tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952457306147452128.post39760580450643468..comments2024-02-24T06:33:19.195-06:00Comments on The Friendly Necromancer: Was there a Rift between us?Stingitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225836686170204875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952457306147452128.post-33706137419895207462020-02-27T13:31:41.036-06:002020-02-27T13:31:41.036-06:00@Bhagpuss -- totally understand what you're sa...@Bhagpuss -- totally understand what you're saying here. Systems like this are great if there are players there to support it. Otherwise it just feels, as you say, like scenery . . . which isn't horrible. LOL. I do like the look of Rifts coming down from the sky. Just have to skip that content or ignore it I suppose.<br /><br />One thing I didn't do a lot of when i played before were the grouped instances. Tipa and I played through a dungeon once. I remember it being very difficult.Stingitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225836686170204875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952457306147452128.post-1810567514423321032020-02-27T13:28:28.023-06:002020-02-27T13:28:28.023-06:00Thanks for the reply! I also really loved this ver...Thanks for the reply! I also really loved this version of open raiding or events. I felt sad when I looked at a Rift out in the wild and thought ... Nope. I ain't trying that by myself.<br /><br />It's super difficult to comeback to a game with power creep without some motivation to invest in the new way of doing business.Stingitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225836686170204875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952457306147452128.post-13980911629111956342020-02-27T11:39:52.902-06:002020-02-27T11:39:52.902-06:00I did six months in Rift from launch, playing it a...I did six months in Rift from launch, playing it as my main MMORPG. It remains the poster child for "better in beta" as almost every change made the game slightly less fun than it had been until I drifted away. I do go back sometimes but the thing I really loved - Invasions - needs a critical mass of players that simply aren't there any more. Even the Rifts are just scenery now.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952457306147452128.post-18587375121449765812020-02-27T10:48:26.445-06:002020-02-27T10:48:26.445-06:00I played Rift during the beta and then for a while...I played Rift during the beta and then for a while after launch. At the time, I liked it's innovative use of dynamic events with the "rifts" themselves. However, despite the new ideas it incorporated in to the MMORPG genre, it still had a lot of old school baggage. <br /><br />I've returned a couple of times over the years, only to find power creep and skills bloat. Hence it has now been relegated to being a source of gaming nostalgia. I can see why it may be struggling in today's market and why it may indeed "go to the wall", so to speak. Such is the evolutionary nature of gaming and prevailing trends.Roger Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163008283296083781noreply@blogger.com