Player-run event in RIFT kicks off an eight-month war

@winterborn
I haven't had a queue since the first week of headstart...

@winterborn troll. i play on Sunrest and I have not had a queue since day 2

@winterborn

I play on Faeblight at at peak hours I get at most a 35 minute queue.

@The Minn I wouldn't call that trolling actually, the 2-6 hours might be a bit of an exaggeration but there are definitely queues, at least on my server (Cloudbourne EU), I sometimes wait up to an hour to get in at peak times.

@winterborn
On Faemist, I've never had a queue.

@Ratham Yep, it's the same group. The Battle for Badlands events in WAR were awesome...highly-organized warbands and some epic Sunday night battle royales with 200+ people on each side.

Gaiscioch Family is no joke when it comes to running these types of events. Damn, almost makes me want to give Rift a try.

@Ratham yep, the same guild of zergers. someone should tell this guys that massive numbers will never make up for lack of skill

@Khalus Well, thats the beauty of an MMO, even if the game does fail after a few months, you'll hvae gotten more bang for your buck than any other game published nowadays. I mean most games publish with an average playthrough time of 10 hours, while if you get hooked on a good MMO (which rift by all means is) youll be getting easily 40h+ a month out of your purchase.

So either way you look at it, wether the game fails or not, if you like MMOs, Rift is a solid purchase and it will definitely be more fun to play the leveling game now than 6 months down the line.

@Khalus If you 'only' get three months' value out of it, it's still a bloody bargain compared to buying a book or going to see a movie.

Try this: Buy it and ASSUME you're only going to get 3 months value out of it. Factor it into your budget accordingly and if you get extra use out of it... well hey. Bonus.

@Dranaerys That's a great way to put it, Dran.

BEau

@Khalus

If you buy the game and have fun NOW, why are you worried if you will be playing it in 3/4/6 months?

I bought and I am having a blast right now. Will it last? Probably not but I can't say that i wasted money because I am having fun and still have a truckload of stuff to do and see.

@Dranaerys

Oh I understand. I wouldn't say in recent years, but rather the last decade I've stopped going out for food, {cause I can cook better and cheaper than most places}, or the theater {cause its only a $1 rental after its on DVD} or even buying too many games due to them being so short and not worth the price asked for them.

I suppose maybe I should stop looking at MMOs this generation as something that will entertain me for the next 2-3+ years as I did in the past with the likes of UO, EQ, DAoC, FFXI...etc And instead as you've all suggested, a game that will entertain me with immediate results for at least 1-3 months. Which in all intents and purpose is a great deal of time/entertainment wise for the price.

However, I'm currently playing Dragon Age II atm, though I doubt it'll take me long to complete it. I'm hearing 12-15hrs to as much at 40+ if you do every side quest, and I play games for as much story as possible.

@BGExorcist

It is called... wait for it... ROLEPLAY. AMG!