By the Numbers: 4 Years in Telara [Infographic]

The codes are cool, I didn't get one, QQ, who cares. The real story in that picture is Plu@Brutwacht.

16,791 hours played is 699.625 days of the 1461 days ((365 x 4)+ 1 for the leap year) Rift has been out.

That means he (or she, but i'm assuming he) has been logged into Rift for 47.89% of his life during this time, or 11.5 hours a day every day.

Holy shit.

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How to get from level 50-60 in 4-6 hours (Warning: 160% XP Vials Required)

My baby mage is going to be 50 soon so this seems like a very good leveling strategy. I do have one question: Some people recommend hitting the initial Storm legion zones at 48 instead of 50 to get a boosted rate of XP.

What are you thoughts on that?

My concern is that it'll end up costing me more time having to kill the level 50 SL mobs while I'm 2 levels below them. But with the 160% (or 200%) Xp boost, that could end up being quite effective.

 

Suggested specs, unfortunately I don't have any guides up for these leveling specs but if I get 3+ requests for a certain guide, I'll probably make it:

Warrior:
51 Tempest/ 4 Warlord/11 Riftblade
51 Riftblade/4 Warlord/11 Tempest (If no Storm Legion souls, replace Tempest with paragon)
51 Champion/11 Warlord/4 Paragon

Mage
51 Harbinger/11 Chloromancer/4 Elementalist
51 Elementalist/11 Chloromancer/4 Necromancer
51 Pyromancer/11 Chloromancer/4 Harbinger (4 Archon if no SL souls)

Cleric:
51 Shaman/15 Defiler/0 Justicar (51 Shaman/9 Druid/6 Justicar if no SL souls)
51 Druid/9 Shaman/6 Justicar
51 Inquisitor/15 Defiler/0 Justicar (51 Inquis/6 Purifier/9 Justicar if no SL souls)

Rogue:
41 Nightblade/21 Riftstalker/ 4 Tacticianhttp://forums.riftgame.com/game-discu...
51 Marksman/11 Riftstalker/4 Tactician (4 Saboteur if no SL souls)
51 Ranger/11 Riftstalker/4 Tactician (4 Saboteur if no SL souls)

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The One Level 60 Guide - daily routine

I've been 60 for a while, but haven't really done too much research into what I should actually be doing with my time other than questing and zone events.

Still might need to work a bit at getting better with chronicles, but I can at least bang out the other dailies like nobody's business (I've randomly grabbed Ashora dailies while passing through, but never included it as a part of my routine).

Thoughts on the Dendrome weeklies? My computer is crap, so I've only forced myself to suffer through the lag a handful of times), but I guess if I want to get serious, I should consider adding those into the rotation...

 

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Rift Power Levellign Guide

Running 61 harb build like on my YouTube. Didn't realise leaving them dead gave xp. Worth checking


 


 A friend of mine discovered that if the low level person dies in the first room you can leave them there for the entire dungeon and everything you kill will still grant them xp. Also the person does not need to beat the starter zone. They can be level 1, then invite to the party and they will still be ported into the dungeon. When we power level we kill all the adds that we can as we fell they give good xp. But still pretty much the same concept we use :)

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level 60 Guide: Notoriety and Factions

This is part of a series for fresh level 60 players As someone who has just reached level 60 on a toon, I find this very helpful.
 

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I've been taking a lot of screenshots whilst playing recently. I thought i'd show you guys, I think this game is beautiful!

You can sign up on tumblr with a username specifically for rift. Then use RIFT Connect in game to connect to this tumblr account.

The game will automatically post to your tumblr whenever you earn an achievement, and you can also create a macro or type /tumblrpic in game to have it take a screenshot and post to Tumblr.

I've been doing this myself and it's definitely enjoyable looking at yourself 'progress', plus it's a good place to have your favorite screenshots just on display. Every once in a while I'll just stop and stare at the scenery, then click my macro to take a shot.

Back when I first started playing this game, I had my Twitter account hooked up to Rift, so that every time I earned an achievement, it tweeted the achievement name and a screenshot of what I was doing at the time. I've got some really old images on there, but I ended up turning it off because it spammed my twitter feed a bit too much :P

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Climbing in Rift

It takes real skill to judge the slope from afar... and if you judge it wrong, your pride gets in the way.

3-4 minutes later "Ah hA! I knew I could jump it!"

Rift isn't the clearest on map appearances or slopes. One of the first times I was in Ashora, I was going to the southwest and I, from looking at the map, assumed that it was nothing much. Next thing I know, I've ended up at the bottom of a pit which I had to spend about a minute riding around to get out of it.

There usually is a way up slopes/mountains, but there are times where it just won't happen.

Every goddamn MMO. But to be fair, in Rift, I was able to be server first for a ton of stuff because I climbed over a mountain range in the first week of the game, and ended up in the middle of nowhere.

I also ended up in a location known only as "Telara" rather than a location on the map.

