I’m itching to do a write-up on some of RIFT’s rogue class options, but figured it was more appropriate that I did something else before launching into a full discussion of another class.

I’d like to take a moment and outline the salient points that make each of the game’s 30-odd subclasses unique and interesting, because I’ve yet to find anything of the sort anywhere. Most wikis just quote the same garbage promotional text that talks about how Champions have “legendary strength” and move with “startling speed” and other such uselessness. My information is from the skill tree itself. I am reporting the trends in abilities, some of which might not fully manifest unless one spends over 30 points in the class, but there you are.
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Okay, so I find myself needing to apologize. It has been an unacceptably long time since I’ve written anything. I also apologize for the unfocused and unusually verbose braindump you are about to witness. I’m just too out of practice. My RL excuses for this are: a period of unemployment and job hunting finally leading to a new job, a new baby, major repairs around the house (I built a fence!), two moves across state lines, burst pipes rendering my house uninhabitable, and a successful game open beta launch. But meh, that’s just excuses.

In that time period, I wrote 5 articles that haven’t made it here. Hopefully the time will present itself to re-evaluate 2 or 3 of them in the next month.

But for now, something more current ;)

RIFT is gearing up for what feels to me like it might be the most successful western-style fantasy mmorpg release in 5 years. I am going to play it. And I am going to write a lot about it.
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