Rift Live Datamining – April 27 Staged Data

The past 3 months have had fairly small patches, usually just fixing a bug or adding a mount that appears in the store immediately. The patch for April 27th is different, as in addition to a new mount, we are also getting a brand new armor set. The staged version is “STABLE-1-1142-a-1256293”, going live on April 28th. Let’s dive in!

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Rift Live Datamining – August 1st Staged Data

It appears that yet another patch has been staged for Rift this morning. This is coming 2 weeks faster than the July 22nd patch, so an improvement in patch timings. This one brings more cosmetics, mounts, and seasonal/repeatable content as we would expect. Rift is in desperate need of new non-seasonal content, but that takes a lot longer to develop. […]

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Opinion – MMORPG Pay to Win Scale

Many Free to Play MMORPGs are swift to get labeled as “pay to win”.  For some this is a valid criticism, but for others the actual facts put this term in a far more gray territory.  Many of these games are careful to avoid allowing a player to obtain best in slot or gain a competitive end-game edge by paying […]

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