RIFT

This game is genuinely for whales ONLY You can pay hundreds of irl dollars for a single piece of end game gear.

Game is old. Expect old. Game is grind. Expect grind. If you like that you will like the game. I like the game.

i ENJOYED THE LEVELING WHERE YOU CAN JOIN GROUPS EASILY. LEVEL INCREASE IS AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED FOR THE SPELL YOU HAVE AS YOU LEVEL YOU GAIN HIGHER EQUIPMENT AND LOOT HIGHER EQUIPMENT TO SELL MAKE MONEY QUICKER. THE SPELLS ARE BUMPED AS WELL AND ARE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITHOUT BEING THE LOW DPS PERSON. LOVE IT.

Love the setting, love the art style and detail.... Love the class system and character customization. Rift has a lot going for it. But they REALLY have got to tone down the difficulty. This game does not have nearly the population to handle the amount of aggressive enemies in any given area. I've tried and failed to reach a quest location 5 times and keep dying to a swarm of enemies that all wander into aggro range and pile on. I finally gave up and uninstalled. The mobs are lower level than me, and should be manageable - even with 2 or 3 of them at once. But when there's 5 or more enemies wandering into aggro range and attacking all at once - even when I have a pet - it's just not feasible. It's literally impossible for me to finish this quest until I'm at least 4 levels above it. That defeats the purpose. This has happened to me with several quests now. I'm unable to complete quests at level or even a level or two over them, because there's too darn much aggro ganging up all at once. It's not challenging. It's un-manageable and not fun. The content and enemy density in this game was clearly intended for a very populated game, which it isn't. Not at this point. They need to go back and re-balance these areas so solo players have a chance at completing the content. I doubt that will happen, as it appear Rift has transitioned into maintenance mode. So... Time to move on.

It can be fun. I play this game extremely casually, have a single max level character, and just quest, explore, and enjoy what the game has. I would say i have about 3x the hours shown on steam via the Glyph launcher and just play a few hours every now and then. It has a lot of cool stuff to do and you can ignore the paid items in the cash shop, there are some other items in there that you can earn currency in game or use in game gold - YOU CAN USE IT TO SELL ITEMS OUT OF TOWN! If you get full bags in a quest you can open the cash shop, head to a tab such as potions, and sell your inv. (A lot of people don't know this, you don't need to grind out or spend for bags early on and can wait until you have a nice stockpile of coin) While i'm giving it a thumbs up - I wouldn't suggest this game if you're looking for a "next best". It's old, it's population is pretty much gone, and there are no new updates besides reselling mounts or events that have been the same every year. If you're looking for something to pass the time and just sit back and relax with? You can find lot of fun doing so.

cant support pay to win games