I’ve been fairly silent for a bit now, and that’s due to the last two updates for Rift. 1.2 made all of the expert dungeons WAY easier. In fact, I giggle when I see someone tweet about how difficult a T1 boss is. Even after that though, I could look forward to raids. I was in the process of grinding out daily experts to earn my plaques for T2 gear.
And then came 1.3. I’m going to start out with this simple admission:
I DON’T LIKE CHANGE!
At least not drastic changes like what they did to cleric. It’s one thing for 1h/shield to be slightly more viable than 2h. It’s another for 2h to be practically worthless.
I spent at least an hour and a half trying to decide on how to do my soul tree after 1.3 hit. I eventually set up two builds (one for straight tanking, one more solo-friendly). I was so frustrated that I signed off for the night. I didn’t play for a couple days after that.
When I finally signed on again, I started going through my bank for the runes and gear I was saving for the 1h/shield switch for raids. I put my shield on. It’s not a very good one, but still a decent expert dungeon drop. Then it came time to put on a weapon. I didn’t have one in the bank, so I head over to the AH. VERY slim pickings, and the one weapon up was overpriced. It’s not like I can tank experts to get a new weapon.
I logged out, and haven’t logged back in since.
This has hit my passion for Rift hard. I’m stuck debating on making an alt my main. Maybe my warrior.
