Tag Archive: trion

Everybody Hates Rogues [RIFT]

I’m sorry rogues, but we really don’t like you very much. You’re quick, you’re stealthy, and you have a penchant for leaving things lodged in our backs. Not to mention, what’s with all the shadow and smoke? 80s horror movie fan, are we? Here’s another thing, who wears leather these days? Again, I’m getting the …

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Why RIFT Has One Million Subscribers and Other Games Don’t

Gamasutra has an article up today revealing our the first concrete subscriber numbers for Trion Worlds’ RIFT. In it, Vice President, David Reid, reveals the following: He first turned to Rift, the company’s first release from March, which he explained now has over one million customers and is the “second largest MMO in the West.” First …

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The Irony of Challenge in RIFT

Many players who say the game is too easy are the same who use macros in their normal rotations. RIFT will literally let you simplify fighting down to two buttons, in some cases, and three in most others. How do you complain because content is too easy from one side of your mouth and then …

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The Multiverse – Season 02 Episode 08 – “Milk Them Mode”

Hey Gang, It’s been an interesting set of weeks and we thank you for sticking with us and awaiting this episode! Adam and I have our travel behind us, so we came together Saturday to talk about the utter WEALTH of MMO news that’s cropped up this last month. On the docket today: RIFT’s state …

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My Experimental Interview with Trion and The Electric Steam Sale Experiment

Happy Friday, folks. Today looks to be a beautiful day going into a great weekend. I’m a bit excited for tomorrow, actually. I’ll be doing a special podcast with the community team at Trion. What makes that even more exciting – or nerve-wracking – is that I’m going to be doing an experimental episode with …

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Looking back at the journey, 1-50 [RIFT]

Last night, I stayed up late (and consequently overslept) to finish something I started on just over three months ago. I dinged level 50 in RIFT. This wouldn’t normally be an occasion since most of the world has already been 50 for a month or two, but there’s something we need to understand: It is …

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The Multiverse – Season 02 Episode 04 – “Angels with Chainsaws”

Welcome back to another edition of The Multiverse! We start this episode off with a little Warhammer Online, move into angels with chainsaws and LotRO’s fourth anniversary, and Chris gets some guild advice from the man who wrote the book. This was kind of a crazy show. Especially when we answer Massively’s question. We’re also …

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Questing in RIFT: Not As Bad As You’ve Heard

RIFT’s questing sucks. I’ve heard this said over and over again. Every time it’s by someone who has played MMOs for the last 3+ years and has completed no less than 50,000 of them. Let’s please keep our objectivity here, because, I’ve got to tell you, RIFT is no worse than any other game out …

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Marketing Win

We may not be in Azeroth anymore, but we’ll certainly come back to take you with us! I love it when companies take advantage of flexible loyalties like this. It’s all kinds of sneaky and clever and funny. Kind of makes you wonder how Blizzard feels now that they’re linking back to WoWhead on the …

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Rift: Breaking the Trend… of Big Boobs? [RW]

The following is a cross-post of something I wrote for Rift Watchers today. I know not all of you read over there and I thought you’d find this interesting, so here we are 🙂 From now on, I’ll tag  cross posts with [RW]. Note: You wouldn’t believe how hard it was to come up with …

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