Rift 4.4 - Hotfixes

[Slipmat]

This is going to get confusing, two separate Patch notes for both Live and Prime but at least they overlap, sort of, time to try and make sense of them, here's hotfix #1

Live Notes:

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #1 3/14/2018

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

SOULS

CLERIC

PRESETS

* Fixed the Benefactor preset by removing Shaman and Inquisitor abilities from the preset ability bar.

ROGUE

PRESETS

* Fixed the missing melee weapons for new characters choosing the Virtuoso preset.

WARRIOR

BEASTMASTER

* The ability names for Beastmaster summoning have been changed.

CaptainCursor has a story to tell about this...

Nyol the Beastmaster looked upon the warriors of Telara and despaired. Why have so few of the warriors of Telara followed in his path? He sought out his spirit companion in the Realm of the Fae. “Naveer, my faithful companion, you have journeyed with many a beastmaster, you might know their mindset even better than I. Why are there so few of them in the world?”

Naveer stretched and yawned, his saber like teeth flashing white in the bright faetouched sunlight. “It’s because I don’t do much to help them.” The great cat dropped this brutally honest truth on the great soul, and went back to sleep.

“What do you mean you don’t do anything? I remember adventuring with you, you would bite and swipe with your great claws!” Nyol replied, shocked at his former companion.

“Did I tank for you?” Asked the cat pointedly.

“No. I seem to remember doing all that work.”

“Well there you go. I didn’t want to muss up my fur. So I let the monsters hit the warriors. Better they die then I look less than fabulous.” Naveer then fell back asleep.

Nyol fumed as only elves can, his ears turning a bright shade of red in his anger. He went to the nearby stream and grabbed a bucket full of water and ran back to the great sabretooth cat and splashed him while hissing in a bestial manner. Naveer meowed in surprise and shock and jumped up into the nearby tree as Nyol shouted as his former companion. “You WILL help out these great warriors in the mortal realm! Are you saying that a pile of rocks or a pig are more fearsome than you, the great primal cat? Now when you bite a foe, or swipe them you will draw the attention of the monstrous opponents lest my great martial tradition fade from Telara!”

“Fine!” cried Naveer, clearly freaked out, “Just stop throwing water on me. I hate that.” And with a burst of lightning he jumped into the mortal realm and mauled a goblin.

Beastmasters pets have been renamed and given new icons. Now the primal companions have been renamed to “Primal Sabretooth” and the Vicious Companions have been renamed “Vicious Wyvern”. A Primal Sabretooth will do increased threat with its Bite and Claw Swipe abilities. The Claw Swipe will now also include a taunt. The Lesser Primal Companion has been given the Claw Swipe ability as well as the Pounce that were once found only on the Greater Cat. From now on the Sabretooth will be a tank pet, and Beastmaster in dungeons and raids are advised to use their Vicious Wyvern whose abilities are unaffected and should not draw agro.

DUNGEONS & RAIDS

* Increased the drop rate for equipment in normal dungeons and allowed for more free loot rolls for bosses in normal dungeons.

GREENSCALE'S BLIGHT

* Removed mana drain abilities from the raid.

TEMPLE OF ANANKE

* Players should no longer be able to pull Lord Draveneaux out of the fight space.

ZONES & EVENTS

* Zone Event: Saving Lantern Hook: Fixed some NPCs using the incorrect power level, resulting in inflated experience on its death.

SILVERWOOD

* Silverwood has had a number of new carnage quests added to bring it up to parity with Freemarch. 14 of them, in fact!
- If you are a Guardian and have left the zone, it might be worth taking a murder run through that idyllic forest and sweeping up some of this sweet, sweet XP.
- Certain existing carnage quests that asked you to fight legitimately difficult fights, or asked you to go above and beyond the number of targets have had their XP reward increased.
- Alas, without the Cosmic Rhinoceros, you can’t go back and time and redo them.

MERIDIAN

* The Lycini Ambassadors, as well as the Trove and Atlas Reactor promotional quest givers, are now back from their lunch break.

ITEMS

* Common ("white") rarity equippable items are now Bind on Equip.

