Recent Update Allows Players To Play First 20 levels For Free

Trion Worlds has just released the new Carnival of the Ascended patch for Rift. Along with the update, Trion Worlds has implicated Rift Lite, which allows players to try out Rift for free for the first 20 levels.

“In the past ten months, Rift has evolved at a breakneck pace, through seven massive updates that set new expectations for live MMOs, in features, in content, and in service,” said Scott Hartsman, Rift's executive producer and Trion’s CCO. “We think a Lite edition with no time limit is the best way for players to see what an amazing experience Rift continues to be.”

The Rift 7.1 update includes the following:

• PvP Improvements - Smoother advancement and better rewards
• Ascended Weddings - Share eternity with your soulmate, Telara-style
• River of Souls Chronicle - Undead adventure for two
• New Master Mode Dungeon – Caduceus Rise
• Expert Dungeon Overhaul - More options, better loot!
• Better Endgame Equipment - Improved loot for your endgame Ascended

Now would be a great time to test out the game if you have been interested. I got the game for free but have not been able to play it because a lack of game cards.

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Thoughts On DC Universe So Far

DC Universe is a beautiful MMORPG that has recently become F2p, and many have jumped on the bandwagon to play it, including myself.

The character creation is alright. It's in the medium for me, because you can't customize as much as you'd like to, but enough to be semi satisfied. You can choose body types that are already preset for you, luckily it has presets for almost all height types.

This video can help you get the jist of it.

I got my idea from Tigra from Marvel. Except I went a little cheesy and took snow leopard= ice powers, and mixed it together.



If you are good or bad, fire or ice, it won't change sets you can get via customization, which is kinda nice.

I myself, choose batman as a mentor, ice as a power, and flying as my movement.

The flying is EXTREMELY fluid in movement. It's probably the most fluid feel I have ever gotten from any game, which makes it very fun to fly around. Here's a pic of me flying around in some snow drafts.

The music is pretty nice, it's not your typical cheesy online game type of music, it can be pretty intense for some areas. Especially when you are flying around large areas, did I mention how BIG the maps are in this game? The cities are HUGE! And you are free to move almost every where in them. They are so big in fact, that flying/running around to get to places actually will take so much time that it becomes annoying. Luckily around level 9 you can get a speed boost, it really comes in handy for achieving your destinations faster.

The best way to level up is by missions/quests. Bad guys really don't give much exp unless they are field bosses. As soon as you level up, you get points to pick out a new power from a skill tree.
Here is a video of the skill trees.



Since my power is ice, I have powers such as knocking people around with giant ice blocks. As you can see in the picture below..

Or charging up to shoot ice beams at people.

The bosses can actually prove to be challenging, which makes me feel more as if I am playing an actual boss with good AI as opposed to it sitting there and just attacking me. There have been times where I have had to use some strategics to help my team out. Sometimes you can't just simply spam mouse 1 and mouse 2. Here's a video of a battle that seemed sorta difficult for my party and I, just a little different from the same instance we did. But you can get an idea from it.

At first I didn't really find myself playing this game an hour straight, but once you get into it, it can be very time consuming, and all the missions you can do with friends...can be very fun.

So far I give it a 8/10, and I think it's worth trying.

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Pocket Legends

Lately I've been playing this game called Pocket Legends by Spacetime Studios on my tablet, and it is a pretty impressive Mobile 3D MMORPG. It's a pretty simple game for either your iOS device or Android device with pretty impressive features; you can chat with other players in the area or in a different area, an auction house, hundreds of weapons/gear, and a nice level of difficulty are included within the game along a countless amount of different players.

Even the battle system is nicely down, all you have to do is select which enemy you want to attack and set your weapon on auto; you also are able to choose different attack abilities, that will take mana away from you though, but you can easily refill it with mana potions. If you want, you're able to level up your abilities to whatever suits you; the leveling ability would be more interesting if it were tree branch based. 

You are able to choose from three classes: Enchantress (Elf) Warrior (Bear) or Archer (Bird). Each character is customizable to a limit; the Archer can look like a robin or the Warrior can take on a panda look. After choosing the facial look, the colors of their clothing are changeable also; unfortunately it changes the color, not the style. After awhile, your character will be able to gain different weapons from completing tasks or getting them as drops from different enemies. These weapons will give the character different features, like a higher crit rate, more health, more strength, ect; these are not limited to weapons also, it applies to head gear or tunics also.

After the character is chosen, you're thrown into Haven Forest in the world of Alterra where you have to save a prisoner from zombies (yes, zombies) and then complete the first dungeon after fighting the first boss. From there there is an imminent danger and the Elf Queen asks for your help to travel around Alterra and save the kingdom from all the evil doers. During your travels, a chance is given to you to help other people where you can gain items and gold; if the tasks are too hard, you can call on strangers or friends to help you out.

All in all, Pocket Legends is an amazing MMORPG for it being free; once in awhile there are updates, so support for the game is obviously there. Of course there is room for improvement, in order to get platinum, a kind of currency besides gold, you need real life money. Luckily, you don't need the platinum to go farther in the game, but it unlocks levels and other helpful stuff. In a way, the platinum helps you gain DLC. More customizable characters and more classes would be amazing along with a more advanced ability tree, I understand that might be too much for a mobile game, but hey, that would be awesome. Despite those three things, the game is a wonderful experience and pretty addictive with a great pace; I have been playing for a little over a week already and I just reached level 20, so it's not too hard nor is it too easy. I pretty much highly recommend this game to anyone, and if you do have the game, don't be afraid to join my party for some leveling.

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Rift

During the week, I was invited to a Rift Beta. If you don't know what Rift is, it is an MMORPG developed by Trion Worlds. If you've every played World of Warcraft or any other MMORPG, then you'll feel comfortable playing Rift. But this is not a cheap WoW rip-off. You first start off by either picking a side: The Guardians or the Defiant. I chose to go with the Defiant side, which is a group of people that don't rely on gods, but technology instead to save their world - Telara - from Remulos and his gang of dragons. Once you start playing the game, you start hard and fast with it's story line.

I first chose my character as a Rogue that specialized in Marksman (ranged weapons) Ranger (having pets) and a Saboteur (explosives). And each level, you get to add points to your Soul Tree, leveling up my Marksman, Ranger and Saboteur.

The game was pretty damn fun and highly enjoyable. And the best part; it's not WoW. The characters, models and textures are more diverse than World of Warcraft and the storyline along with it's game play is way more vast. The only problem I have with Rift is it's 15 dollar monthly fee. If there wasn't a fee, then I would buy Rift without a doubt.

Expect it in stores March 1 and preorder now for a head start.

A Gaurdian

A Defiant

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