RIFT revenues reached $100 million in 2011, Trion secures new funding

@vaporise The back stories on the characters and places are actually really well written, you just have to find them. I probably have about 50 books in my main's collection inventory now.

Many quest areas have books if various rarity lying around. They aren't used for anything other than story fluff and when picked up and collected, file themselves away into a special inventory that doesn't take up bag space.

Some times I'll just stand at a quest hub, still as a statue reading through my book collection.

@Cyroselle

so the complete story of telara can be found in-game but are in items you collect through adventuring? that sounds fantastic. kinda reminds me of diablo 1 actually with thos pedestals with books in it describing the events in the distant past. interesting.... i like it.

@(Unverified) I won't try to convince you to play, as you stated it's not the type of game for you.

Just wanted to make a respectful correction. Most of the quest lines are nonlinear. There's very few chain or bread crumb quests actually, and IIRC that was a major complaint some folks had made on release.

Myself I'm quite thrilled when I run across quests by pure accident and it happens all the time in this game. And there's plenty of exploration to be had, it's not a series of box canyons like Aion or SWTOR... It's just that the world isn't actually very big right now. There is room for growth however.

But yes, more beginner areas, while not really fitting w/ the story line would be excellent, and there is indeed a gear grind after 50. At least the wardrobe ensures that we won't be running around in clown costumes like WoW during the TBC years.

@Cyroselle

^ Sorry, wrong reply.

It's very much a heartening trend. I'm hoping it's a sign that people are realizing that disliking a game but wishing it well aren't mutually exclusive. Disliking a game doesn't have to mean the game is terrible and the developer sucks and that you have to construe news to make it seem like it's dying. Maybe there's a middle ground: if you don't like a game, just take it as it not being your cup of tea and don't demonize the game, the developers, or its fanbase.

It seems as if most people posting on Rift articles get that already though, which is great.

@beqerel

Every game is going to merge servers. most games follow the wow design. Which is basically a single player game with thousands of people playing it.

In the end they basically run out of content. Warzones, raids, and what not make for crappy long run end game.