*cracks knuckles* All right, this topic is a little old but for some here who wanted a more in depth mini-sample of Rift, I have a pretty unbiased view of it as of now. Have had it for a few days and am currently lvl 22, so still early, take this into consideration. However I have experienced a lot the game has to offer.
Questing
Rift so far is quite literally the same old same old. Quests are COMPLETELY unimaginative. From level 1-22 I can not think of a single innovative quest, they ALL were based around "kill X" or "bring me Y". They may have had a little something added like... "Turn on this buff BEFORE you go kill X", but that is as innovative as the quests have gotten so far. Believe it or not I am leveling an alt, and the amount of BOREDOM leveling an alt while repeating quests that are ALREADY redundant to begin with is sickening.
Other
A lot of my problems with the game are very minute though. Sound effects in much of the game is weird, especially many melee sounds. It just...sounds so pathetic, little clinks and clanks while swinging these giant weapons is very uninspiring. MUCH of the gear up to this point is completely rehashed over and over..and over...and over......and ovvvveeeerrrrr graphically. Many spells do not even HAVE graphics for them, and again, MANY of them have the SAME graphics of other spells/classes skills.
Classes
Regarding the class system, they have a LOT, which is a good thing...if done right. So far as I've seen though, they didn't do it right. Being a healer I grabbed the 3 "Healer" souls (classes). I am doing Sentinel/Purifier/Warden. I am spending my talent pts into Sentinel/Purifier, and for those who don't know, you get skills for your class the farther you progress down the tree. With this in mind SO MANY OF THE SPELLS IN THE TREES ARE COPY/PASTE FROM THE OTHER CLASSES. The next 3 skills I will get in my purifier tree I already HAVE from my Sentinel spec. If you are going to have this many classes, make them diverse or just don't even try making this many. It is dumb. In WoW, healing as a Pally/Druid/Priest/Shaman is all different and fresh. Here from what I've seen, the classes have subtle differences, but getting the SAME spell twice is dumb. (Even the first buff I get from both trees is the exact same...srsly, it can't be that hard to come up with a different buff for a specific class can it?)
PvP
The PvP is fun but it is FILLED with "op" classes. And I believe the dev's have said they arn't focused on balancing it atall. So, if you really wanna shine in PvP. Play as a Saboteur or Warrior class. My lvl 18 alt is a Sab, if I crit on someone in a Warfront, they generally get 1-shot, regardless if they were even my level. Again, this is really dumb.
Instances
Ive done 2 dungeons and saw a video of the upcoming 3rd one. They are all pure tank and spank so far with no coordination in the slightest needed. The zones themselves were actually kind of cool, but killing the 50th mob in a row to fight a "tank n spank" boss is dumb. Actually, while saying this, I seem to faintly remember *slight* mechanics on some bosses, but they were sooo ridiculously easy that only the failest of the fail people would die from it. (last boss in Iron Tombs, does big kaboom, NPC 2 feet from you tells you to run into his circle to survive..and you have like 10 seconds to make it...is this even considered a "mechanic"?)
Rifts
Spose I can't leave without commenting on the Rift's. Prolly the only thing this game has done right, which is great considering it is called "Rift"! These break up the monotony of Questing and it is fun to be in giant groups of players destroying invading mobs. But truthfully, I only imagine this holding appeal for so long before turning into a "omfg...another invasion.. /wrist"
Overview
With ALL this QQ aside, I am actually enjoying the game right now. I believe it is because I really love MMO's and this is...a "little" new I suppose. I keep crossing my fingers hoping it will get better, and I am playing it with some RL friends which eases the pain. I don't think I could really recommend someone to be getting it unless you are like me and love MMO's but practically "beat" WoW and tired of it. However, WoW is still the top-dog of a quality MMO and Rift pales in comparison. Hard for me to fathom someone loving this while saying WoW sucks.
Also want to point out, this is a max level 50 in almost all blues/purple gear. I realize that there is cooler looking gear in this game. But there is NO excuse as to why he looks so pathetic in his current gear. A level 50 should look like one...not like I did when I was level 12.
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