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RIFT Ember Isle developer diary talks art and lore
by Brianna Royce 
on Nov 7th 2011 6:00PM
Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Lore, Patches, Previews, News items, RIFT, Dev Diaries, Dungeons
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Reader Comments (14)
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 6:12PM jimr9999us said
11 boss non-linear dungeon...very cool.
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 6:33PM mael said
After am finish with Skyrim :p
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 6:52PM Lockisezmode said
Looks good but not enough of a reason to resub.
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 7:22PM Dunraven said
I have to hand it to Trion Worlds even though RIFT isn't my cup of tea they bust their asses on it and turn out some impressive work.
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 8:10PM startruck said
I wonder if there will be a mob every foot like there is now, I gave up on rift because of the mob density, couldn't enjoy the world when every 3 seconds I had to fight yet another mob.
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 9:08PM real65rcncom said
@startruck
Yep, still. Around the volcano is still thick with mobs every square foot. They must be expecting a lot of people.
Not sure why when the mobs in Ember isle give less PA than the mobs in the old areas as posted here pretty detailed:
http://forums.riftgame.com/public-test-shard/275715-stop-before-you-patch-ember-isle.html
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Yep, still. Around the volcano is still thick with mobs every square foot. They must be expecting a lot of people.
Not sure why when the mobs in Ember isle give less PA than the mobs in the old areas as posted here pretty detailed:
http://forums.riftgame.com/public-test-shard/275715-stop-before-you-patch-ember-isle.html
Posted: Nov 7th 2011 9:05PM real65rcncom said
Rift art= ok.
Rift armor= bad.
The armor in this game is worse looking than the green or grey junk armor other games have their NPC shops sell.
Rift armor= bad.
The armor in this game is worse looking than the green or grey junk armor other games have their NPC shops sell.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 10:26AM mifuneseven said
@real65rcncom
I respect your opinion but I disagree with you on the subject of armor in RIFT. It's the most realistic armor I have seen in an MMO and is incredibly detailed. With their system of dyes you can really get some outstanding pieces. Now if you are a fan of WOW supersized shoulder pads with lava rolling off the the sleeves, I understand, RIFT has a very different style. If you scroll in on RIFT armor you can see every stitch. To me that is a good thing not a bad thing.
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I respect your opinion but I disagree with you on the subject of armor in RIFT. It's the most realistic armor I have seen in an MMO and is incredibly detailed. With their system of dyes you can really get some outstanding pieces. Now if you are a fan of WOW supersized shoulder pads with lava rolling off the the sleeves, I understand, RIFT has a very different style. If you scroll in on RIFT armor you can see every stitch. To me that is a good thing not a bad thing.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 10:45AM real65rcncom said
@mifuneseven thx for the good reply.
I agree Rift has dyes that allow you to color your gear. That makes for some interesting color schemes.
But to me, coloring ugly designed gear just makes the color different, not the ugliness of the gear.
It's like having a hotdog but you don't like hotdogs. No matter if you put mustard or ketchup, relish or pickles, onions or kraut.. it's still a hotdog underneath.
If the person likes the look and style of the gear, that won't change because of color meaning "I like this gear, but I don't like the color". They like the gear style period.
Youre talking about changing colors which won't help if someone thinks the shape, design and fit (look) of the gear on toons is inherently bad, which I think Rift's armors are.
They have some that are nice, but I would say probably 90% of the gear in this game looks bad, and some classes have it worse than others (cleric gear looks the best imo.. rogue gear looks the crappiest)
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I agree Rift has dyes that allow you to color your gear. That makes for some interesting color schemes.
But to me, coloring ugly designed gear just makes the color different, not the ugliness of the gear.
It's like having a hotdog but you don't like hotdogs. No matter if you put mustard or ketchup, relish or pickles, onions or kraut.. it's still a hotdog underneath.
If the person likes the look and style of the gear, that won't change because of color meaning "I like this gear, but I don't like the color". They like the gear style period.
Youre talking about changing colors which won't help if someone thinks the shape, design and fit (look) of the gear on toons is inherently bad, which I think Rift's armors are.
They have some that are nice, but I would say probably 90% of the gear in this game looks bad, and some classes have it worse than others (cleric gear looks the best imo.. rogue gear looks the crappiest)
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 5:25AM Gaugamela said
I think I'll resub to try this patch out. I still have a lot to see in this game.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 10:22AM epilepticemu said
Most excited for the non-linear dungeon! While it's instanced, it might bring back some of the feel of EQ1.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 11:25PM SwobyJ said
Really love this game. Gladly resubbed (upped sub from monthly to a 6-month) for Ember Isle and more.
Posted: Nov 10th 2011 7:19PM rawnsley said
The mob density in Rift varies greatly from area to area. Gloomwood had too many spiders but Scarlet Gorge is the opposite. It has wide open spaces with few or no mobs. I was able to forage, mine and explore for artifacts there with a toon at a much lower level than I should have had. It was easy to sneak around the occassional red guy or beast.
