RIFT News Tidbits 16-18th Jan 2015

RIFT news tidbits for 16-18th Jan 2015.

Promo Week

The Arclight Ascendancy Promo Week is up until Thursday 22nd January 2015 at 3:30PM Server. Complete racing and collection dailies, collect event currency and get your Arclight Rider Mount!

The lockbox version of the Arclight Rider Mount is 155% mount speed + Amphibious.

• Guide: Arclight Ascendancy Promo Week.

General

• PTS Update + Datamining 15-16th Jan 2015. NMR5 Store Essences get an upgrade cost reduction and stat adjustment. There’s also further Nightblade and Reaver changes; several new zone events, bank vault dimension item and more! Check out full information here.

• Transcendent Chest Upgrade. There’s a new upgrade path for Relic Tier 1 Store gear on the PTS, upgrading the Relic Frost Horror Chest to Transcendent (Red) Frozen Mechanized Chest. Check out full stats/information here.

• Arclight Rider Mount Sound. The sound effects for the Arclight Rider Mount should be available with the next hotfix. Get ready for a chorus of vroom vrooms and beep beeps. [r]

• Arclight Rider Mount Speed. The Arclight Rider Mount that comes out of the Trove/lockbox should be 155% mount speed. This will be fixed with the next hotfix. [r]

• Minion Stamina Display Fix. Currently the amount of Minion Stamina for your minions can be affected by your computer’s clock; even getting negative stamina. With the next hotfix this will be fixed. Note that this was just a display issue and didn’t affect your ability to send your minions on adventures (so no, you can’t make your clock the year 3000 and get infinite stamina :P). [r]

• Inquisitor Bolt of Depravity Fix. Kervik is looking to fix Inquisitor’s Bolt of Depravity so that it doesn’t occasionally hard-cast even with Unified Theory up. (This might also mean no more double-BoD). Potential fix should be up with the next PTS Update. [r]

• Mage Changes Information. Kervik has announced that the Necromancer Changes on the PTS “should” hit Live with Patch 3.1: Storm at Sea. Further changes may be planned later. He’s also going taking a look at Harbinger suggestions on the Mage Sub-forums and look at what he can do with those. [r]

Community Content

Below is a list of content created recently by the RIFT community!

• Nightmare Tide Loot Table by FDWTS. I’ve mentioned the site before, but Fighting Dragons With Taylor Swift’s ‘Nightmare Tide Loot Table’ has been given a major overhaul. It now has gear slot tabs on the left, Stat Weights and a lot more loot beyond Expert/Raid gear, such as PvP Dreambreaker gear, lockbox gear and general gear drops.
  Check out the site here and pick your class, role and language from the top-right hand corner of the site; gear slot from the left nav bar and type out your spec’s stat weights at the top.

• Art Because I Say it is! [Dimension]. Feendish takes a tour of a unique dimension by Khai@Zaviel called “Art Because I Say It Is!” which focuses on various artwork; even a little “Planksy” graffiti, a possible play on Banksy and Khai’s use of planks in place of paint. There’s also an art studio, various crafts and a Game of Thrones parody throne. Check it out here!

• Warlock Mage PvP Guide by Grim [Video]. Grim has posted up a Mage Warlock PvP guide with macros included in the comments. He’s also holding a Typhoon Edition Pack giveaway – simply comment in his video with your charname@shardname to enter. Check it out here!

Missed out on some news? Check out the full list of RIFT News Tidbits here or check out the PTS/Live Comparison Page for a summary of upcoming changes.