Dynamic Events Will Not Reset

This just in, via GameSpy’s latest ArenaNet interview: GameSpy: How persistent are the game’s dynamic events? To use one of your common examples, if a bunch of raiders wreck a village, and nobody saves it, what happens next? Do players have to group up and retake it by force, or do the raiders eventually “reset” [...]

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A Fool And His Money

Well, we made a difficult decision at chez Randomessa recently, and that is to cancel our Rift subscriptions for now. Due to the fact that I was traveling this weekend and have yet to finish resting up from the trip, I did not get to take part in the River of Souls event. We are [...]

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One Of Us, and Level Ennui

Well, I’ve finally done it. After months of gentle cajoling (which didn’t work), and more recently, letting him watch over my shoulder as I trudge through vanquishes, Zaishen bounties, and re-build my character stock in general, Mr. Randomessa has caved in and decided to give Guild wars another try. We had previously made an attempt [...]

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Black Screen of Frustration

After my initial whinings about not being able to play Rift for long periods of time due to graphics card overheating, I did manage to find a newer version of my graphics card drivers, install them, and see some improvement to the point that I was able to run Rift on Ultra settings with no [...]

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Sweet 15

(because I couldn’t wait for us to reach level 16) Mr. Randomessa and I are now level 15 after 1.5 weeks playing Rift (well, Mr. Randomessa actually has a Spousal Leveling Contract alt that he levels up in his spare time so that he can play with me with whichever character he feels like). Pre-launch [...]

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Interesting Day

Apparently, the release build of Rift does not like my graphics card, because it causes it to overheat and shuts my laptop down. Eerily enough, this is precisely what caused me to stop playing Warhammer back in the day. I haven’t been to the forums yet tonight to find out if it’s a thing, but [...]

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A Difference in Philosophies

I genuinely don’t mean for this to turn into a “vs” post, even if it seems so. This is just a bit of an attempt to sort out why I’m simultaneously ambivalent and excited (who would have thought that was even possible?) about upcoming MMO ventures, largely based on conversations you might hear if you sat [...]

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And Now For Something Completely Predictable

After seeing a handful of posts over the past couple of days throwing out the idea that Trion’s Rift is now becoming over-hyped and/or over-exposed, I must admit to throwing my hands up in frustration. As I posted over at Bio Break: I don’t understand it. Gamers are playing themselves sick on limited beta weekends, [...]

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Of Gaming Lulls

Whilst waiting for the Rift Beta 5 event to take place (although I’m not yet certain I will be able to participate much due to timing and my fear of growing sick of the game before it even launches), Mr. Randomessa has taken it upon himself to give the newly-released Bloodline Champions a try. I [...]

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To Sum Up:

Yes, Mr. Randomessa and I have pre-ordered Rift, including one Collector’s Edition box for the goodies. No, we will not be taking Trion up on their generous multiple-month subscription discounts. Resolutions to keep, and all that. Although we’re pretty much sold on the game, we were really waiting to try out this weekend’s Warfronts, something [...]

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