TheThief.8475 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 They already have the tech, used in Jahai bluff rifts, why not reuse it here? As they are now, they are not at all immersive, they look like a system and not like something that is part of the world and affects it 7 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega.6801 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I'd be all for it but since this """expansion""" looks rather low effort I doubt something interesting will happen with the rifts. 4 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifelldown.5426 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Don't we already have rifts from PoF? I don't see how it would be different. I don't think having it affect the world is a good idea. I've not seen that work very well in any game I've played. Maybe it exists, but it usually gets unbalanced, exploited or ignored by the players. All of those outcomes are really bad for a game. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonatic.1689 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) I don't think OP is talking about anything other than aesthetics. The rifts in Jahai Bluff are basically a pocket of "mist zone" wherein the terrain alters from say, a crystal desert to a maguuma jungle. Opening the rift could expand to a certain radius and change the terrain around it, maybe sprinkling in some other inanimate assets. Edit: which is what I thought these rifts would be when they were announced 🤔 Edited August 7, 2023 by loonatic.1689 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokke.6239 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 2 hours ago, ifelldown.5426 said: Don't we already have rifts from PoF? I don't see how it would be different. I don't think having it affect the world is a good idea. I've not seen that work very well in any game I've played. Maybe it exists, but it usually gets unbalanced, exploited or ignored by the players. All of those outcomes are really bad for a game. How about in RIFT? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheThief.8475 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 4 hours ago, ifelldown.5426 said: Don't we already have rifts from PoF? I don't see how it would be different. I don't think having it affect the world is a good idea. I've not seen that work very well in any game I've played. Maybe it exists, but it usually gets unbalanced, exploited or ignored by the players. All of those outcomes are really bad for a game. It's only a graphic effect that on top of the ground around the rift. You close the rift, the effect disappear; Games that do this well are RIFT and New World. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I am a bit curious about the story aspect of these rifts. If we are the ones opening the rifts, allowing the great evil beasties into this reality in the first place, then how are we the heroes by defeating the monsters and closing the rifts? Sounds like a protection racket. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solzuul.6294 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) edit: maybe ill keep this one to myself lol Edited August 7, 2023 by solzuul.6294 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighthonor.4061 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 I expect them to at least be better than what we had in the mmo Rift... I mean come on. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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