still enjoy Rift quite a bit. It may not be the revolutionary game many were looking for, but as a game it is very enjoyable, polished and well done. At 50 I find myself with plenty to do, whether it be finishing up achievements, completing Rifts, finishing up my T1 dungeon armor, hunting down artifacts and increasing my crafting recipes.
Also to note my max level is a Rogue, a class constantly complained about on nearly every forum I read. I can tell you they are not broken, not even close, the biggest problem is people come in expecting them to be exactly like WoW rogues, of which they are not.
Honestly, it is worth the money to try. you might like it or you wont. i bought it with the idea that i would just be playing for the first month and then leaving, but now i am pretty stuck on the game. i have been at lvl 50 for a couple of weeks now and i dont see myself quitting anytime soon.
however, there are some important tidbits you need to know in order to fully enjoy the game. a lot of people quit if they dont know to follow these tidbits (and then they blame the game thats it boring or whatever).
- try to do a variety of everything (questing, dungeons, pvp, crafting, rifting, etc)
- dont just stick to one build. the soul system is there so you can experience different builds and playstyles- which is arguably one of the main points of the game. it will also help you familiarize yourself with your class as a whole and will allow you to be better equiped for future class balances (which will happen no matter what game you play).
-learn to use macros. for some reason it seems like many of the skills within the game are meant to be used through a macro. if you do not know how to use them to some extent you will be severely disadvantaged (in most cases).
** join a good guild. its common sense that in an mmorpg, a game which is meant to be played with other people, will be more fun when you have people to play with. always relying on pugs and general chat for your daily mmo social interaction will just frustrate you and create feelings of social isolation and boredom. if you don't want to be bothered to join a guild you should just give up to MMO genre all together because most of the fun and interesting content revolves around coordinating within a group and social interaction (which does not happen when you sign up to a queue to play with random people).
Most memorable games: AoC(Tryanny PvP), RIFT, GW, GW2, Ragnarok Online, Aion, FFXI, FFXIV, Secret World, League of Legends (Silver II rank)
I recently purchased Rift and glad I did. It could be seen as "A WoW clone", but that is what makes it familiar and fun. The soul system will be confusing at first because there are SOO many skills and soul combinations. Be ready to spend a good hour or so looking at all the skills and skill trees, but that is half the fun!
I have only reached level 38 on my Mage thus far, but it has been fun up to this point. I find myself changing my souls every few levels to keep things fresh, it is also a good way to learn everything about the mage "specs" for pvp.
Questing is a grind like a lot of MMOs. Don't expect to find a huge variety in quest, they typically consist of, go here, kill that, collect this and collect that... Rift doesn't attempt to innovate in this area, the games real focus seems to be on... RIFTS!
Rifts are nothing really new to MMOs either, they are similar to the public quest offered in other MMOs. But they are extremely satisfying opening and closing them. When I first saw a fire rift open, I was in shock. The animation is great on max detail and seeing my first fire rift open was extremely amazing. The sky above you catches on fire and spews out flames everywhere, charring the earth and resembling a lava field.
I have pvped very little so far, but some of the classes have extreme counters. I was able to kill a ??? leveled player (I think he was 45-50) as a pyro/elementalist at level 28 because I could kite him all day long. But, Trion has said (or so I have heard) that their focus isn't on balacing pvp so much...
All in all, the game has been fun for me thus far. There isn't to much of a learning curve if you are an MMO player, but it is something new and fresh. Consider it WoW with a lot better visuals, sounds and classes. If you are sick of WoW right now like I am, this is a great game to play until GW2 is released.
I was hooked on Rift the whole time. Ran experts and had fun, then I saw the end game armor I was running experts for. I quit after that. The armor is just ugly compared tot he armor you earn as you level up or can get by crafting. I lost the motivation to play a game that I ddin't pvp in and did not want to grind dungeons for armor I felt was ugly. Just my opinion.
"If you're going to act like a noob, I'll treat you like one." -Caskio
The game is just boring, the first time you level through it's not too bad. The PvP is terrible, "expert dungeons" also terrible, found most of the 50's just dancing in the cap city because once you've done it there is nothing to do. I am not sure what Trion is going to do but seems some people are content with doing RIFTS constantly or dancing in the cap city.
I won't lie, there is so much borrowed from other games, WoW and Everquest 2 come to my mind. Now that not nessarly a bad thing. If you liked those games you will most likely like this game.
To many people get sucked into the false belief that if it is new and different from what other games did then it "Must" be fun. This is not always true.
