RIFT - Yaviey
Hello Ascended,

It's that time of the week again!

All RIFT shards will be taken offline for weekly maintenance at the following times:
NA (including Vigil): 6:00 AM PDT / 9:00 AM EDT on May 30, 2018
EU: 1:00 AM GMT/UTC on May 31, 2018

The estimated downtime duration for all shards is ** 3 hours **.

As always, we hope to be up sooner, though. We'll let you know if it runs later. Stay tuned to this thread for updates.

-RIFT Team
RIFT - Trion_Brasse

It's a long weekend here in the US, and we invite all our fellow RIFTers around the globe to join us. Kick back, relax and set your timers for bonus xp and gorgeous mounts!

Here's all the details...

BONUS EXPERIENCE WEEKEND!
Last week's epic soul patch came with epic downtime - thanks for hanging in there with us! To make it up to you, we're adding bonus experience gains to both Live and Prime, in effect from Thursday, May 24 through Tuesday, May 29th!

(Insider note – bonus XP will actually run until the patch on Wednesday, May 30th – that time has not been set yet!)

Live: 50% bonus to Guild XP and Planar Attunement XP

Prime: 50% Adventuring XP

 

 
Live only: NEW BLOOD RAPTOR POWER PACK $19.99 USD
 

Fresh for Spring, we've lovingly hatched out an Blood Raptor, raised him on only the best food from Archonix' larder, armored him up and trained him to carry at the top speed of 160% anywhere you want! Yes, anywhere - we even taught him to swim!

This Raptor is happy to carry every character on your account.
Raptors can be notoriously shy when young, so we've included an adorable little buddy to go with: all your characters can now snuggle up to their very own Verde pet!

It's the growing season, and it's far too easy to fill your pockets with all the things you pick up along the way - you clearly need a 40-slot Boundless Satchel to help you out.

We top it all off with a 15-day Patron Pass!



  
Live only: LIMITED TIME RARE MOUNT SALE
 

This weekend, you can take advantage of 25% off all current premium mount sales!

We also bring you a gorgeous carousel of rarely seen former supply crate mounts, rotating throughout the weekend. You'll have two chances to purchase each mount, so set your timers for the ones you love most!

All times below are in PDT.

May 24, 12:00 AM - 11:59 AM: Levitation
May 24, 12:00 PM - 11:59 PM: Golden Arclight Rider

May 25, 12:00 AM - 11:59 AM: Shadow Hellbug
May 25, 12:00 PM - 11:59 PM: Arclight Lifter

May 26, 12:00 AM - 11:59 AM: Nightmare Thresher
May 26, 12:00 PM - 11:59 PM: Black Empyreal Walker

May 27, 12:00 AM - 11:59 AM: Black Empyreal Walker
May 27, 12:00 PM - 11:59 PM: Levitation

May 28, 12:00 AM - 11:59 AM: Arclight Lifter
May 28, 12:00 PM - 11:59 PM: Shadow Hellbug

May 29, 12:00 AM - 11:59 AM: Golden Arclight Rider
May 29, 12:00 PM - 11:59 PM: Nightmare Thresher

 
We'll see you in Telara this weekend.

RIFT ON!
RIFT - Trion_Brasse

My how time flies! Ascended, your third Prime challenge can be seen on the horizon! This time, we are focusing on a new challenge coming to both Prime and Live, as well as showcasing Twisted Artifacts and Crafting Rifts to Prime.


The Second PRIME: VIGIL Challenge ends on May 17th, so you still have time to hit your goals in that! We'll announce the winners the following week.


Now On to Challenge III!

[EDIT: This event will now start on Wednesday, May 16th, after the patch! if the time or date of the patch changes, the event will change accordingly.]

The third challenge starts on May [s]18[/s] 16th, 2018 at 12:01 AM PDT (7:00 AM UTC),

and ends on June 15, 2018 at 11:59 PM PDT (7:00 PM UTC 05/18/18)

 

THE SEEKER

DeadSimon has lost a large number of Confounded Contraptions across old Mathosia. Collect all 110 to earn his everlasting gratitude!

