Rift

I know several of us in WoW are planning to play (though my Rift play will be far more casual than my current casual-ish WoW play).

There are also going to be a lot of old/new faces returning from other incarnations of Hoss from EQ to DAoC.

I was just wondering. Maybe thinking of picking it up if there were a number of people going to play just to casually take part in something new. When does it kick off again?

If you preordered, you can start playing tomorrow at 10 AM PST. If you didn't, you start one week after that.

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Originally Posted by Torrid

Rift isn't even worth one month of play. You can't kill WoW by cloning it.

I'm not playing WoW btw. My sub expired last week. If I didn't need to maintain addons, I probably wouldn't even have gotten 85. I've been playing on Project 1999 for the past 3.5 months now. (I HIGHLY recommended it, btw. Having way more fun than I thought I would. If anybody tries it, send a tell to me on Torven or Torvie)

I haven't raided in WoW since the AQ gate opened, either. (except for some 10 mans, and some Nax kills) As bad as it is -- especially now -- WoW's PvP was pretty much all I've done since '06. (trust me, you guys don't want me in your BG) One thing WoW really got right was the play control and UI. It's just a shame nobody at Blizzard PvPs and that aspect of the game is so neglected.

Played Warhammer for a full month and glad I did. Probably the best new MMOG in recent years if you like PvP, but still had it's problems. I like a lot of what EVE is doing as well, but didn't play past the trial. LotRO and CoH/V bored the shit out of me. Vanguard had potential that wasn't realized and lacked the charm EQ had.

The only new MMOGs I have any hope for are indie games. It's not exactly an indie title, or new, but I've been having far more fun playing on a server developed by a dozen guys in their spare time than I have in WoW since its beta. (PvE wise, anyway) It's the smaller less funded teams that are going to have the balls to do something that isn't WoW. CCP was a nobody before they introduced something radically different; now they run one of the most successful MMOGs. I really really want to see Infinity and Dawntide get off the ground.

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What keeps me from playing EQ and I know this sounds awful, but it is true. But mouse look. I drives me crazy after getting used to the way wow did mouse look and move to even try and play eq. Well that and I don't have time to level a character by standing in one place and killing mob after mob to gain a sliver of a level after 10 hours anymore.

Orc Hill..../shudder

Crushbone? Double /shudder

Clicking on the !, not reading the NPC's text, killing 10 of completely trivial-to-kill mob X at location Y pointed to you by the in-game map, returning to the ! to get your free item which had nothing to do with the quest to begin with and is a microscopic upgrade in the slot that has an item you got one level ago. Repeat the process hundreds of times, never grouping with anybody to the level cap. /shudder

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Originally Posted by Lonskils

Well that and I don't have time to level a character by standing in one place and killing mob after mob to gain a sliver of a level after 10 hours anymore.

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That's the beautify of EQ-- the more skilled you are at the game, the faster you level. My 100% untwinked unpowerleveled druid hit 50 in 12 days played. If you want ez-mode, you can roll a magician and be 50 in a couple of weeks. Even in my 40s I was making sub 2 hour levels on my mage.

I actually found that killing mobs for exp in EQ was far more enjoyable than doing WoW's lame quests because killing mobs in EQ is more challenging and depending on the class, there are many different ways to kill mobs.

This

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is more fun than doing a quest that has you run to a point on the minimap, clicking the sparkly, and returning to the NPC.

Ok we get it dude....you don't like Rift..

I'm a little confused, did you not like Rift or was that Torrid, Wresh? +D

What? Rhedd you are against Rift? How dare you sir!

Got stuck on a fucking call right before 10, now there's a 900+ user queue. :(

im at like 450ish atm

position in queue is 185. est time... 7mins!
i did not plan for this!

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Originally Posted by Zappo

position in queue is 185. est time... 7mins!
i did not plan for this!

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you are going to be late =)p

Queue position 1257, est time 5 hr 8 min . . . I see a very typical MMO clusterfuck for launch day . . .

Yeah they're launching new servers every few minutes, but they can't/won't raise limits per-server. I got in and got my name luckily. Going to try to stay logged in.

I dont even know what i want my name to be yet. I am going to suprise myself after creation! I am actually not going to be a chick this time too.

Queue times don't even seem to be improving despite big chunks of people dropping..... now 1058 in queue with 5 hr 20 min wait....

Slight panic when I got a "disconnected from server" box. When I chose Faeblight again I didn't lose my place in line; sitting around 147 @ 43 minutes now.

lol mine went black on me when i tabbed to the forum, logged back into the character creation.

What trade skills are you all going? I am at the 1st trainers now and trying to decide..

... new skill . . . "Improved queue patience" . . . sense I will be a master by time I get to pick . . .

grrr was at under 500.. alt tabbed out and somehow got kicked.. back to 1100.... frustration mounts

Ouch...

Fir? WSP? Anyone else in game yet?

I'm now in game, as Andae.

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Originally Posted by Wresh

What trade skills are you all going? I am at the 1st trainers now and trying to decide..

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I always liked herb/alch in WoW, will prob do the comparable skills in Rift, unless we already have folks doing that. It will be next week some time before I can play so I might just fill whatever need we need then.

I'll probably do armoursmithing as I'll be leveling a champ first. and or weaponsmithing (can't remember the gathering synergy skills required.)

I am doing a champion as well...just got my mining and if you go Armor, I will go weapon :)

Whoever can get to Sanctum and get the guild started please do..I only have like 57 gold on me right now, but I will be happy to donate almost all of it when I log back in to get it formed if needed.

Alright go weapon I'll go armor. I think armor uses butchering as well as mining. I think weapon uses mining and something, can't remember, but all tradeskills basically require 2 other gathering skills or professions to make ALL items.

I was close to heading to town to see about the guild, but then the servers were brought down for 15 mins. :rolleyes:

Guild has been made!

Is it called Super Fluffy Happy Kittens?

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Originally Posted by Allara

Guild has been made!

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Sweet....I went from a 1017 3 hour Que to a 800 5 hour Que...."Maybe" I will see you guys online tonight.

Ugg, looks like I might not be playing tonight! and I can't get logme in to show the screen once Rift loads... boo!

How do you download the damn game? I just got home and I cannot figure out how to.

They emailed me this link to download it:

http://update2.triongames.com/patche...cher_setup.exe

Ah, guess I'll check my email then.

http://www.riftgame.com/en/headstart/index.php

Wow... sort of stupid... 5 hour queue oO

First time I'm been disappointed by trion and rift so far. Did they really think the 10 or so servers were going to be anywhere NEAR what they needed based on the pre orders alone?

So like, are we still sticking with this server? 5 hour queue, really?