Holiday Login to Win Sweepstakes Update!

Over the holidays, RIFT hosted a Login to Win Sweepstakes. Here’s the update you’ve been waiting for!

From December 13, 2017 until January 4, 2018, we asked our NA and EU players to login to our games for a chance to win a treasure trove of sweet loot! Each daily login counted towards an extra entry.

Here’s what the winners will get:

• One of three Ophiel’s Bounty’o’Mounts, a colossal collection of over 40 mounts including the Abyssal Thresher, Burning Husk, Celestial Unicorn, Frosty Budgie, Hazel Cappie, Moosedantix, Primal Razorback, and many more!

Now…the winners have been chosen! We sent out emails to the winners earlier today (January 16, 2018). Check your mailboxes to see if you’re a winner! Once we’ve heard back from all the winners, we will update you on who won!

Thank you for participating in our holiday sweepstakes and being an amazing part of our vibrant player community!

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RIFTstream Jan. 12 Recap – Spicy Noodle Challenge

On Friday, January 12, 2018, Yaviey hosted the weekly RIFTstream with special guests Archonix, RoughRaptors, and Habidakus to take on the Spicy Noodle Challenge!

Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Director of Community Relations at Trion Worlds and RIFT’s Community Manager) was gone at PAX South, so she left Yaviey in charge of the show. Jennifer “Yaviey” Bridges (Trion Worlds Social Media Manager and form RIFT Community Manager) was joined by Chris “Archonix” Junior (Game Director, RIFT), Ryan “RoughRaptors” Copeland (Software Engineer, RIFT), and super special guest Jason “Habidakus” Abbot (Senior Engineer on Trove and formerly RIFT).

For this truly unique livestream, RoughRaptors and Habidakus agreed to do the Spicy Noodle Challenge and eat some of the world’s spiciest noodles live on the stream! Later, RoughRaptors hopped onto Gelidra (EU shard) to pwn n00bs as his RoughRaptors dev character in exchange for a shiny new Eternal item. They then finished off the stream by visiting the Wintercharm’s Garden dimension by Kiwiflava (a memorial to Dimensioneer Wintercharm) and gave away some sweet prizes. Watch the whole video to learn more!

  Come back next week on Friday, January 19, 2018 for our next weekly RIFTstream. More details will be revealed soon.

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RIFTstream Spicy Noodle Challenge

This week Yaviey will host the weekly RIFTstream for a very special Spicy Noodle Challenge!



Brasse is out at PAX South this week, so this Friday, Jennifer “Yaviey” Bridges, Social Media Manager for Trion Worlds (and former RIFT Community Manager) will be joined by Ryan “RoughRaptors” Copeland (Software Engineer, RIFT) who will take on the Spicy Noodle Challenge! There will also be updates on the login contest, the upcoming Name Reclaim, and the new Wintercharm NPC. Join us!

RIFT LIVESTREAM
Friday, January 12, 2018
11:30 AM PDT: Spicy Noodle Challenge
www.twitch.tv/trionworlds

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Remembering Wintercharm

The RIFT Dimensioneering community mourns the recent loss of one of its long-time, creative members, Wintercharm. With tomorrow’s update, she will live on within Telara…

We all love our online communities. They bring so many of us together from around the world. We live, laugh, play, challenge each other and celebrate camaraderie with our fellow players, guildmates; our friends. Sadly, real life inexorably moves on, and, over time, we lose some of the wonderful people we have shared our game worlds with.
Wintercharm was a beloved member of our RIFT Dimensioneering community, whose kindness and creativity will be missed in equal measure. RIFT players created a lovely memorial dimension to remember Wintercharm, which you can explore in game. Her fellow Dimensioneers celebrated her life and many contributions in this forum thread.


An image from “Wintercharm’s Garden,” the memorial dimension created by her fellow players.

Dev Tacitus has worked closely with all of the Dimensioneering group for years, and was moved to create this in-game memorial on personal time. “My heart breaks for a parent to lose a child like that,” exlained Tacitus, “I wanted to let her mom know how much her daughter had touched the Rift community; that her daughter wasn’t just a customer, but also a valued part of the social fabric that makes up that community. I also wanted to do it for the Dimensioneer community, to be some balm to them as well, to help them process and heal from such a loss.”

