Rift is a game that's been out for over 1yr. now and I've been seeing many comments saying, "People still play this game?', here are the top 3 reasons why people still play Rift.

1. Rapid content updates                                                                                                                                                                                      Rift has been out for only 14 months and they've already had 8 major patches and a expansion announced. While SWTOR has been out for 6 months and has had only 2 major patches. When Rift was out in the first 6 months they've had 4 major patches meaning Rift is working 2x faster then SWTOR.

2. Great Endgame                                                                                                                                                                                          Many reasons why people have quite SWTOR has been because of endgame. Endgame determines how long the game will really hold you. So what is Rifts endgame, they have... 8 raids (4 major raids) 10 dungeons (all playable on expert mode, and more difficult modes) 4 chronicles (solo duo dungeons) Instant adventure (instanced grouped quests), and the regular Rifts and Invasions.

3. Beyond leveling                                                                                                                                                                                               Rift has a system called, "Planar Attunement" this feature lets you level in a whole new way. With all the experience you get by doing Rifts, Invasions, Raids etc. It turns into; lets call it "Attuenment Points" which you can spend on to make your character stronger. ( Planar Attunement is avaliable at lvl 50 only)

These are only 3 reasons why people still play Rift, put your opinions down below on what you think on the topic. 

I like to be able to just go out into the world and start a raid rift with my friends and guild.

The artwork in the game is very well done in my opinion. 

Artifcats are chill and keep me searching for them. 

The puzzles are interesting. The one in Stillmoor took me a while because the bats wouldn't go in their cages. 

I'm playing the trial and at level 10 I've already done a couple of rifts. And I have to say that I am really enjoying myself. People talk about Tera's graphics, but I think Rift's are as good if not better. Very fun game so far....

I still play Rift.  I like how you can be doing something one second and the game totally changes the next when an invasion comes or something else.  I'm almost never doing the same thing hour to hour.

Rift is a good game.

The issue is many of the readers on this site are sick and tired of the classic themepark formula.

So it gets more of a negative opinion overall on this site.

If you ever read what ciritics write about RIFT its always good.

It is interesting looking at the OP post history (all 15 of them) how they all are about Rift or against SWTOR.

So basically this is a Rift vs SWTOR the thread. I played Rift for about 2 months and have not looked back at that game. I have played ToR the whole time it has been out and it has just about the same amount of major Raids and Instances as Rift, to my dislike. ToR has it's issues but it is not as bad as people around here make it. People had doomed this game from the moment it was announced, so it is no suprise that it's not pulling WoW numbers. I for one do not see why devs and players feel that an MMO has to have 10s of millions of players. Back in the 90s a MMO was glad to  have 10k players, and in comes WoW to upset the balance of things, and on a side note Rift is in the same boat as ToR. At least EA/BW has  the balls to post their sub numbers whether that be real or fake. I havent seen sub numbers for Rift since that game been out, but than they hide behind the private company bit. So they do not have to disclose that information.

Originally posted by velmax

Rift is a game that's been out for over 1yr. now and I've been seeing many comments saying, "People still play this game?', here are the top 3 reasons why people still play Rift.

 

1. Rapid content updates                                                                                                                                                                                      Rift has been out for only 14 months and they've already had 8 major patches and a expansion announced. While SWTOR has been out for 6 months and has had only 2 major patches. When Rift was out in the first 6 months they've had 4 major patches meaning Rift is working 2x faster then SWTOR.

 

Except, by the time SWTOR hits the 6th month mark it will have had 3 major content patches.

Instead of worrying about SWTOR a fan of Rift should be worrying about why their retention is so poor.  

Originally posted by Z3R01

 

So it gets more of a negative opinion overall on this site.

If you ever read what ciritics write about RIFT its always good.

1. the opinion I think is overall positive on this site, compared to what most games get

2.  critics write nothing but good things about swtor too

Originally posted by miguksaram

It is interesting looking at the OP post history (all 15 of them) how they all are about Rift or against SWTOR.

