This is the pic that made me want to explore Rift; not that I am going anywhere as long as VG is viable and folks like you are still there.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/File:Ironpine_outpost_01.jpg
One of the things I don't like about what I have seen is some of the creatures look a bit cartoon-ish. Wish that they would have made the gobbies look more like the VG ones.
That is soo cool!! But, I wonder if we will be able to explore that structure, like in Vanguard, or its just for looks. (played Guild Wars where the playing environment only allowed a "skirt around" structures like that)
But yes, we also will be in Vanguard until they turn out the lights. I am not going to let them close my new "fantasy world" down. Over my dead body!!! :)
What creatures look cartoonish? To me, WoW is very cartoonish. Telara doesn't seem to come even close to that from what I have seen so far.
I'm super excited for Telara.. just itching to get guild invites going :D
Will be awesome to get the guild in and playing from the get go.. imagine all the fuuuun!! imagine all the questions Nev won't be able to answer!!!
That's why you need to hook me up with a beta invite ;)
Wouldn't want everyone's head to explode if I couldn't answer a question about the game :D
You mean Nev doesn't know all? WTF? /head explodes.
Never said I did :P
The gobbies and elemantals look a bit cartoonish. There is a big critter called a Gravemaker that looks just plain bizarre. Not saying that they look anywhere near WoW but VG did an awesome job on orcs, goblins and just about everything else IMO. BTW I want to be centaur so I can do everything half-assed. lol. But really, being a centaur would be soooooo cool.
half-assed... lol
I miss you guys /cry
Our old buddy Gaage found me on the Rift forums and wants me to put a good word in for him as far as a guild invite when the time comes. i told him I would put the word into our fearless leaders' ears.
Don't look at me, I have no influence... I'll be in line begging with the rest of you :P
Well if you talk to Gaage again just have him drop by and reregister, He was and still is a solid guy.. am more than happy to welcome old friends back regardless of the game :D
Then again.. I still have bets on to see if Nev and Gaage would ever team up if you get what i'm saying.. lol
I'm pretty much clueless as to why people leave and I don't pry. I figure they have their reasons and have moved on. Unless they have a problem with me personally I avoid guild politics. It keeps the raki semi sane :).
Gaage didn't leave the guild, he quit the game
I'm patiently waiting for Telara myself, but I'll miss VG - the trees and grass the most. I like the realistic look of VG, and for me that really helps with the immersion. I know the realism is the reason for a lot of the hitching, and that's why I never complained much about the hitching. For me the tradeoff was worth it.
Yes, some of Telara does look WoW'ish, but that screenshot looks great. The expansion I miss the most from EQ was Velious, and VG could use a good snowjob.
Hey guys! I've been lurking in your forums since I left, hope you don't mind. I too am anxiously awaiting Rift:PoT. My only question is...Defiant or Guardian? I guess my only gripe is that there are faction specific races. I would like to see the races be "free to roam" so to speak. Other than that, the graphics look awesome and the classes look great. And as I asked Nips, when the game comes out I hope its cool if I get in line for an invite. We are gonna rock that <censored for the young at heart>.
Kaage!
I thought that I felt the a strange presence around here. Good to see you again Gaage :). As far as which race or faction I'm undecided atm since all races haven't been revealed. It will have to be hashed out when we have more info because a guild cannot have both factions in it. And Duregon; I remember when the Velious expansion came out. It was and is still today one of my all time faves. I think every MMO ought to have both snow and underwater places to explore. <sniffs> I miss Phinny.
Teh Kaage! (o'.')-o CHEESY PUNCH!!!
I need to look into the game more, but are classes also faction based? I know classes will be restricted with races, but I am thinking that each faction should have at least 1 race that can play your desired class.
The reason I bring this up is because of EQII and when they introduced PvP. EQII was faction based in that certain classes were restricted to a faction, and certain races were restricted to a faction. But it didn't prevent you from playing with anyone from the opposite faction until they introduced PvP. Then there were class balancing issues (PvP & PvE), the game got all fucked (PvP & PvE), and a simple solution was allow a player to disown their faction and become exiled (PvP). With an exiled guild, you had full advantage of the game because now you could do raids with all available classes. You just suffered by not being able to freely enter the city, which when the level cap was increased, that apparently wasn't a problem anymore. It's been a long time since I've played EQII (since VG hit beta), so I don't really know where the game stands now, but I really don't want to see that shit in Rift.
I am looking forward to rule set servers. I was always hoping VG would open a rule set server for how the original game was envisioned, or even the game as it was in Beta. So that's also a decision to make as a guild: what server do we go to? PVP faction based? PVP FFA? PVE? PVE HARD CORE? RP? (We all know I don't RP very well ever since that one night where the one lady was saying the rats were her babies and then I some how became a rat baby molestor... weird fuckin night....) Not sure what type of servers they are going to have yet, but hopefully we can find something that will make all of us happy.
I don't think the classes are faction based. One aspect that IS being talked about is faction vs faction play but as far as where you will be able to venture depending on you faction choice I don't know. There will be, from what I read, mostly PVE w/ some PVP play (I'm thinking that there will be PVP areas like there were in EQ 1). I actually prefer this since, as you know, I'm not, and don't strive to be, the most uber whatever class in existence and don't feel like getting smoked by whatever asshole is coming down the pike atm. I would hate to have to hide behind Nev's skirts all the time, lol.
It appears that the races are faction based. At least thats how the newest (Dwarf) race description reads. It states at the bottom:
"Joining the Guardians
The Dwarves are a fallen people now. Without a homeland, they wandered for many years, taking shelter with the Mathosians, Elves, and even the Eth, as few towns would turn away a dwarven craftsman looking for a home. When Borrin Gammult returned as an Ascended Guardian, many Dwarves rallied to his banner in Sanctum, vowing to build a new home with the Vigil’s blessing, and to seek redemption for the sins of Hammerknell. Holy Sanctum owes much of its beauty and strength to the efforts of Dwarven heroes, mortal and Ascended, whose genius never faded even as their hope guttered to embers."
If this is true then it would mean 3 races for Guardians and 3 for Defiant right?
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