RIFT News Tidbits 8th Feb 2015

RIFT news tidbits for 8th Feb 2015.

General

• Port Scion Adjustment. Daglar has confirmed that idol and church boss kills will reward the old amount of points so that the warfront won’t finish so quickly. Will go out with the next hotfix. [r]

• Further Crafting Information. Several tidbits of information to be aware of:
  • The Dream Weaving profession will get upgrade components for Amenders. [r] This is on top of Apothecaries getting something similar.
  • Morticus will be posting information on player-crafted Trinkets, Epic Item Upgrades, Earrings, new Amenders and upgrade components soon-ish. [r] You might want to consider maxing out your craft marks in preparation for these new recipes.
  • Reminder that base Amenders will get a significant reduction in the cost to purchase their recipes. No ETA [r]

• No /follow IA Penalty. Tacitus has re-iterated that there will be no punishment for using /follow in Instant Adventures. [r]

• Oculus Rift Info. A whiles back Pithos added in some initial Oculus Rift (Virtual Reality) support to the game. At the top of Pithos’ priority list for the Oculus would be to update to the latest SDK (dev kit) and work on mouse issues. No ETA. [r]  The UI issue present whilst in Oculus mode has been fixed and will go out with next hotfix. [r]

Community Content

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

• Contest: Take My Breath Away [Dimension]. Louvinette is holding a “Take My Breath Away” Dimension Contest. Show your special someone the time of their lives in a special romance-themed dimension contest! Ends March 20th. Full details can be found here.

• Winner of Animal Morphing Contest [Dimension]. Dimension Diva has announced the winner of her Animal Morphing Contest! Congratulations to Bellarosa@Laethys whose “The Hive” dimension won first prize! Check out a preview of the entry here and be sure to check it out on the Laethys (NA) shard!

• 3.1 Marksman Rogue PvP Guide [Video]. TheGrimGamer has posted up a video guide to the new 3.1 Marksman spec for Rogues – PvP focus. Macros in video comment. Grim is also giving away a Nightmare Tide Typhoon Edition. Check out his video here for details!

• Trinity Tyrant’s Forge Kill Videos [Video]. Deew has posted up Trinity’s World First Johan and PUMPKIN kills; Mage Chloromancer perspective. Check them out!

• Guide: Tyrant’s Forge – Johan [Video]. Oria Xu has uploaded a video guide to the Johan encounter in the new Tier 1 20-man raid, Tyrant’s Forge. 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.