Rift

can someone tell me about the macros in this game >_> quite lost when trying to macro stuff in here~ thanks in advance.

P.S two jobs (rng/brd) and (chlor/warlock)

That's the reason 90% of the time people complain about being unable to do a quest.

but those quest didnt put me nearly where i was supposed to be, only thing else i can think of is the rift based quest in the city all 4 of them that you have to take 1 at a time....or my spec is just to weak for my level.

What is the difference in the level of the mobs and your level, for the quests that you are having trouble with? And are they elite, or normal?

I find that I can kill things up to about +5 levels over me, without much trouble, for normal mobs. For elites, I need to be well over them in level most of the time, but there are some weaker ones that are not too bad.

Also, if you look at your quest list the quests are color coded for difficulty, and they usually mention on the side if they are meant to be completed in a group.

If all your quests are a dark orange, you might be under leveled for that area. But if they are green, and it seems like you are struggling with things in your level range, maybe it's your spec.

Macros are next to useless in Rift. The most useful thing you can do with them is set all of your abilities with longer CDs in one button that you can spam. I find it easier just to use my abilities separately as it's meant to be done.

As for your questing problem, you really shouldn't be having much trouble unless the quests are red. Green, yellow or orange are manageable by most every class. If you're finding it very difficult and you're on a squishy calling, try a different type of role more suited to solo play. A mage with an earth elemental, a ranger with a pig, etc. etc.. By your description of the quest earlier I can only assume you're at the end of Scarlet Gorge/beginning of Scarwood Reach or at the middle portion of the Droughtlands. If you've skipped any main quests or some such, you could be having problems. I know that Scarlet Gorge in particular has two halves of the zone that give out quests, but that's on the Guardian side. I wouldn't know about Defiant.

I'm able to and have always been able to solo elites below or just at my level, but I'm a Warrior with a big shield and a pointy stick. Try kiting if you're a ranger or something like that, as most pets get demolished by enemies with a higher damage output.

Level 50!

Congrats. The alpha patch notes (Alpha Patch Notes 1.1) are actually the first set of patch notes I'm upset with. Really stupid changes.

I don't really have an issue with them. (I posted them on my blog as well since some people don't like em in the code blocks.)

Unecessary nerfs to tank classes and saboteurs is kinda stupid as ***. Buffing Pyromancer which is easily in the top 3 most overpowered classes bracket was also stupid as ***.

30-Day Update Heralds Massive Invasions, Unique Loot, and New Epic Raid Zone

Trion Worlds today announced the first worldwide, fully dynamic conflict event for the immensely successful MMORPG, RIFT™. The battle for Telara intensifies as world-changing invasions from the Plane of Death engulf the planet, giving Ascended heroes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a key moment in the game’s history. Beginning March 30th, players will witness the true power of Regulos the Destroyer, and the world of RIFT will never be the same.

This robust update comes less than a month after the game’s March 1st launch, making it one of the most aggressive post-launch content releases ever for a new MMORPG.

Unprecedented Invasions & Exclusive Rewards

Starting next Wednesday, Alsbeth the Discordant will lead massive invasions across every zone in Telara, raising legions of liches, ettins, and gravemakers to battle Ascended. Over the course of about a week, participating players of any level fighting these invaders can earn hundreds of new items including exclusive rewards, such as a Spectral Horse and a transmogrifying disguise that turns Ascended into the rotting undead. But be warned: once the rifts are sealed, these items are gone forever.

Raid Zone: River of Souls

If Ascended are successful in their efforts to drive back the invasions, they can journey to the “River of Souls” 20-man raid zone at the edge of the Plane of Death where Alsbeth the Discordant is reanimating the recently departed and recruiting them into Regulos’ army. Guardian and Defiant heroes will have to wade through these decaying hordes to reach Alsbeth and make her account for her abhorrent crimes.

The Founder’s Pricing plan for RIFT has been extended until March 31st. Details for all plans are available at www.riftgame.com/subscriptions.




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This looks *** AMAZING.

Bard got screwed. So badly even they knew and are offering free respecs to people with points spent in the soul... :(

Looks like I'm shifting to being a DPS spec after all, and I really loved bard as it was.. its really only good for single party dungeons now, unless someone really wants to be a buff bot (remnants of FFXI's bard, oh goodness..)

There's still a chance that those changes won't make it to the live 1.1 patch. Here's to hoping.

Chloromancer got ***...

I'm utterly pissed with the alpha patch notes. Poor Warriors are getting pigeon holed into tanking because of their rDPS nerf.

PvP players cry the loudest and always get what they want. PvE'ers must find a game without PvP in it obviously.

I hadn't even paid attention until the Chloro notes until now.. ouch. If that was your main spec, I'm sorry. >.< At least bards aren't alone in "the bought out by a foam children's toy" department!

Yeah chloro's aren't going to make good main healers for raids anymore :/

Anybody else tried to set up a healing role as cleric?

I've tried specing Sentinel as my main, but there aren't enough DoT heals there.

I've tried Warden main, but there aren't enough heavy single target heals.

Now I'm splitting between Warden and Purifier with only ~2 points into Sentinel, but I'm seriously considering respecing heavily into Purifier (even though it originally struck me as the worst of cleric's healing classes).

