Fate of Rift

[MentallyillGamer(Kaddam)]

Now I'm not saying Rift is in any potential danger as long as it has fanboys willing to shell out cash for the subscription. Rift is an okay game, not the best game and it's neverending free trial with eternal limbo of lvl 20 sort of gave it a healthy shelf life.

However, WoW does the samething. WoW is more popular.
Rift has similar features to Aion and Aion has FTP (Lvling not limited). However, it seems Aion is more broken than Rift and it seems Rift has more races.

I've heard alot of players would rather play Rift Than Aion. I guess that is more opinion and what not.

Tera just went FTP-no lvling limittions. I think Tera is more like Rift in the standing of Races & Classes. Their fighting styles are similar and both games are all down for endgame content. This means because Tera is more of a full blown FTP (doesn't limit leveling & supposedly everything that exists for Tera now you can access-though maybe future game content maybe limited to purchasers). You're not really limited map wise in Tera like you are in Rift (if you're FTP) Rift lets you play always but only as a limbo'd lvl20 contrast to Tera where you can practically go until max lvl. Both have same limitations on character spots (2).

I play both as low level characters. The only difference I actually experience is in Rift you have a sort of stasis at certain points where mobs attack certain npc safe spots. Then there are the randomly spawning Rifts that throws you into a minigame gantlet that you can choose to participate in.

If I was a gamer thinking about Rift and compared the two games then I'd rather choose Tera just for the fact I get more as a player by just being a FTPlayer. That is my opinion.

What do you think?

[\//\|>0R₩/\\/€ Sasha サー]

I beg to differ, WoW is actually dying because now they got competition in the MMO department. Ok not dying extaclly but they are not as strong as 10 years ago.

[Richard Burnish]

Rift seems to be in rough shape at the moment. I know a few people who still play it but it's initial excitement that made it such a power house early on seems to have worn off ( also SWTOR ) I never really got into the game personally but I don't think the game will ever recover what it once had, as many of the game's guilds have split apart and have either gone back to WoW or simply play normal games. I think Rift will still be kickin' around for a few more years but I don't think it'll ever challenge the king of MMOs the way it did at it's launch. I probably won't start playing WoW again or any MMO, I've really just got no interest in them and would rather play other games.

[Spawn of Totoro]

All MMO's seem to be in a rough area. Their time has passed and now is the time for F2P games to start going up. WoW had a great run, but is winding down, Tera got started too late in the game as well a SWTOR.

We can only wait and see where games are going.

[MentallyillGamer(Kaddam)]

Sasha Nyne の投稿を引用：

I beg to differ, WoW is actually dying because now they got competition in the MMO department. Ok not dying extaclly but they are not as strong as 10 years ago.

My opinion is WoW was more popular still than Rift because more people know about Wow compared to Rift.

Schewes の投稿を引用：

Rift seems to be in rough shape at the moment. I know a few people who still play it but it's initial excitement that made it such a power house early on seems to have worn off ( also SWTOR ) I never really got into the game personally but I don't think the game will ever recover what it once had, as many of the game's guilds have split apart and have either gone back to WoW or simply play normal games. I think Rift will still be kickin' around for a few more years but I don't think it'll ever challenge the king of MMOs the way it did at it's launch. I probably won't start playing WoW again or any MMO, I've really just got no interest in them and would rather play other games.

It is interesting how you mention SWTOR. They might get a second wind because they went FTP but it is pretty obvious they've purposely limited it.

Spawn of Totoro の投稿を引用：

All MMO's seem to be in a rough area. Their time has passed and now is the time for F2P games to start going up. WoW had a great run, but is winding down, Tera got started too late in the game as well a SWTOR.

We can only wait and see where games are going.

With games like Wow, Rift & SWTOR-if they'd stop being so greedy trying to make money-give people the ability to play free to max lvl and not limit locations so much-they've had a chance for a second wind. I'm sort of against this idea but it seems if you do the opposite of limiting lvls of progressing and just make it that FTPers can still join guilds/clans-but not be able to create clans-then supposed players that claim to not be willing to shell out money are willing to shell out the dough to be able to make their own guild thus making them willing to shell out money for more cosmetic items that make a guild unique.

I personally think Tera will have a good potential to catch a second wind because they've decided to not limit the maps or lvl of characters. I do think they've made a mistake of making possible for FTPers to still be able to create their own guilds (as far as I can tell), but if they start picking up cosmetic things to make a guild be more individualistic and make it only available in item mall-they might still make money.

So I think because of the road Tera took launching into FTP without limiting lvl progression gives it a good shot at survival. However it could stagnate like Aion. However I think the only real reason Aion stagnated as FTP game is the lack of races. I think if they'd add more races they'd gain as much ground as I think Tera can as a FTP game.

[MentallyillGamer(Kaddam)]

As for Rift-I think it has a grim future especially now that Tera went FTP. I think there is little difference between the two and since Tera made it unlimited lvling for a FTPer plus all original maps available to the FTPers as well-that Rift will get ripped off by customer base simply for the fact that in Rift Lite you're limited to lvl 20 and alot of original game maps are blocked to the FTPer.

In my opinion as I've played both games. Tera is pretty much similar to Rift and if I liked Rift testing out Rift lite-I'd change over to Tera since both games are all about end game content. Unlike Rift I as a FTPer can reach max lvl and reach all original maps. As for the expansion packs you still have to purchase them if you want to progress to the added end game content.

However, I personally think you get a better package deal with Tera compared to Rift as a FTP gamer and when you want more from reaching final end limitations as a free to player starting to purchase the extras you gewt more bang for your buck via the Item Tera mall compared to Rift. (or more appropriately-I should say you will.)

[Nick Vascuas]

I tried Tera IMO wasn't as good as Rift. If Rift does die after just releasing a huge expansion then ill be dissapointed but there are many other mmos out there. Ill enjoy my time with RIFT while its still alive. If it ever closes then ill just move on. In the case of FTP vs PTP its really just down to whether you want to pay money each month.

[The Monkey]

Eve Online; discussion won.

But seriously, I enjoyed Vanilla WoW, and TBC was ok, but then it started to drift away from its roots and in doing so many players did too. The magic of MMOs is gone, that unique spark of excitement, but I think they may still have a few years left. But as has been said, F2P is here (not counting rubbish ones like SWTOR and such) and I think it'll take a lot to tip it off the throne. I don't mind if I pay, or if I don't (TF2 a great example) as long as the game is good. I happily payed 30quid for Dishonored, because quite frankly I love it more than bacon, and that's a lot.

[MentallyillGamer(Kaddam)]

|SRP| Nick Vascuas の投稿を引用：

I tried Tera IMO wasn't as good as Rift. If Rift does die after just releasing a huge expansion then ill be dissapointed but there are many other mmos out there. Ill enjoy my time with RIFT while its still alive. If it ever closes then ill just move on. In the case of FTP vs PTP its really just down to whether you want to pay money each month.

What things about Rift was good compared to Tera? I mean I do see certain things, but I still reguard both equal in my opinion though I think Tera may have an upperhand since it went FTP.

[Richard Burnish]

I used to have a ton of fun playing WoW with my friends, however once they moved on to bigger and better things I really just lost all interest in playing the game. It seemed like WoW just wasan't as fun on my own and I guess that is the entire point of an online game. SWTOR may get a second wind because of what you mentioned, it going FTP but the game failed to live up to expectations and really deliver the experience of playing a new Old Republic game.