The top three finishers and three who completed it any time during the event will receive the unreleased Demonette Wings, many months in advance of general release. In fact, the winners will get both the mount and costume versions of the wings!

Everyone who finishes this achievement, forevermore, gains the title: "The Confounded." It's a new achievement (for Live and Prime) and will continue past the challenge phase.


Note: the contraptions are much, MUCH smaller than the one shown in the image above!
 

CRAFTING RIFTS CHALLENGE

Prime players have been looking for Crafting Rifts for some time, and we have too - here's how to use them to complete an official challenge!

Think you're dedicated enough? Are you up for three hundred Crafting Rifts? We know some of you are!

First three to complete and three randomly drawn from all who complete during the event: A unique title that we want to open up to your ideas. Send us your suggestions!

 

TWISTED ARTIFACTS CHALLENGE

More mayhem ensues as the coveted Twisted Artifacts become an even more valuable target on Prime. This is your advance notice to gather enough planarite to purchase Omen Sight or Quantum Sight in advance! Starting at the event kickoff on May 18th, collect 500 Twisted Artifacts! Sorry, the ones already in your pockets do not count.

First three to complete and three randomly drawn from all who complete during the event: Another unique title - we'd love your ideas before we select one!


Please post Challenge III questions, comments and title suggestions to this thread! DeadSimon reserves the right to choose a suggested name only if one strikes his fancy, so make them clever!
RIFT - [trion] Morgana


The Planar Plucker was built from scavenged bits of Crucia's defeated army; our take on beating swords to ploughshares! This brand new mount model is ready to help you harvest plants and wood without dismounting!


RIFT Live store update!

If you do any harvesting at all, you know the drill; run to a node, dismount, harvest, remount, run to the next node. Hop off, dig, hop on, run, hop off, dig, hop on... it is time-wasting, achy-breaky work! Stoop no more!

Ride high and reap well with the brand new Planar Plucker! This beauty comes with a lifetime warranty. You'll never have to take it in for servicing, and thanks to Crucia's stunning no-waste fuel cells, the Plucker is entirely energy efficient!  By the way, no need to mention to her that we made off with the tech. That might not end well.

These are rare and highly sought-after mounts, and like the Greenata, is available for direct sale on the store! They go on sale April 25th, for a limited time. The Planar Plucker is available only on RIFT Live; Prime folks don't even know who Crucia IS yet. They'll find out soon enough...



We're also bringing back the White Squirrel Mount for direct sale! As much as we all love squirrels, they have not managed the leap to Prime yet, so they will be offered on our Live service only!



Many of you have asked for combat pet skins to come back, and in honor of Defiance 2050's Beta weekends, we're bringing back the Hellbug combat pet skin bundles! A different hellbug skin for Druids, Necromancers, Rogues and Warriors! Snap them up fast! Available on the RIFT store on our Live service only!


RIFT Prime Store update!

We have some lovely new offerings for citizens of Vigil! On April 25th, you'll be able to collect lovely new-to-you mounts, companion pets and costumes! All are available for credits on the RIFT in-game store.



MOUNTS:

Aurora, regal and stunning in every shofting shades of blue, will increase your speed by 60%, and will scale up if you acquire faster mounts over time. Aurora was first made available on Live through the Carnival of the Ascended, and she has now made her way to Vigil!

We know many of you have enjoyed your Armored White Tiger, but who doesn't love to switch things up now and then? Let's take a ride on the dark side with the Armored Black Tiger. It's ebon hues are perfect for formal occasions or for sneaking up on your enemies at night. He offers 60% speed boost, or will match the level of your fastest mount.




COMPANION PETS:

It's raining cats and dogs - here, take one of each!

Corpus Kitty - everyone's favorite undead cat. Clearly she wasn't ready to leave this plane after her seven lives were used up! A perfect companion for practitioners of dark arts, or those who just want something a little less ordinary.

Kirby - you've seen him lounging magnificently on our livestreams, and now you can help Kirby get the exercise he so desperately needs!




