Real 1.8 notes posted!!

[Puremallace]

Got a 522mb download going right now. Big things!!

http://forums.riftgame.com/public-te...ml#post3670466

== FEATURES IN TESTING ==
* A new equipment slot for crafted Seal items is now available. Recipes to create Seals are available beginning around level 40/skill level 225 for all production crafting skills with the exception of Runecrafting, and can be found on various crafting recipe merchants.
* Two additional Professions - Fishing and Survival - are now in testing on PTS. These professions do not count against the existing limit of 3 Professions on a character. Find new Fishing and Survival Trainers in Meridian or Sanctum, or head to Argent Glade or Kelari Refuge and speak with the trainers there to start off on your Fishing adventure! PTS NOTE: Not all recipes granted by these professions are final, resulting items are still having effects and bonuses added to them. Survival gear is not yet ready for use.
* Additional Instant Adventures are available and ready for testing on Ember Isle!
* The third tier of Planar Attunement can now be unlocked!
* Characters in Guilds may notice a new Recruiting tab on the guild UI - the first sign of the new guild recruiting and guild finding tool!

Pics of me fishing and doing survival soon!!

[Tarien]

Woah, I thought they said survival wasn't coming til 1.9. Man they really crank this out. Was not expecting 3rd tier PA yet either.

[Puremallace]

Woah, I thought they said survival wasn't coming til 1.9. Man they really crank this out. Was not expecting 3rd tier PA yet either.

3rd tier had been hinted at. I AM EXTREMELYYYYYY interested to see wtf it involves. Also they said trapping...the pokemon thing would be 1.9. Also 522mb download almost begs me to go data mining. I call bullcrap there is not a Chronicle or Instance snuck in there

[Pachycrocuta]

I look forward to seeing the fishing and survival. Would love to see what all each has to learn. I don't really care about the 3rd tier being unlocked, as my mage is still on the first tier (1500 or so points unlocked).

[Edge-]

Yay! Guild recruiting tab!

[Melpo]

This game... is damn amazing.

I went back to WoW for a month with 4.3 after almost a year of last looking at it.

Geared up, saw the 3 new dungeons, the LFR and was bored in a week and a bit.

Came back to Rift after a few months and there's a whole new damn island, quests, dailies, a carnival, UI improvements, raids, dungeons, completely reworked dungeons - all of the old "standard" ones.

Did an "expert" the other night - chalmer's caldera and was blown away. One of the guys snorted his drink through his nose when I said: "Guys, did they change this place? There's a huge f--king dragon chasing us" - one of the other guys said: "Yeah, wocky, that's why we're running"

So, they've ADDED new stuff to all the old dungeons as well as reworking and tweaking old mechanics.

Amazing game. Amazing Team. Amazing.

[Puremallace]

ummmmm k.. so fishing is Fishing - similar and different from WoW.

1. Get your pole - YOU DO NOT NEED TO EQUIP it - just use it right out of your bag on your hotbar
2. click it and target a area
3. fishing thingy will bobble...reclick the pole on your hotbar and it starts to real in
4. Sometimes you can hover your mouse over the line and it shows a fish icon and it opens a reward window..rewards ranged from Notoriety fish, artifacts, fish used in Survival profession



Survival

Basically think Cooking + Bandages + Tents all in one profession - Most of it appears to be food you make from fishing

Working on a video showing the fishing deal

[Tarien]

Stuff that is on the PTS:

Fishing - Pretty standard as Pure describes it above. You make your own fishing rods. Seems to work really well. And ties in nicely with...

Survivalist - Cooking, with added tents! I didn't realise it but I actually missed food from WoW. Be glad to have it again, both as a useful item, as fluff and as a money maker.

Bulk crafting - ie convert 20 bits of wood/cloth into planks/bolts at once.

Sigil +20 Resist Enchants (30k Plan + 60 ISS). Not much to say really.

Seals, which are a new item slot for flat stat increases (dex, int, wis, str, stam). Can be enchanted with +10ap/sp. Top end ones are NOT cheap, expect them to be 50p+.

3rd Tier of PA - Mostly just more stat increases. Each faction (fire, life etc) has an ability that allows you to summon your guild, as long as you are near the appropriate rift type. There are 6x 3min reductions on Soul Walk, which is nice, though I think it should be 5mins to half the time once you have em all. There are also various abilities that grant planar charges or cause them to recharge twice as much (ie close a rift, get two charges instead of one). Nothing earth shattering.

[Puremallace]

[Primalthirst]

The purple +25 stat Seals only look like they'll cost 10p maximum, and that's only because the Int one needs 2 Magical Oil.

You missed the replacements for the Rift Consumables such as Tempest Mirror/Wrathful Flame etc.
The only problem is the Elder Tablet one is a massive troll since it has a 30m cooldown.

[Tarien]

The purple +25 stat Seals only look like they'll cost 10p maximum, and that's only because the Int one needs 2 Magical Oil.

The ones from the HK vendor (+33) will cost about 50p.

You missed the replacements for the Rift Consumables such as Tempest Mirror/Wrathful Flame etc.
The only problem is the Elder Tablet one is a massive troll since it has a 30m cooldown.

Yeah, not that exciting except for warriors who use a lot of Tablets. I think the reasoning behind making it 30mins is so that the market for them doesn't vanish overnight, otherwise every warrior would go for that ability first in the PA trees.

[Rakash]

Finally fishing and survival!
Been waiting for a looong time for this

[Slipmat]

Meh, bad timing by Trion to drop this Update on the PTS on the biggest day of the year for us Paddies

Did do a quick snoop, tried the fishing...love the idea of when the fish bites you can just click anywhere on your screen, no more keeping your pointer on a bobber

Only leveled it up to 24 or so but seems most zones have new NPC's that offer you quests where you can turn in high level fish for new "rep" marks for the Faction in that zone, like Gloamwood rep, Ember Isle rep etc



Fishing at low levels can also fish up random crates and stuff, nothing new if you've done fishing before in WoW or other MMO's...



The animation your char does when fishing is good as well, you use the reel now and then, don't just stand there like a tool

[Primalthirst]

Yeah, not that exciting except for warriors who use a lot of Tablets. I think the reasoning behind making it 30mins is so that the market for them doesn't vanish overnight, otherwise every warrior would go for that ability first in the PA trees.

It's a bit of a joke since something that expires on death but has a 30min cooldown is a terrible taunt.

[Fluffygong]

I'm unfamiliar with the use of tents in an MMORPG, my guess would be a portable rested xp area, but no idea. Can anyone inform me please?
Also wondering what sorts of materials seals use to create? I really should download the PTS again.

[Slipmat]

Yay! Guild recruiting tab!

Still a work in progress, can't click on anything yet, but here's a rough idea of what it will do

[Fencers]

Still, fuck fishing. :[

[Acquiesce of Telara]

Wonder if bandages mean cloth prices are going to skyrocket in the near future.

Wasn't all that interested in seeing Fishing and co. join the Rift professions, but if it's enough to help sway other players to come over to Rift for the non-raiding scene, more power to Trion.

Curious to see how long before Rift has it's form of a character biography and personal story, if ever.

[Edge-]

Still a work in progress, can't click on anything yet, but here's a rough idea of what it will do

*snip*

That's pretty much all a guild recruitment tab needs. I'm happy ^_^

[Fencers]

That seems like a nice tool for casual guilds. I like having the option.