In today's Chronicles of One Telaran, Caedryn the Dwarf has reached a milestone of sorts with his arrival in Gloamwood Pines. He's got stories to tell of his first steps in the Rift zone known for spiders and other creepy crawlies. Read on!

That’s what it’s come to folks. All out war. Both sides are temporarily forgetting about the true fight, the fight against the Blood Storm, so they can focus on their more mundane enemies. I just bet the Dragon Gods are laughing in their prisons. We’re busy doing their work for them.

Read more of Paul Crilley's Chronicles of One Telaran: Gloamwood Pines.

Look behind me? I'm not falling for that.

I think I enjoyed Freemarch and Stonefield over Silverwood and Gloamwood.

The entire time I leveled in Gloamwood, I couldn't shake the one word that kept repeating itself over and over.

"Duskwood"

Very nice write-up

I always enjoyed the Gloamwood zone particularly the story quests revolving around "The Hag"

Enjoy the ride Caedryn!

Duskwood Pines was the first half of day 2 for me in the week I played Rift.  Those were good times.

Originally posted by Thanes

Duskwood Pines was the first half of day 2 for me in the week I played Rift.  Those were good times.

See, even he had the same problem I did.

LOL

Well, other than the fact that I like the game and still play it in spite of Gloamwood

One of, if not these best, zone in the game.

Gloamwood is one of my favorite zones.  That being said, whats the point of talking about Gloamwood now over a year after release?  One reaches Gloamwood after 3-10 hours of time played and will be there only a few hours before moving on to the next zone.  The levling in Rift is so fast one can reach 50 in 24-72 hours played.  While Gloamwood is nice it really does little to represent what Rift is about which is endgame.

Zippy is right. This post makes no sense. We arent talking about power leveling, but the Chronicles story has been running for a while, and this dude has just made it to Gloamwood?

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

Originally posted by Thanes

Duskwood Pines was the first half of day 2 for me in the week I played Rift.  Those were good times.

See, even he had the same problem I did.

LOL

Well, other than the fact that I like the game and still play it in spite of Gloamwood

You two aren't the only ones who thought it was a spitting image of Duskwood.  I kept waiting for Stitches to come out of nowhere and roflstomp me while I was running downt the road.

Well - he is slowly playing and enjoying the views as it were.

I liked that zone, and seeing that town during beta was one of the key moments that lead to my decision to buy the game.  It's just too bad it flew by in a day, followed by every other zone, shortly thereafter.  Absurd leveling rate for an MMO with such a terribly lacking foundation for an endgame.

Originally posted by Vhaln

 Absurd leveling rate for an MMO with such a terribly lacking foundation for an endgame.

 

eeerrr what? Rift has amazingly LOTS of endgame options for a gamer. 

did they change rift so much since i left cause when i played my maxed lvl char there was nothing to do but the same boreing dungions over and over?

Originally posted by keenber

did they change rift so much since i left cause when i played my maxed lvl char there was nothing to do but the same boreing dungions over and over?

I'm also curious about the same thing, but with an eye toward leveling. I played for awhile and had fun, but the leveling path seemed to get repetitive. I tend to enjoy the journey more than the destination, but after a while, the wash-rinse-repeat cycle of questing/rifting began to get repetitive and kinda boring. It was fun while it lasted for me, and I applaud Trion for one of the better launches in MMO history, but I guess I'm a victim of my own short attention span.

So, with that in mind, and in addition to endgame variety, has Trion expanded on alternate advancement opportunities?

Keenber, and jonrd463, No its the same. They added some dailies, but the rewards do not justify doing them. 

Once I hit 50 I maxed out with t2 gear pretty quickly, and have struggled to stay interested in the game. I tried to join a raiding guild, but can't find one that consistently raids. WIthout raiding there simply is no reason to play. Instant adveture, chronicles, and rift running are simply inferior rewards to t2, or at most on par. PvP gear is inferior to raid gear despite the claims that Rank 40 PvP gear is on par. It absolutely is not.

I really enjoyed leveling, and the expert dungeon running. However, it only takes a month to max that out. Then good luck finding a guild that raids consistenly. Obviously people do it, but its slim pickings.

I wish they had a PuG raiding system, or something where competent people who aren't in the top guilds could still have fun. Oh well. The game was a lot of fun until end game.

Originally posted by Cthulhu23

Originally posted by GeezerGamer

Originally posted by Thanes

Duskwood Pines was the first half of day 2 for me in the week I played Rift.  Those were good times.

See, even he had the same problem I did.

LOL

Well, other than the fact that I like the game and still play it in spite of Gloamwood

You two aren't the only ones who thought it was a spitting image of Duskwood.  I kept waiting for Stitches to come out of nowhere and roflstomp me while I was running downt the road.

Add me as well, but it was a good thing. Duskwood and Gloamwood were two of my favorite zones for their ambience- Duskwood was better just because the questlines were interesting. I did enjoy the death invasions in Gloamwood, though.

I guess I'm just a slow leveler O.o only level 31 and been playing about a month now...

Maybe he's been busy farming Scotty's Lost Homework pages for his Sheeping Wand?  I know I spent more time in Gloamwood than I would have liked, just so I could transform some hapless victim into a four-legged, flea-bitten furball.