COSTUMES:

A change of costume may make all the difference. Don the Centurion's Bundle or Sanctuary Guard's Bundle and shine in any circumstance! Completely stain-proof, these outfits will not be ruined after a long night's hunting foray or drunken adventure through the dankest dungeons!
RIFT - Trion_Brasse


Ascended, we are so happy to have you with us, on Live and Prime. It’s been a busy year and we want to share what’s coming next! Grab a mug of ale or a cup of coffee and settle in...


ALL RIFT SERVICES:

There are a lot of causes for lag, most of which occur in the wild spaces between your system and hours.  So let’s talk about a type of lag we can address internally in our services: Ability Lag. We’ve made a number of adjustments to load-heavy abilities on some classes, and load distribution on our servers, with more to come--we’ve seen a dramatic reduction in reports of Ability Lag. This doesn’t mean that we’re done yet, or that it doesn’t still occur; we continue to watch and review, and will take more action over time as we identify culprits.

Balance:

Balance is a common and repeated request, and one we take seriously. We know that souls and challenges evolve over time, along with the game. Again, we plan slow and careful adjustments over time, rather than massive, sweeping changes. You can expect more of these to come throughout the evolution of RIFT on both Live and Prime services. Here are the tweaks we are making this patch on both Live and Prime services, focused heavily on Warriors, who really needed the love... GROUP HUG! (read on below for more Warrior adjustments on Prime only)
  • Warrior – Void Knight: The cooldown for Tempest has been removed. Damage has been slightly reduced but threat has been increased.
  • Warrior – Void Knight: Increased the threat gain on the following abilities: Ragestorm, Unstable Reaction, and Discharge.
  • Warrior – Paladin: The cooldown for Sweeping Strike has been removed. Damage has been slightly reduced but threat has been increased.
  • Warrior – Paladin: Increased the threat gain on the following abilities: Light’s Vengeance, Light’s Reprisal, and Vengeful Decree.
  • Rogue – Riftstalker: The cooldown for Rift Disturbance has been removed. Damage has been slightly reduced but threat has been increased.
  • Mage – Frostkeeper: The threat generated from Earthen Rapport has been reduced.
  • Mage – Frostkeeper: Players and pets can now only have 1 stack of a Frostkeeper barrier on them at a time.
 

General Content:

On the general content front, Lantern Hook has received some attention. Pyromaster Cortinald will no longer be able to ignore taunts, while Tarthak the Immolator’s health will scale more appropriately.

 

PVP Bolstering Adjustment

In PvP, we’re introducing an adjustment for bolstering at lower levels (10-50), wherein they use the same bolstering effect as level 50+ Warfronts. We ask that you please post feedback of any bugs you may encounter with this change. Here is the official feedback thread - we really appreciate your input AFTER the patch goes live, of course!

 

Guild Creation:

Creating a Guild through the game UI will now cost one platinum, to match the purchase rate of a Guild Creation Scroll.

 

Summer is Coming!

We’ve started work on Summerfest 2018, and hope to talk about it on this week’s Livestream! We think you'll love the theme for this year, so tune in and have a look-see! Yes, this WILL be on Live and Prime!

 

 
Specific only to Live: NA/EU
Level Boosting potions have been examined, tested and reformulated so that they will award the proper amount of experience for the applicable level.

In the Bastion of Steel Raid, we’ve taken a wrench to Vindicator MK1’s Burning Ground ability, so that it can no longer affect players outside of the instance. It’s an edge case, but an annoying one!

 

Greenscale can hardly wait to taste you... (credit: RIFT Pictures)
 
Specific to Prime: Vigil
CONTENT UNLOCKS!
Progression is at the top of many current discussions across our many communication channels, and as the Vigil server population slowly matures (hey, not everyone is max level yet!), it’s time to plot a course for the next month!

Heads up – Greenscale is coming soon! Everyone’s favorite voracious chomper, the first Dragon to be encountered on Telara will show up in late April. Will It be wholesale slaughter, or will your guild persevere?

