Summary: This week we talk about our adventures at Pax, the Storm Legion Expansion announcements as well as patch 1.10! Listen now: What we did this week: Sallennia PAX Recap Autumn Harvest-though I’m not super impressed with the spectral mounts. Ember Isle Zone Event Chris: Autumn Harvest stuff - Must get mount! Ember isle - fun invasion stuff with Keij Gathering/Crafting skills - working on getting them up to max News from the Rift Storm Legion is coming Nov 13/2012 http://stormlegion.riftgame.com/en/preorder/ http://mmoreporter.com/2012/09/05/pax-2012-rift-interview-with-elrar-release-date-announcement/ Forum announcement http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-general-discussions/general-discussion/331664-prepare-coming-storm-pre-order-rift-storm-legion-today.html Wardfall: Features of the Storm -Trailer http://www.riftgame.com/en/news/articles/09042012_wardfall_trailer.php Rift 1.10 Calm before the Storm -Out Now! http://www.riftgame.com/en/game/updates/calm-before-storm.php Cross-faction gameplay Instant Adventure: Scarwood Reach Autumn Harvest Ride away on a new spectral mount! New Warrior Soul : Tempest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55p5CawRN-w&list=UUdEl0H8pQ5z1o_njrta_mUQ&index=1&feature=plcp http://www.riftjunkies.com/2012/09/15/highlights-from-the-storm-legion-tempest-and-warrior-reveal/ Meet an ancient order of knights who’ve adopted Crucia’s power as their own! Ranged DPS Some utility, with added survivability (duh! It’s a warrior!) Highlights: Air based 30% damage buff when standing still Burst damage focused A bit of AOE, not much CC Cool general point revealed in the video: Trion believes that melee DPS should outperform ranged DPS a tiny bit, only because melee sometimes have to move from AoE abilities, Warlord changes: OMG YES! Can tank with a 2hander or 2 weapons GCD can drop to 1 sec, and a damage buff to GCD abilities Hybrid DPS/Off tank role Beastmaster changes: Becoming a full support spec. Will provide buffs to the raid/group while doing damage (self buff + attacking enemy = raid buff) Meant to be an alternative to Archon/Bard in raids. Rift S.O.S. Guide to upgrading your account for Storm Legion (inspiration for this came from a post by Toransparkwing: http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-general-discussions/general-discussion/331650-guide-how-upgrade-infinity-storm-legion-addition.html#post3945839) From a forum post http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-general-discussions/general-discussion/331664-prepare-coming-storm-pre-order-rift-storm-legion-today.html Not clear on the account pages, but Elrar cleared this up: And of course - all versions of Storm Legion include early access to the Exodus of the Storm Queen dungeon with the release of 1.11 and the designated pre-order cloaks! http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-general-discussions/general-discussion/331589-12-months-rift-storm-legion-free-question.html#post3945371 There are many different flavours: Storm Catcher Edition - $119.98 1 year of Rift + Expansion Landslide mount, and Stormbringer in-game title Standard Edition - $39.99 Expansion + Cape (based on where you purchase) Early Access Infinity Edition - $59.99 Expansion + Cape (based on where you purchase) Early Access Mini Regulos, Brevanic Portal Generator, Cyclone mount Infinite Edition Upgrade - $20 No expansion No early access Mini-Regulos, Brevanic Portal Generator, Cyclone Mount This is an upgrade for another purchase, not meant to be purchased on its own. Capes info: http://stormlegion.riftgame.com/en/retailers/ Community Report Is the Rift subscription justified? http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/05/enter-at-your-own-rift-is-the-subscription-justified/ PAX Prime livestreams
