Trion Worlds and the Rift team are close to the final unveiling of the first expansion to Rift, Storm Legion. We recently had the opportunity to check out Storm Legion firsthand and have a lot to say about it. See what we've got in mind and then add your thoughts in the comments.

Our tour of Storm Legion was captained by Design Producer Hal Hanlin, Design Director Simon Ffinch, and Senior Producer Adam Gershowitz, along with several other members of the Rift team.  Storm Legion, as will be familiar to fans of the Rift story and lore, will focus on taking the fight to the dragon Crucia, who is making her move against the weakened Regulos.  The expansion's two new high-level continents, which will more than triple the land mass of vanilla Rift, are meant to reflect what the world could look like if the planes had conquered Telara over the Ascended.

Read more of Som Pourfarzaneh's Rift: There's a Storm Brewin'.

Oh jeez, storm legion and rohan so so so close together.

it's gonna be tough... storm legion looks soooo good :]

i guess for an mmorpg player it's a good dilemma to have.

Already pre-ordered, there's going to be an insane amount of things to do in SL and I cant wait!

Looking forward to checking out the new questing changes also, sounds interesting.

Originally posted by freston
Where the hell am i going to get the time to play this, Mop and GW2 at the same time? Oh well , bye, bye marriage

Lol.....in all seriousness, I wish I could find time to play alot of games. This looks great, but it's almost like I have to make a gaming schedule.......just no time. Already have a backlog of single players I would like to finish.

If you're like me, and have been away from the game for a while, you might be pleasantly surprised with how different Rift feels now, and delighted by small convenience features like the ability to use quest items right from your quest tracker UI.

Here's a picture from day 1 of head start, that's 2/24/2011, with an item on my quest tracker UI: http://i.imgur.com/OuOtY.jpg

Am I missing something?  Coz I don't see why you'd be delighted by this or see any reason to mention it since it's always been in game.

I´ll have to find some free time outside GW2...but i´ll most definetly going to buy this expansion at some point!

Kudos to Trion for doing such an outstanding work on Rift!

Originally posted by Gravarg
This is one reason I love Rift.  When Trion does something it's always overdone :)  In one Expansion you get more than what most games give you in 3-4 :D

EverQuest 2 used to be that way too!  /sigh

Echoes of Faydwer for example is one hell of a memorable expansion.

I was set on leveling through hunt rifts and instant adventures. But the new quest style sounds interesting.

RIFT is the first mmo where they release content so fast (and good) that I literally haven't had time to get bored in a year straight of playing :)

This xpac looks like the next year of my life is another write-off :D lol

Originally posted by Entris38

Originally posted by freston
Where the hell am i going to get the time to play this, Mop and GW2 at the same time? Oh well , bye, bye marriage

Lol.....in all seriousness, I wish I could find time to play alot of games. This looks great, but it's almost like I have to make a gaming schedule.......just no time. Already have a backlog of single players I would like to finish.

Agree with you, I would love to have more time, but already playing to much. :-)) Now I'm enjoying pandas, but my mind many times wanders back to Gw2, would love to play also Rift ... and despite tragedy with FF IV, would like to try reborn version.

For me its a three way split theres loads to do still in GW2 , Theres Lotros Rohan expansion around the corner and then there Rift as well .

Wish I lived on a planet with 48 hours a day and 8 days in a week.

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Originally posted by roo67
Wish I lived on a planet with 48 hours a day and 8 days in a week.

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Heh, yeah but then a normal work week would be 16 hours a day, 6 days a week ;)

I really want to try storm legion but i can't bring myself to buy it because i will be doing the same stuff.

1.Questing - i really despise questing, let me have the free will to explore and grind if i wish.

2. Levelling - The min max progression system i can love no more! the system is designed so everything in between is a means to an end.

3.End game - I love to do it, but i hate lockouts. i undestand why they are there, but when it gets to; "log in once a week to raid then log back out' where's the fun in that?

Regardless, I believe Trion are doing a real good job. I believe the company will enter a "golden age" soon.

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Originally posted by Nitth
I really want to try storm legion but i can't bring myself to buy it because i will be doing the same stuff.

1.Questing - i really despise questing, let me have the free will to explore and grind if i wish.

2. Levelling - The min max progression system i can love no more! the system is designed so everything in between is a means to an end.

3.End game - I love to do it, but i hate lockouts. i undestand why they are there, but when it gets to; "log in once a week to raid then log back out' where's the fun in that?

Regardless, I believe Trion are doing a real good job. I believe the company will enter a "golden age" soon.

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I wont be doing any of that either and having a blast ;)

Originally posted by Gravarg
This is one reason I love Rift.  When Trion does something it's always overdone :)  In one Expansion you get more than what most games give you in 3-4 :D

Um, no.  Expansion looks to be the size of, say, Burning Crusade but a bit more feature rich.  Bigger than an average expansion?  Yeah.  3-4 times the size?  Not even close.  

Its not even remotely near the scope of Kunark, Velious, Luclin or Planes of Power.  Looks to be about Omens of War sized.

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Originally posted by Foomerang

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Originally posted by Nitth
I really want to try storm legion but i can't bring myself to buy it because i will be doing the same stuff.

1.Questing - i really despise questing, let me have the free will to explore and grind if i wish.

2. Levelling - The min max progression system i can love no more! the system is designed so everything in between is a means to an end.

3.End game - I love to do it, but i hate lockouts. i undestand why they are there, but when it gets to; "log in once a week to raid then log back out' where's the fun in that?

Regardless, I believe Trion are doing a real good job. I believe the company will enter a "golden age" soon.

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I wont be doing any of that either and having a blast ;)

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Gona have to if you want to leave the 'starting area' :P
Then again, Probably not starting from scratch and just looking to 'recap' :)

Seriously tho, I really want to enjoy this game as a tempest.