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PSA: Sell Grey Items ANYWHERE

Stumbled upon this useful feature so forgive me if it has already been mentioned:

RIFT's new Store allows you to sell your Gray trash items anywhere; i.e., you do not have to visit a vendor NPC. To do this, open up the RIFT Store and click on any of the categories (i.e., Services, Boosts, Equipment). Now notice the Sell Grey Items button on the bottom, to the right of the Buy Back tab.

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Coming from WoW and want to know what class will fit you? I made a guide just for you.

This is a good start for people. It's important to note, though, that not all Rift specs are meant to be used for the same thing. Stormcaller is an AoE soul almost exclusively. Thunderchickens would be well advised to take that into consideration. On the other hand, since there are so many role slots, you don't have to pidgeon hole yourself. For example, Rift mage encompases Warlock, Shadow Priest, Thunderchicken, Fire Mage and Ele Shaman all at the same time. Until you start to raid, you can probably come up with a spec that will closely associate with the play style of any of those specs from Wow. As you learn about Rift though, you'll see how it diverges and you'll shrug off the WoW paradigms.

WoW Class/Role	Primary Functions	RIFT Equivalent
DRUID: Restoration	Heal-Over-Time, Large AoE Heals	CLERIC: Warden
DRUID: Balance	Ranged Magic DPS, Complex Casting	MAGE: Stormcaller/Elementalist
DRUID: Feral Tank	High Avoidance/Mitigation, AoE Threat	WARRIOR: Warlord OR ROGUE: Riftstalker
DRUID: Feral DPS	Small Builders to DoT and a Big Finisher	ROGUE: Bladedancer
PALADIN: Holy	Large Single Target Heals, Buffs	CLERIC: Sentinel
PALADIN: Protection	AoE Threat, Blocking, Self-Healing	CLERIC: Justicar
PALADIN: Retribution	Magic-Based Melee Damage	CLERIC: Shaman or MAGE: Harbinger
HUNTER	Ranged Physical DPS, Pets	ROGUE: Marksman/Ranger
WARLOCK	Damage-Over-Time, Life Drain, Undead Pets	MAGE: Warlock/Necromancer
MAGE	Elemental Damage, Massive Burst	MAGE: Pyromancer/Elementalist
PRIEST: Holy	Well-Rounded Healing, Buffs	CLERIC: Sentinel
PRIEST: Discipline	Shields/Damage Prevention, Single Target Heals	CLERIC: Purifier
PRIEST: Shadow	Single Target Magic Damage, DoTs, Debuffs	CLERIC: Inquisitor/Cabalist
WARRIOR: Arms	2Handed Weapons, Burst Damage	WARRIOR: Champion/Riftblade
WARRIOR: Fury	Dual Wielding, Sustained Damage	WARRIOR: Paragon
WARRIOR: Protection	Physical Tank, Single Target Threat	WARRIOR: Paladin/Reaver
DEATH KNIGHT: Frost	Debuffs, Dual Wielding, Magic Damage	WARRIOR: Riftblade/Paragon
DEATH KNIGHT: Unholy	DoTs, Undead Pet, Magic Damage	WARRIOR: Riftblade/Beastmaster
DEATH KNIGHT: Blood	Self-Sustaining, Anti-Magic Tank	WARRIOR: Void Knight/Paladin
ROGUE: Assassination	Stealth, Attack From Behind, Dual Wield	ROGUE: Assassin
ROGUE: Subtlety	Stealth, Rapid Movements, Avoidance	ROGUE: Bladedancer/Riftstalker
ROGUE: Combat	Dual Wielding, Sustained Damage	ROGUE: Nightblade/Bladedancer
SHAMAN: Elemental	Large Magic Burst DPS	MAGE: Pyromancer/Elementalist
SHAMAN: Enhancement	50/50 Magic/Physical Melee DPS	WARRIOR: Riftblade/Paragon OR ROGUE: Nightblade
SHAMAN: Restoration	Balanced Heals with Passive Healing	CLERIC: Sentinel/Warden
RIFT Classes With No Equivalent
WARRIOR: Tempest	Ranged Magic Attack-Power DPS
ROGUE: Bard	Short-Term Buffs, Varied Skills (Damage/Heals)
ROGUE: Saboteur	Debuffs, Massive Damage Spikes Late in Fights
ROGUE: Tactician	Buffs, Varied Healing Abilities, AoE Damage
MAGE: Archon	Massive Buffs/Debuffs, DoTs, Moderate Damage
MAGE: Dominator	CC Specialist, Some Damage and Buffs
MAGE: Chloromancer	Damage Based Healing, AoE Healing
CLERIC: Defiler	Damage Based Healing and Shields
CLERIC: Druid	Magic-Based Melee Damage, Varied Pets

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[RIFT - Storm Legion] 2.5 - Easy 61 Warlord Guide

Macro's:

Builder~
#show King of the Hill
suppressmacrofailures
cast King of the Hill
cast Decisive Strike
cast Empowering Strike
cast A Quick Death
cast Empowering Strike
cast Piercing Thrust
cast Backhand
cast Wave of Steel
cast Arterial Strike
cast Shock Pulse

Finisher~
#show killing field
cast killing field
cast breaking blow

Self buffs:
Ready Posture
Deadly Posture
Enhanced Conductivity
Storm Blade

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