Meanwhile, the path to Greenscale is already opening, with the release of the Life Saga and Death Saga, just in time for the Month 2 Vigil Challenge! These will automatically unlock at 9:00 AM PDT, April 11<sup>th</sup>!


Runic Descent looks so peaceful at sunset... (credit: RIFT Pictures)

Not enough content for ya? No problem - we’re also unlocking:
  • Expert Deepstrike Mines
  • Expert Runic Descent
  • Expert Abyssal Precipice
  • Expert Charmer’s Caldera!
 

Speaking of the Caldera, we’ve smacked around the bosses for ya in Standard mode:
Smouldaron: Deals a bit less damage

Cyclorax: Deals slightly less damage

Ryka Dharvos: Deals moderately less damage

Caelia the Stormtouched: Deals less damage

 
Darkening Deeps Expert is coming around the bend, expected to open next week or slightly later!

 
Blighted Antechamber is anticipated in the upcoming weeks as well. In both cases, we’re making sure the QA folks get a good look at them before being released to the wilds of Vigil!

 

PVP Warfront: Port Scion returns to the PvP Warfront list, as part of our 2nd Monthly Prime: Vigil Challenge!  We’re looking forward to feedback on this zone; in the past it’s been love it or hate it, with very little in between.

Port Scion from Stonefield... so lovely and inviting!  (credit: RIFT Pictures)

BALANCE!
Prime-only balance updates focus largely on adjusting the Warrior, who needed the most help in this brave new world. As with balance adjustments on Live servers, we will watch, measure and gather both data and personal feedback, continuing to adjust over time as needed:
  • Mage – Frostkeeper: Healing procced by Earthen Barrier has been reduced. Boop!
  • Warrior – Paladin: Fixed an issue where when using Shield of the Hero, auto-attacks would do zero damage. Bing!
  • Warrior – Champion: Slightly increased damage of Mighty Blow. Bam!
  • Warrior – Champion: Moderately increased the damage of Titan’s Strike. Pow!
  • Warrior – Champion: Greatly increased the damage of Bladefury. BOOM!
  • Warrior – Paragon: Increased the damage of Shifting Blades. Yeah!
  • Warrior – Paragon: Greatly increased the damage of Way of the Wind. Whoa!
  • Warrior – Paragon: Slightly increased the damage of Deadly Parity. Take that!
So hug a Warrior today... unless you're in PvP, in which case, smack 'em hard, then run away fast!

 
Prime PVP
PvP Queues taking forever? Level 50 Warfront Balance? We hear you like it when folks die. Message received!

Both damage (increased) and healing (lowered) have been adjusted pretty heavily.  Please continue to post feedback and we'll continue to tune toward fun.  Thank you!

 
What’s NEXT for Prime?
Plenty! Now that we’ve been at this for a month, we’re getting a clearer picture of where the path leads. River of Souls is next up for scrutiny, Combat Balance continues, Dungeon Balance is under further review.

The first slivers glimmer on the horizon and are expected later this month - you can soon experience Gilded Prophecy and Drowned Halls again, for the first time!

We’re working on UI to support 20-player LFR.

Summerfest will come to Prime this year in addition to Live servers, marking the first full-on festival to run on Vigil!

And this just in… the team is starting internal testing on post-Greenscale world events! We can’t spill ALL the beans, or there will be nothing left to talk about, but hey, drop us some questions for the Livestream on Friday!


RIFT ON!

~The RIFT Team
RIFT - Trion_Brasse


Ascended, your second Prime challenge looms! The RIFT team has all pitched in on this one to choose challenges appropriate to overall population advancement on the Prime server.


We all eagerly await the announcement of the winners of the First PRIME: VIGIL Challenge next week - it ends on the April 7th, so you still have a day to squeak in your challenges to qualify for the random winners!

