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    The RIFT beta continues this weekend with the next beta event, Planar War, which is set to begin Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM PST (18:00 GMT), and run through 10:00 AM (18:00 GMT) on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011.

    If you were in Beta 5, you should be getting a confirmation email that Beta 6 is available to you. Emails are slow going out, but they are coming. If you played in Beta 5 you should be getting an invite for Beta 6. Once you see your email, login and patch up, it's about 165 megs.

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    Server:Wolfsbane
    Faction: Defiant
    Guild: Giant Communist Robots

    If you want to be a guild officer at launch, we can always use volunteers. It's mainly for maintenance, etc and not prestige. All members can accept/turn in guild requests, officers will have a few additional abilities like invites/demoting, etc. If someone wants to specifically be in charge of Raids for end game content and has experience doing this, speak up. I have zero desire to handle Raid content and want someone with a passion for it. People with alpha or beta experience tend to be best for this kind of thing and I prefer the LotRO method of running a guild which is high on help/fun and low on stupid/drama.
    Feb 03, 2011 5:02pm PST
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    The RIFT beta continues this weekend with the next beta event, Planar War, which is set to begin Friday, : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!

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      So are they only doing these event betas or is there more continual access for pre-orders? : byorn
      • Beta 6 this weekend and then Beta 7 after that. That's it. Pre-launch starts the 24th. : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
      • there is a continual access which are their alpha players. So you have to be a special someone someone t... : JuffoWupThis person is cool!
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      Seems as if the WoW guild on Mal'Gayness is hittin gthe stupid/drama part. Lots of elitest jerks that re... : Rigor Morts
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        I want to make sure everyone here understands this: I will absolutely not tolerate this bullshit. If peop... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
        • Also, no one died and made me God. If you guys want someone else to be GM, that's fine as well. : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
        • More info plz :D : NinjaGamerGirl
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          lol : ghost in my shellThis person is cool!
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            I'm not sure what you find funny about this. First and foremost, Shacker's should look out for and be hel... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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              He's laughing because I responded to the wrong post :P I'm more of a raider, so if I do end up playing Ri... : NinjaGamerGirl
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                Raiding is all fine and good, some people play the game just for that. I get that. And I fully expect peo... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
                • Glad we can be a model. : trOmblyj
            • 1. he's not talking about gcr 2. with progression raids and first kills in wow if you think even one per... : mwasher
            • Like a finely tuned well oiled paramilitary organization with a hardcore zero defect tolerance policy tow... : massdev
      • I think WoW is too far along now to have the casual and harcore mix. : byorn
      • what? : mwasher
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        We always ask in guild if we have an open slot so I am not sure what the fuck is going on here. : Evil Benius
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          maybe "Lots" was a bit of a stretch, but they are there, just natural progression of this kind of stuff i... : Rigor Morts
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            can you clarify what you are talking about? : mwasher
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              Yea, i'm kind of confused with this statement. : NinjaGamerGirl
              • WOW Side Story. : massdev
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              I am talking about exactly what I said in my re: There are members of the guild, all guilds for that m... : Rigor Morts
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                Probably because it was obvious who was being called out and we are not sure where that feeling was comin... : Evil Benius
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                  My post was a general reply to a fellow MMO'er who is expecting no drama and elitism in his guild. It wa... : Rigor Morts
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                    There are no politics involved. The fact is 10 people organized together, succeeded in downing a bunch o... : mwasher
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                      Wouldn't having 10 people knowing wtf is going and how to setup each raid actually help future raids? : massdev
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                        ^ this, as well as people who have run lower content....this was my point as raiding is a different story... : Rigor Morts
                        • so you are upset that higher geared people are not running lower content? i am completely confused about... : mwasher
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                      haha, no tantrum, as i stated above i have no interest in being that hardcore. Get off you fucking high ... : Rigor Morts
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                        I asked for simple clarification on a post you made and you begin to act like a child. Yet we're the... : mwasher
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                          Are you not reading? No one fucked up my experience in the guild. I blame no one, it is just something t... : Rigor Morts
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                            I responded to the elitest jerks comment. If I am wrong about you want, then please clarify as I have ... : mwasher
                            • you want what you meant : mwasher
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                              elistest jerks refers a group that is "elite" ...you know, like the elitest jerks that do all the videos ... : Rigor Morts
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                                "Lots of elitest jerks that refuse to run with other shackers" What EJ guild members have you been try... : mwasher
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                                  Used it in reference to the people in the shack guild who feel they are "too elite" to run with undergear... : Rigor Morts
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                                    and I asked who those people are : mwasher
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                                      I am not naming names, nor be forced to...as I my aim was not to offend or call people out. I think yo... : Rigor Morts
                                      • - I : Rigor Morts
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                                        So pretty much you just came here knowingly making drama and then when asked for proof this is your excus... : Evil Benius
                                        • he did say he was a troll. self awareness is the first step in being in our elitest raiding group. : mwasher