The game has some interesting new stuff, but again alot is like the same old same old. But hey I am having fun with it - I buy a game to have fun and the only way you will know if you truelly will like it is to try for yourself.
I just bought the CE edition off ebay, brand new for $36, registration code mailed to me in minutes....even if you dont play after the first month, you'll have the game and be able to make a decision yourself...no one can make the decision for you, if you got that burning feeling inside to want to try it....your gonna break down at some point and buy it. You can wait for a weekend event...like this weekend coming up, give it a go for free again if you can snag a key...should be pretty easy.
The game is well made, regardless if you get bored or not, they did a great job compared to just about every other game being released nowadays. Even if I dont play it for a while, I'm glad I supported them and the work they did.
I feel...even if I get bored, its a new game...they are adding stuff all the time....there can only be so much done for the initial release right?
Rift is a pretty solid game, although the content is lacking currently. Bear in mind this is a new game so they haven't added much content as of yet. Trion released their first world event in 1.1, River of Souls. This should tell you that Trion is serious about their game. Look at Rift as a combination of World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. It doesn't try to reinvent the genre, it just tries to make it better. The PvP was pretty unbalanced with Warrior reigning supreme. Trion correctly listened to their subscribers and looked into all aspects of what was going on. Each archtype was looked at and the Callings were nerfed or buffed accordingly.
Is this game a WoW killer? No, but it's a nice waste of time. Expect it to survive for a few years.
I have seen some reports that this game is "boring", "stale", etc. I have read some official reviews, and I understand there is nothing particularly innovative about it, and that it is basically a WoW clone. My question is, are you having FUN? I'm looking for something to do until GW2 drops and we see some truly innovative gameplay again. Rift seems to be about all I can expect this year. What do you guys think? Is it worth picking up and playing for 9-12 months?
Thanks in advance!
You are going to hear "It's a WoW clone" until you are blue in the face. This will come from folks that hate to see competition for an aging giant. WoW is wow - it's good for what it is. Good for WoW.
That being said, and I have a number of 80s and left at 83 for Rift - Rift is not a WoW clone - unless clone is defined as a fantasy genre mmorpg. Moreso a Warhammer/Age of Conan/Vanguard Saga of Heroes remake with no seige warfare - similar battlgrounds you see in all games these days (No Dark Age of Camelot advanced pvp...same simple flag type pvp all the younger players are used to)....
It does a fine job at taking what you know from 2004 mmo's + and doing a good job with that. Is it worth the money? I have watched folks with some pretty epic wow accounts flock to this game - they don't see a similarity beyond the FIRST layer of the onion of the game between WoW and Rift - they really enjoy the game.
So:
1. It does nothing new but it takes what you know and it works great. Sure you have lots of customization between 8 different class trees per archetype (8 for mage, 8 for warrior, 8 for rogue, 8 for cleric)...but in the end there's maybe 2-3 combinations that are really good and a bunch of mediocre ones - so yeah, flavor of the month type stuff.
2. It looks good - no giant hands and goofy cartoony animations - moreso the Warhammer meets Vanguard look.
3. No epeen competitions here - you don't have mods that keep you out of groups (i.e., damage meter). You can get a spreadsheet third party mod that doesn't really come close at all to threatmeter or some of the dps stuff you've seen for WoW - but it's nothing to stop the game.
4. The nerf bat has swung all over the game - which means the flavor of the month kids waiting for star wars are starting to move on since they are ..mad. This is good for the rest of us. Hence, the community is pretty good for an mmorpg these days.
5. Pvp servers are like any other game - again, it does nothing new. SO level 50s will run around killing level 20s all day long. Camping spawn points, you name it. Least we do have guards at camps on pvp servers. Again - battleground = pvp here - no advanced Dark Age of Camelot mechanics - (folks just don't have the talent to create that sort of concept anymore).
My 2 cents? I enjoy it for the most part - I see it as a good alternative and fresh start from the WoW game, while it still has a lot of what you'd expect in a fantasy mmorpg.
Quest were fairly generic and repetitive i.e. kill this, collect that.
PVP is terrible, somehow they managed to turn PVP into a boring, instanced, grindfest.
Rifts are ok, but get repetitive.
Dungeons are ok, but again, get repetitive. Most of the expert dungeons you do at 50 are the same as the low level ones, just harder.
Graphics are decent, but nothing outstanding IMO. Animations are poor.
Armor, pretty generic... and lack variety.
Gameplay, pretty generic and slow. Lots of waiting for GCD's.