Without further ado, here are the coming challenges!
The second challenge runs:
04/08/18 at 12:01 AM PDT (7:00 AM UTC)
to
05/17/18 at 11:59 PM PDT (7:00 PM UTC 05/18/18)

 
The Great Life and Death Saga Progress!
GUARDIAN SAGA: Meditations on Life
Follow your destiny! Complete the Life saga quests of the expert instances. This will not require entering Greenscale's Blight.
5 Firsts, 5 randomly drawn from all others who complete the challenge.
Reward: New title

DEFIANT SAGA: Follow the Ancients
Trace the paths of the heroes of old who killed Regulos – Complete the Death saga quests of the expert instances. You will not have to enter Greenscale's Blight.
5 Firsts, 5 randomly drawn from all others who complete the challenge.
Reward: New title

 
PvP: Battle for Port Scion Meta-Achievement
Ok, bloodthirsty types - we're bringing Port Scion back just for you! Complete all Port Scion Achievements - team up and survive, or divide and conquer. Then let us know how you feel about this PvP zone!
5 Firsts, 5 randomly drawn from all others who complete the challenge.
Reward:New title

 
My Little Bounties
Bounties: Collect 20 Bounty Artifacts
Bounties are among the most challenging artifacts to acquire - so we're going easy on you by requesting 20 Bounty Artifacts, not full collections! You're welcome. Yes, any bounty artifacts you've already collected will count toward the total. [Is buying them off the auction house valid?]
5 Firsts, 5 randomly drawn from all others who complete the challenge.
Rewards: New title, animal sounds emotes, trophy
RIFT - Trion_Brasse


Ascended, your second Prime challenge looms! The RIFT team has all pitched in on this one to choose challenges appropriate to overall population advancement on the Prime server.


We all eagerly await the announcement of the winners of the First PRIME: VIGIL Challenge next week - it ends on the April 7th, so you still have a day to squeak in your challenges to qualify for the random winners!

Without further ado, here are the coming challenges!
The second challenge runs:
04/08/18 at 12:01 AM PDT (7:00 AM UTC)
to
05/17/18 at 11:59 PM PDT (7:00 PM UTC 05/18/18)

 
The Great Life and Death Saga Progress!
GUARDIAN SAGA: Meditations on Life
Follow your destiny! Complete the Life saga quests of the expert instances. This will not require entering Greenscale's Blight.
5 Firsts, 5 randomly drawn from all others who complete the challenge.
Reward: New title

DEFIANT SAGA: Follow the Ancients
Trace the paths of the heroes of old who killed Regulos – Complete the Death saga quests of the expert instances. You will not have to enter Greenscale's Blight.
5 Firsts, 5 randomly drawn from all others who complete the challenge.
Reward: New title

 
PvP: Battle for Port Scion Meta-Achievement
Ok, bloodthirsty types - we're bringing Port Scion back just for you! Complete all Port Scion Achievements - team up and survive, or divide and conquer. Then let us know how you feel about this PvP zone!
5 Firsts, 5 randomly drawn from all others who complete the challenge.
Reward:New title

 
My Little Bounties
Bounties: Collect 20 Bounty Artifacts
Bounties are among the most challenging artifacts to acquire - so we're going easy on you by requesting 20 Bounty Artifacts, not full collections! You're welcome. Yes, any bounty artifacts you've already collected will count toward the total. [Is buying them off the auction house valid?]
5 Firsts, 5 randomly drawn from all others who complete the challenge.
Rewards: New title, animal sounds emotes, trophy
RIFT - Yaviey


Hey Ascended,

It's that time of the week again!

All RIFT shards will be taken offline for weekly maintenance at the following times:
  • NA (including Vigil): 7:30 AM PDT / 10:30 AM EDT on April 4, 2018
  • EU: 1:00 AM GMT/UTC on April 5, 2018

The estimated downtime duration for all shards is ** 1.5 hours **.

We'll see you after the patch!

Thanks for your patience,

- RIFT Team
RIFT - Yaviey


Hey Ascended,

It's that time of the week again!

All RIFT shards will be taken offline for weekly maintenance at the following times:
  • NA (including Vigil): 7:30 AM PDT / 10:30 AM EDT on April 4, 2018
  • EU: 1:00 AM GMT/UTC on April 5, 2018

The estimated downtime duration for all shards is ** 1.5 hours **.

