Rift 3.1 - Hotfixes

[Lathais]

Still waiting on multi-core support -_-

This is silly. It is nearly impossible for this to happen. You've been saying it for a long time too. Even WoW, which has been multi-threaded, still has one primary thread that must be run on a single core. This is because everything in that thread must happen in a specific order. This is why an intel Pentium G3258, which is a dual core chip that can be had for ~$60 will outperform top end AMD chips with 8 cores that cost over $150, in MMOs. It's individual cores are stronger than AMDs individual cores. Even in the AMD chip, 1-2 cores are doing all the work so stronger individual cores are better.

MMOs are just this way. They have to take the data they receive from the server and process it in a specific order. If it is not processed in order, you get other, much larger issues. Multi-core support is not the answer. Optimizing that thread is, however it's doubtful they can do much more than they have.

As Slipmat said, DX12 is rumored to have some effect on this, though even that is currently in hot debate by some. I do not think it will help MMOs much because it alleviates GPU stress by moving it to the CPU. The stress in most MMOs is not on the GPU but the CPU, so it won't do much. They will also have to add DX12 support into the game for it to make any difference at all.

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You do realise that... etc

Is Trion going to improve the game graphics or CPU usage in that regard, are you sure ?

You should tell them to present a detailed plan for this major transition, but, will they even try ?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan_(API)

[Slipmat]

Not a joke entry in sight, thought we'd get at least one April Fool's note in Hotfix # 10

RIFT 3.1: Hotfix #10 4/1/2015

NA: 4/1/15 7:30 AM PDT
EU: 4/2/15 1:00 AM GMT

GENERAL

* Minions: Fix Archaelogist Herim’s tooltip to correctly show the number of missions he attracts.
* Added a Minions category when giving feedback.


RIFT STORE AND SERVICES

* The base level 65 equipment that drops from Levitate Supply Crates is now flagged Bound to Account! This will retroactively apply to the first upgrades awarded from equipment dropped in previous Nightmare Tide Supply Crates and Troves.
* Weekly Patron Gifts have been updated to include a Levitate Supply Crate.


SOULS

CLERIC

MASTERIES

* Fixed an issue causing the Meditation mastery's bonus cleanse to display a stack counter if the user repeatedly cleansed their target.


MAGE

CHLOROMANCER

* Mental Cynosure: The bonus cleanse can no longer erroneously activate itself.
* Mental Cynosure: Fixed a bug allowing the bonus cleanse to trigger on AoE cleanses as well as single-target cleanses.


ZONES AND EVENTS

DRAUMHEIM

* Quest: The following level 65 Chronicle daily quests can now be shared: All About Greenscale, Checkmate, Another Fate, A Soul in Need, and Casting Shadows.

DRAUMHEIM: RAID RIFT: THE DARKEST MAGIC

* In the Rabbit phase, one additional rabbit will always spawn, instead of a chance between zero and two.
* The cast time for Chasing Cottontail has been increased by two seconds.
* Entering the Rift when the Nightmare Delusion is active will give players a temporary immunity to Psychic Pain.
* Reduced the damage of Night Terrors.
* Players now have four seconds to avoid Lograr’s Draining Terror.
* Reduced the health of Lograr, Silenek, and the Shadows of Silenek.


ITEMS

* Fixed an issue causing the Icezerker proc to interact with some buffs after its duration or charge limit had expired.

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/general-d...-1-2015-a.html

[Edge-]

AWww, weekly patron gifts get upgraded just as my patron status ends.

Oh well.

[Slipmat]

If you like playing a Shaman build as a Cleric, good news for you then with hotfix #11

RIFT 3.1: Hotfix #11 4/8/2015

NA: 4/8/15 7:30 AM PDT
EU: 4/9/15 1:00 AM GMT

SOULS

CLERIC


INQUISITOR
* Radical Colaescence: Fixed a bug that could cause this ability to fail to provide the Fanaticism buff if it was cast while the user already had 4 stacks of Life and Death Concord
Zealotry: Fixed a bug that caused this ability to only lose stacks on the first three critical hits when both Fanaticism and Radical Coalescence were used consecutively.
- Zealotry will now always subtract a stack when an ability critically hits while Zealotry is present on the caster.

SHAMAN

* Courage of the Panther: The damage increase effect is now a 14% damage buff, up from 10%.
* Cold Blooded: Now provides a 4% increase to damage dealt per talent point spent in this talent, up from 3% per talent point.
* Deep Freeze:
- Now has a 30 meter range.
- Now requires an enemy target to be cast.
- Now affects 5 targets-- your target and 4 others-- in a 10 meter radius around the primary target, changed from 50 targets in a 7 meter radius around the caster.
- These changes allow Deep Freeze to be used more consistently on large enemies in PvE content, and eliminate some edge cases where it could have an outsized impact in chokepoints on PvP maps


WARRIOR

REAVER

* Dire Corruption, Power Leech, and Flesh Rot are now classified as a diseases and as such can be cleansed.

ROGUE

MARKSMAN

* Strafe: Increased damage done to correct the reduction in damage from a previous hotfix.


ZONES AND EVENTS

DRAUMHEIM

* ZE: The Ravenous Devourer:
- Ojingeodon now takes longer to kill fish for the failure objective in Phase 1.
- The player objective in Phase 1 has been lowered to 60.


ITEMS

* Items with powerful procs now trigger their abilities’ internal cooldowns when equipped.

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/general-d...-8-2015-a.html

[Lazuli]

That's why you play Rift with at least an i5 for strong single core use I guess.

I am guessing if they could have optimized the game in any meaningful way they would have already.