We want to offer a special thanks to Mike and Gene from our art team for taking the time to adapt an NPC model for this special purpose fast enough so that Tacitus could get her into RIFT with tomorrow’s update. We hope that her friends and family will take some comfort and quiet enjoyment from this quiet memorial.

Click on the following link for the short video Tacitus made for Wintercharm’s friends and family: Keyvah Wintercharm awaits on Icewatch Ridge in Iron Pine Peaks, near the Stillmoor Border. She offers lovely Wintercharm Blossoms for your Dimensions. These enchanting, pale blooms will add a gentle charm to any dimension, whether planted simply or in groups. The Enchanted Wintercharm Blossoms include a pulsing glow and light sparkles.

We hope that you enjoy them in the spirit in which they were created, and remember one of our own. The Wintercharm Blossoms are available for a small number of Void Stones, an easily obtained form of in-game currency.

As you ramble through Telara, always remember that each person you interact with is a real, thinking, caring human being. Let us all be good to each other as we set off into 2018 together!

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Lorestream & Packing Away the Ugly Sweaters!

Join Brasse, DeadSimon and CaptainCursor for new year’s resolutions, lore, and announcing the winners of the RIFT Ugly Sweater Costume Contest!

It’s 2018, and we’re happy to pack away all of our ugly holiday sweaters at last, but not before we reveal the best of the entries in the contest recently held on the forums! Our warmest thanks to Madarablackgetsuga (@blackgetsuga on Twitter) for organizing the contest.

Brasse will host this week, doing her best to keep the guests in line. CaptainCursor will delight the audience with random tales of lore, while DeadSimon will do what he does best, squishing Ascended under his bony feet. eventually relinquishing an Eternal Item to some lucky person!
RIFT LIVESTREAM
Friday, January 5, 2018
11:30 AM PDT
www.twitch.tv/trionworlds

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Name Reclaim by Jan 31!

It’s a new year, and it’s time to clear the dusty shelves of names long unused. These names will be freed up for use by new and active players.

We will release the names of characters that have not logged in for over one year as of January 31, 2018. If you’re not sure you’ve played a character in the last year, don’t take the chance – please log into each character whose name you wish to retain at least once before midnight, Pacific Time (UTC -8) on January 31, 2018. This will automatically record your character as being active and will keep your existing names in place.

Be assured that we’re not deleting CHARACTERS – they’ll remain intact, in case their owners wish to play again in the future. If you take no action and come back after the reset, you’ll be prompted to choose new names for your characters when you log in. There is no charge for the automatic rename process.

The name reclaim and release will apply to ArcheAge, RIFT and Trove PC. We are sending emails to all affected accounts, and will also get the word out through this blog, our livestreams and social media. If you have friends who may be affected, please pass it on!

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Fae Yule EXTENDED to Jan 11!

Some Grinch-like critters tried to steal Fae Yule but the brave techno-elves of Trion fought back and we are EXTENDING Fae Yule for all!



We know that a number of people have had issues with disconnects and lag over the past weeks, and we felt your pain as well. The folks who perpetrate DDOS attacks care nothing for the people who are just trying to have fun in games. It’s an ongoing battle in our online world, but our security and technical staff have made great strides over this past week, in hopes of a happy holiday break!

Our CEO, Scott Hartsman, is writing a note on the situation as well, and we will link it here for you as soon as it is ready!

We thank you for your patience and invite you to enjoy Fae Yule until 3:30 PM PST (UTC -8), Thursday, January 11th! Don’t miss out on any of the amazing activities, challenges, specials and presents!

A special thanks to Tacitus for taking time while on PTO and in the middle of a move to make this extension happen!
We raise a glass of traditional Fae yule MEEEEAAAAAD to you!
~Brasse

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Grandfather Fae Yule Dimension Contest

KelariCuddles is at it again, this time with a Grandfather Fae Yule community dimension contest!



In honor of Fae Yule, KelariCuddles is hosting a community dimension contest! From now until January 31, 2018, create a dimension worthy of Grandfather Fae Yule. This contest is open to players on both EU and NA.

Objective
Grandfather Fae Yule has to live and work somewhere right? You have the option of either making Grandfather Fae Yule’s workshop, his home, both, or even his summer home where he hides when he does not have bahmi crushing his lap. It’s up to you! You’re the interior designer for this bearded bogling!

