Morning Discussion
Christopher Smith sent word that the fourth episode of his "graphic novel"-style machinima series Obscurity has recently been released. The first part is here.
Irrational Games is hiring for a number of positions. Say, why don't you apply?
Far Cry 2 creative director Clint Hocking on the fascinating idea of releasing slimline games for cheap to serve as a platform, supported by a ton of varied paid content. He uses the example of Fallout 3. THQ professes to be trying a similar idea with its MX vs. ATV Alive, though certainly not to the same extent.
Why is the Writer's Guild of America Best Videogame Writing Award typically won by something wacky? Because, if you didn't already know, wackiness is afoot.
Lastly, the UK video games media have spent the past few days snickering at Games Journo Story, a short RPG about people wot do words about video games. Learn about the industry, meet a few of its notable figures and hey, why not have a little fun?
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Whos ready for some Rift
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I hardly put any hours into it in the last beta and got a character to level 19, and a couple of other chars to around level 6
Seems pretty quick to level but I've heard some rumours that they sped up the leveling for beta and that it will be slower in the retail - not sure if I believe this though as the quest flow seems perfect for your level at the moment -
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http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html
Although, much has changed since then. There are apparently spec talents now in place of some of these that make that tree's stuff more powerful the more talents you put into the tree.
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sooo, thoughts? http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0McpV.VIzoVVsz.xhxhzo.E0dV00M
I really don't know. I've been going the ranger/marks/bard set up, and finding myself just strumming cadence, power chord, and then coda of wrath right now. The only thing out of ranger was some health bonus and the pet and nothing from marks. My assumption is that my rotation wouldn't change except maybe I'll be hitting guarded steel at the start just to get some bonus armor. On the other hand, I'd be able to switch in skills and go full tank if need be with motifs and just riftstalker skills. Not sure the place for bladedancer in this mix other than it gives some more tanking talents (+dodge, reactive that can't miss, etc).