RIFT 1.4 PTS Event - Cross Shard LFG & New PvP Updates

[Elrar]

UPDATE: In fear of our developers melting due to no AC we have postponed the test. I will provide an update when it is rescheduled - for now, enjoy this:

http://forums.riftgame.com/showthrea...!&goto=newpost

It feels like only yesterday that 1.3 landed on the shores of Telara - Waves of Madness continues to surge towards the sundering of the gates of Hammerknell. The seas have not calmed here at Trion as we continue to bring you more to enjoy with each update.

Believe it or not...the time to test 1.4 has already arrived and starting tomorrow, July 14th @ 3:00PM PDT (10:00PM GMT), we'll be trying out the bleeding edge of what RIFT has to offer.

Join us on the Public Test Shard to test the upcoming Cross Shard LFG system and an all new alternate gameplay mode for the Whitefall Steppes Warfront.

Cross Shard LFG

You will not notice any difference when using the LFG tool in-game; however, with the release of Cross Shard LFG you'll have the ability to take on dungeons with other players on shards across your Wargroup.

To test this new feature we ask that you split yourselves up across PTS PvE and the PTS PvP shards - to help facilitate this, we ask that if your character name starts with A-N that you play on PTS PvE, and O-Z play on PTS PvP. You'll have the ability to Transfer any existing characters to either shard to make it easier.

Whitefall Steppes - Escalation

In their battle for dominance, the Guardians and Defiants have deployed massive rune cannons to the Whitefall Steppes. Their Ascended armies battle to collect and return Sourcestone to fuel these powerful weapons.

Capture three Sourcestone from the field and hold them at your base to win. Beware though; Sourcestone can be stolen directly from your base by the enemy.

As always, Leveling and Gear NPC's will be available to you near the porticulums in Meridian and Sanctum prior to the start of the event. We encourage you to login a few minutes early if you do not yet have a character setup. You will need to download the PTS client if you have not done so already, this is approximately the same size as installing the full game and may take some time.

For more information about PTS and how to access it please see:
Welcome to the Public Test Shard! - Getting Started

We look forward to seeing you there - have fun!

[Sez]

Cross shard LFG???


Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


Kidding. I can't wait for the new Whitefall!!!

[Chronicar]

Wow that was quick and it all sounds good.

[Saizen]

Both look like good updates, can't wait to see what else 1.4 has in store.

[Darkthunder]

I swear, I read somewhere that they would not add "Cross Shard LFG". I suppose Cross Shard helps for queue times (for non tanks/healers), but it takes away from the sense of "community" on any given shard.

On the other hand, if they also add the ability to chat with/add friends who are not on your shard, that would most certainly help. After all, there may be dozens of shards, but we are after all One Community. Let's try and keep it as such?

TL;DR: Looking forward to the new Whitefall. Maybe it will finally get me to change it's name from Whitefail :P

[Danza]

Thank you for the cross-dungeon change. It's an MMO, let's all play together.

[sandpaper3]

well, sounds good.

Any reason why RVR type lakes aren't being discussed? I mean, it kinda seems like your fixing something that is what it is. I'm sure whitefall will be better now, but was hoping for keeps :/

crazy fast update though.. keep up the good work!

[adarel]

Cross-shard LFG?!!?!?

Thank

you

so

much.

<3333333333

[Swordfishy]

Hope they implement some anti-ninja measures to crosshard LFG

Changing whitefall FTW

[Elrar]

We'll be testing PvP Rifts, a new form of Rift gameplay, in the near future (maybe Friday!)

And to note - the Alternative Whitefall will not always be active, it's a way to spice things up from time-to-time.

More is on the way

[Uhtred]

I swear, I read somewhere that they would not add "Cross Shard LFG". I suppose Cross Shard helps for queue times (for non tanks/healers), but it takes away from the sense of "community" on any given shard.

On the other hand, if they also add the ability to chat with/add friends who are not on your shard, that would most certainly help. After all, there may be dozens of shards, but we are after all One Community. Let's try and keep it as such?

TL;DR: Looking forward to the new Whitefall. Maybe it will finally get me to change it's name from Whitefail :P

Nope, just your imagination. Cross-shard LFG was always on the table, they just needed to iron out kinks. As for the 'community' perspective, that's always been rubbish. And there's already a way to commune easily with people from other shards...the shard forums Only down side is that they are FAR under utilized.

Agreed on the looking forward to 'new' Whitefall, since the current version is complete crap.

[JDTAdmin]

On the Xserver LFG: Will we have Xserver /tell, Xserver /who, and Xserver /ignore? They need to be added before the system is implemented. And will we also have the option to NOT LFG Xserver?

[infestation871]

doesnt take away from the community.. if your good you guild run anyways not pug :P
cross server dungeons are gunna become the same tho as warfronts, where people NEED on anything and everything. Please implement something where you cant even NEED on something that isnt your class//spec at time.

[infestation871]

god i love this game and the support we receive from playing and submitting. They actually hear out responses!!!!

[Darwa]

I shall look forward to the cross-server LFG implementation immensely. Can't wait to see how you're planning on getting around name conflicts