In the Free2Play MMORPG Rift the future is looked at with confidence and the past with pride. On July 15, it continues.
“Log in and play! We offer the best Free2Play experience, are better than ever before, and have a lot of stuff you don’t know yet,” said a visibly proud Game Director Christopher Junior to the US site Massively Overpowered in an interview. He was asked what he would like to say to Rift fans who have not logged in for a while.
The Henchman System is well received by developers and players
In the interview, they looked back at the last major expansion “Nightmare Tide”. Fans and devs in hindsight are particularly enthusiastic about the “Henchman” system, the little servants you can send on missions. This has been received fantastically and they plan to do even more in the future.
They knew they had a hit when they caught developers playing with the henchmen during their lunch break.
Massive expansion achieved, but it could be the last in this form
Overall, they are proud at Rift to have created such a massive expansion like “Nightmare Tide” for Free2Play. Since then, they haven’t been slacking off, but have made some important, though rather unspectacular changes like a new wardrobe system or a new form of instant adventures.
Whether they plan another “big expansion all at once” like Nightmare Tide remains open in the conversation. They hint that this also has disadvantages, bringing everything at once. This holds back game content that is already finished. In the coming weeks, they want to talk about “other forms of the game content cycle.” For 2015, they have the new base class still planned.
On July 15, Wandering Nightmares will arrive
With July 15, a new story begins in Rift anyway: “Wandering Nightmares” is coming, Patch 3.3. This brings the first part of the “Nightmare Saga“, as well as dimension crafting, instant adventures on the Tarken Glacier, and a new, easier introduction mode for the raid.
