its not bad.. its not a grind.. but its not even close to as fast as WoW has become. 1-60 in a week was pretty ridiculous.

 

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Shady = Lexi

 

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http://www.riftrolebuilder.com/


For those of you who want to prebuild

 

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eh so far the pve is kinda fun. It's more like the Warhammer quest method opposed to the WoW method. The storyline I'm going thru is about an evil king that killed all the people and the Gods ressurected me.. I'm a dwarf.. I'm cute... my name is Shady and I enjoy walks on the beaches and drinking lots of alcohol like most dwarves do.


I hung out with Cad and Uruz mostly in our party tho we all went our seperate ways. I achieved level 5.


The graphics are like Warhammer.. more dark then light cartoony like WoW but again this is a late beta phase so not sure if that is perma.


The gear mechanics are simplistic. Almost exactly like WoW with the movement and attack options.


I went rogue spec...

assasin, bladedancer, and rift. So far I like it... i stealth attack and button mash until i learn more combinations.


but it all comes down to the pvp and end game... i don't wanna go thru the grind lke I did on AION to be stuck with rift campers and the boring abyss.... for no reason.


I don't want to level like in WoW... and do the SAME boring bg's over and over and over again.


I hate how so many peepz compare to DAOC but I consider DAOC's pvp / rvr format perfection... that's what I'd love it to emulate..


so does anyone know honestly how or what the pvp is in this game? cuz that's whats gonna get my attention. Anyone can level up something killing badgers but I want something more.

 

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For a reference of levels, I made half a level in 3 warfronts at level 20 (battleground skirmishes).


There is skirmish PvP, and open world PvP in the form of raiding enemy PvE areas. There is also talk of adding in open keeps and such, and there is a shared dual faction zone starting at level 30 that might be the answer to that system.


The newbie area which is level 1-7ish gives you a primer to the game's storyline. However I would definitely suggest you hold off on making any judgements about the PvE itself until you get out into the open world where the rifts are, as the gameplay changes significantly there.

 

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As a chronic altaholic I am in love with 3 souls x 4 saveable builds. There are just so many class combinations there.

On my wow pally I have a heal spec for dungeons / raids / general pve. A retribution spec for the occasional dungeon and daily pve. I'd do anything for a 3rd + 4th spec for holy pvp + ret pvp. Instead I end up just playing a different character for pvp so I don't have to constantly respec. This game seems like it has all of that covered and more.

I only got about an hour to play last night, but aside from some server lag things were pretty smooth overall.

It's hard to tell if I'll want to play at release, because I'm not going to see the endgame in the beta (nor would I want to spend the time getting there).

But I'm going to play on a PvP server so maybe pk'ing at 30+ on the journey to endgame will be worth the buy-in.

I wish to chat with someone about this game and where Gawaine folks will be. Give me the vent information!


The fact it is a PvE server confuses me greatly..

I can't post PM's yet, so I cant post you my vent info...

 

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hahaha same thing i said Iron. I have another char on a PVP server. I for one, for sure will be on PVP at release.

 

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Bleh you all want PvP we'll probably go PvP too, but if it sucks I'm holding you guys responsible

 

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