Class system is good, however they seem to be moving toward pidgeon holing classes by moving abilities around, nerfing others etc..
All in all though I enjoyed my month, but got bored pretty quick at 50 and didn't renew.
This about sums up my opinion on the game as well. I enjoyed it as well for the time I played ( 1 month as well) but I hope to see some things changed and added for me to come back. All in all Trion did very well for their first game and are constantly updating but they need to seriously look at what they are doing to their class system right now because having only 1 or 2 specs to be competetive isn't fun and somewhat defeats the purpose of the whole system.
My advice OP, try it out for a bit and see if you like it.
For me Rift is a mix between Wow, Aion and Warhammer online. It's not a bad game, but nothing new either. I tried it, but couldn't find any reason to play it instead of Wow.
Just from reading the manual you can see see that the game is a carbon copy of WoW, down to the tiniest detail.
It's not ''inspired by'' or ''drawing upon'', no, it's a perfect copy. Same UI, same keybinds, same interface, same colors and names used for loot and quest difficulty, same currencies, same pve and pvp loot/rewards system, everything is simply directly copied over and renamed.
I have seen some reports that this game is "boring", "stale", etc. I have read some official reviews, and I understand there is nothing particularly innovative about it, and that it is basically a WoW clone. My question is, are you having FUN? I'm looking for something to do until GW2 drops and we see some truly innovative gameplay again. Rift seems to be about all I can expect this year. What do you guys think? Is it worth picking up and playing for 9-12 months?
Thanks in advance!
I'll just say I made it to level 31 before quitting (and getting hacked). Play it, find out, but my opinion is it is very just unoriginal and boring. I didn't play WoW, so in a lot of ways I should enjoy this game..I don't. The Soul System is a gimmick - be prepared to roll flavor of the month builds every month. The game cannot be even close to balanced with all the trees they have (which in reality a lot are just one in the same). There just isn't anything about it that makes you go "wow". The Rifts are the first thing you'll get tired of and that was their main selling point.
If you don't like much of a challenge (not talking the ridiculous aggro mobs seem to have), don't like customization for your characters in an MMO (guess RPG is gone from this format now) you'll enjoy Rift. Plays well enough on older hardware, graphics are OK, nothing to write home about. I don't even know if I should go on about the basicness of the character races you get to choose from..it can't get anymore typical.
Rift was fun until you hit max level, then it gets boring. I have one max level and a 30 character, so second time around with another classes isnt much fun either. The dungeons are okie, nothing special id say, and the battlegrounds are very boring. Open world PVP also is fairly boring also since there is very little incentives, loss, gain or anything, people just don't care if they live or not. The rifts are sorta cool, but after doing them so much they get old also, each one seems very generic, no randomness or variety really. So overall in my opinion its fun till you hit 50 and have done everything then it gets boring fast.
For me Rift is a mix between Wow, Aion and Warhammer online. It's not a bad game, but nothing new either. I tried it, but couldn't find any reason to play it instead of Wow.
The community for one
I don't see anything wrong with the people I play with in Wow. People are people, no matter what game they play.
I got a rogue/bard up to max lvl & got bored. I wasn't interested in running the same dungeons over & over as I did leveling up but now in expert mode..... boring.. The pvp is awful, all of the warfronts(instanced battlegrounds) were terribly plain & stale. The CC is out of control just like WoW & Warhammer & there is next to no open world pvp because the community prefers to pve.
Its a shame because the potential for open world pvp is there but there's not much incentive & it seems like most of the playerbase is from WoW where they don't do pvp on pvp servers other than arena & battlegrounds.
The rifts themselves are fun but gimmicky & grow tired after a few weeks of doing them. Plus the gear from the rifts is subpar to what you get from the expert dungeons so there's not much reason to do them.
I bought the game because my guild had high hopes for the game but I'm just bored to tears with it. Got the free month when I bought it, then got hacked/bugged & lost all my platinum in game. Trion was nice enough to offer a free 30 days to compensate & returned my currency but I still have about 26 days left on the account & I haven't played the game in almost a week.
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This is exactly how I feel. The problem I have with Rift isn't really Rift's fault at all. It is that I am just sick of the high fantasy setting. I need a change. So if you haven't played any fantasy RPGs recently then I say Rift is perfect, but if you're looking for something new other than WoW, EQ2, or LOTR than don't bother. It's just more of the same.
I very much enjoyed my month and a half with Rift.