Just comparing them  :)

Originally posted by Gormok

So basically this is a Rift vs SWTOR the thread. I played Rift for about 2 months and have not looked back at that game. I have played ToR the whole time it has been out and it has just about the same amount of major Raids and Instances as Rift, to my dislike. ToR has it's issues but it is not as bad as people around here make it. People had doomed this game from the moment it was announced, so it is no suprise that it's not pulling WoW numbers. I for one do not see why devs and players feel that an MMO has to have 10s of millions of players. Back in the 90s a MMO was glad to  have 10k players, and in comes WoW to upset the balance of things, and on a side note Rift is in the same boat as ToR. At least EA/BW has  the balls to post their sub numbers whether that be real or fake. I havent seen sub numbers for Rift since that game been out, but than they hide behind the private company bit. So they do not have to disclose that information.

I wasn'nt attempting to write this so people like Rift better I was just comparing the two.

Originally posted by paidgtfo

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LOL i wish i was paid, I'm just giving out my opinion. :)

Originally posted by velmax

Rift is a game that's been out for over 1yr. now and I've been seeing many comments saying, "People still play this game?', here are the top 3 reasons why people still play Rift.

 

1. Rapid content updates

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2. Great Endgame

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3. Beyond leveling 

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These are only 3 reasons why people still play Rift, put your opinions down below on what you think on the topic. 

The real top reason why people still play Rift is: new people. Most people like Rift but are bored after 2-3 months. They leave. New people take their place.

The expansion may change this for a short while, because people will return to try the new content.

The problem of Rift is that its end game content and combat system are not good enough to retain subscribers very long, while replayabilty of Rift is very poor.

Originally posted by Astraeis

Originally posted by velmax

Rift is a game that's been out for over 1yr. now and I've been seeing many comments saying, "People still play this game?', here are the top 3 reasons why people still play Rift.

 

1. Rapid content updates

...

2. Great Endgame

...

3. Beyond leveling 

...

These are only 3 reasons why people still play Rift, put your opinions down below on what you think on the topic. 

The real top reason why people still play Rift is: new people. Most people like Rift but are bored after 2-3 months. They leave. New people take their place.

The expansion may change this for a short while, because people will return to try the new content.

The problem of Rift is that its end game content and combat system are not good enough to retain subscribers very long, while replayabilty of Rift is very poor.

That is your opinion but not fact.

Originally posted by Lostcog

Originally posted by Astraeis

Originally posted by velmax

Rift is a game that's been out for over 1yr. now and I've been seeing many comments saying, "People still play this game?', here are the top 3 reasons why people still play Rift.

 

1. Rapid content updates

...

2. Great Endgame

...

3. Beyond leveling 

...

These are only 3 reasons why people still play Rift, put your opinions down below on what you think on the topic. 

The real top reason why people still play Rift is: new people. Most people like Rift but are bored after 2-3 months. They leave. New people take their place.

The expansion may change this for a short while, because people will return to try the new content.

The problem of Rift is that its end game content and combat system are not good enough to retain subscribers very long, while replayabilty of Rift is very poor.

That is your opinion but not fact.

Combat isn't fluid enough and the lore/voice work is so grabass and cheesy it feels like a daytime television soap opera turned fantasy.

They're a good company, and of the games released since that other game came out Rift is still the better.

Yeah i was wavering in thought up untill about a month ago, whether this was the right game to keep investing time into, having played from start and enjoyed it most of the way, after the good news i can safely say it is. After about a year and a half of game release, there tripling the game world? that is totally awesome, also seeing as there only adding 10 levels its most likely most of the world will be for endgame, which makes things a hell of a lot better.

I new this game was the one to play, currently the best mmo out at the moment is: RIFT

And thats a fact, if anyone else disagree's with that one simple fact then what they say is just a belief, true belief may become knowledgte in their eyes, but the truth, that is rift, is a whole nother story.

Originally posted by velmax

Originally posted by miguksaram

It is interesting looking at the OP post history (all 15 of them) how they all are about Rift or against SWTOR.

Just comparing them  :)

I notice that your account date started the same month............ (edit by me)  don't want to imply anything fishy.. lol 

rift might be a good game but still loseing  players most servers are just has empty as SWTOR  with some  guilds merging just to be able to do a 10-20 man raid but for content  rift wins hands down  my self i just can not get into the game i keep trying

losing people, hell im actually signing up to play it along with SWTOR, STO, and SWGemu

Pre-ordered and maintained a sub ever since. I play maybe 10 hours a month but it's some of my happiest gaming time every month.

Can't recommend it enough. It came out at the height of anything even remotely WoW-esque which hurt the initial opinion. However, it was a great refinement of MMORPG mechanics and has been a huge success for Trion. Kudos.