I am pretty sure there is more than 4 devs working on RIFT and even more people at Trion involved in RIFT.
According to LinkedIn Trion currently has 241 employees that maintain 5 games and maybe (probably) also develop a new game or two. ArcheAge probably has the smallest "dedicated" team, as it is only published, while all other titles are Trion's own games. I am also sure that many teams/departments work for all Trion games and are not assigned to single games:
- Localization
- Marketing
- Finance
- Customer Service
- Infrastructure/Server/IT
- ...
Also Trion said that the devs get shifted between the projects. We know some devs (i. e. Kerilar, Morticus) were assigned to Defiance 1-2 years ago, probably for the DEFIANCE 2050 project. Maybe we'll see them back after it has launched.
In addition to that, here is who we know who is currently working on RIFT, as they are posting regularly or show themselves on stream:
Archonix - Game Director
Amary - Producer
Yaviey - Community Manager
RoughRaptors - Rift Team Dev
Tacitus - Rift Team Dev
CaptainCursor - Rift Team Dev
Dead Simon - Rift Team Dev
As you can see there is 2 management positions already, which would not be necessary for only a handful of people. So there is for sure a good chunk of more RIFT devs "behind the scenes".
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