Rift is a classical fantasy themepark, heavy pve mmo with single-player ease of play and team-based style game-play in the environment with linearly coded mob invasions. Their pve and features are beautifully coded but their pvp is meaningless and left to a few shoe-box BattleGrounds or WarFronts that you find yourself in on a 10 vs 10 (for example) cage-match of capture the flag; rinse-repeat.
Rift is well-polished and has a very rich story-line, has very nice breadth and depth of character customization, though crafting and economy is not worthwhile other than to sell raw mats to a vendor for coin, and at its’ core, it is very reminiscent of conventional grindy pve mmo's. Even the current end-game with raiding the same dungeon time after time for coin for elite loot is pretty standard; I just dont have 2 undisturbed hours in one sitting to tough it out through one per-night.
There is nothing bad about it (Rift) if you’re looking to transition into such a heavy theme-parkish game with friends or family, or as a transitional break until something more suitable for you comes out, if Rift doesn't suit you. If you've played WoW, LotRO, War, then you will find Rift a very familiar blend of all those games.
I got as much, if not more entertainment enjoyment, out of Rift with my 2-week headstart and first month free, than I had with any single-player RPG. I might even resub every other month or once a quarter since there was absolutely nothing broken about the game, though it is what I mentioned. . .to me at least.
I play quite a bit during the day and weekends and I am still enjoying Rift and have no plans on quitting unless something goes horribly wrong, at least until GW2/SWTOR come out.
I think its a very well done game, and yes I did play WoW for many years but I still come form the whole UO background, and have played both EvE and Darkfall for quite some time, with that I still enjoy Rift quite a bit. It may not be the revolutionary game many were looking for, but as a game it is very enjoyable, polished and well done. At 50 I find myself with plenty to do, whether it be finishing up achievements, completing Rifts, finishing up my T1 dungeon armor, hunting down artifacts and increasing my crafting recipes.
Also to note my max level is a Rogue, a class constantly complained about on nearly every forum I read. I can tell you they are not broken, not even close, the biggest problem is people come in expecting them to be exactly like WoW rogues, of which they are not.
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Honestly, it is worth the money to try. you might like it or you wont. i bought it with the idea that i would just be playing for the first month and then leaving, but now i am pretty stuck on the game. i have been at lvl 50 for a couple of weeks now and i dont see myself quitting anytime soon.
however, there are some important tidbits you need to know in order to fully enjoy the game. a lot of people quit if they dont know to follow these tidbits (and then they blame the game thats it boring or whatever).
- try to do a variety of everything (questing, dungeons, pvp, crafting, rifting, etc)
- dont just stick to one build. the soul system is there so you can experience different builds and playstyles- which is arguably one of the main points of the game. it will also help you familiarize yourself with your class as a whole and will allow you to be better equiped for future class balances (which will happen no matter what game you play).
-learn to use macros. for some reason it seems like many of the skills within the game are meant to be used through a macro. if you do not know how to use them to some extent you will be severely disadvantaged (in most cases).
** join a good guild. its common sense that in an mmorpg, a game which is meant to be played with other people, will be more fun when you have people to play with. always relying on pugs and general chat for your daily mmo social interaction will just frustrate you and create feelings of social isolation and boredom. if you don't want to be bothered to join a guild you should just give up to MMO genre all together because most of the fun and interesting content revolves around coordinating within a group and social interaction (which does not happen when you sign up to a queue to play with random people).
Most memorable games: AoC(Tryanny PvP), RIFT, GW, GW2, Ragnarok Online, Aion, FFXI, FFXIV, Secret World, League of Legends (Silver II rank)
I recently purchased Rift and glad I did. It could be seen as "A WoW clone", but that is what makes it familiar and fun. The soul system will be confusing at first because there are SOO many skills and soul combinations. Be ready to spend a good hour or so looking at all the skills and skill trees, but that is half the fun!
I have only reached level 38 on my Mage thus far, but it has been fun up to this point. I find myself changing my souls every few levels to keep things fresh, it is also a good way to learn everything about the mage "specs" for pvp.
Questing is a grind like a lot of MMOs. Don't expect to find a huge variety in quest, they typically consist of, go here, kill that, collect this and collect that... Rift doesn't attempt to innovate in this area, the games real focus seems to be on... RIFTS!
Rifts are nothing really new to MMOs either, they are similar to the public quest offered in other MMOs. But they are extremely satisfying opening and closing them. When I first saw a fire rift open, I was in shock. The animation is great on max detail and seeing my first fire rift open was extremely amazing. The sky above you catches on fire and spews out flames everywhere, charring the earth and resembling a lava field.