CRAFTING

APOTHECARY

* The vendor value of crafted fluff consumables has been reduced to 1 silver each

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/general-d...14-2018-a.html

I'll just post the differences between Live and Prime rather than just repeating those that are the exact same

Prime Notes:

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #1 3/14/2018

== PRIME:VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

CARNIVAL OF THE ASCENDED

* There is no formal Carnival of the Ascended on Vigil because... no dragons have been killed yet! However: that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve the chance to spend your hard earned money on party favors or fried butter. Look for a carnivalesque traveler in your home city! (runs March 15, 3:30 PM PT - April 5, 3:30 PM PT)

GENERAL

* Experience gains have been increased from all sources. Thanks for your feedback, and we will continue to monitor gains and adjusted accordingly if needed.
* Increased the rewards for all notoriety and currency bundles in the Prime Daily Reward Calendar!
* The daily quest limit has been increased to 30.
* Twitter integration has been disabled due to crashes - the issue is on Twitter's end and we have been unable to raise a response from them to date. The button will be removed from the UI at a later time.

ZONES & EVENTS

SHIMMERSAND

* Moved some rifts in Tempest Plain that sent a larger than normal amount of invasions to attack Sandaxle Pit.

PVP & WARFRONTS

* The Warfront Equipment Cache now rarely contains a mount! Either the Eldritch Vanguard White Tiger for Defiants or the Noble Guard White Tiger for Guardians.

ITEMS

* Expert gear vendors are now available in Sanctum in the Lodge of the Planes, and in Meridian in the courtyard alcoves.
* Templar Zim in Sanctum and Girdoom in Meridian now offer a full selection of pre-50 PvP gear.
* Sigils of Valor have been renamed Sigils of Primal Valor.
* Any Sigils of Valor acquired from zone events in the first week can now be exchanged for Sigils of Primal Valor at any Commendation Vendor.
* Crafting daily quests now include IRCs as a reward option.
* Fixed an issue that was blocking mounts from dropping in dungeons.

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-prim...ml#post5343309

[Eleccybubb]

Good. The Prime XP buffs across the board are needed.

[Lathais]

Experience gains have been increased from all sources. Thanks for your feedback, and we will continue to monitor gains and adjusted accordingly if needed.

I wish they said by how much. I hope Quests weren't increased too much. It's really nice having tons of people to do group content with and i worry that if Quest XP is buffed too much, many people will level that way entirely and there will not be as many people to do group content with. Far too many people just want to quest to 50 then start playing and that leaves not a lot of people to do lower level content with. Here's hoping they buffed Dungeon/PvP XP by more than they increased Quest XP.

[Slipmat]

The ongoing tweaks to XP continues, it seems Quest XP has been increased by ~3 times, here's a screenshot i took of a level 43 quest in Droughtlands before patch and after patch:

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #2 3/21/2018

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

GENERAL

* Fixed an issue with LFR where it would not let you queue without re-opening the window if you did not have a role selected and then selected a role.
* Fixed a client crash if you attempted to add a planar augment while crafting from your favorites menu.

RIFT STORE & SERVICES

* Mask of the Firebird, Primal Carnival Mask & new level 70 earrings are now available in the Carnival category of the RIFT Store.
* Many Dagger and 1h Axe weapon skins have been added to the shop! Most of these are from the original release of Rift, including some that have never previously been used in game!

SOULS

CLERIC

DEFILER

* The heal from Legendary Aggressive Avarice will now correctly be modified in PvP.

ROGUE

MASTERY

* The heal from Planar Replenishment will now correctly be modified in PvP.

BLADEDANCER

* The heal from Defensive Pose will now correctly be modified in PvP.

WARRIOR

MASTERY

* The heal from Enduring Survival will now correctly be modified in PvP.

PRIMALIST

FARSEER

* Fixed an issue where the guild perk Call of the Ascended was not resetting the Primalist Farseer ability Materialize Soul.

ZONES & EVENTS

* Tuned various NPCs in various rare zone events in Mathosia to prevent them from having too high of a power level.
* Fixed an issue with the Raising Kain zone event (as well as some others), where the event could go on forever.
* Quest: Darkblade: Luthas Darkblade now escapes to fight another day as intended.

IRON PINE PEAKS

* Changed the levels of quests and mobs in Ironpine Peak for the Kain Saga that were out of the enforced level range of the zone.

VOSTIGAR PEAKS

* Fixed a text error in a quest in Vostigar Peaks, and fixed an issue with some VO repeating in A Celestial Tale: The Devil Who Would Be King daily quest.

DUNGEONS & RAIDS

FALL OF LANTERN HOOK

* Reduced the damage dealt by Emberlord Ereetu. However, he will now cast abilities even while being kited.

IRON TOMB

* Quest: Source of the Control: Fixed the issue with the Rune Covered Chest where it was useable only once. Also fixed the map locator for the quest objective.