We'll see you after the patch!

Thanks for your patience,

- RIFT Team
RIFT - Trion_Brasse


We wish Dimension Addicts a very happy fifth anniversary! Let's get to know Kitasia and how she came to create one of the most amazing resource sites for folks who are... well... Dimension Addicts!


If you've ever thought about building out your dream home in RIFT, you'll know that there is an incredible array of items - many thousands, in fact! Entering your empty Dimension for the first time may also be daunting. It's tempting to just drop all your Dim items in a pile, but you can do so much more!

Where to start? Where can you get the bits and bobs to make YOUR perfect, personal zone? Most of all, HOW can you learn to build the epic works of art you've seen online in RIFT? Kitasia and her site, http://riftdimensionaddicts.com/home are here to help!

 


Hi there! Tell us a little bit about the person behind Kitasia, and how she came to play RIFT.

I am just a plain ordinary mom. Nothing special. I like to make crafts. I am really, really bad at it, but that does not stop me. You know the "ugly birthday card" kid? When you were in grade school and someone had a birthday, the whole class made them a card. There was always the one kid, who for the life of them couldn't make a nice card - that was me - I am the ugly birthday card kid. I have lots of imagination. I can visualize so many beautiful things, but in real life, they just turn out to be the ugly birthday card. That doesn't stop me!

My husband and I played open beta for many games; we enjoyed seeing what was up and coming. Naturally, when a new game called RIFT offered open beta, we tried it. The rifts, the invasions - I couldn't believe how amazingly interactive the world was. You didn't know what was going on - it was chaos and so much fun. When it was over, I was sad. I wanted to play more, unlike any beta we tried before. RIFT came with a one month sub so my husband bought it for me. After that 30 days, I asked if we could afford just one more month of Rift and the other game we had played for years. Just a few days into that month I told him we needed to let our friends know we were leaving our other game. I was hooked, and knew I wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

I don't remember my first character. We were up waiting for servers to come up for the first time. We didn't go get food or anything because we were so excited. They came up we played for about 15 min before we realized we were starving. So we ran to get food. We came back, logged in and my character was standing there in her undies. I had been hacked. I couldn't kill anything with my fists, so I put in a CS ticket, and made a new toon... ~Kitasia~

 

Did you start out as an adventurer in RIFT? When did you discover your deep love of Dimensions? Did you ever end up getting to max level after you were distracted by your new hobby?

Definitely an adventurer. I loved questing and I am a total quest reader.

We heard the new expansion Storm Legion was going to have player housing I was like WOOT! I love having a house. When the expansion opened on the Public Test Server I discovered I could move items exactly how I liked, not simply placing things in a house. I almost fell out of my chair! I made this giant mushroom staircase with a cute little deck on top. When Storm Legion went live, I was either building or earning reputation points for items; we had very few items to chose from at that time and many were found on reputation vendors. Grinding rep has the natural consequences of leveling you, so I always seem to get max level very easily.

What drove you to the insanity of starting up the Dimension Addicts site?

Many years back, I was sick with a fever of 105 for almost two weeks. When I didn't die, which was amazing in itself, I very quickly discovered many things were not "right" anymore. I couldn't control my emotions. I ended up having super high empathy, I couldn't do simple math, my memory was completely messed up and I got confused easily.

The worst part of all was that I could no longer understand what I was trying to look for on a website if it had the wrong colors, was too cluttered, or had articles jumbled everywhere. In turn, my illness made other things pop - I see things much differently now. It is like everything had a beauty intensified. With colors and smells, I could see things anew. Looking at rings on a tree stump, for example, I could see the glimmer in the wood that I never noticed previously.

Dimension items were easy for me to look at and find other uses for, beyond the obvious. I could visualize so much to be made out of the simplest items. With Dimensions, I found something I could do that I could make as beautiful as the world around me for the first time.

Then came the "Joys of Dimensions" contest by Trion. You could win these beautiful Prize Blooming Faer Cages. I wanted them soooo badly that it hurt inside thinking I couldn't get them. At that time, you could only have one dimension per character, so I ripped my dimension apart and started over ~Sweethearts~@deepwood was born.



