There is another game that is the bane of Rifts existence. For the past year the excuse for quitting Rift has been "once TOR or GW2 releases I am gone because they will be so much better". Well TOR released and has been bent over backwards about even the most basic features missing compared to Rift.
GW2 is next up in the shattered promises department. I won't go further then this because it turns into a back and forth. Lets just like TOR it is easier to say what you are going to do then actually do it.
Here is something to ponder. TOR released on Dec 15. Rift players will have atleast 2 features from TOR integrated into their game by the time January is over in 1.7