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                                          I find it humorous that you guys went ape shit nuts on a simple reply to a Rift thread discussing guilds,... : Rigor Morts
                                          • The righteous are never guilty. : massdev
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                              http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=elitist%20jerks : Rigor Morts
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                                http://www.shackpics.com/files/jerks_m8908ddj3wmj97og88nl.jpg : mwasher
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                                  I would put that in paint and circle in red and put arrows to asshole, but that would be childish : Rigor Morts
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                                    childish is also making vague comments about people you deem to be elitest jerks, but not being willing t... : mwasher
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                                      WOW is serious business, apparently I'm sorry you feel this way, but I view differently, as I think it... : Rigor Morts
                                      • hahaha best post of the night : mwasher
              • No one expects the mumble imposition! : massdev
              • ARG SO ANGRY!!! RAWR : NinjaGamerGirl
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                I am confused what you are so upset about. Should we get mad at Blizzard for not letting us have 11 peop... : mwasher
                • entitled PC gamer! : massdev
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                  I am confused on why you think I am upset, and why you care so much? : Rigor Morts
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                    Why did you care enough about the future of Rift to post in the first place? Don't back peddle. : mwasher
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                      Also, come out with who you think are "elitest jerks." : mwasher
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                        I'm pretty elitist, I don't raid with shackers at all. : ghost in my shellThis person is cool!
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                          Fuck that you raided with us last night! : Evil Benius
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                            I forgot BH was serious business for you guys still, for goons it's a Tuesday event. : ghost in my shellThis person is cool!
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                              Well we felt pity on you. : Evil Benius
                              • Awww. : ghost in my shellThis person is cool!
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                        Well, apparently it starts with you. You must have been the secret jerk that sneaks in behind you like a : Rigor Morts
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                          The Bitch Fest started here : http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25183482 : mwasher
                          • Sorry for making a post you dont agree with, again, no harm was ment and i didnt mean to offend. : Rigor Morts
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                What are these pigs they are killing? : crockrochesThis person is cool!
                • It might be the cooking daily! : ghost in my shellThis person is cool!
      • More info plz :D : NinjaGamerGirl
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        I haven't seen drama, but I've seen enough definitive "If you don't do X you can't raid" statements that ... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
        • Well it gets to the point that if you do not have some requirements no one is getting anything done. Not ... : Evil Benius
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          Here's the thing: If raiding in Rift requires that level of dedication and you feel the need to do it, yo... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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            I hope for the sake of your Rift guild that whatever company is making the game doesn't produce content t... : mwasher
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              Different games with different requirements for now. I'm not trying to say end game WoW raiding could be ... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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                In WoW you need to have your head on your shoulders and have a certain level of gear to even be competiti... : Evil Benius
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                  I think people don't understand where I'm coming from on this. If you reach a level that requires you org... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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                    So pretty much you want to scare your best players away? : Evil Benius
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                      Evil Benius, I grouped with you quite a bit and know you are a cool guy and very helpful to the guild. B... : fried sushiThis person is cool!
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                        OK I should have said some of your best and active players. No one can argue that some of our top activit... : Evil Benius
                        • Yeah I know you aren't like that, but I have seen that attitude in other guilds. I just think that is so... : fried sushiThis person is cool!
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                    Completely illogical. Get rid of those are progressing to prevent people in your guild from whining? Wh... : mwasher
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                      Holy shit, because it's not about fucking winning. I'm in this to promote the general well-being and fun ... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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                        But how does it shit anything up that 10 people want to organize and do something? Even if they leave it... : mwasher
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                          Organizing and doing something? It doesn't fuck anything up at all as a one or two off. Repeating content... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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                            But what you can't understand right now is that it is brand new content that has yet to be completed. So... : mwasher
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                              Fair enough. And I know shit about raiding other than it can cause huge, huge rifts (heh) in any guild wh : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
                              • Originally it seems like you were placing the blame of the drama on the people who want to raid, but if r... : mwasher
                            • I believe right or wrong it really depends on your priorities. You obviously can swap people in and out i... : massdev
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                            There is a giant gaping flaw with this statement. If I set a raid date at the same time every week and th... : NighteyesThis person is cool!
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                              That depends on a whole lot of things, but how many times can you pass over dude #11 before he says "Fuck... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
                              • Why can't the other 489 people in the shack guild form a second raid then? : ghost in my shellThis person is cool!