CRAFTING

* Higher level crafting dailies once again offer Grandmaster Marks as a reward option.

UI & SETTINGS

* Completed quests that are not turned in at an NPC are now prioritized over others in the UI popup for completed quests. This will make it so if you have reached the maximum amount of completed daily quests you can still complete other quests!
* The UI for Twitter Connect has now been removed.
* Fixed an issue where the UI would display the incorrect currency type upon attempting to purchase certain items

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/general-d...ml#post5345886

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #2 3/21/2018

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

GENERAL

* Implemented several Back-end adjustments to attempt to help with ability lag.
* QUEST EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN DRASTICALLY INCREASED! The exact percentage of the increase varies by level range, but is substantial-- about 3x overall!
* Changing your wardrobe should no longer unlock the Embroidered Cloth items for that slot.
* Fixed a client crash if you attempted to add a planar augment while crafting from your favorites menu.

SOULS

SOUL GIFTS

In our ongoing balance efforts, we have disabled the soul gift bonus damage for Mystic Archers, Saboteurs & Runeshapers. We will continue to track how these souls are performing, and adjust accordingly. Thanks for all the feedback!

CLERIC

DEFILER

* The heal from Legendary Aggressive Avarice will now correctly be modified in PvP.

ROGUE

MASTERY

* The heal from Planar Replenishment will now correctly be modified in PvP.

BLADEDANCER

* The heal from Defensive Pose will now correctly be modified in PvP.

WARRIOR

MASTERY

* The heal from Enduring Survival will now correctly be modified in PvP.

ZONES & EVENTS

* Tuned various NPCs in various rare zone events in Mathosia to prevent them from having too high of a power level.
* Fixed an issue with the Raising Kain zone event (as well as some others), where the event could go on forever.
* Quest: Darkblade: Luthas Darkblade now escapes to fight another day as intended.
* Quest: Nestor's Bones: This quest now scales to the level of the zone they are found in on Prime servers, just like Ascended do.

IRON PINE PEAKS

* Changed the levels of quests and mobs in Ironpine Peak for the Kain Saga that were out of the enforced level range of the zone.

DUNGEONS & RAIDS

* Bosses in expert dungeons now deal more damage and have more HP.
* Reduced the drop rate for costume bundles and mounts in dungeons

ABYSSAL PRECIPICE

* Bosses now deal less damage.

CHARMER'S CALDERA

* Bosses now deal less damage.

FALL OF LANTERN HOOK

* Reduced the damage dealt by Emberlord Ereetu. However, he will now cast abilities even while being kited.
* Bosses now deal less damage.

IRON TOMB

* Quest: Source of the Control: Fixed the issue with the Rune Covered Chest where it was useable only once. Also fixed the map locator for the quest objective.
* The three kings will no longer reduce the outgoing damage of players to 0.

UI & SETTINGS

* Completed quests that are not turned in at an NPC are now prioritized over others in the UI popup for completed quests. This will make it so if you have reached the maximum amount of completed daily quests you can still complete other quests!
* The UI for Twitter Connect has now been removed.
* Fixed an issue where the UI would display the incorrect currency type upon attempting to purchase certain items.

ITEMS
* The Expert Gear merchants have returned, with more appropriately priced items. The expert currency Primal Mark of Ascension can be earned in Expert Dungeons as part of personal loot.
* Fixed an issue where the stats for some of Notoriety trinkets were not matching their calling or were a couple points under where they should be.
* Gear drops from expert dungeons were over-tuned, and have had their iLvl slightly reduced.

PVP & WARFRONTS

* Zarbog assassins on Prime Servers are now locally sourced. Their level should match the level max of Freemarch if/when encountered there

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/general-d...ml#post5345887

[Lathais]

Holy crap. My que times went from instant to about an hour after the last increase. Low level dungeons will probably be dead now that people don't need to run them. Oh well.

[Puupi]

Holy crap. My que times went from instant to about an hour after the last increase. Low level dungeons will probably be dead now that people don't need to run them. Oh well.

My queue times are still instant.

[Slipmat]

Seems there was an issue with Expert Dungeons not dropping loot properly so Shards got taken down for 3hrs earlier, all seems ok now.

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #3 3/22/2018

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

PVP AND WARFRONTS

* Fixed an issue with player teleports that could cause players to be sent to unpredictable locations in Warfronts.

DUNGEONS AND RAIDS

* Expert dungeon bosses are once again dropping gear!

