Kilrathi logged into IRC tonight (8:15pm EST) and gave us a quick description of a few things he found out tonight. He stopped in briefly and didn’t have time to go into any details. He will follow up with pictures and a write-up later tonight.

Things we picked up tonight:
-Two new Mage Callings, Chloromancer (healing mage) and the Storm Caller (ice damage).
-There will be World Raid Bosses.
-There will be two Raid Zones at release. Hammerknell and Greanscale’s Blight.
-Raids will go through tiered progression.
-There will be PVP flags (saw this one coming on PVE servers).
-There will be Guild Perk buffs.
-There is an “AA” like system that gives buffs to resistances that you can slot in and out.
-Token system, or badge system like WOW.
-There are softcaps on stats.

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You may or may not have realized this, but we do have our own forums. As the game grows in popularity the official forums get more and more crowded and the signal to noise ratio will decrease. I want to invite everyone who wants to focus their discussion on game related topics, specifically speculation on theorycrafting for all the callings, to our forums. We hope that everyone will be eager to share their own ideas and help others with their own speculation. Even though we know it’s extremely early to start doing this, who wouldn’t want to be prepared?

With that being said, I started the forums off with my own speculative build of a 30 Warden, 17 Purifier, 4 Sentinel. All of this is based off of the abilities listed on Telarapedia from GamesCom footage.

In a months time, the player with the most popular build, will win an Official Rift T-shirt.

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It appears that with the upgrade of Rift: Planes of Telara's website, there is a new addition to the World section called Tales of Telara.

“Telara’s stories are of Guardians and the Defiant, mighty Ascended and determined mortals — even the cultists and beasts in service to the Blood Storm have their say. What horrors are poised to spring through the rifts? What perils await the denizens of this scarred and desperate world?”

It looks like a section for short stories and other lore items. Currently there is only one entry and it’s entitled Chapter 1 of “The Boar Spear”.

Before the goblin could finish his prayer, my black arrow punched through his temple, pinning his head to a tree. Miniature skulls tumbled from his headdress like apples. His fellow goblins paused their attack on the villagers to turn and gawp. I couldn’t help but admire the shot myself.

You can finish the rest of this new short story by following the link above.

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If you haven’t visited in a while, the Official Homepage has been updated. Looks good!

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Just in case you guys forgot (not likely) PAX is this weekend. Unfortunately we couldn’t make it but keep your eyes peeled for all the new information that will be released. We’ll be updating the site as things are released.

Also, to our American readers, have a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend!

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Another video from Rift Nexus, this time partially showing the Nightblade soul tree. The Nightblade is a Rogue calling in Rift: Planes of Telara.

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Another video from Rift Nexus from their GamesCom stash. Make sure you check out the ability list at Telarapedia.

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TenTon Hammer’s part two of their Q&A with Scott Hartsman goes over the dynamic content of Rift: Planes of Telara. They take their time to discuss Rifts and how they work inside the game space and here is what we learned.

As we know already rifts start off as “tears”. Tears can be opened with Planar Lures (this is new information to me). We all have seen what happens next. You go through bonus rounds etc and close the rift. If tears are left alone the plane may build up enough energy to create an invasion and foothold. Footholds are exactly what they sound like, a foothold of power in the world. They often spawn generals and their troops or lieutenants to invade nearby NPC camps, hubs and/or towns. Footholds are an actually targetable item that you can attack. Inside the interview you can listen to the interviewer talk about his experience only one and a half hours in.

Another thing we have heard before was also discuss is that rifts do not like each other. So if there are different invasions near each other they will attack each other.

Make sure you watch the whole interview at TenTon Hammer.

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DC Comics announces:

Media Release — With TELARA CHRONICLES #1 (JUL100236) on Final Order Cutoff this week, DC Comics announces special ordering incentives for this issue!

All retailers in good standing with Diamond Comic Distributors may order TELARA CHRONICLES #1 at a special discount of 65%. This applies only to orders placed by the FOC date of September 2.

Also, for every copy of TELARA CHRONICLES #1 ordered by FOC, retailers will receive:

One copy of TELARA CHRONICLES #0, a free, promotional comic featuring a 22-page story from writer Ricard Sanchez and artist Pop Mhan, along with a history of the game and character profiles.

One beta key card, featuring a code that allows advance play of the game online.

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Ciovala is a machine isn’t she? More footage from her time at GamesCom and this time it’s the Justicar soul tree. Find out more information at Rift Nexus.

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Rift Nexus shows reveals to us exclusively the a new zone called Stonefield from Rift: Planes of Telara.

Wind rattles like labored breathing through the hills of Stonefield. The grass strains to stretch across rounded hills that bulge together like the muscles of some vast stone giant, ready to tear through the grass and stride out from the deep earth to crush mortal men.

For more information and lore and additional screenshots check out Rift Nexus’ Exclusive Reveal.

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