RIFT News Tidbits 29th October 2015

RIFT news tidbits for 29th 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

• Mind of Madness Release Date Announced. As you might have noticed in today’s Welcome Window message, the first five bosses of the Mind of Madness raid will be released on Wednesday, November 4th 2015. Be sure to have 1,400 Hit ready! [r]

• Upcoming RIFT Livestream. CM Ocho, Tacitus and Drakcoon will be showing off the Autumn Harvest world event this Friday, Oct 30th at 3:30PM PDT on Trion’s Twitch channel. Be sure to check it out! [r]
  • Drakcoon is the creator of the Spinderella Mount! (Thanks to Smugkitty for the info!)

• PTS Update + Datamining: T2 Store Weapons. PTS was updated on the 28th with Tier 2 bundles and separate Tier 2 store weapons. There’s also new Tier 3 ‘Store Items’ test packs via Master Mode Dummy Foundry. Forgemaster’s Inferno gets a feature image, and there’s a new red-fire Strider mount. More info here!
  • Note: PTS was updated again today (29th). Contents of the Tier 3 ‘Store Items’ packs have been updated, and there’s also new ‘Dropped Items’ packs for Tier 3 raid-dropped gear. Data files contain 4 new icons that look like Dimension Key Bundles.
  • Tier 3 Raid Currency is called Fragments of Darkness.
  • Upgrades for T3 raid-dropped armor goes from base -> base + set bonus -> better stats + set bonus. The final upgrade is a similar ‘stat level’ to the base store-bought T3 armor. [Example].
  • Due to how little new info there is, I’ve added the 29th Oct update to the 28th’s article.

• Planetouched Wilds Concept Art. Senior Concept Artist Stephen “Drakcoon” Mabee uploaded a whole bunch of additional Planetouched Wilds concept art earlier this month. Check them out below!
  • Rift: Teth
  • Skywhale
  • Ovog Shrine – Building Design
  • Rift: Baac Boss
  • Rift: Crystal Dinos

• Akylios Weapons with no Procs. Vladd will take a look at some Akylios-dropped weapons with missing procs. [r]

• Mount VFX Bug. The vfx above certain mounts are in the wrong location (such as the rainbow sparkles from the Unicorn-based mounts). A fix will be coming in soon. [r]

Community Content

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

• Seshatar’s “SBA: The Thunderdome Cup” Update [Contest]. Just a heads up that the prizes for Seshatar’s “SBA: The Thunderdome Cup” have been posted up. Sponsored by Trion, 1st Prize: 3x Power Pack + 3x 4th Anniversary Arclight Rider Mounts. 2nd and 3rd prizes are also 3x 4th Anniversary Arclight Rider Mounts each.
  • Matches will be during Extra Life next weekend (7-8th Nov). More details and registration here!

• Halloween-Themed Dimensions. If you’re interested in checking out a whole range of Halloween-themed dimensions, check out a thread started by swordkata here where dimensioneers have been posting their spooky dimensions!

Note: Rift Reforged was postponed today until next week. [r]

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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