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The guys at Rift Watchers and I are happy to introduce our new project: the Rift Watchers Podcast! Our show will focus on the big news and hot topics confronting the Rift community. Every episode will also feature a community spotlight – that’s for you and your blog, project, guild, or character – and a recap of what’s trending on the official forums.
This past Monday, Jeremy, Gavin, and I got together to record our first episode. On this show, we share our NDA-free beta impressions (featuring nearly every aspect of the game, including PvP) and our thoughts, concerns, and things we’re excited about for the future. We round out the discussion portion of the show by discussing a question we’ve heard echoed throughout the last month:
Since the NDA has been lifted, people have been sharing their thoughts. The overwhelming majority say that Rift is a fun, extremely polished game, but offers very little truly new (I realize this is debatable). While we may presume that this is to make the game feel immediately familiar, how will it impact the game’s longevity and it’s ability to stand up to the other 2011 stand-outs, Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic?
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Relevant links for this show include:
- Forum Spotlight
- Devs need to be careful with PvP souls
- Does the current soul arrangement lock PvP players into too few character choices?
- 5 Soul Limit
- A great discussion taking place over whether or not there should be a limit on how many souls a player can acquire. Is it better to have access to everything or should you be limited?
- Devs need to be careful with PvP souls
- Weekly Round-Up
- Community Highlights
- Rift Junkies for their excellent soul guides
- The Rift Podcast because, well, they’re awesome – read Arithion’s latest post for her thoughts on Rift‘s longevity!
Extra Sites We Mention –
Starseeker’s Sanctuary
Massively – thank you for the two mentions!
Contribute to the show at: riftwatchers@gmail.com. We may read your question or message on the air!
If you like what we’re doing, we’d certainly appreciate your say-so in a 5-star iTunes review — that’s how new listeners will find us!
As always, this show (and site) is brought to you by Vagary.TV – your friendly neighborhood gaming network.
