We are working our way to our final review of the first Rift expansion, Storm Legion. We offer our third installment of our Review in Progress series, this time focusing bugs, customer service, dungeons and more. See what you think before leaving a comment or two.

I'm continually impressed by the new dungeons in Storm Legion.  This week I had a chance to play through Storm Breaker Protocol a number of times.  All of these were with pick up groups and not all of them were successful.  While on first glance failing to complete a dungeon might seem like a bad thing, but honestly I'm happy that the dungeons are difficult enough that the risk of failure actually exists.  With the last batch of 50 experts so out geared it is nice to finally step back into a dungeon and know that if not everyone pulls their weight, you may not succeed.  Storm Breaker Protocol is also the first time that we see our defiant occupy a vehicle mode for a dungeon.  You fight the first two bosses in this instance in a Gundam mode and then proceed to fight the next two bosses robotic armor free.  Each of the bosses is more than just a tank and spank with the last boss providing multiple tasks for the tank.  I was required to cleanse myself, purge the boss, and control adds while the DPS broke crystals. I'm always pleased to be engaged rather than just spamming the boss for threat.

Read more of Rob Lashley's Rift: Storm Legion Review in Progress Part 3.

Not Even Meridian is Safe

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I'm back playing Rift, level 41 so not into SL yet but loving it so far. Good fair review

Peace

Lascer

To those returning that are not level 50 yet - as soon as you hit 48 go to storm legion first zone - the quests start at 48 and give a huge amount of xp, youll hit 50 very fast.Before lvl 48 just grind out instant adventures , you can level 1-48 via IA really fast, also queue for battlegrounds a single win prior to 50 gives almost half a level of xp!

other than that, storm legion is currently the best expansion by far on the market - it is 100x better than original Rift. I am astounded how much improved Storm Legion really is.

I feel like this is a fair review overall however has some weaknesses in the arguments.  For example yes the bugs are a pain, however saying they should have all been fix by now is out of line.  First very few beta testers actually beta the game; these people normally just play the game to play the game.  Second look at the time of the year.  Last week was thanksgiving and honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if most of the customer service people have called off or no showed.  It is what it is people need to live with it, had the game release a month ago I would agree that the bugs should have been fixed.

I also do not feel that the argument over the queue times for LFD is fair either.  There are a lot of new mechanics with these bosses that if you ignore you will die.  So more people are looking for pre-made groups and are not using LFD.  Also like myself as a healer I would rather go with 3 other guild members and pug the last spot because what you often get is people who are drama queens in LFD.  For example the first SL instance was the first one myself and 3 other guildmates joined.  The Support person right off the bat started with how can you not know this, why didn’t you do this instance sooner.  We didn’t even make a pull and we fully told him that we were learning the place.  After about 30 minutes of his drama we quit.  We don’t mind wiping and learning at this phase we are enjoying learning new content. 

All and All a fair review.

There is going to be bugs with any addition to a game of this size and the holiday slap bang in the middle has definitely not helped. One thing is for sure though everything will get fixed (lots already have in the hotfixes) unlike other games where you wait months for fixes or even recognition there is a problem.

Dimensions are a godsend in this game. The power of player made content takes rift into sandbox territory. I have 7 or 8 favorite dimensions so far. They range from amazing homes to taverns, ruins, forests, and some challenging jumping puzzles. All created by our community. I am working on a massive treehouse for my dimension. I love the fact that dimension items can be crafted by players. And i love that the materials needed to craft dimension items are spread across all continents and zones.

People try to downplay dimensions, but the fact is they are a game changer.

Which server has the best dimensions? Impossible to say right now. Ive barely seen a tenth of the more active dimensions just on my server let alone other servers. Probably 6 months to a year, we will have a good idea of the most active dimension servers are. I play on us faeblight and there is no shortage of interesting dimensions to visit.

Originally posted by Ozmodan
Was at the store today and saw Rift Storm legion on the shelves, was going to buy it until I saw the price, $50 plus tax, no thanks.  Way to overprice your game.

You could always play the freebie version