Dates

• Dimensions should be closed until January 31, 2018 at 11:59 PM PST
• Dimensions should be open by February 1, 2018 at 12:00 AM PST

Prizes

1st Place

• 30 Day Patron Pass
• Spectral Carriage Mount
• Hootie Pet
• Dimension Cache

2nd Place

• 30 Day Patron Pass
• Spectral Carriage Mount
• Dimension Cache

3rd Place

• 30 Day Patron Pass
• Spectral Carriage Mount

Rules

1. This is a personal dimension contest only, and fresh build. There are no dimension limits, you can use any dim key, any item amount, go crazy to your hearts content with the item choices.
2. No groups allowed, this is just what one person creates. The prizes are individual, so would hate for you to figure out who gets what. So easier to make it an individual challenge.
3. One entry per person please. All entries must be submitted via this thread.
4. All entries must stay closed until January 31st 2018 11:59pm PDT, dimensions should be open by Febuary 1st 2018 12:00am PDT. If they are not, you will be disqualified.

All submissions will have screenshots taken and posted on twitter, but the submissions will also be lived streamed by KelariCuddles.

Judging Criteria

• Theme: (10 Points) Can we tell this dimension has a Grandfather Fae Yule living in it or his workshop. This contest is all about our favorite bearded bogling.
• Composition: (25 points) How much of the dimension key did you use, how cramp is the down, is there plants, is everything spread out, does it mesh well or look like a Pollock paint with rift items.
• Skill: (5 points) Did you use pre made buildings or did you make things from scratch?
• Creativity: (30 points) How creative was the person? How much detail is in the dim? Did we find anything unique, hidden? Secret rooms?
• Preference: (10 points) This is the judges score, how much did they personally like your dimension.

How to Enter
Before the deadline, go to the RIFT forums and post your Name, Shard, Dimension Name, and Dimension Description to the official Grandfather Fae Yule Dimension Contest thread.

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Fae Yule Extravaganza Extraordinaire

Trion Creator Fayme is hosting a grand giveaway in honor of his birthday and Fae Yule!



On Sunday, December 17, 2017 starting at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM UTC, Trion Creator Fayme will be hosting a special giveaway on his Twitch channel. This festive giveaway will see contestants going home with a minimum of 25 presents from Greatfather Frost himself. In this special Fae Yule Extravaganza Extraordinaire, Fae Yule Revelers (you) will be given the chance to pick 1 of 100 mystery presents each with 1 in 4 chances of winning some festively epic loot.

Prizes will include:

• 10 REX
• 10 Trion monthly giveaway codes
• And several other mystery gifts

Contestants will have to be careful not to stumble upon lumps of coal or their awesome loot may fall into the hands of another! The giveaway will go until all prizes have been given out. So stop by and celebrate Fayme’s birthday as well as the season of giving!

Watch the whole stream live here: https://www.twitch.tv/akafayme

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New Festive Fae Yule Pack

Brighten up your holidays with this incredible offer, available beginning Wednesday, December 13, 2017 after the game update (NA) and Thursday, December 14, 2017 after the game update (EU)!



For the first time ever, get a level 65 boost at a discount, plus other great RIFT items to make your character ready for action and then some! This all-new RIFT pack contains the following:
Soul Unlocks (Account-wide)

• Arbiter (Mage – Tank)
• Defiler (Cleric – Damage)
• Harbinger (Mage – Damage)
• Liberator (Warrior – Healer)
• Oracle (Cleric – Support)
• Physician (Rogue – Healer)
• Tactician (Rogue – Support)
• Tempest (Warrior – Damage)
• Level 65 Character Pack*
• A Collection of items and gear to boost a single character to level 65
• Ascended Weapons Cache*
• Contains an Ascended-Quality weapon appropriate for your calling

* Available for One Character Only

That’s over $70.00 of value for only $19.99! The Festive Fae Yule Pack is now available on the in-game RIFT store. But hurry! This pack is only around for Fae Yule, so get yours today! Plus, get a FREE Jolly Hellbug item when you top up your credits in the RIFT Store.

Speaking of Fae Yule, don’t forget to partake in the festivities of RIFT’s biggest seasonal event! We’ve added new holiday rewards, updated the Faelight Sparkles quest, and more! Read up on our Fae Yule blog here.

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