PTS 1.2 Patch Notes – 4/22/11 – In Progress PLEASE NOTE: Patch notes for the PTS represent work in progress and are subject to change prior to any patches reaching live shards. PTS 1.2 4/22/11 GENERAL GAMEPLAY * Those who managed to sneak behind enemy lines and complete the introductory artifact collections inside Meridian or … [Read more of this article]

CNN posted an interesting interview with Trion discussing their new game. The bulk of the interview was about the David and Goliath battle with Blizzard for MMO supremacy, but there was also a short behind-the- scenes look at the technology behind the game. According to executive producer Scott Hartsman they developed the technology to “..substantially address … [Read more of this article]

Phase 2 of the River of Souls world event was originally scheduled to begin on the North American servers today, April 9, at noon PDT, but Trion has just announced there will be a delay due to some issues discoveredon the EU servers. Here are the details: Hi all, With the opening of the final … [Read more of this article]

Hotfix #14 04/08/11 WORLD EVENT * Rings from the event merchants are now properly labeled as ‘Unique’. These rings were previously set to be Unique but the text was not appearing on their tooltips. * Added a display for the level requirements to Shadetouched Weapons Cache quest starting items. The level requirements existed previously but … [Read more of this article]

A dev finally stepped up in the forums to answer the issue with Corrupted and Malformed Souls only dropping in dungeons: Originally posted by Gersh (Source) I wanted to stop by and give a quick update on Malformed & Corrupted souls, and which fixes are in progress to help with the rate of earning these … [Read more of this article]

Hotfix #13 went live on Tuesday and here is what was changed/fixed: GENERAL * The intensity of Alsbeth’s assault on Telara is increasing! The number of rifts, invasions, and zone events is rising in all zones! * Fixed a bug that was allowing some creative people to equip one more weapon than they had hands … [Read more of this article]

Since this post is a basically a screenshot tour of Defiant levels 1-10, spoilers are a given. If you do not want to see screenshots of the climactic battle of the starting area or of fire squirrels running through the forest, consider yourself warned. I rolled a new Cleric for this post and enjoyed it … [Read more of this article]

Every Monday morning Planar Tear brings you a list of the most recent Rift-related podcasts published each week. If you see a podcast that we are missing, link to it in the comments and we will add it for next week. GameBreaker.tv – The Sanctum 12: Content King Player Vs. Rift – Episode 3: Of … [Read more of this article]

Stats in Rift work very similar to other traditional MMOs. Each grants a benefit to a specific aspect of your character, with some being a true benefit to all classes, and others only being good for certain roles. The conversions of stats to their benefits is very straight forward. In this first article we will … [Read more of this article]

As you make your way through Telara and begin learning about this new game you might have noticed one thing missing: addons.  With Trion taking so many cues from other popular games, it may seem like an over sight that addons weren’t a feature that shipped on launch day.  Few things have caused as much controversy … [Read more of this article]