At 1:00pm PST today the NA region shards will be coming offline for a brief update. In addition to general fixes it also includes some needed backend prep for upcoming events and world events! The estimated downtime is 30 minutes.
Watch this space for patch notes as they become available.
To celebrate RIFT's new wedding features, and with Valentine's Day just a few short days away, we've decided to host a RIFT Valentine's Day Giveaway! We're giving away some fantastic prizes this Valentine's Day, including a Sharkoon X-Tactic SP Gaming Headset, and a Sharkoon X-Tactic True 5.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset!
But that's not all! No Valentine's Day Sweepstakes would be complete without a little love, so we've also got a unique prize addition: an arrangement of flowers to be sent to a recipient of your choice! Surprise your Valentine this year with some pretty posies, or just send them to someone you think deserves a sweet surprise on this romantic day! The contest ends on February 14th, 2011, so get entering!
Also remember that from February 14th, 2012 to February 15th, 2012, Trion Worlds will also be making a push for a world-record for "Most In-Game Marriages in a 24-Hour Period," so spend some time in Telara on those days and make MMORPG history!
Who didn't see this coming? Eight months ago, Trion Worlds and CJ E&M Games announced that they would be bringing Rift to South Korea, and today an even bigger domino falls in that key Asian demographic. Just now, Trion Worlds has announced that they will be partnering up with Chinese publisher Shanda Games in order to bring Rift to China.
Alongside Trion's announced $85 million secured in new funding (announced last month), we may see this award-winning MMO gaining significant traction in 2012 and beyond.
As most of you already know, when Rift Patch 1.7 was introduced the PvP souls were integrated into the new Plane of War planar attunement. Our Soul Tree Calculator experienced some side effects with these changes, causing some issues with a few of our older build links.
Addressing these issues is our top priority and our developers have put together a stop-gap solution while we make the needed adjustments.The majority of the builds should now be displaying correctly but please let us know here if you see any errors or broken links.
We appreciate your patience and will keep you updated when the changes are complete!
Here's the patchnotes from today's hotfix:
RIFT 1.7 Hotfix #3 - 8:00am PDT 2/9/11 [NA] - 2:00am GMT 10/2/12 [EU]
GENERAL
* Caduceus Rise: Master: The achievement for defeating all bosses in Master Caduceus Rise is now achievable!
* Ember Isle: Calling the Gnar: Reduced the objective count on this quest.
* Warfront chat now 'sticks' as the default chat channel after chatting with /wf, similar to how other chat channels stay default after used.
GENERAL
* Added Guild Bankers to the Manufactory in Meridian and Bahralt Street in Sanctum.
* The Guild Roster tab now has a checkbox to show/hide members logged in on the mobile app.
* Guild quests that require killing Guardian or Defiant players now update properly against Mercenaries.
* Increased the Planar Attunement level cap.
* Fixed a few Master Craftsman's Mark recipes that were not Bind on Pickup.
* Fixed temporary rune effect icons that appeared on your character even though the item was in your inventory.
* Item: Diona's Greaves no longer have Focus.
* Characters should no longer seem to be sinking into the ground in some situations.
* Artifact collections that have 3 lines worth of potential artifacts once again show up properly in the Artifact UI.
* Zone Event notices should now be properly broadcast on European shards.
Continue after the jump for the rest of the patch notes.
Be a part of MMORPG history! In exactly one week from today, Trion Worlds will be making its big push for a Guinness World Record, and they need your help to achieve it! Any players who get married between 9am PST on February 14, 2012 to 9am PST on February 15, 2012 will help Rift get one step closer to achieving its world record goal of Most In-Game Marriages in a 24-Hour Period. For the entire duration of the event, Rift GMs will be conducting impromptu wedding ceremonies throughout all of Telara, so if you've got a special place to celebrate, be sure to put in that petition soon. If you got married before February 14th, but still want to take part in the attempt, remember that you can purchase Divorce Papers from the Marriage Coordinator so that you can re-live those memories all over again! Finally, anyone who participates will receive an exclusive in-game title, "Tier of Knots," to commemorate the day.
At the end of this week, Trion will also be announcing the winners of its Grand Wedding Package Giveaway! Last week, Trion got their players to write, in 300 words or less, about how online games played a role in their relationship. Five grand prize winners will walking away with a custom-tailored in-game wedding officiated by Rift's Community Manager, Elrar. Keep your eyes on the official forums for that announcement!
So if you want to take part in this romantic moment in MMORPG history, be sure to spend a little bit of your Valentine's Day in Telara, and help Rift set a world record!
Love PvP? Come to the player-organized* weekly tournament on the Test server! The third weekly tournament is this coming Monday. Check out some of last week's fast-paced action: participant videos are below the jump!
For more information or to sign up, see this thread in the PvP & Warfronts section of the official forums.
This evening Scott Hartsman released his first Producer's Letter of 2012. It starts off with a recap of Rift's first year and all of the features and content that the various patches have brought to the game. He later talks about Trion's thoughts that have influenced the coming year's development plans.
Hello, Ascended!
What an amazing year it has been. As we approach RIFT’s first full birthday, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the things that have happened since launch and discuss the thinking that will shape the year to come.
If you’re reading this, chances are you already know that we think about MMOs a little bit differently than everyone else. To us, everything is about the quality of the service, the speed of meaningful updates, and the relationship that combination creates with you. We never forget that you are the reason we do everything we do.
In our last big Producer’s Letter, we talked about the kinds of themes we were aiming for. We talked about making more story-based adventure available to more people (which surfaced in the form of Chronicles and Slivers), unique and better ways to play with others as easily as possible (which took the form of Instant Adventures, Onslaughts that added new build-and-defend gameplay to Ember Isle, and the largest zone events we’ve ever created), and ongoing advancement that occurs even after you hit level 50 (which then arrived in the form of Planar Attunement).
Continue reading after the jump for the rest of the Producer's Letter!
It's only been a month since 2012 landed and Trion Worlds has already been churning away, bringing us all sorts of lovely features to make our adventures in Telara that much more pleasant.
We've decided to round up the big additions to Rift that took place in January, all in one convenient little spot! So whether you're making a triumphant return to Telara and want to know what's going on, or if you've heard about Rift Lite and want to get your free adventuring on, check out our Rift content roundup bonanza - now with fancy 1.7 content pages from ZAM!
And if all of that has got you inteterested in checking out Rift, be sure to head over to ZAM's Rift Site, where we've got content pages on all of your 1.7 additions:
