You remember the fun times back in the day when you used to be able to bomb the Auction House in Warcraft with Baron Geddon? Well in Rift we do it Icon Style care of Herald Gaurath. The Icon of Herald Gaurath was spawned in Meridian last night which pulses massive AOE damage.
Huzzah!
Server: Reclaimer
According to ZAM patch 1.2 has been delayed until May 10th. In their recent interview with Scott Hartsman, they talked about patch 1.2 and many of it’s features. It was later clarified to ZAM that the patch has been delayed an additional week. You can read the whole interview in the link above as they go over many other details about patch 1.2 that include the Wardrobe, LFG Tool, Slivers, Ascended Powers and more.
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1.2 has a lot of great new features and content – From the Looking for Group tool to brand new 10-man Slivers and Rift Raids, we’re making Telara a more dynamic and dangerous place with each update. But we haven’t stopped there! We’ve also added in all-new Zone Events to Stillmoor, Shimmersand, and Iron Pine Peak. Now we need your help to test them!
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Karajix on our forums provided us with some new screenshots of the new LFG Tool on the Alpha server. For those that are familiar with the WOW tool, nothing should look surprisingly different.
PTS 1.2 ADDITION 1
As a part of the Looking for Group release, there have been a number of updates to instances and item rewards – See below for details!
LOOKING FOR GROUP
* You can now use the new Looking for Group tool to queue for Dungeons, Rifts, or group quests with other players on your server!
* The Looking for Group icon has been added to the main menu tray in the lower left corner of the screen, and can also be opened with the default shortcut key ‘I’.
* Select from the group roles available to you based on the roles you currently have saved on your character.
* Queue for specific dungeon or expert dungeon groups, or join the random dungeon queue. Once a group is formed, members will be teleported to the chosen dungeon zone.
* Rift and quest groups formed through the Looking for Group tool are not automatically teleported.
* Queue for group quests currently in your or your party members’ quest journals from anywhere in the world and find others also looking to complete these quests!
* Additional rewards are granted for completing a random dungeon through the Looking For Group tool – these can be gained up to seven times per week but are not restricted in number per day, so you can do as many or as few as you like each day of the week up to the weekly cap. Save them all up for one day or spread them out; your choice!
* Additional restrictions based on gear also apply to forming groups for tier 1 and 2 Expert Dungeons through this tool.
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Massively has recently gotten a chance to talk with Scott Hartsman on patch 1.2 and beyond. Here are few choice quotes that we think showcase which direction Trion is taking RIFT.
First we find that 1.2 is coming, potentially, May 4th.
On Looking for Group Tools
One of the biggest improvements with the update is the addition of a Looking for Group tool. This was something everyone wanted, Hartsman said, but the team refused to rush it out the door in poor shape. It does what you would probably expect: Players can queue up for an instance by role (the system recognizes which builds you have and offers options for tank, healer, support and DPS) and then wait as the tool assembles the group for a cooperative adventure. Once a group is formed, the system thenn throws them into the maelstrom automatically. The LFG tool isn’t just for dungeons, either; it’s designed to help players get together for world quest content like epic or arena quests.
The LFG tool will come in handy in conjunction with 1.2′s improved daily dungeon system. Trion’s tweaking the daily dungeon quests so that you can either do one per day or let them pile up so you can knock out a bunch at once. Hartsman said that this caters to the “weekend warriors” who want all of the special rewards of daily dungeons but can only make time for them once a week. The game will store up to seven daily dungeon quests for you at a time.
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Alpha was opened briefly yesterday and a lot of people got to see a ton of changes that Trion is playing with. Here are somethings that the community is reporting on:
This post will be updated as more things are reported. There are also no patch notes on Alpha currently. Also remember that all of this is subject to change at a moments notice. We’ll try to keep it updated until there are official Alpha patch notes.
Updates:
1:07pm EST 4/21/2011 – Warrior Changes
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