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-prim...ml#post5346342

[Slipmat]

Some Souls at low levels were deemed to be just a bit OP by the 'powers that be' at Trion, hope you weren't playing one of these classes.

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #4 3/29/2018

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

CARNIVAL OF THE ASCENDED

* The cosmetic items Primal Carnival Mask and Mask of the Firebird are now set to properly auto-consume upon purchase.

RIFT STORE & SERVICES

* Storm Cells can now be found in the Rift Store as a limited purchase item (Equipment > Upgrade Parts. Cost is 5,000 Legion Datagrams.

SOULS

MAGE

MYSTIC ARCHER

* Fixed the abilities Path of Stone, Path of Air, and Leyline Traversal to be blocked when carrying a flag in warfronts.

ROGUE

SABOTEUR

* Fixed the followings talents which could occasionally not be granted to players despite them being taken. Combat arming, Bombs Away, and Exit Strategy. Please note that in the vast majority of cases these talents functioned as intended.

WARRIOR

PALADIN

* Fixed a bug where shield of the hero would not grant its 30% healing buff.

ZONES & EVENTS

* Fixed an issue in Mathosia where Expert Lures could be used at raid rift tears.

GLOAMWOOD

* Fixed some of the Gloamwood quest flow.

IRON PINE PEAKS

* Changed the mob level of some of the character sagas that were above the level of the zone.
* Raid rift tears will no longer spawn in the zone.
* Quest: A Meeting of Interest: Fixed an issue with the Abyssal Cultist Disguise expiring after being used.

SCARWOOD REACH

*Quest: Among the Endless: Fixed an issue with the Cultist Uniform Piece disguise expiring after being used.
* Reduced the Experience rewards from Trophy Hunt quests in Scarwood Reach.

SHIMMERSAND

* Fixed the unnatural rate of invasion spawns in zone events.

STILLMOOR

* Fixed the unnatural rate of invasion spawns in zone events.
* Zone Event: Eye for an Eye: Fixed an issue where Gogalab the Poxbringer would sometimes not spawn at the end if players successfully completed the Shadestone objective.

STONEFIELD

* The Bones of Nestor will now stay close to the body they came from rather than participating in a Weekend at Bernie’s style adventure across Stonefield

DUNGEONS & RAIDS

THE FALL OF LANTERN HOOK

* Pyromaster Cortinald’s Cinder Burst can now be properly interrupted.

PVP & WARFRONTS
* Added leaderboards for Ghar Station Eyn and Blighted Antechamber.

CRAFTING

* Gathering dailies for skill level 451+ now offer the appropriate amount of crafting marks.

ITEMS

* Non-dungeon currencies are no longer boosted by the Dungeon Veteran bonus. This includes crafting marks, favor, and planarite.
* Slightly increased drop rate of Storm Cells.
* Decreased the Captured Intel costs of a number of items.

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/general-d...ml#post5347667

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #4 3/29/2018

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

GENERAL

* Fixed a display issue where the client displayed you received more loot than you actually did. This in particular refers to the calendar reward of Planarite.

SOULS

* Gifts have been restored for Mystic Archers, Saboteurs & Runeshapers!

CLERIC

DEFILER

* Aggressive Avarice has had its damage greatly reduced

RUNESHAPER

* Rune of Smiting has had its damage greatly reduced

SENTINEL

* Wrathful Exuberance has had its damage greatly reduced

MAGE

MYSTIC ARCHER

* Fixed the abilities Path of Stone, Path of Air, and Leyline Traversal to be blocked when carrying a flag in warfronts.
* Elemental Barrage has had its damage greatly reduced.

ROGUE

SABOTEUR

* Fixed the followings talents which could occasionally not be granted to players despite them being taken. Combat arming, Bombs Away, and Exit Strategy. Please note that in the vast majority of cases these talents functioned as intended.
* Fragmentation Sticky Bomb has had its damage somewhat reduced.

WARRIOR

PALADIN

* Fixed a bug where shield of the hero would not grant its 30% healing buff.

ZONES & EVENTS

* Fixed an issue in Mathosia where Expert Lures could be used at raid rift tears.

GLOAMWOOD

* Removed more of those pesky Primalist Trainers.
* Fixed some of the Gloamwood quest flow.

IRON PINE PEAKS

* Changed the mob level of some of the character sagas that were above the level of the zone.
* Raid rift tears will no longer spawn in the zone.
* Quest: A Meeting of Interest: Fixed an issue with the Abyssal Cultist Disguise expiring after being used.

