Reddit mentions of Rift - PC

Link for the lazy

Rift is $28.00 on amazon ftw

You become a patron as a subscription, and you get daily bonuses that you can utilize to help you. You can look up the patron bonus on their website.

If you're thinking about becoming a patron, the best way is to just buy the physical game for about $10.

http://www.amazon.com/Rift-PC/dp/B002I0HIC8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383167090&sr=8-1&keywords=rift

The reason is because your free account have limitations, such as, 2 character slots per server, limited 3 bag slots, etc. For comparison, if you want to unlock additional bag slot it will cost you about 840 gems, which is a little over $5. and it's ONLY for that character.

By buying the physical box to get the code (or digital code, but those are hard to find), you'll permanently unlock more character slots, and 5 bag slots for ALL your characters, including future alts (account wide).

In addition to the game code you buy from physical box, you'll also get 30 days patron pass, and loyalty points. This will also enable your ability to use the auction house, which you wouldn't be able to use as free account.

Content-wise, you'll be able to play it all even without subscribing. I wouldn't recommend paying for patron on the regular basis, instead, get the box code, and maybe look to unlock the Soul Storm classes instead.

I'm pretty new to the game myself, so if anything I wrote is wrong, someone will correct me shortly ;)

I bought a copy off of amazon
about 2 weeks ago for less than 10 bucks shipped. Totally worth it, got all the character slots, bag slots etc plus a free month of patron. Probably 30-40 bucks worth of stuff if bought separately in the rift store.

Edit: here is link if anyone is interested, you get the whole original case but you just have to activate the key on your current account on trions website its easy

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002I0HIC8?cache=8ce49daab949492ca186126ac0057f5d&pi=SY200_QL40&qid=1405686566&sr=8-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1

This is $6 on Amazon, does that give me the bag/character slots I'm looking for? If so, awesome.

Amazon: http://smile.amazon.com/Rift-PC/dp/B002I0HIC8/

Also, I believe the Amazon Collectors Edition is $18.95 (with free shipping with Prime) cheaper than getting it through the Rift website.

Hey mate, Since you know to know about this could you tell me what would I get if I bought this base game please?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002I0HIC8/sr=1-1/qid=1381037680/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1381037680&seller=&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Rift-PC/dp/B002I0HIC8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1479285633&sr=8-4&keywords=Rift

Rift - PC https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I0HIC8/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_Gl3EwbA3BKW4C

Like this? http://www.amazon.com/Rift-PC/dp/B002I0HIC8

Or this? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=121517108082&alt=web

Can't find any info anywhere that says it unlocks bag slots.

http://www.amazon.com/Rift-Pc/dp/B002I0HIC8/ref=pd_bxgy_vg_img_a

Nope

Why, amazon had it for $35 Friday and just bumped it up to $40. http://www.amazon.com/Rift-Pc/dp/B002I0HIC8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303787512&sr=8-1

Assuming that you enjoy the leveling / story part of MMOs:

• I had a lot of fun playing Rift from 1 - 60; the last five levels are okay, but the first zone was so painful, I only did it once. Once you know if you like it or not, it's worth buying $5 worth of credits or picking up an old boxed copy to lift some of the FTP restrictions (and if you go with the boxed copy, you get a month of subscription status for about $5).
  
  
• The base game of Guild Wars 2 is also free to play, and good for quite a bit of entertainment.
  
  Older RPG titles:
  
  
• You can pick up three Gothic games in the Gothic Universe Edition for $4. Lots of entertainment value for the price.
  
  
• You can pick up Two Worlds & Two Worlds II + DLC along with a couple other titles for $1.99.
  
  
• The Millenium series are on sale on the Humble store for $0.89 each.
  
  Other things:
  
  
• Since you enjoyed Psychonauts, you might also like Costume Quest and Costume Quest II or Stacking.
  
  
• A few games similar to Path of Exile are Grim Dawn, Titan Quest Gold, and The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing series.
  
  
• As far as puzzle-platformers go, Out There Somewhere is supposed to be excellent & is on sale for $0.49.

You can grab rift on Amazon for about $9 USD (free shipping). So, I wouldn't pay much more than that. You'll get the additional bag slots as well as character slots. Keep in mind, the last two bag slots can only be unlocked with credits.

http://www.amazon.com/Rift-Pc/dp/B002I0HIC8/

On the other hand, Storm Legion will only get you the new souls, nothing else. If you are a patron, Storm Legion costs 3,150 credits. You can get 3,250 credits for $20. Last I checked, actual boxes of SL were going for about $20, but they've been pulled from Amazon. It might be more worth your time to unlocked it through credits, you'll have some left over credits and a nice bonus of loyalty.

http://www.amazon.com/Rift-Pc/dp/B002I0HIC8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1371561356&sr=8-2&keywords=rift

Or

http://www.amazon.com/RIFT-Storm-Legion-Pc/dp/B004O0U494/ref=pd_sim_vg_1

Buy the game for 13.00 from Amazon. It give you 6 character slots per shard, extra bag slots, and a 30 day patron pass. Otherwise if you bought them separately with store credits it would cost way more than 13.00. [Amazon Link] (http://www.amazon.com/Rift-PC/dp/B002I0HIC8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409975536&sr=8-1&keywords=rift)

The only Storm Legion content that is not free is the Storm Legion Souls. This includes Tactician, Harbinger, Defiler, and Tempest. I think it's something like $15-$20. Alternatively, you can trade platinum in-game for REX. The rate is roughly 1100 platinum for 1 REX, which equates to 1250 credits. 2 REX should be enough to buy the souls.

There aren't many boxed copies of storm legion left and judging by the amazon listing they don't come with extra bonuses such as bag slots and character slots, and it's far overpriced compared to just buying the souls.

There are other retail versions such as standard edition and Ashes of History which do include bonuses, but not the storm legion souls (The keys I linked say EU but also work for US).

This newbie guide I made may be a good idea to read over.


As for your direct questions, f2p. It's recommended that you look for a copy of the base game, like [this copy] (http://www.amazon.com/Rift-PC/dp/B002I0HIC8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426226081&sr=8-1&keywords=rift+game). It provides you permanent benefits, such as more bag and character slots, along with a free month of patronage. Keep in mind, the link (at the time of posting) was only about $8, which is far cheaper than the monthly patron cost of $15 for one month.


As outlined in my guide, you are always allowed to select different soul paths from what the purpose guides provide. The guides are basically to help people understand a bit about the souls and what is possible, you are never required to follow them blindly. If you feel that one choice is going to better suite what you want, then by all means, choose what you want. There's a few sections of my guide that explain this in better detail. As well as explaining that you can purchase additional roles to allow you to have more options as you continue to play.


As for souls, you need to understand some different terms. First, souls are combined to form roles. Those roles determine how the dungeon finder sees you. The default 8 souls provided by the game allow you to customize your character, so that you can be pretty much anything within 3 out of 4 roles in the dungeon finder. As a warrior, that leaves you with souls that make you into either a tank, dps, or support, but you have to purchase a soul pack in order to have a soul appropriate for healing. Each archetype is missing a soul that makes them into either a tank, healer, or support, but every archetype can be a dps, without paying for the soul packs. More details on that in the guide.