ThePerfectFlaw

Rift head start opens up about 14 days from now if you've pre-ordered.

If you're looking for a guild and somehow remember me not being annoyed by you (pro-tip: you annoyed me) feel free to contact me. A couple of us from FoH are going to form a guild on Defiant PvP (server to be announced when they provide a list).

Can contact me on the FoH forums as Zehn - Vhex, in IRC as Vhex (irc.uberguilds.org:6668 #fires) or via E-mail (vhex@oxygenz.net).

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Akom of Cazic Thule

I'm still on the fence about it.. gonna play the open beta on the 14th and make my decision then.

And yes.. I annoyed you. >: )

Greystone Thorngage

I am with Akom, waiting till the 14th. I annoyed everyone i think

Cloudwalker21

All I remember was you + Swifton leading AOR. I doubt you even remember me, but I probably annoyed you.

I'm enjoying Rift, and I have 3 (with a 4th on the fence) friends that are probably going to play as well.

Akom of Cazic Thule

Ok... so... I have to say, last night was one of the funnest experiences I've had in an MMO since I was in a good raiding group in WoW. The way they have made Rifts / Events work is amazing.

After I got to level 9 or so, I decided to go out and try some Rifts. There weren't many opening up at the time, so I had to do a lot of running. The Rifts were a blast, but after I hit one where the mobs were too high level for me to hit, I decided to level a bit more.

Around 11PM, when I was level 13 all hell broke loose in the zone I was in. Rifts opened everywhere. Attacks came from everywhere. I opened up the map and the entire northern part of the zone was flashing. I joined up with a raid group and pretty much killed non-stop for 2 hours. By the end of the night my wrists hurt and I was exhausted, but we had cleared every single Rift / Attack. Quite the feeling of accomplishment.. as was going to the Rare Planar vendor and buying some nice new gear.

I still am unsure about how long the novelty will last and how interesting it will be after it wears off... but I was pretty sold on the game last night. It plays almost exactly like WoW... so much so that pretty much anything that you did in WoW, from emotes to pet commands, are going to be exactly the same.

Cloudwalker21

The zonewide invasions are pretty awesome. The problem I have thus far is that when there are rifts, they turn into complete clusterfucks if there's a lot of people around. It's hard to get anything out of the events when there's 30-40 people sitting in the same tiny space. That said, I'm glad that rifts work as well as they do, they're a major improvement over warhammer's public quests, which is what I usually end up comparing them to.

Have you tried the first dungeon for either faction yet? I've done the one on Guardian side (Realm of the Fae) and it was pretty sweet. Good pacing, challenging boss fights (for the most part), trash that requires different strategies, etc. Plus, at least the first time anyway, it automatically puts you on a quest when you zone in so everyone got something rather than those who happened to hit the RNG particularly well.

Akom of Cazic Thule

I didn't get a chance to play the whole beta (snowboarding the best snow I've ever seen at Mammoth won out) but I made it to level 17 last night on my BM / Para / Riftblade. I promptly pre-ordered the game with a three month sub. It may end up like the previous 10 or so MMO's I've tried out, with me quitting after a couple months, but hell.. it was fun, why not?

Akom of Cazic Thule

Server list:

US Servers

* Lotham - PvP
* Faeblight - RP
* Sunrest - PvP-RP
* Belmont - PvE
* Spitescar - PvP
* Seastone - PvP
* Keenblade - PvE
* Deepstrike - PvP
* Greybriar - PvE
* Shatterbone - PvE
* Reclaimer - PvP
* Byriel - PvE
* Snarebrush - PvP
* Gnarlwood - PvE
* Briarcliff - PvP
* Wolfsbane - PvE
* Shadefallen - RP

Greystone Thorngage

I willl be on Sunrest...apparently the RP PVP servers typically have less kiddies on them

Akom of Cazic Thule

I'll be on Deepstrike as Guardian. Turns out one of my friends has a guild he wants me to join.