SCARWOOD REACH

*Quest: Among the Endless: Fixed an issue with the Cultist Uniform Piece disguise expiring after being used.
* Reduced the Experience rewards from Trophy Hunt quests in Scarwood Reach.

SHIMMERSAND

* Fixed the unnatural rate of invasion spawns in zone events.

STILLMOOR

* Fixed the unnatural rate of invasion spawns in zone events.
* Zone Event: Eye for an Eye: Fixed an issue where Gogalab the Poxbringer would sometimes not spawn at the end if players successfully completed the Shadestone objective.

STONEFIELD

* The Bones of Nestor will now stay close to the body they came from rather than participating in a Weekend at Bernie’s style adventure across Stonefield

DUNGEONS & RAIDS

THE FALL OF LANTERN HOOK

* Pyromaster Cortinald’s Cinder Burst can now be properly interrupted.

PVP & WARFRONTS

* Adjustments have been made to the bolstering values for level 50 brackets on Prime enabled servers.
* 10-40 brackets required more female Dwarven beard sacrifices than we had in stock. Updates to them should land with the next update.
* More adjustments in the works.
* Level 50 Warfront caches should now properly contain gear.

ITEMS

* Over leveled Expert dungeon gear from prior to last week’s reduction in iLvl has been retroactively reduced in iLvl to bring it into line with the current gear drops.
* Fixed an issue causing certain items that should not be Bind on Equip to now properly be Bind on Pickup.
* Non-dungeon currencies are no longer boosted by the Dungeon Veteran bonus. This includes crafting marks, favor, and planarite.
* A number of Wardrobe Bundles that were missing the auction tag have been fixed so that they can more easily be found in the Auction House (Armor > Costume).

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/general-d...ml#post5347667

[Slipmat]

Looks like the Prime server is getting some hardware updates right now, all in Hotfix #5

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #5 4/4/2018

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

DUNGEONS & RAIDS

REALM OF THE FAE: EXPERT

* Grand Apiarist Orban: Fixed an issue where players could force Orban into a broken state.

FOUL CASCADE: EXPERT

* Countess Surin Skenobar: Reduced the damage dealt.

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/general-d...ml#post5349399

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #5 4/4/2018

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

Update on the Team Note from last week:

Ability Performance Issues

Last week’s changes have helped – It’s happening less often, and affecting fewer people when it does. Progress! This week, we’re moving on to the part where we discussed moving more hardware into the Prime cluster. That will be happening during this update’s downtime.

High End PvP Healing

As we mentioned in last week’s note, we didn’t have a way to rush out a solution that wouldn’t negatively impact other parts of the game. Expect an update here next week.

Disabled Abilities & Class Balance

You all noticed these came on in last week’s update, following the Prime Only balance adjustments. General class balance remains a topic we’re still keeping an eye out on, as we do want to make sure that no entire roles are underperforming, and there are plenty of effective options inside of each role that fit the way you want to play.

DUNGEONS & RAIDS

REALM OF THE FAE: EXPERT
* Grand Apiarist Orban: Fixed an issue where players could force Orban into a broken state.

FOUL CASCADE: EXPERT

* Countess Surin Skenobar: Reduced the damage dealt.

ITEMS

* Battle Shirt is now a shirt. I don’t know what that was a boot.

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-prim...ml#post5349397

[Lathais]

Looks like the Prime server is getting some hardware updates right now, all in Hotfix #5

Hopefully, that will help with the horrid lag I get. They say they've made improvements, but so far, every "improvement" has made things worse for me. Probably something else entirely that made it worse for me, but it still feels like it ran flawlessly the first couple days, when I was in the most crowded zones and there was a que I had not issues while others were complaining of them. Then, as they fixed stuff, I started to have problems. Problems so bad it makes it unplayable at times and has discouraged me from even logging in the past 2-3 days. Guess I'll give it another go, again. How many chances am I going to give these guys?

[Eleccybubb]

Hopefully, that will help with the horrid lag I get. They say they've made improvements, but so far, every "improvement" has made things worse for me. Probably something else entirely that made it worse for me, but it still feels like it ran flawlessly the first couple days, when I was in the most crowded zones and there was a que I had not issues while others were complaining of them. Then, as they fixed stuff, I started to have problems. Problems so bad it makes it unplayable at times and has discouraged me from even logging in the past 2-3 days. Guess I'll give it another go, again. How many chances am I going to give these guys?

To be fair the ability lag should have been fixed sooner.

Waiting a million years to cast Splinter Shot is not fun.

Although my main issue is lacking the motivation to play. Plus any friends I had playing kind of stopped at 50 citing all they were doing was Expert Dungeons for the most part.

Be it 20-30/40 on my Guardian or 40-50 on my Defiant.

[Edge-]

So before I form an opinion...what's going on with disabled abilities? Because that sounds concerning from the outside, but not sure what that actually means in terms of the Prime server.

[Eleccybubb]

So before I form an opinion...what's going on with disabled abilities? Because that sounds concerning from the outside, but not sure what that actually means in terms of the Prime server.

A few Mystic Archer abilities were disabled up until a few days ago.

Barrage was one of them I know that but I don't have it unlocked since I'm going to unlock Arbiter first on Mage if I ever get back to levelling it.

[Edge-]

A few Mystic Archer abilities were disabled up until a few days ago.

Barrage was one of them I know that but I don't have it unlocked since I'm going to unlock Arbiter first on Mage if I ever get back to levelling it.

Gotcha, so not really too bad. That's good.

It's just concerning to read when everything I keep seeing gives me the impression that Trion is flying by the seat of their pants and either can't or is choosing not to really sit down and do some serious longer term planning for the server and provide a bit of a roadmap for players so they know what to expect and what's coming.

[justinhalfout]

There were a lot of expectations riding on this particular patch, specially with it being the one right before the end of the first month, for many the patch and it's content was a glimpse on whether Trion could actually deliver and the deciding factor on whether they would stay subbed or not, many others gave up a long time ago.

I'm sure the usual culprits will be along to tell us to stop doom mongering and that everything is fine but I have a feeling there won't be that many people left on the 8th of this month and the server will slowly dwindle in numbers to be comparable to Live.

They could of course partially stop the inevitable haemorrhage with better communication, a roadplan of sorts and quicker reaction to the issues but Trion being Trion, well...

[supersnap]

I'm sure the usual culprits will be along to tell us to stop doom mongering and that everything is fine but I have a feeling there won't be that many people left on the 8th of this month and the server will slowly dwindle in numbers to be comparable to Live.

It was very noticeable when those 15 day vouchers ran out. Personally I am going to finish the first raid instance at least.

[Lathais]

There were a lot of expectations riding on this particular patch, specially with it being the one right before the end of the first month, for many the patch and it's content was a glimpse on whether Trion could actually deliver and the deciding factor on whether they would stay subbed or not, many others gave up a long time ago.

I'm sure the usual culprits will be along to tell us to stop doom mongering and that everything is fine but I have a feeling there won't be that many people left on the 8th of this month and the server will slowly dwindle in numbers to be comparable to Live.

They could of course partially stop the inevitable haemorrhage with better communication, a roadplan of sorts and quicker reaction to the issues but Trion being Trion, well...

I think next month will be the most telling, not this month. If they don't have the T1 raids out by the end of the second month, I think a large portion of people who bought primogenator packs and didn't share their codes will be disappearing.

In addition to that, we HAVE sen some decent improvements over this first month. The quest XP fixes have been applauded by most and they have been doing some balancing. Hopefully, in this next month they really work out those balance issues and get the first tier out. If not, it almost certainly spells Game Over for Prime.

[Eleccybubb]

I think next month will be the most telling, not this month. If they don't have the T1 raids out by the end of the second month, I think a large portion of people who bought primogenator packs and didn't share their codes will be disappearing.

In addition to that, we HAVE sen some decent improvements over this first month. The quest XP fixes have been applauded by most and they have been doing some balancing. Hopefully, in this next month they really work out those balance issues and get the first tier out. If not, it almost certainly spells Game Over for Prime.

Nah don't worry. Trion will just claim it's a success based off initial numbers rather than long term numbers.

[Slipmat]

A nice, big, chunky update to Prime activates more Expert Dungeons, both of the Sagas for Defiants and Guardians, Port Scion returns and plenty of Class/Souls adjustments, all in Hotfix #6

Live:

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #6 4/11/2018

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

GENERAL

* Creating a guild through the UI now costs one platinum, making it the same price as a guild creation scroll.
* Fixed an issue with level boosting potions not always awarding the proper amount of experience to boost you to the intended level.

SOULS

MAGE

FROSTKEEPER

* The threat generated from Earthen Rapport has been reduced.
* Players and pets can now only have 1 stack of a Frostkeeper barrier on them at a time.

ROGUE

RIFTSTALKER

* The cooldown for Rift Disturbance has been removed. Damage has been slightly reduced but threat has been increased.

