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Some News tidbits for the week that may interest you: General: There is no Livestream this week due to technical issues. [Source: Cole] CC Changes further info: One of the changes involves making all Silences and Disarms into Debilitates which is a combination of the two. Arriving with 2.7. [Source: Daglar] Maximum Texture Quality reduced […]

[Note: An updated guide for Carnival of the Ascended 2015 can be found here.] The Carnival of the Ascended Annual World Event is up celebrating another year with Rift’s 3rd Anniversary with various Carnival Games and associated Carnival goods. A whole plethora of mounts, essences, costumes, pets, consumables and titles are available to be purchased […]

Changes are up on the Public Test Shard (“PTS”) for the Cleric’s Cabalist soul. Dev Kervik has posted up the first round of changes to the Cabalist soul. Summary: New Buffs: Focused, Condensed and Unbounded Obliteration. Off-GCD, 5sec CD. One is Single Target, another is for up to 5 targets and the final one is […]

Hey guys, thought I’d throw together a quick guide for how to obtain some of the good stuff in this year’s Carnival of the Ascended. Summary: There’s 3 different currencies with different ways of obtaining each currency: Auroral Doubloons, Glass Beads and Prize Tickets. A special Knight Spider Mount is now available for a limited […]

Carnival of the Ascended starts on the 27th February 2014 at 3:30PM Server Time, but the items on the Rift Store are already up. Summary: Currency Reference Carnival Celebration Crate Level 60 Relic Essences Level 60 +130 HIT Weapon Carnival Dimension Items Key to Dimension: Castle Fortune Carnival Dimension Kits Dream Weaver Recipes Illusion Items […]

Carnival of the Ascended 2014 has brought in a plethora of new Dimension items and a new Dimension Key. Summary: Dimension Key: Castle Fortune with 2,520 max item limit. 4 Carnival Dimension Kits with a plethora of new items. 2 new Dream Weaving Recipes.

Daglar has announced another Conquest: Steppes of Infinity Playtest on the Public Test Shard (“PTS”) for Friday, 28th February 2014 at 3:00 PST (Server Time) [Time Converter]. Changes to CQ: Steppes of Infinity since the last playtest will be posted up by Daglar some time before the playtest. To get access to the Public Test […]

Trion has updated RIFT with RIFT 2.6 Hotfix #6 at 10:00AM PST on 26th February 2014 (NA) and 2:00AM GMT on 27th February 2014 (EU). Summary: Carnival of the Ascended begins on Feb 27th at 3:30PM Server Time and runs until March 13th. (Note: Phase 2 of the Air Saga World Event begins on 20th […]

Daglar has mentioned recently that “really big change” is coming to a few forms of crowd control in Patch 2.7 or 2.8. Thus far Daglar has indicated that: Immunity timers are unlikely to change. They do not wish for players to end up stun-locked by too many CCs without enough immunity. However, they are concerned […]

Trion had their 21st February 2014 Friday Livestream Extravaganza with new Trion livestreamer Cole Marshall (known as Commercial on the Rift forums) as well as Game Director Bill “Daglar” Fisher and Senior Design Director Simon “Dead Simon” Ffinch. Cole spent the livestream attempting to level to 60 on Seastone without dying to Defiants whilst Daglar […]