I have pvped very little so far, but some of the classes have extreme counters. I was able to kill a ??? leveled player (I think he was 45-50) as a pyro/elementalist at level 28 because I could kite him all day long. But, Trion has said (or so I have heard) that their focus isn't on balacing pvp so much...
All in all, the game has been fun for me thus far. There isn't to much of a learning curve if you are an MMO player, but it is something new and fresh. Consider it WoW with a lot better visuals, sounds and classes. If you are sick of WoW right now like I am, this is a great game to play until GW2 is released.
I was hooked on Rift the whole time. Ran experts and had fun, then I saw the end game armor I was running experts for. I quit after that. The armor is just ugly compared tot he armor you earn as you level up or can get by crafting. I lost the motivation to play a game that I ddin't pvp in and did not want to grind dungeons for armor I felt was ugly. Just my opinion.
"If you're going to act like a noob, I'll treat you like one." -Caskio
Adventurers wear fancy pants!!!
The game is just boring, the first time you level through it's not too bad. The PvP is terrible, "expert dungeons" also terrible, found most of the 50's just dancing in the cap city because once you've done it there is nothing to do. I am not sure what Trion is going to do but seems some people are content with doing RIFTS constantly or dancing in the cap city.
Must be my ADD, I can only dance for so long.
I like it so far.
I won't lie, there is so much borrowed from other games, WoW and Everquest 2 come to my mind. Now that not nessarly a bad thing. If you liked those games you will most likely like this game.
To many people get sucked into the false belief that if it is new and different from what other games did then it "Must" be fun. This is not always true.
The game has some interesting new stuff, but again alot is like the same old same old. But hey I am having fun with it - I buy a game to have fun and the only way you will know if you truelly will like it is to try for yourself.
if you liked wow mm 5 years then you will like rift 5 weeks.
Generation P
I just bought the CE edition off ebay, brand new for $36, registration code mailed to me in minutes....even if you dont play after the first month, you'll have the game and be able to make a decision yourself...no one can make the decision for you, if you got that burning feeling inside to want to try it....your gonna break down at some point and buy it. You can wait for a weekend event...like this weekend coming up, give it a go for free again if you can snag a key...should be pretty easy.
The game is well made, regardless if you get bored or not, they did a great job compared to just about every other game being released nowadays. Even if I dont play it for a while, I'm glad I supported them and the work they did.
I feel...even if I get bored, its a new game...they are adding stuff all the time....there can only be so much done for the initial release right?
Rift is a pretty solid game, although the content is lacking currently. Bear in mind this is a new game so they haven't added much content as of yet. Trion released their first world event in 1.1, River of Souls. This should tell you that Trion is serious about their game. Look at Rift as a combination of World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online. It doesn't try to reinvent the genre, it just tries to make it better. The PvP was pretty unbalanced with Warrior reigning supreme. Trion correctly listened to their subscribers and looked into all aspects of what was going on. Each archtype was looked at and the Callings were nerfed or buffed accordingly.
Is this game a WoW killer? No, but it's a nice waste of time. Expect it to survive for a few years.
I doubt you'll last 9-12 months.. but hey even a couple months is worth the cost..
cheap entertainment..
You are going to hear "It's a WoW clone" until you are blue in the face. This will come from folks that hate to see competition for an aging giant. WoW is wow - it's good for what it is. Good for WoW.
That being said, and I have a number of 80s and left at 83 for Rift - Rift is not a WoW clone - unless clone is defined as a fantasy genre mmorpg. Moreso a Warhammer/Age of Conan/Vanguard Saga of Heroes remake with no seige warfare - similar battlgrounds you see in all games these days (No Dark Age of Camelot advanced pvp...same simple flag type pvp all the younger players are used to)....
It does a fine job at taking what you know from 2004 mmo's + and doing a good job with that. Is it worth the money? I have watched folks with some pretty epic wow accounts flock to this game - they don't see a similarity beyond the FIRST layer of the onion of the game between WoW and Rift - they really enjoy the game.
So:
1. It does nothing new but it takes what you know and it works great. Sure you have lots of customization between 8 different class trees per archetype (8 for mage, 8 for warrior, 8 for rogue, 8 for cleric)...but in the end there's maybe 2-3 combinations that are really good and a bunch of mediocre ones - so yeah, flavor of the month type stuff.