WARRIOR

PALADIN

* The cooldown for Sweeping Strike has been removed. Damage has been slightly reduced but threat has been increased.
* Increased the threat to the following abilities: Light’s Vengeance, Light’s Reprisal, and Vengeful Decree.

VOID KNIGHT

* The cooldown for Tempest has been removed. Damage has been slightly reduced but threat has been increased.
* Increased the threat to the following abilities: Ragestorm, Unstable Reacion, and Discharge.

DUNGEONS & RAIDS

BASTION OF STEEL

* Fixed an ending issue for Vindicator MK1’s “Burning Ground” where it could affect players outside of the instance under rare circumstances

THE FALL OF LANTERN HOOK

* Fixed a bug where Pyromaster Cortilnald would go taunt immune.

ZONES & EVENTS

DROUGHTLANDS

* Zone Event: Saving Lantern Hook: Fixed an issue with the health scaling for Tarthak the Immolator.
* Quest: In the Image of My Enemy: Fixed an issue with the Dragonian disguise expiring immediately

PVP & WARFRONTS

* Bolstering for Warfronts in the 10-50 range now use the same type of bolstering as 50+ Warfronts. Please post feedback or any bugs encountered with the new system on the forums.

CRAFTING

APOTHECARY

* Missing apothecary recipes have returned!

SURVIVALISTS

* The Planar Cane reagent has been removed, and any remaining in game are now grey items. The Sugar recipe has also been removed. Sugar can be purchased directly from reagent vendors or the store for 5p

Prime:

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #6 4/11/2018

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

== FEATURE UNLOCKS! ==

Note: These will unlock at 9 AM PDT.

THE BATTLE FOR PORT SCION

Everyone’s favorite Warfront has come to Prime!

MORE EXPERT DUNGEONS

Expert versions of the following dungeons are now available: Abyssal Precipice, Charmer’s Caldera, Deepstrike Mines, and Runic Descent!

EPIC QUEST CHAINS

The Life and Death Sagas are now active!

== GAME UPDATE ==

GENERAL

* Creating a guild through the UI now costs one platinum, making it the same price as a guild creation scroll.

UI & SETTINGS

* Fixed an issue with the suggested Hit value being incorrect.

SOULS

MAGE

FROSTKEEPER

* The threat generated from Earthen Rapport has been reduced.
* Players and pets can now only have 1 stack of a Frostkeeper barrier on them at a time.
* Healing procced by Earthen Barrier has been reduced.

ROGUE

RIFTSTALKER

* The cooldown for Rift Disturbance has been removed. Damage has been slightly reduced but threat has been increased.

WARRIOR

CHAMPION

* Slightly increased damage of Mighty Blow.
* Moderately increased the damage of Titan’s Strike.
* Greatly increased the damage of Bladefury.

PALADIN

* The cooldown for Sweeping Strike has been removed. Damage has been slightly reduced but threat has been increased.
* Fixed an issue where when using Shield of the Hero, auto-attacks would do zero damage.
* Increased the threat to the following abilities: Light’s Vengeance, Light’s Reprisal, and Vengeful Decree.

PARAGON

* Increased the damage of Shifting Blades.
* Greatly increased the damage of Way of the Wind.
* Slightly increased the damage of Deadly Parity.

VOID KNIGHT

* The cooldown for Tempest has been removed. Damage has been slightly reduced but threat has been increased.
* Increased the threat to the following abilities: Ragestorm, Unstable Reacion, and Discharge.

DUNGEONS & RAIDS

* The drop rate of mounts from dungeon bosses has been increased.

ABYSSAL PRECIPICE

* Caylx the Ancient deals less damage.

CHARMER'S CALDERA

* Smouldaron: Deals a bit less damage.
* Cyclorax: Deals slightly less damage.
* Ryka Dharvos: Deals moderately less damage.
* Caelia the Stormtouched: Deals less damage.

THE FALL OF LANTERN HOOK

* Fixed a bug where Pyromaster Cortilnald would go taunt immune.

ZONES & EVENTS

DROUGHTLANDS

* Zone Event: Saving Lantern Hook: Fixed an issue with the health scaling for Tarthak the Immolator.
* Quest: In the Image of My Enemy: Fixed an issue with the Dragonian disguise expiring immediately

PVP & WARFRONTS

* Bolstering for Warfronts in the 10-50 range now use the same type of bolstering as 50+ Warfronts. Please post feedback or any bugs encountered with the new system on the forums.

