Rift Beta

[Harrison]

So far my first impressions of it are, "Improved WoW clone centered on PVP and dynamic environments."

I can't say anything else because of the NDA lol

[Yak]

I would agree with you 110% here. It's pretty much WOW with a War Hammer skin.

[Erasong]

played 5 mins and cut it off. same feel to me. reskined WoW.

[Harrison]

I'm getting some enjoyment out of it, but damn is it literally a clone so far.

I'll see how much I like it after a few days.

[Rottening]

Same. I lasted 2 hours, then I played P99.

[Pringles]

So far my first impressions of it are, "Improved WoW clone centered on PVP and dynamic environments."

I can't say anything else because of the NDA lol

Thought the NDA was lifted....

[Twizzt]

anyone got a beta account i could play on? really wanna try it out, PM me

[mitic]

played the rift-beta for half an hour and deinstalled after

everquest, there is nothing better since 1999.

[Madigan]

anyone got a beta account i could play on? really wanna try it out, PM me

Same here, I'm looking to try it out so I know what's coming before I buy it. Please PM me.

[Yak]

I hate to admit it but played the alpha again and actually had fun. Going to try the current beta event and see.

[Agecroft]

It's definitely not PVP centric, but otherwise yah that's true. It's a PVE game with PVP as an option.

[Salty]

If you want to play WoW play Rift.

That sums up every aspect of this game.


http://www.poopspant.com/block/rift-planes-of-terala.png

[xshayla701]

I liked it alright, but yeah it's a lot like WoW. The people are pretty though and that's really all that matters

[boboo]

Now I just need to wait till february (earthrise) to figure out if ill be forced to stick with eve online until 2012. I will also figure out if fallout online will probably or not be a piece of shit game (because its the same studio dev'ing it)

[OngorDrakan]

I want to play it but......Im not in yet :(

[Crover_CT99]

NDA or no, I wasn't actually in beta but my brother was, so here's what I saw.

-Character progression system that has a lot of potential fun/depth. Time always tells. I played a Blade Dancer/Riftwalker and this seemed an extremely rare combo, even before min/maxing. It was powerful. This gave me hope of finding rare, enjoyable specs that work. On the flip side, I played a Pyromancer a bit and it seemed faceroll worthy. From what I hear online, Warlock/Necro builds are beastly too. I find it hard to judge classes these days since most games (including this one) give me god power no matter what skills I have.

-The world is lacking, so far. Very linear and little reason to explore. I could be wrong about this because I didn't have a ton of time myself to get on, but both times I went out trying to find Easter eggs I came up dry. I've seen it mentioned on fan sites/etc. that this is their intention to help keep pvp centered. This is a downside for me personally.

-Polished as far as betas go. Buuuut, fool me once...

That's my little tidbit. It's not a bad game, but not one I'd see an EQ purist loving.