Downloading Rift -- Free to play MMO looks like old WoW!

[[JiF]Mike]

Gonna start playing Rift. Free to play MMO, looks pretty good.

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I'll post what server we join.

[[JiF]Mike]

3 of us starting characters on Deepwood server as Defiant.

This game feels like a mix of Guild Wars 2 and WoW. I really enjoyed the starting story line, if it's any indication I expect to be pretty hooked on this for a while.

[[JiF]Uncle Stinky]

I seem to recall reading that this was more hard-core than WoW or GW2, but I'm not surre what was meant by that. Is it more difficult?

I'll give it a try tonight.

[[JiF]Mike]

Seems easier in a lot of respects. The talent tree was daunting at first glance, but once you pick you role you can just hit "spend points" and the game will spend the points in the tree according to a preset plan. Each class has a bunch of presets available, which is making this first character nice and easy so far.

Like WoW and GW2 there does seem to be a lot going on, but, it's been fun so far. It doesn't feel more hardcore to me, but then again.. I'm only lvl 10 lol.

[[JiF]Mike]

Just did a whole lotta pvp and had more fun than I've ever had in WoW pvp. Hope some others can give it a try.

I've got my twitch channel running, you can see me wander around and look like a fool.

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[[JiF]Uncle Stinky]

I've got two toons so far:

Jifcromance
Jifleric

[[JiF]Gib]

I assume standard mmo like all the others and nothing rpg about it?...just run around mindless kill 12 widgets or collect 12 widgets bs?

IE: I assume no traps to search/find and disable, not riddles or puzzles to solve, no locked doors or locked chests to pick(and detect for traps), no secret doors to fund, no humor...you know, standard RPG stuff?

Sorry guess I am bitter about mmo's..does it show? . Nobody but DDO ever made a fantasy rpg one correctly . To bad it wasn't better graphics....which reminds me about he time Stinky, Jimbo, Gav, Top and I were delving into some dungeon hot on the trail of a Nag when the narrator comes on after being triggered by Jimbo or Stinky the first time saying "That may be the LARGEST barrel of explosive you have EVER seen!!";

Jimbo: "Uh, I hear a ticking noise..." "RUN!" .

The room goes while like in the movies when a nuke goes off followed by chat messages:
Jimbo has died.
Gave has died.
Stinky has died.
Gib has died.
Top has died.

Gib to Jimbo on ts: "What did you do Ray!?!!??" "What did you do???!"
Jimbo - "Ha-ha...hahahhahahhaha"

We res, head back in....Stinkster on point and explores other area. Narrator comes on...(you see this comming right?):
"That's the SECOND biggest BARRELL of EXPLOSIVES you've ever seen!"
Stinky on ts sounding like daffy duck left holding a lit bomb..."uh-oh"

BLAMMM!!!! White all around, followed by chat message;
Stinky has died,
Gave has died,
...all party members have died!

I couldn't hear what anyone said I was laugihng so hard holding my unit in one hand trying not to piss myself lauging so hard while trying to rip off the headphones and make it to make it to the bathroom for relief. I think I ended up pissing all over the bathroom because I couldnt stop lauging and it was well, you know, moving me and shaking up and down from laughing. Then Im lauging even harder now because I am pissing all over the toilet, the walls, floor, even hit the sink I think. (now crying and begging it to stop..."it hursts! it hurts!!" - you know the side gut ache from lauging too hard?).

Here's hoping the April release of Elderscrolls Online is true to the actual rpg game and also Everquest Next?

[[JiF]Lt Gav]

Yep so far it's just a run around & shoot stuff game!
My attention span with this game is starting to wane fast!!

[[JiF]Uncle Stinky]

It is very much in the mode of WoW and GW2. I suppose the big difference is the "role" system that lets you make one toon and then give it tank, DPS and/or healer specs so that you don't have to level a bunch of different ones.

My main goal is to make beautiful women toons and then hope to find them skimpy leather armor.

Yes, that exploding barrel in DDO was one of the funniest moments in my online gaming history.

Followed closely by the time Gib uncovered a secret door that revealed a chest, and Gib said, "Hey look, a chest," ran in and was decapitated by a blade trap.