The Free2Play-MMO Rift is celebrating its fourth birthday and seems to be into numbers. In a massive infographic, you can find out pretty much everything: Who played the most? Which pet is the rarest? Which race is the most popular? Which class does nobody like?
It has been running for 4 years now, and the hardest Rift fan has spent almost 700 days in the game. Statistics and numbers are something special. Especially when presented in the form of a huge infographic.
We would have loved to show you this infographic in German, but the press release is “only available in English.” Support for the German community has been scaled back in recent months; shortly before Christmas, they mentioned in the German forum, that one should expect that it will be closed soon. They could no longer guarantee support.
Well, this is the same for many other MMOs, which don’t even start with a German forum at all – but when you first give players something and then take it away due to cost reasons, it doesn’t really build trust that they will celebrate the 8th birthday. On the other hand, it is also understandable: 4 years is a long time in the MMORPG business, and especially for games from the second tier, they count like dog years… or even a bit worse.
But well, that is not what we want to talk about today. Here is the infographic (in English):
