RIFT News Tidbits 22nd-23rd March 2015

RIFT news tidbits for 22nd-23rd March 2015.

General

• PTS Datamining for 23rd March 2015. Some interesting file names popped up with latest PTS Update, including ‘Class_Shapeshifter’, ‘Equip_Crossbow’ and more. Check out details here! Nothing interesting on the PTS itself.
  
  • Also, the previous PTS Update included a new upgrade path for lockbox-dropped weapons (perhaps gear in general as well). Thanks to squallff99/Blahh for the info! No Hit increase, and 1-handed upgrade costs 10 Abyssal Crusader’s Accelerators.

Lockbox Gear Upgrade on PTS. Src: Blahh.

• A Look Back: Datamining the Future – March 2015 Edition. Missed out on any past Datamining articles, or just want to know what to look out for in the future for RIFT? Check out the latest ‘A Look Back: Datamining the Future’ article here!

• Minion Adventure Info.
  • Snedhepl reconfirmed that adventures not on cooldown are held within the adventure deck. Any that are shuffled or completed go on cooldown and won’t appear again until the cooldown is off. Only other time they re-appear is if you’ve gone through all cards in that adventure deck.
  • Jineth attracts one adventure; Archaeologist Herim attracts up to 2 adventures per deck. [r]

• The Darkest Magic Raid Rift difficulty adjustment. Krug is looking at reducing the difficulty of The Darkest Magic raid rift and is open to suggestions. [r]

• Notice: Twitch Compromised. Twitch had some user account information compromised recently and has asked that everyone reset their passwords and any connections they might have had through the account (Facebook, Twitter/etc). Check out more information here.

Community Content

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

• Rift Sculpture [Creation]. KrissyAnn over on the RIFT Forums has posted up screenshots of her recent sculpture made in her husband’s character’s likeness. Check it out here!

• Surprise, Guardians Won a Whitefall [PvP][Video]. SirSpaceboots runs through a Whitefall warfront in his Warrior Reaver spec. Check it out here!

• Reaver Paladin PvP Guide with Macros [PvP][Video]. Grim has uploaded a PvP Guide video for the Warrior Reaver-Paladin build. Macros and Kalerts in the video comments. Check it out here!

• Love is in the Air [Dimension]. Feendish takes a more in-depth tour of one of the entries to the recently ended “Take My Breath Away” contest. Check out a preview of “Love is in the Air” by Radish@Greybriar 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. Patch Notes, PTS Updates, Datamining and Livestream Summaries are also available.

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