Podcast 33: Cindy, Karen, HorRiftic, Headstart & Launch
by Arithion on Mar.07, 2011, under Podcast
Today Ari and Desi are joined by – Cindy ‘Abigale’ Bowens, Karen Bryan of Massively, and Esloan from HorRiftic Intentions to discuss and comment on the headstart, launch and ingame experiences.
- Server Queues on Headstart
- Hacking and Spamming
- Expectations versus Reality
- Likes and Dislikes
- Community Expansion
Keep having fun in game, and make sure you feedback anything buggy to Trion!
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Monday February 21
- Massively released an exclusive look at the Bard Soul!
- TenTonHammer gave us an exclusive look at Abyssal Precipice, an endgame dungeon designed for level 45-50 players.
Wednesday February 23
- HorRIFTic Intentions released their Black Garden War Front Guide!
- Karen Bryan of Massively wrote a lovely first day FAQ! If you haven’t had a chance to login, or even if you have, give this a read!
- TenTonHammer released a Launch Q&A with Hal Hanlin! Check out the quick interview!
Tuesday March 1
- Trion released details on one of their first raids: Greenscale’s Blight! Take a look over at HorRIFTic Intentions for the full writeup!
- Cindy ‘Abigale’ Bowens introduced a new Assistant Community Manager! Welcome to the community James ‘Elrar’ Nichols!
Saturday March 5
- HorRIFTic Intentions set out a nice Dungeon Guide for Darkening Deeps! Give it a read if your’e having trouble, there’s a lot of good in-depth information there!
- TenTonHammer sat down with Scott Hartsman, Cindy ‘Abigale’ Bowens, and Hal Hanlin for Part 1 of an exclusive interview about Rift’s launch!
- TenTonHammer also updated their Slash Commands and Macros page. BlackholeX also keeps a nice community-based Ultimate Macro Guide on the Official Forums.
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- RIFT: IncGamers » New Sanctum & Podcast
March 7th, 2011 on 5:47 pm[...] we have the latest RIFT podcast which discusses numerous topics including the game’s [...]

March 7th, 2011 on 10:19 am
Guild banks please!!!
I have 6 characters on my second account just holding guild supplies
That would be my major complaint too
March 7th, 2011 on 3:41 pm
Great podcase.
First time listener and new player to the game, but great to hear what people think about the game.
Keep up the good work.
March 7th, 2011 on 5:38 pm
Goon Squad is on Ashstone. And there are no queues on it ever.
March 7th, 2011 on 5:50 pm
Very good show, just discovered the podcast via facebook. Looking forward to catching up…
March 7th, 2011 on 8:15 pm
What I like most: There is a ton to do, and I love seeing when I get a server first.
What I like least: Aggro from lower level mobs should be diminished and 1 hit shouldn’t knock you off your mount if the mob isn’t level appropriate.
March 8th, 2011 on 2:34 pm
At Eu Whiterfall server we have at least 2h ques some times more.
at start we had 36h ques.
March 13th, 2011 on 3:45 pm
Not that Esloan is ever likely to read these comments, but there is a much quicker and easier way to get from Silverwood to Freemarch.
You go via Shoreward Island, simples