New to Rift

[Aurora Avalon]

HI, I am Auriianna on Faeblight. I am currently new and just got my account set up and working on the 10.1g download. I want to say hi to everyone. Hello to those whom roll on Faeblight and I hope to actually do more than just run around with my head cut off like a headless chicken.

[Cappadon]

Welcome to RIFT, hope you enjoy your stay.

[Aurora Avalon]

I will, I am enjoying it so much I put world of warcraft on hiatus for a while.

[Gaieon]

Hi Auriianna,

Just wanted to say welcome! I think you'll find Faeblight is a great server. I've had 3 toons on different servers and Faeblight is by far my favorite. Great community.

Out of curiosity, are you Defiant or Guardian? What class and level?

Assuming you continue enjoying rift as you are now, you may consider joining a guild. I would like to provide you some information on my guild, <Mead Garden>, a Defiant casual raiding guild on Faeblight. Please see message below from our guild leader, Phujo. Feel free to message back if interested/curious/questions, etc. We tend to recruit players around level 45 and above.

All the Best,

Gaieon (in-game: Pryss, Becheral, Valkyrin)

Faeblight - No Spoilers Raiding Guild <Mead Garden> Recruiting

We currently raid on Thursdays and Sundays from 7-10:30pm Eastern Standard Time.

We enjoy the game by approaching encounters with unconventional solutions. In an otherwise straightforward and repetitive genre, we find enjoyment by doing things differently. Generally, our philosophy can be summed up by the following: It's the Journey, Not the Destination.

We derive our enjoyment from problem-solving and playing -well-, and insist that overcoming each raid encounter be a milestone to be proud of. We see each encounter as a puzzle, with the development of a strategy, employment of raid resources, and the execution of the fight as the solution. Essentially, we instance and raid for the thrill and enjoyment of collaborative puzzle solving. Gear facilitates advancement, not the other way around.

In order to preserve an environment that allows this style of raiding, we have a few inflexible ground-rules:

* Spoilers and Guides are NOT Welcome! Wiping a few times in an effort to completely understand an encounter and arrive at our own solution is preferable to blindly executing a pre-canned "Strat de jour." If we arrive at the same solution, that's fine. The point is to get there on our own merit, skill, and problem solving abilities (note: watching YouTube videos is not a "problem solving ability").
* Concepts of "Traditional" Class Roles Stifle our style. While we accept that this is, to some extent, a class-based game, a solution is considered "Way Awesomer" if it involves a player doing unconventional things.
* Quality Over Quantity. We're committed to progressing through the game together, and would like you to join us. The pace won't be breakneck, but we're more interested in a fun experience that emphasizes camaraderie and quality play. For us, the content is the same whether it's experienced now or later. Doing it first isn't what interests us; our satisfaction derives from solving it ourselves at whatever pace is necessary to do so.

If this sounds good, we'd like very much to meet you.

Phujo

[Razoreddie]

Welcome to Faeblight and Rift! Make sure you check out the Sticky thread at the top of the shard forum here with useful links for new folks, and I believe the very gracious Remissus still provides newbie goody bags of useful stuff for free (details are in that thread above). This a great community and we all hope you enjoy yourself here! Rift is awesome, you may never re-activate that WoW account (I never will, I can tell you that!). Again, Welcome and Happy Questing!

[Mokuren]

I came to RIFT from World of Warcraft last year myself and am enjoying it immensely. It can take a day or two or three to get used to the setup of the game and to familiarize yourself with the concept of Rifts, but once you do it is addicting. Speaking of addicting, collecting artifacts is VERY addicting. I can go out for hours collecting as many shinnies as I can find.

Anyway... Welcome to Faeblight! Hope you enjoy the atmosphere. The population is very kind and helpful, except for a few people who see them selves as silly geese. But that is only every so often.