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Latest 1.46GB PTS Update makes shielding abilities only absorb 85% of incoming damage; Mage Harbinger changes; Primalist crafted weapons, Rune Amender cost adjustment; New set of weapon models; Planetouched Wilds achievements expanded, Rhaza’de Canyon achievements up; Planetouched Wilds artifact set rewards added; and further UI improvements.

Latest hotfix adds Nightmare Saga Act II in Throne Room of Tempest Bay; Patron Weekly gift now gives Abyssal Thresher Supply Crate; lockbox gear now has new ‘Hardened’ upgrade tier that gives Tier 1 Hit (+150); Mage Chloromancer Savant Crystal 2/4pc bonus fixed.

RIFT 3.3: Waking Nightmares launches. With it comes a lot of additional information and bugs that you should be aware of. Big one right now is that some players are experiencing empty or reduced loot from loot bags when claiming minions, fishing and opening various kinds of boxes.

RIFT will have planned downtime tomorrow for Patch 3.3: Waking Nightmares; Red Hawk confirms Mage adjustments will hit with 3.3 (SC hybrids dead); Morticus states Planar Crafted 2pc bonus supposed to be Main Stat +150, not +250; Tenebrian Deity not new race, just an error.

Red Hawk reassures Mage Chloros that if the upcoming PvP fixes make them too weak, he’ll tweak them up a bit. Also, he has a fix for Rogue Nightblade’s Twilight Transcendence and Cleric Inquisitor’s Judicial Privilege heals as well. These are likely going to be nerfs. Planetouched Wilds artifacts discovered on PTS.

Planar Crafting Test vendor is up in Master Mode Dummy Foundry; Further Mage Harbinger changes; Weapon Costume Crates updated.

Planned Region Downtime tomorrow for RIFT 3.2 Hotfix #14; Temporal Flux Promo Week begins with Black Empyreal Walker Mount running around; Trion will be Western publisher for Devilian Online; PTS updated with further Mage Changes and Planar Craft test bags; Minion database updated; RIFT Livestream tomorrow 3:30PM PDT on Planar Crafting! Also, be sure to enter Intim’s latest Arclight Rider Mount giveaway!

RIFT 3.2 Hotfix #13 is out, new portal to Yrlwalach; Live datamining shows Life/Fire Lifter mount, Warbeast mount and various Puzzle book icons; Mage Harbinger’s Phase Step being changed again, this time to deal no damage; Planar Crafted trinkets will have 3 proc options and Kubara Sakti dimension item not slated until 3.4, accidentally leaked to Live.

Planned region downtime (~3hrs) for tomorrow’s hotfix; PTS Update Part 2 with full screens of all planar crafting upgrades and Red Hawk takes a look at possible further Mage Harbinger changes. On the community side there’s new dimension articles, pvp videos and a written guide to the Plane of Water Summerfest Scavenger Hunts!

PTS Update hit today with Planar Crafting recipes; Captain Cursor mentioned Manugo lore in Nightmare Saga and Red Hawk considered further tweaks before the 61 Harbinger changes on the PTS move to Live. Be sure to check out RiftGrate’s Summerfest “I Don’t Have Bracelets” Giveaway and a reminder that Kiwi’s “Highway to the Dangerzone” Wardrobe Contest ends in just over a week’s time.