Rift

Looks like the Belmont server is where some people I know will be going. I believe some of them will be going Guardian and the others Defiant (nice to beta test both sides to discuss later on which might be better for social reasons).

They are a guild of players that got like 40-50 beta keys. Of course if we all go there we won't have to join them if we choose not too, but it is an option if you want to.

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Originally Posted by Wresh

Every MMO has a chance of failing, and it sucks to spend $60 on a game plus the monthly subscription fee only to find out it doesn't meet your expectations or the content is not up to par for what you wish to do in a game ("cough" "cough" Conan...Best MMO up until level 20, after that...pure garbage).

WoW is the standard in how companies go forward with MMO's right now, but eventually another game will come around to de-throne WoW. Will it be this one? Maybe SWToR? Possibly, but it may take another 1-2 years before a game is ready to go head-to-head against WoW.

I hope it does do good. I am ready for a new game and a new world(s) to explore.

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totally agree. i might just have to give this a try :)

Meh, I was expecting a lot more polish. It's jerky at times and very laggy if there is more than a few players around. The mage class players exactly like WoW. Same armors, Same spells basically. It isn't awful. But they need to work on this a little more for it to pull anyone from wow.

I've tried it out and while there's some nice stuff.. it really isn't going to be pulling me away from anything.

I played the beta last weekend - not bad. Certainly very stable with all the basics nailed down, more so than anything else that I've played a beta of. I do feel like it could use some extra stuff aside from rift and class system, both of which are pretty fun. There is still a month and a half worth of beta left, so I'll be watching to see what kind of changes they'll make. The development team is great, can't complain there. I might still give it a go on release provided that a few other people I know from here and elsewhere pick it up :p

I have a 25 person VIP key if anybody wants to be in the beta:

7PRP-GT3X-PLQ9-6LFP-9P7P

First 10 levels are reminiscent of WoW, you have to get past the newbie levels before the game starts to differ. Beta restarts Tuesday the 25th at 10am.

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I totes used the code posted. totes is still cool to say, right?

I've got one for 25 people apparently. Don't think I'm going to invest much time into it unless they've changed a lot.

Tried Age of Conan... Fail

Tried Warhammer... Fail

Even if this game rivals wow, there is no reason to switch unless the guild or the raid team migrates.

Most of us know how the migration from EQ to Wow went... or didn't.

Yeah, even if it looks really nice, Rift still will have a very hard time making me change. Even SW:tOR will be hard pressed to make me switch.

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Originally Posted by Syana

Most of us know how the migration from EQ to Wow went... or didn't.

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Well yeah, that didn't work well as it was EQ -> DAoC -> WoW :D

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Originally Posted by Parak

Well yeah, that didn't work well as it was EQ -> DAoC -> WoW :D

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Yeah, ummm Hoss on Uther really never did shit either. IF we'd worked together back then Hoss may have been a lot different today. Oh the humanity.

Most of the ones of us who were in Uther Hoss ended up with Reign or Ascendance or left the game; but you have to remember most of the Hoss who were on Uther constantly played new games together and did not stick to just one.

Got in for beta 5 and have a level 11 ranger at the moment. (Allara on Belmont. No weird accent characters. This isn't WoW.)

Wresh has been helping me out -- thanks mang. So far I'm enjoying the game. But I am wondering one thing primarily -- I had thought you could change your mind on your "souls". I'm actually wanting to dump one of my souls and change it out for a different one. So I purchased a second "role", but that's just your second spec. Is it possible to change your souls? Can you even mix and match more than 3 souls between your 4 specs? This game would seriously rock if so. I'd understand if it only happens in later levels, but I think I chose badly on my second soul decision.

I'll probably level a bit higher before deciding on the preorder, but I'm leaning toward it simply because it's not WoW. I need a new world.

Meh to not raid as Hoss initially was a decision everyone made from top to bottom. Friends stuck together on all servers, and I'm glad many are flying under the same server/guild name again.

Hard to speculate if we would have transitioned everyone with the same focus from day 1. Not sure everyone is able to give that these days.

Ain

You can reset points in a role for moneys. Any soul that has 0 points invested in it can be swapped out for another. You can get quests for the other 5 souls at around level 13, and there will be additional ones later (pvp soul is one of those).

Started up a character on the Belmont server, Zeyla.

So far I am liking it, the dynamic rifts/content thing sounds interesting. The controls/interface feel very familiar for the WoW player, no doubt.

Thanks for the VIP key Stosh!

Coming from EQ2, what I like about the game is that there are only 4 classes. I really expect everyone to end up with very similar specs and people will flop between roles as needed.

I like the bard class (I know i changed my definition of class from my 1st paragraph) but I'll probably lvl up as marksman/ranger

Anytime Allara. Sorry I wasn't online much for this beta....just had a lot to do.

For the next beta, I will be online more and if you guys want we can level up some toons and go run a dungeon or pvp some.

Glad to see a few more trying this game out. I think it has pretty good promise.

I made it to 20 before the beta ended and preordered, so I'll be around for the next ones and for head start. Looking forward to it!