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                                Oh, so the solution is make all 10 leave to a new guild and then person #11 can sit with their dick in th... : mwasher
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                                  OOOORRRRR, one or two could break off and be a raid leader as well since they have experience with the co... : JuffoWupThis person is cool!
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                                    See, this is where the ignorance of the whole original comment comes around full circle. There are other... : mwasher
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                                      That is a bunch of shit, and you know it. : persuxe
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                                        Nah, you are fully capable, along with others to get something going. Unfortunately with our group no on... : mwasher
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                                          Also, you are the absolute prime example of everything they are complaining about as far as raids go. So... : mwasher
                                          • Ah, right, I like being social, and keeping things fun, and so my opinion doesn't matter. : persuxe
                                • Personally I see those 10 as an asset as long as they aren't asses. From those 10 potentially come 10 mor... : massdev
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                                  ORRRRRRRRRR get on the shack and post stupid things like our favorite manwasher : Rigor Morts
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                                    What have I posted that is stupid? You threw a hissy fit about the shack guild, on shacknews, and when i... : mwasher
                                    • ^^clearly you did not pay attention : Rigor Morts
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                                      and also, you are a fucking snot nosed little bitch......that's how you do a personal attack, if you have : Rigor Morts
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                                        I haven't made a single personal attack about you or anyone else, but congratulations for taking it to th... : mwasher
                                        • like i said....if you have the balls : Rigor Morts
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                                          I have to say right or wrong mwasher has been civil and Rigor all you seem to be doing is going for a nuk... : massdev
                                          • at one point, i figured why not? mwasher provoked and it became too fun :) : Rigor Morts
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                              I think you basically don't join VM's guild if progress is any kind of priority. : crockrochesThis person is cool!
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                                1) Not even VM is claiming its his guild. 2) Its beta, its a bit early to determine whether progress is ... : massdev
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                                  A casual guild is fine, everyone plays how they want, who cares. It's just when you try to cater to both... : crockrochesThis person is cool!
                                  • Unfortunately content is exclusionary and then the mechanics and features compound the effect. A guild me... : massdev
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                              so if this is a guild thing, & not a pug, then why wouldn't you all /random 100 & top 10 get to go? : hirezThis person is cool!
                              • because raiding is not a lottery. : massdev
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                                I don't even know how to respond to this, but hopefully someone else who has spent any time in end game C... : mwasher
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                                  no please, go ahead : Rigor Morts
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                                    OK randoming 100 everyone who wants to raid means at best we wipe all night and at worst all the best pla... : Evil Benius
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                                      clarify : Rigor Morts
                                      • I am talking about exactly what happened when people who were not ready for raiding were invited in. Reac... : Evil Benius
                                      • If those people randoming are geared and knowledgable to the fight then it's not a problem but chances ar... : NighteyesThis person is cool!
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                    We had something similar in EQ2 where the raid component of the guild had nothing to do with the leadersh... : massdev
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                      Raiders, by their own nature, are going to be more dedicated to the long haul. However, the majority of g : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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                        Raiders are some of the most social players I know. : Evil Benius
                        • I don't think one excludes the other. What this comes down to is a value proposition regarding guild memb... : massdev
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                Well you immediatelly jumped on an, admittedly, vague and insubstantial post about end game WOW content w... : mwasher
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                  I don't think VM really knows how things are going to turn out at this stage, but I commend him for at le... : massdev
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                    help me : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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                      IF YOU GO, WE GO BRO! : massdev
                      • Here's the deal its not about making policy not right now you have no idea who is going to play the game.... : massdev
          • Well, legally speaking there will be a loose affiliation. But, we will give nothing back to the academic ... : massdev
      • Good god put all this nonsense in a wow thread and quit shitting up the rift thread pls. K THX : hashdThis person is cool!
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      Got my invite yes! Also if you want a Rift prize pack and a GT something video card you have to be on fro... : massdev
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        so the biggest in-game event is noon-2pm on Sat? : Kiyohime
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          Yes the break the shard event, you have to be present during those hours to qualify for this beta event p... : massdev
          • oo ty for the summary! : Kiyohime
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            I wonder if they are gonna nuke all zones with a rift invasion like they did at the end of last beta but ... : hashdThis person is cool!
            • They will keep spawning invasions everywhere until it collapses MORE BOTS BOTS BOTS! : massdev
    • Yay, got my email too - I didn't play too much last beta , but I intend to this weekend! Would love to jo... : rakThis person is cool!
    • I got a key : whistletits
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      So ugly http://media.steampowered.com/apps/tf2/rift_pose_2560x1600.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
      • you mean beatiful : MoreVespeneGas
      • So wrong you are. : EbuThis person is cool!
