RIFT news tidbits for 21st October 2014. Check out all the info below:
Twas the night before Nightmare Tide…
Reminder that Nightmare Tide launch patch update will occur at 7:30AM PDT/2:30PM GMT (TC)(CD) on 22nd October 2014 for both NA and EU clusters. Estimated down-time is 3hrs. [r]
Also, congratulations to neruwind@faeblight for winning the recent Ultimate Nightmare Edition Pack Contest on Riftgrate! Hope you enjoy your new items!
Nightmare Tide-related
Trion adds new Facebook image showing off Frost Keeper’s gear sets. Src: Trion.
- Instant Level 60 Boost Bundle. Archonix re-iterated what can be found in the Instant Level 60 Boost Bundle that comes with the Ultimate Nightmare Digital Edition Pack. [r]
- Seems like it has not changed from PTS testing. [Info here].
- Bundle is tradeable before use. [r]
- Everything in the bundle is character-bound except Crafting Skill Boosts which are Bound to Account. [r]
- Vouchers Removed in Nightmare Tide. With the expansion, sourcestone-based vouchers are being removed from Voucher NPCs and Rare Planar Vendors. This includes Vaults of Planarite and Gilded Vaults of Planarite purchases. The items will still remain if you’ve already bought them. [More Info].
Guides for Nightmare Tide
A whole bunch of Nightmare Tide-related guides have come out. Check them out below:
- How to level fast in Nightmare Tide by Seatin.
- NT Notoriety Guide – Daily NPC locations and other information on how to obtain each notoriety.
- NT Reputation Guide by Seatin. – Talks about reputations and which to concentrate on.
- NT Dungeons/Raids – Guides to all NT chronicles, dungeons, raids and raid rifts. Written and video.
- NT Maps and Points of Interest – Porticulum locations, instance entrances, notoriety vendors, new dailies and weekly locations in the Plane of Water.
- Nightmare Rifts – Find out all there is to know about Nightmare Rifts, unlocking ranks, essences and what each powerup does.
- Masteries System – Read up on each mastery and pick your Masteries choice for each level per spec during the patch downtime so you’re ready when you do level up!
- Class Guides Updated – Some class guides have been updated by various theorycrafters.
- Mage Guides:
- Storlock 3.0 (DPS): 43SC/25WL/5Harb by Wilkoss.
- Warrior Guides:
- 61 Champion (DPS): 61Ch/10Para/5Temp by Sedvick.
- 61 Liberator (Heal): 61Lib/10Pal/5VK by RoughRaptors.
- 61 Void Knight (Tank): 61VK/15Pal/0Temp by RoughRaptors.
- 61 Paladin (Tank): 61 Pal/15 VK/0Temp by RoughRaptors.
- No updates for Rogues or Clerics yet. The theorycrafters have mentioned they’ll update their guides soon so keep an eye out for them!
- Mage Guides:
Community Content
Below is a list of content created recently by the RIFT community!
- Warlord Warrior PvP Video. TheGrimGamer has uploaded a video of him playing a Warrior Warlord spec in the Whitefall Steppes warfront. He also initially goes over the Oculus Rift support introduced a while ago by Pithos. Check it out here!
- Contest: 1st Year Channel Anniversary/Nightmare Tide CE Giveaway. Intim is giving away a Nightmare Tide Ultimate Collector’s Edition to one lucky viewer who leaves their charactername@shardname in the comments section of his youtube video here.
RiftGrate 
Wow!! I woke up to a great surprise! Thank you again Khortish, Riftgrate and Kiwibird! My writing style was representative of our shard in Faeblight (role playing) =). Looking forward to all the great guides to come. My guild Nordvegr is also a fan of Riftgrate as well, so I’ll be announcing the great news to them. Our guild leaders already have our week planned for 3.0, so all the new perks will be used right away ;).
I actually just thought of a great idea the following day of my submission and wished i submitted it as well, which was to rename my pet in game to “Riftgrate” as a thank you (which I’ll be doing today). Happy 3.0 day to everyone and Let’s get Rifting!