RIFT News Tidbits 2nd June 2015

RIFT news tidbits for 2nd June 2015.

General

• Upcoming Planned Downtime. RIFT will be going down for RIFT 3.2 Hotfix #9 tomorrow. Estimated downtime is approx. 1hr at the following times:
  • North America: 6/3/15, at 7:30 AM PDT.
  • Europe: 6/4/15 at 1:00 AM GMT.

• Steam 50% Off Nightmare Tide Pack Sale. Steam is holding a 50% off sale for the Infusion and Ultimate Nightmare Edition packs. Ends 10am PDT on 4th June 2015. [Info] [Store]

• Tank Synergy Crystal 4-pc Bonus Disabled in PvP. Red Hawk has announced that with this week’s hotfix, the 4pc bonus on Tank Synergy Crystals will be temporarily disabled in Warfronts and Conquest due to an unintended interaction between the +500 healing bonus and certain HoT talents. [r]

• Harbinger Changes Incoming to PTS. Red Hawk has stated that previous changes he has mentioned in the Mage sub-forum will be arriving on PTS “soon”. He hopes to make 61 Harbinger competitive. [r] You can check out Red Hawk’s initial thoughts on changes coming to Harbinger here.

• Hammerknell Progression. A few updates to standings and kill videos. Congratulations to all guilds downing the bosses in HK!
  
  • Vladmal Prime: Congrats to Trinity (NA 2nd) and Khalim’na (EU 3rd). Congrats also to Trash on Farm and Transcendent on their kills.
    • Trash on Farm’s Vladmal Prime Kill. Mage Archon Perspective by Kerghan. They use the Archon’s “Point to Point” ability for faster traversing on the ramp, which Epsiry has stated was one of the “original goals” when revamping Vladmal. [r]
  • Grugonim: Congrats to Trinity (World 3rd; NA 1st), Coriolis (NA 2nd) and Khalim’na (EU 3rd). Congrats also to Transcendent on their kill.
  • Inwar Darktide: Congrats to Trinity (World 3rd; NA 1st), Coriolis (NA 2nd) and Khalim’na (EU 3rd).
  • Inquisitor Garau: Congrats to Coriolis (World 3rd; NA 1st), Trinity (NA 2nd) and Transcendent (EU 3rd). Congrats also to Khalim’na on their kill.
  • You can check out further standings, kill videos and guides here.

Community Content

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

• REEL Fishing Flair Wardrobe Contest Winners Announced! [Contest]. The contest has ended and winners have been announced. Check out who the 9 winners of Kiwi’s Wardrobe contest are and congratulations to all winners!

• Fished to the Breaking Point. Feendish shares some of the frustrations of getting Stan’s Super Secret Lure. Not sure what that is? It’s a lure which allows you to fish up some sweet stuff like mounts, companion pets, minion cards, costume bundles and even new dimension items! Check it out here!

• Mage Endgame PvP – Failing Upwards to Rank 100 Ep 16 [Video][PvP]. Intim has uploaded his latest Mage PvP video, in Whitefall Steppes! Check it out here!

• 3.2 Rift Marksman PvP [Video][PvP]. Havefunwith Rift has uploaded a Rogue Marksman PvP video in Karthan Ridge. Check it out here! (Warning: Loud BGM)

• SlashFlex – 1 Hp Means You’re Still Living [Video][PvP]. SlashFlex Theadora has uploaded a new PvP highlights compilation with Cleric Purifier and Defiler specs in various warfronts and conquest maps. 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. Patch Notes, PTS Updates, Datamining and Livestream Summaries are also available.

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