RIFT News Tidbits 27th October 2015

RIFT news tidbits for 27th October 2015.

• RIFT 3.4: Into the Wilds Patch Notes.
• Extra Life 2015. 24hr charity gaming weekend, 7th-8th Nov. Trion participating 5th year in a row with fundraising rewards, giveaways, contests, titles and in-game activities.
• Autumn Harvest World Event Guide. Check out all there is to know about the current Autumn Harvest world event!

General

• “Into the Wilds” Giveaway – Razer. Razer has started up an “Into the Wilds” giveaway for those who use Razer Comms. This is the planar squirrel mount giveaway that other game-related sites have been giving away. Check it out here!
  • Note: MMORPG.com also has ~1k keys left.

• Planned Shard Downtime. RIFT will be going down for RIFT 3.4: Hotfix #6 and some routine server maintenance tomorrow:
  • North America: 6:30AM PDT on 10/28/15. Estimated downtime is 4.5hrs.
  • Europe: 1AM GMT on 10/29/15. Estimated downtime is 4.5hrs.

• PTS Update + Datamining: MoM Weapons. Latest update on the PTS adds Mind of Madness raid weapon skins in wardrobe; MoM armor skins; MoM achievements; new 7x Autumn Harvest Signet quest; Nightmare Thresher mount Credit Pack Promo and some new swimming animations to various mount types. Full info here!

• Edit Soul Request. Gingers has mentioned that an ‘Edit Soul’ button is on Trion’s to-do list. This would make it so that instead of resetting your soul completely, you can just edit your soul with existing points already placed. On Trion’s to-do list, but no promises. [r]

Other News Tidbits

Other Trion or MMORPG-related news not directly related to RIFT. Don’t worry, you’ll rarely see this section.

• Devilian 2nd Closed Beta Keys. Trion’s “Devilian” MMOARPG is having its 2nd Closed Beta test weekend, lasting from Oct 29th to Nov 2nd. MMORPG.com is giving away a ton of beta keys. As at the time of this post there were 7,172 keys left. Get your key here!

• Ocho New Defiance CM. Senior Community Relations Manager Eric “Ocho” Cleaver, who is one of RIFT’s CMs, is now also the CM for Defiance. Previous Defiance CM Sarah “Kiwibird” Walters will become the Community Relations Manager for Devilian. [r]

Community Content

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

• My Home [Dimension]. Seyler over at The Dimension Touring Company has taken a tour of Corypheus@Deepwood’s “My Home” dimension. Check it out here!

Missed out on some news? Check out the full list of RIFT News Tidbits here or 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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