I have returned to VGSOH and having fun again in Telon!  Glad to see the activity increasing for this title!

Woot!  Duo content!!!!!!!!!!!

No queue time for me opening and I have not seen one at all playing Friday evening.  Impressive soft launch by Trion!  Have tons of fun here as well.

Originally posted by Psychei

Originally posted by VirusDancer

I think in the end it just comes down to Mathosian Female or Eth Female, eh?  Everybody took each for a swim and made their decision at that point...

/agree

Aye!

Originally posted by DeathTouch

i  for one am extremely happy i dont have to tame and train stupid pets to do stupid tricks. they give you 3 pets, 1 tank, 1 dps, and im not sure what the 51 point blood raptor does. they serve their function and at lvl 23 you get a better dps pet with aoe debuff, at 24 you get a better tank pet with an AoE taunt. very very simple, i like simple. i follow the K.I.S.S. rule.

 

i wont jump ship if they change the pets, but i will complain on the forums to the devs. i want game experience not boring chase pet, tame pet, train pet. to get what is all ready handed to you in game.

Agreed.  I like the pet system in Rift- SIMPLE.  To me a pet system is not a game, a feature true.  It would become a game should rares be extremely hard to get and pwn, but that would bring up a whole new argument around certain players not being able to experience all of the content...blah, blah, blah.   I have a cat and two dogs in RL, tamed these from the wilds in a zone called the pound.  Don't need to be feeding any other animals, virtual or not.  :)

To all those who have early access, looking forward to sharing some Rift goodness with ya.  To all the trolls, looking forward to your moving on to the next upcoming game to troll.

A little over an hour, woot!

My experiences with the community during beta were good.  Of course open beta was similiar to barrens chat, but what can you expect with a free open beta.  To all the trolls that played open beta and did not purchase the game, thanks!  Thank you for helping test a game I like so it can have a successful release.  :)

The ifamous Winder$ Blue Screen Of Death- BSOD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death

I do not have a video, but here is one from youtube, low quality video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykS2EYs0FH8

....it is in the later half of the clip.

During last beta I started running through various builds for the callings.  I always play a male character, however this time I may roll a female mage after seeing the male elementalist summoning animation.  It is definitely geared for a female toon, pole dancing like animation?.?.  Is it just me being shallow and I'm the only one that thinks the animation is a bit on the light-footed side for a male toon or does anyone else see what I'm talking about?  I would love to see the meeting where the devs were reviewing this and said 'sure, go with that one.'

Just a thread on the less heavy side for grins.

Whatever Rift may be similiar to, I was surprised by how entertaining beta play was.  It was fun, I like the lore thus far and enjoy the game play.  I'm a casual player and do appreciate some familiar pieces in the game with some refreshing approaches.

My wife and I are going to Rift.  Leaving the two kids in WoW.  WoW was just not holding my attention, my two kids love WoW tho.

Rift for the wife and I, two kids are staying in day care err WoW.

Go FULL PONG...in color!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by heartless

Basing this on my experience with AAA MMOs going from beta to release, what usually happens is that right when closed beta starts, the community is great, however, it gradualy turns to worse the closer the game gets to release and the hype builds up. The community is at its worst when the game just launches and gets a little better by the time the free month runs out.

I expect Rift to be the same way. However, a lot of people purchased the 6 month subscription, in order to get the discount so there is a chance that some less desirable members of the community will continue to "contribute" in their own special way.

He he, you said special...you meant go full tard  :)

My opinion, Blizz is testing the waters for console play, nothing new by any means.  Their latest vague statement concerning their next MMO being different  and the current WoW game engine not being flexible enough to handle the direction they want to take, my interpretation - "We're expanding to consoles".  Dumb down the talent tree, spells, flatten menus, what works with a xBox/PS3 controller...  It's numbers, not current subs, but projected subs by extending the product to consoles.  More platforms, bigger audience, more MONIES!!!  They are a stock based company and therfore the marching orders are SHARE HOLDERS, CUSTOMERS, then EMPLOYEES.  Their share holders demand a certain level of growth from the company, pure and simple. 

This is why I do not 'dicuss', 'debate', 'troll' or whatever word you may use for pointing out the failings of a game- they have enough money to get the right people in play to produce a product consumers want.  If I'm not entertained, they don't get my money.  Let them figure out why I quit along with my friends.  I'm not paying a company to play their product and also help develop it- trying to remember the last "Hey thanks for being a customer for 4 years...." from Blizzard.  Nevah.  There are plenty of other products out there to entertain me and gladly take my money :)  Like I said, my opinion.

Rift haters?  Do they exist?  Beh, fairy tale creatures.

Originally posted by japo

OP....

 

Your topic about the game and community of Rift contained a section...5 paragraphs actually....about WoW.

I stopped reading at that point.

True and Final Fantasy.

Until Rift is no longer entertaining, then I will move on.  I can see myself coming back to the game should it prove to provide content updates that are enjoyable.  Still kind of hard to tell though, this game is still in beta.  NO ONE has seen the release yet.

Looking forward to the soul system as well.  The choices are interesting and  I like the fexibility to either build a good set of souls or a crappy set that will get my avatar pwn'd in PvP or by those pest brownies in the rifts.  Discovery is part of the fun.