RIFT: redo

Soooo, after watching my Rawr: Rift youtube vid again, I realized that everything in it was what I didn't like about Guild Wars 2 currently. Guild Wars 2 was just a GIANT grind, and was just the same thing everyday, was something I had had high hopes for, and had helped found, and it just got monotonous and boring and frustrating and I didn't have time for all the chores, the scenery wasn't captivating anymore, and I was sad.

So, I re downloaded Rift, and I must say it is MUCH better. Someone at Trion got their head screwed on right, because Rift is less a grind, and more an adventure now. You get quests from exploring and from killing creatures, rather than only from people with quests to give. The rifts themselves are funner, more spaced out, constantly there are world invasions going on and the rifts have funner rewards, and some of them are totally unique in form and monsters to anything else in the world. Rift has now got MUCH more in the content area, way more land to explore, and NOT ALL OF IT is stuff from the real earth anymore. YAY! Rift still has actually fun pvp, which GW2 did not, and it is about to come out with yet another patch with more content, perm, new areas to explore and all. I like this MUCH MUCH better than GW2 putting out temp distracting content bi weekly. Trion is taking a few months to make something to ADD to the game, and let you explore it, grow in it, get excited and 'finish' it and feel accomplished, before adding more, so that it is mostly polished, and is perm, and a thrill to have. Anet needs to learn from this and drop the 2 weeks random distractions from the actual game bit and do like Trion and ADD to the world they made in the first place. Rift is no longer boring, and the only thing I see that I had issues hugely with before that still remains would be the rep grind for factions. The rest is sooooo much better.

Rift store is nice, and with no fluctuations in value of things like gems, as in Anet, Rift has a set price for everything, and it shows, when you look at the store, that you could buy such and such mount for this much in game money, or this much rl money. No exchange. No change to value of the item. Very nice. Rift rewards you for loyalty and spending with actually useful rewards, like dimensions (houses) and mounts and so on. I am very pleased with the f2p system they have going.

They are adding more content soon, and I am soooo excited.

Rift has welcomed me back with an array of pleasant surprises and I am glad to return.

RAWR! :)