CRAFTING

APOTHECARY

* Missing apothecary recipes have returned!

SURVIVALISTS

* The Planar Cane reagent has been removed, and any remaining in game are now grey items. The Sugar recipe has also been removed. Sugar can be purchased directly from reagent vendors or the store for 5p

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-prim...ml#post5350658

[Slipmat]

Here we go, first Raids for Prime are now available, 10-man Slivers Gilded Prophecy and Drowned Halls are out as well as another Expert, DD.

Live:

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #7 4/18/2018

== LIVE SERVER NOTES ==

GENERAL

* Fixed an issue that caused the daily calendar to not show the proper rewards gained in certain cases.
* Fixed an issue causing the ignore system to not work.
* The Ironpine Peaks quest “Dabbling in the Forbidden” is now available at level 35.
* Fixed the issue where players running in mixed-faction groups were unable to complete Damming the Stream.

ITEMS

* Blighted Riftstalker Crystal – The four piece set bonus has been changed due to the removal of the cooldown to Rift Disturbance. Now increases the damage of Rift Disturbance by 50.
* Blighted Saboteur Crystal – The four piece set bonus has been changed due to the abilities it was affecting no longer exist. Now increases the damage of Satchel Charge by 25.

CRAFTING

The button to directly open the crafting merchant for sub-component purchases has returned!
Heroic Brightsurge Vial is no longer sold for Artisan Marks. It is a random drop in Expert Iron Tomb.

PVP AND WARFRONTS

* Changed the text in The Codex and Blighted Antechamber ‘Assault’ objectives to ‘Capture’ objective for clarification

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/general-d...ml#post5351540

Prime:

RIFT 4.4: Hotfix #7 4/18/2018

== PRIME: VIGIL PATCH NOTES ==

VIGIL CONTENT PROGRESSION UPDATES:

* Darkening Deeps Expert: Released!

THE SLIVERS HAVE COME!

Gilded Prophecy and Drowned Halls, our first 10-man Slivers. Released!

Ascended, these challenging slivers are now open and ready to be conquered by your hand! Rally your forces and let fly! Best of all, both Drowned Halls and Gilded Prophecy are available through the Looking for Raid (LFR) system on Prime!

* Entering a sliver via LFR will not trigger a raid lockout.
* Entering a sliver through LFR as a pre-made 10-player party will trigger a raid lockout, as would manually entering the zone. Raid progress will be saved via lockout.
* Loot in both slivers will utilize Individual Reward Charges, plus a chance at additional special cosmetic items dropped by bosses. The whisper on the winds tells us that some new costume sets are available through slivers!

Additional PRIME: Vigil notes

* The drop rate of mounts from PvP chests has been reduced. Sorry, the stables overrunneth and nobody wanted poop-shoveling duty!
* Bosses in Expert Dungeons now have a chance to drop weapon skin wardrobe caches!

GENERAL

* The Ironpine Peaks quest “Dabbling in the Forbidden” is now available at level 35.
* Fixed the issue where players running in factionally mixed groups were unable to complete Damming the Stream. All we are saying, is give peace a chance... sing it now!
* Fixed an issue with weekly sliver and raid quests being available before their respective content is live. We have learned to put the cart BEHIND the horse.
* Fixed an issue that caused the daily calendar to not show the proper rewards gained, in certain cases.
* Fixed an issue causing the ignore system to not work. That would be a tragic issue indeed. We all love peace in our time.

ITEMS

* Blighted Riftstalker Crystal – The four piece set bonus has been changed due to the removal of the cooldown of Rift Disturbance. Now increases the damage of Rift Disturbance by 50.
* Blighted Saboteur Crystal – The four piece set bonus has been changed due to the abilities it was affecting no longer exist. Now increases the damage of Satchel Charge by 25.

CRAFTING

* The button to directly open the crafting merchant for sub-component purchases has returned!
* Heroic Brightsurge Vial is no longer sold for Artisan Marks. It is a random drop in Expert Iron Tomb.

PVP AND WARFRONTS

* Adjusted damage taken such that people don't explode quite as rapidly in all Warfronts.
* Changed the text in The Codex and Blighted Antechamber ‘Assault’ objectives to ‘Capture’ objective for clarification.

Port Scion:

* Disabled old legacy Port Scion achievements from triggering on Prime.
* Fixed an issue blocking quests from spawning within Port Scion on Prime.

RIFT ON!

Source: http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-prim...ml#post5351542