Arak, the Universe and Everything...

I'm a returning player. Left shortly after Rift went F2P. Came back hoping to re-live the fun times of years past.

It's been over a month and I find myself longing for the old Rift. Even wishing Trion would dedicate a shard to "classic" Rift with actual subscribers and old code.

I was having it out with Arak in an IA, when it dawned on me....I cant even see him because of his size. For most of the battle I just see this huge monstrous camel-toe. I'm just firing away at a camel-toe monster.

Oh well...move on.

Another scene..Im fighting this huge statue of Lady Justice...when she starts walking through walls. WTF? Who is coding this?

At the end of the fight, we are waiting to transport to another scene....and waiting...and waiting...

..it never happens. People leave the raid to hopefully log into a functioning one.

Never mind....off to Sanctum, my old stomping ground.

I port in, mount up and take off to the AH and all around me I see.....green condoms. And they stay that way for some time. Hmmm?

I then discovered something new.....AH lag. See kids, once upon a time when you bought something at the AH, it showed up at your mailbox. Instantly!!!

It will get better I say to myself. Summerfest time!!!

After several days of painful grinding I discover that there is no way in hell you can get enough bracelets to get the items I want. The only option is to pull out ye olde credit card.
OMG!! Is this what they mean by F2P?

Never mind, I love doing Dungeons....off to some dungeons. After a some long queues, the group I'm with bypasses all the mobs with "short cuts" to the few key bosses and we're done? The rewarding loot is pathetic. This scenario played over and over again.

At this point I concede that the Rift I once knew and loved is dead. I never heard back about my request to activate my old account---aside from automated responses. The game is terribly buggy and constantly going down, and quite frankly very depressing knowing what it once was like. The myriad of "currencies" is confusing as is gear progression. IA gear drops bypass player crafted gear, NPC quartermaster gear, and dungeon drop gear. All except the Rift store "gem only" gear.

One month of patronage is all I'm giving. Sadly, I'm quickly losing interest.

Maybe I'll just go fishing.

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Arak, the Universe and Everything...