2. It looks good - no giant hands and goofy cartoony animations - moreso the Warhammer meets Vanguard look.
3. No epeen competitions here - you don't have mods that keep you out of groups (i.e., damage meter). You can get a spreadsheet third party mod that doesn't really come close at all to threatmeter or some of the dps stuff you've seen for WoW - but it's nothing to stop the game.
4. The nerf bat has swung all over the game - which means the flavor of the month kids waiting for star wars are starting to move on since they are ..mad. This is good for the rest of us. Hence, the community is pretty good for an mmorpg these days.
5. Pvp servers are like any other game - again, it does nothing new. SO level 50s will run around killing level 20s all day long. Camping spawn points, you name it. Least we do have guards at camps on pvp servers. Again - battleground = pvp here - no advanced Dark Age of Camelot mechanics - (folks just don't have the talent to create that sort of concept anymore).
My 2 cents? I enjoy it for the most part - I see it as a good alternative and fresh start from the WoW game, while it still has a lot of what you'd expect in a fantasy mmorpg.
This about sums up my opinion on the game as well. I enjoyed it as well for the time I played ( 1 month as well) but I hope to see some things changed and added for me to come back. All in all Trion did very well for their first game and are constantly updating but they need to seriously look at what they are doing to their class system right now because having only 1 or 2 specs to be competetive isn't fun and somewhat defeats the purpose of the whole system.
My advice OP, try it out for a bit and see if you like it.
It is a WoW clone, with some decent tweaks and better graphics, so why not give it a go I say?
For me Rift is a mix between Wow, Aion and Warhammer online. It's not a bad game, but nothing new either. I tried it, but couldn't find any reason to play it instead of Wow.
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Just from reading the manual you can see see that the game is a carbon copy of WoW, down to the tiniest detail.
It's not ''inspired by'' or ''drawing upon'', no, it's a perfect copy. Same UI, same keybinds, same interface, same colors and names used for loot and quest difficulty, same currencies, same pve and pvp loot/rewards system, everything is simply directly copied over and renamed.
Make of that what you will.
I'll just say I made it to level 31 before quitting (and getting hacked). Play it, find out, but my opinion is it is very just unoriginal and boring. I didn't play WoW, so in a lot of ways I should enjoy this game..I don't. The Soul System is a gimmick - be prepared to roll flavor of the month builds every month. The game cannot be even close to balanced with all the trees they have (which in reality a lot are just one in the same). There just isn't anything about it that makes you go "wow". The Rifts are the first thing you'll get tired of and that was their main selling point.
If you don't like much of a challenge (not talking the ridiculous aggro mobs seem to have), don't like customization for your characters in an MMO (guess RPG is gone from this format now) you'll enjoy Rift. Plays well enough on older hardware, graphics are OK, nothing to write home about. I don't even know if I should go on about the basicness of the character races you get to choose from..it can't get anymore typical.
Rift was fun until you hit max level, then it gets boring. I have one max level and a 30 character, so second time around with another classes isnt much fun either. The dungeons are okie, nothing special id say, and the battlegrounds are very boring. Open world PVP also is fairly boring also since there is very little incentives, loss, gain or anything, people just don't care if they live or not. The rifts are sorta cool, but after doing them so much they get old also, each one seems very generic, no randomness or variety really. So overall in my opinion its fun till you hit 50 and have done everything then it gets boring fast.
I'm looking for one too, and I'll get it once I get a free trial.
I don't see anything wrong with the people I play with in Wow. People are people, no matter what game they play.
I got a rogue/bard up to max lvl & got bored. I wasn't interested in running the same dungeons over & over as I did leveling up but now in expert mode..... boring.. The pvp is awful, all of the warfronts(instanced battlegrounds) were terribly plain & stale. The CC is out of control just like WoW & Warhammer & there is next to no open world pvp because the community prefers to pve.
Its a shame because the potential for open world pvp is there but there's not much incentive & it seems like most of the playerbase is from WoW where they don't do pvp on pvp servers other than arena & battlegrounds.
The rifts themselves are fun but gimmicky & grow tired after a few weeks of doing them. Plus the gear from the rifts is subpar to what you get from the expert dungeons so there's not much reason to do them.
I bought the game because my guild had high hopes for the game but I'm just bored to tears with it. Got the free month when I bought it, then got hacked/bugged & lost all my platinum in game. Trion was nice enough to offer a free 30 days to compensate & returned my currency but I still have about 26 days left on the account & I haven't played the game in almost a week.
I played for 30+ lv and i resub aion. My only complaint about rift is it's too no brainer linear and shallow for my taste. But thats just me
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