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      You will be able to craft these two items AFTER march 1st : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      • (aka no need to pre-order rift) : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      Finally. I just got mine. Congratulations! You’ve been selected to participate in this weeke... : JuffoWupThis person is cool!
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        if you have your invites, you can of course login and start patching. It is 168.3mb in size : JuffoWupThis person is cool!
        • Awesome thanks for the heads up! : massdev
        • Patching! I can't wait :O : Kiyohime
    • I'm still waiting for my invite. : Lakipo
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      Gonna try something different from my lock/necro/dom I am thinking chloro/storm and? : hashdThis person is cool!
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        I'd say elementalist. There are some talents that give a focused damage bonus to elemental damage. I we... : JuffoWupThis person is cool!
        • Pyro wildfire was where it was at, BUT the fuckers nerfed me! I have no idea what the damage is to my bab... : massdev
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        Lock/chloro/elem http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=1zvRq.xx0V0V.xdbh Pull 10+ mobs at a time : wurt
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          Why not improved life leech that is free healing and dmg? : hashdThis person is cool!
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            not worth it imo plenty of healing in that spec, rather have the 3% to hit : wurt
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              I almost never had a problem with to hit % in PVE but PVP is another story. : hashdThis person is cool!
              • meant crit via potency my bad : wurt
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          I would probably do something a bit like this http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0zqvR..xcRAz0V.VdGuoh : hashdThis person is cool!
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            looks good.. I am definitely going to try a variation of necro/chloro come tomorrow!! can't wait : wurt
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              I may spend most of tomorrow just doing the quests to get the rest of the mage souls. : hashdThis person is cool!
              • There are 2 semi perm rifts outside of meridian just bounce between quest giver, rift and planar shard co... : massdev
            • Good Chloro thread here http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?32975-Chloromancer : hashdThis person is cool!
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      If I try to log in right now, I get a "you're not authorized" error - that's normal right? : ClayThis person is cool!
      • I got that as well the first few times, it later allowed me to log on and patch up. : SymGeo
      • OMG It let me log in and see the shard select screen - they are all there - waiting for us...T_T : Kiyohime
      • I had that till my account was activated. It just means it hasn't hit your vip code yet apparently. : JuffoWupThis person is cool!
      • Yeah, I actually sent in a support ticket about an hour ago and they responded saying there was a high vo... : wykdThis person is cool!
      • i'm in, it's patching now. : ClayThis person is cool!
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      I just created a RIFT channel on the Dallas TS server. Connection info is in my profile. : RyDogg1This person is cool!
      • Thanks RyDogg1 : massdev
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      New Beta 6 patch notes: http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?50037-Beta-6-Patch-Notes-2-3-11 : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
      • * Addressed some performance issues that should improve game experience for users with ATI cards. OF F... : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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        I really don't like the new racials. The passives turn everyone into shoehorning each race into a specif... : JuffoWupThis person is cool!
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          Its crap because I just lost another 20% damage buff and got +10 dex instead. DEX!? IM A FUCKING NUKA! : massdev
          • I get Int for my Eth Tank, just perfect. : DerringerThis person is cool!
        • I dislike them as well. However, My Bahmi will like his jump. : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
        • Yeah WTF racials.... : hashdThis person is cool!
      • Love patch notes thanks. : AgentPotheadThis person is cool!
      • You can login and download the update : pancake humper
    • Thanks for the heads up, this game looks really cool! I signed up for a beta slot. : LightzoutThis person is cool!
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      http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=16878&game_id=9240&id=174076#img174076 I see the less i... : JuffoWupThis person is cool!
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        I think they are trying to overcompensate for the lack of anything bigger than an A cup. : massdev
        • Yeah I really need some implants... : hashdThis person is cool!
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          this is a win-win situation : electrolyThis person is cool!
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            Are you going to leave Aion and join us? No wings or dresses :( : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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              i shit you not, juffowup's link gave me the push to download the client. 2 hours remaining : electrolyThis person is cool!
              • i wouldn't leave Aion though. this game doesn't have the staying power that Aion does. Aion cheats; we ... : electrolyThis person is cool!
              • The real Rift starts here. : massdev
      • Haha nothing wrong with that! : hashdThis person is cool!
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        Alot of the high end pvp armour is more... "realistic". : thewindcriesmary
        • Madonna cones and MC Hammer pants. : massdev
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      how do you get into this beta? it seems pretty interesting, but have no idea how to get a key or what : BreakThis person is cool!
      • I think a couple websites have vip keys floating around, though I'm not sure which ones are still availab... : AgentPotheadThis person is cool!
      • ok i think i found out how through that ZAM website but i guess i have to wait to get invited into a beta... : BreakThis person is cool!