Also, Cleric tanking... I'm almost all in on Justicar. Is there a better way of going about it?

can a nvidia geforce 8400M run this game?


lowest graphic settings wouldn't be a problem

If you're on faeblight, I can direct your questions to some really good clerics that I've raided with. Like... damn good clerics. I remember talking to one and I remember them going all in warden or using purifier/sentinel or sentinel/purifier for healing. My cleric only 16 so i can't really help you that much in that department :/ sorry.

Unfortunately, I'm on Epoch =/

Going all into Warden has been my most successful spec so far, but I haven't tried mixing Sentinel and Purifier. Makes sense, though, now that I think about it.

I'll give that a shot and try cruising the Rift forums for more ideas. Thanks for the response =D

update doesn't bother me, i only started playing like, 4 days ago. so i didn't get much of a fele for any class other then blade dancer.

ehh im both ways on the new update, i find it funny that the nerfed most all classes cept mages cuz they cry so much. tbh mage is over powered if played right but its just not easy to do. it requires alot of thinking and reacting on your feet also a good understanding of the "usual" rotation of other classes. If you simply look at the abilities of mages vs all other classes mages have a way to pretty much exploit every one of them. I play lock/necro/chloro (any combination of the 3 depending on situation) and i can kill anyone anytime i want to. yeah its not a 5 sec gun'em down and your dead but they do end up dead nonetheless. most lock/chloro can kill 2-3 ppl at the same time but again just like soloing on rdm in ffxi everybody cant do it lol. Personally i have the evil laugh going on with the buffs to base spell damage for my mage character.

~ but for my rougue char kinda pissed cause i was powerlvling my sab to simply have fun and be a terrorist. ive gotten hit for a 3.7k crit det, after that i just had to join in the fun but now its gonna be nerfed to hell. /sadface

A Pyromancer using squirrel and Ground of Strength can stun lock you indefinitely. While you're stunned, they can unleash Incinerate and Cinderflame and you're dead, yet they got buffed?

Hopefully they fire whatever monkey came up with these buffs/nerfs and seriously, drastically reconsider these notes. WHY was it NECESSARY to NERF tank classes? We already DPS under 200 (600 is mediocre) and ALREADY have to do more work before we can start even entry level endgame.


Really, Trion? Really?


Also, the saboteur nerf was completely uncalled for. People say it's a 1-button killswitch. Wrong. It takes 6 buttons for a saboteur to do any damage at all. If you can't avoid them you're bad. I feel for them, they didn't deserve to have their class completely destroyed.

Bards and Chloros didn't either. AoE heals from them were always weaker than single target heals from a cleric, what's the problem? Isn't the reason to have those AoE heals support? Jesus.

It's the number of mobs and the fact that I have to escort a borderline HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE NPC out of Hell(smith's haven) as a assassin it's hard with links...oh and i'm impatient to pull every single mob at once.

you dont even want to know how long it took me to even find that dude... I was searching high and low in the ruined castle on top of the hill in that area. Eventually someone from my guild showed me where he was.

Hi Wombat,

Well I'm Sentinel/Purifier/Warden, most points goes into Sentinel sense it is the main, and then Warden.

But I don't understand you say, Sentinel dosen't have enough DoT heals, with the explanied combine of my cleric jobs, I have so far atleast 1 instant heal, atleast 4 DoT heals and belive it is 2 AoE heals aswell. Still have a long way to learn how a cleric works, my time for RIFT have been alot less latley due to alot of work.


But so far I love this set up.

As for DD Cleric I'm Inquisitor/Warden/Sentinel, but still under trial to find souls wich suites me the best. But defently Inquisitor main :)

/Tessy

'ello, thanks for the response. =D

I tried a mix of Sentinel and Warden, but wasn't too pleased. Warden has a lot of DoT heals, and Sentinel has a decent supply of single target and AoE, but I still found that I was allowing others to die more than I'd like.

What I've found, in switching to Sentinel/Purifier as Tristean recommended, is that I have fewer DoT heals (the ones I do have, come from the ~6 points I've put into Warden) but a few more heavy, single-target heals and some support magic that is incredibly helpful--shields and damage reduction, as well as Purifier Blessings which are helpful in keeping everyone, including me, alive. (Currently spec'd as Sentinel > Purifier > Warden.)

For DD, I like Cabalist. Though, I did spec into Inquisitor originally and it is nothing to be looked down on--it survives *much* more efficiently than Cabalist. I just like the surprise, spike AoE and the DoT damage I can stack with Cabalist (I'm spec'd as Cabalist > Purifier > Inquisitor).

Again, thanks for the reply. With the complexity of this class-system, any and all feedback from other players with other specs is much appreciated! =D

I played with Bard in the beta and I enjoyed it. I really should jump back into Rift.

I've come to the conclusion that the reason I'm a tad underleveled(1 level in comparison to recommended level for quest) is that I simply opt to bypass mobs via stealth.

Come to Epoch! I have yet to meet a single FFXI veteran on this server =/

@Wombat, Think they get netter A's they grow in levels. But A's for cal job, never tryed it yet. But after seeing ny LS mates inquisitor at 50 i must say I'm impressed by that job. An you are welcom to Cloudborn, plenty of FFXI veterans here, in my LS We are allready 4-6 ppl :)