When the contest was over I didn't know I had won anything. I started tearing down parts of my dim to make a bathroom in it, when up pops Elrar to let me know I had won the grand prize. I got my CAGES - I was jumping for joy. I was also informed I had won a computer... which took a while to sink in.

I grew up with the internet being very laggy. I didn't know it was not normal to stutter through a game. I was playing Rift at 1 frame every 1 to 3 seconds. I was here when I was there. That was normal to me and I thought everyone played that way. When I received that computer, my tech jumped 15 years in one go. I could move dim items quickly and accurately. I had to build another dimension.

Because of my memory issues, I needed to use sites to tell me where items were, and what they were. Unfortunately, I was unable to understand the sites and ended crying out of frustration. Our friend Courdilla suggested that I make my own database so I could control the colors and how the items are listed. I laughed. I thought he was being funny and trying to make me feel better. I knew that making a database was impossible because I didn't know the first thing about it. My husband and Courdilla said they could put the hard stuff together for me and I just needed to add the items. They said that was actually the hard part because it was time intensive.

At that time a group of us had been calling each other "dimension addicts" and someone made the chat channel in game a few days before, so I said let us call it RiftDimensionAddicts for fun. At this point, it was just going to be my personal space. So I made colors that worked for me and played at making a banner. It was just something fun to decorate and set up. I started adding images and learned simple Photoshop. I was learning new stuff, with help of many sticky notes. There were sticky notes everywhere. So many that my husband found a program called Sticky Notes just so I could keep them digital and off the floor. I was having so much fun. When it was done, it looked nice, so Courd suggested I share it with people. It was ok, even though we had 2 dim item sites already; it was something I could share with my friends.

Little did I know how many items would be added in the future, how many times the prices would change, or that the item names themselves would change.



How long do you spend on the site? Do you get any support from Trion staff on info and upcoming items?

Making the initial site took about a week or two. The updates however - some take longer to add than it took to make the site itself! Some updates we've had consisted of double what we had in the beginning. So I spend countless hours finding and adding each item. In the beginning, I had to find EVERY item in the game on my own to add it.

My first help from Trion was Morgana. I was so scared to ask her, but I needed help with getting a guild high enough to get some images of the guild dims. My stomach was turning and I was shaking scared, but I did it, and survived! Then Morticus opened communication channels to the dimensioneers. This helped so much - we were amazed by him and his help. Then in comes Tacitus, who just threw the doors wide open with "Here I am what do you need? I'm here to answer any question you may have, to fix anything I can, and be here for all you dimensionerds." Tacitus has been invaluable to all of us. He takes extra care to help me find or understand where something can be found so I can add it. Brasse is always there with her support and kindness anytime I need her, too. I can not even begin to describe how grateful I am to everyone on the staff who takes the time to answer my questions and needs.


Are you among the first to submit Dimension bugs? Are you part of a group of likeminded Dim folks?

I do spend a lot of time on the PTS looking for dim bugs. Sometimes I don't realize its a bug and just say something. I am always there the second I know the PTS has been updated with dim items.

I love being part of the dimensionaddicts channel in game. It is somewhere that all us dimensionerds can get together and get help and be help for others. Anyone can join it and chat with us.

 

How can other players help keep Dimension Addicts going?

Be sure to send me an email through the "contact us" button if you see any wrong information. I misspell, miss items, prices change, names change. I cant catch it all!

Also, we added a donate button to the front page. Because the database is so extensive we have to use a paid hosting service. Most sites offset this by adding advertisements to their pages. With the nature of why the site was created that won't work. If you can't donate its ok, don't feel bad!
I would just like to say Thank You to everyone over the last 5 years with your support and kindness. Here's to 5 more and beyond!

 

What is your one piece of advice for all RIFT players?

Always remember:



[Kitasia's [b]Dimension Addicts[/b] are part of the Trion Creator Program, and we're so happy to have her with us! Learn more how you can join as a videographer, streamer or fan site operator!]
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