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October 03 2011
Leira Posted a Blog: Leira's Mage Gearing
These are my personal choices for what I have an what's available to me as the next step. Thought it might be interesting to other Chloros looking to gear up. LEGEND: BiS = Best in Slot BiT = Best in Tier Italic = Aimed for, BiT Chloro (MS): 230 focus, 960sp currently 51 Chloro 15 Warlock 0 Archmage Helm: Unwavering Flowing Dark -> Amunet Shoulder: Clever Tormenter's Chest: Clever Flowing Dark -> Cunning Tormenter's Gloves: Thaumaturge -> Amunet Belt: R3 -> R5 Legs: R4 -> Thaumaturge -> Amunet Boots: Barkskin -> Amunet 1h: Entropy Totem: HK Resonance Crystal -> Anything Purple Neck: Flamewrought Ruby -> ? Trinket: SHoE (BiS) Ring1: Clever Tormenter's Ring2: Forgot -> ? Synergy: Simple -> Chloro Sc/Ele (DPS OS): 34 SC 32 Ele (A Bluedots Spec) Trinket: ? Synergy: Simple -> Not sure which crystal to go for will have to do more research here Set Boni: 3 Pieces Tormenter's 4 Pieces Amunet
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October 02 2011
Laochan Posted a Blog: LORE STORIES 3: The Silent Vigil
Her head down and her eyes on the tray of tea she held out to the Sorcerer-king of the Catari tribe, Lira pretended not to hear the conversation of the table of kings. All day they had talked and argued and she alone had been allowed to serve then food and drinks. The guards stood at the door round the clock just as she stood in the shadows waiting for a gesture or cough to call her over for a request. Lira knew why she had been chosen for the job. She knew why the king thought her a safe choice...
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October 01 2011
Laochan Posted a Blog: LORE STORIES: The Blood Storm - Master Smith
Blain's hammer sparked on the anvil in front of him and he lost himself in the rhythm of the bellows. The metal of the future sword bent and melted beneath his trained hand and his muscles ached in a way that always made him smile. In the background, he could hear the voice of the master drone on and on to the northman students. The voices of the dwarven leaders had been clear when they called to teach the humans of the north their crafts, but Blain didn't get into the politics of it all, he just wanted a good hammer, anvil, and some metal to form for hours: the location did not matter...
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October 01 2011
Laochan Posted a Blog: LORE STORIES: Age of the Dragons - Preparing for the Storm
*** Author's Note: In an attempt to bring the lore to life, I have decided to write (hopefully a few) stories from the different eras in the rift timeline from a commoner's viewpoint. *** Jalob pulled the harsh material down further over his eyes to keep the driving sand out as his feet fought for footing in what was the fifth sandstorm of this trip. The season had been a particularly harsh one and he prayed to the gods for his safe arrival in Eboni. So far, Thontic had seen it fit to allow him a great deal of profit from Fortune's Shore...
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October 01 2011
Jairam Posted a Guide: Guardian Guide To Meridian: How to sneak into the Defiants' city without being seen or ganked.
This guide will show Guardians how to sneak into the Defiants' city of Meridian. I created a Google docs presentation which includes screenshots, coordinates and maps. This is my first guide so any criticism is welcomed. Google Docs Presentation: http://goo.gl/VXfJP Full url: https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ddkbz9v7_6fsq24jdf
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September 27 2011
Olora Posted a Guide: What I am doing to get Raid Ready
Well, as the Defiant side is getting closer to getting a 10man or two formed, I thought I'd post what I am doing to get raid ready. Again, this is what *I* am doing, and I am far from an expert, but some people may find it helpful. Anyhoo. 1. First and foremost, I have read this: http://rift.gaiscioch.com/tavern/18927/ I've read it more than once, and I think EVERYONE who wants to raid needs to. Fog gives a clear picture of where our heart should be, and where it should not be. We all need to understand that if we want to raid in the family...
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September 24 2011
Leira Posted a Blog: Leira's Character Stories
Well, I'm not much of one for roleplay but I do love coming up with backstories and having my characters be distinct PEOPLE. Each one different from the choices they made and their personal history. This affects what colours they like, their choice of dress, and sometimes how they speak if I can maintain character. I try but I get impatient sometimes and go OOC. So here's my character's personal lore and a bit about them: Defiants: Leira (Leerah) - Main, Cleric Tank, Bahmi, Death Attunement, Purple, Black and Lavender...
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September 24 2011
Leira Posted a Blog: Character Stories
Well, I'm not much of one for roleplay but I do love coming up with backstories and having my characters be distinct PEOPLE. Each one different from the choices they made and their personal history. This affects what colours they like, their choice of dress, and sometimes how they speak if I can maintain character. I try but I get impatient with roleplay talking sometimes. So here's my character's personal lore and a bit about them: Defiants: Leira (Leerah) - Main, Cleric Tank, Bahmi, Death Attunement, Purple, Black and Lavender...
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September 18 2011
Gweniver Posted a Battle Recap: First xRotF
Thank you all for helping me organize my first RotF run along with helping me finish the two RoTF sega quests!
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September 15 2011
Luskin Posted a Guide: Ding Level 50! A guide for DPS rogues
This guide is ment for new players, with freshly hit 50 rogues who want to get ahead of the PVE game, and gear up with some low priced, high return equpitment that is not only very easily obtainable, but also pretty nice for their class. Yes, there is better gear you can get instantly at level 50, but most of it costs a lot of platinum for a new player, so this guide will help you pickup what you can, and replace your other gear with drops from T1/T2 dungeons as you aquire it...
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September 11 2011
Novakri Posted a Guide: Novakri's All-Inclusive Guide to T1/T2 Dungeon Requirements
Introduction So, you've just hit 50. Congratulations! It's a whole new game from here, and it can be a bit daunting. You've heard people talk about running "T1s" and "T2s", and you want to try your hand at it. So you get 50 Hit, and... it still won't let you queue! Well, the game has some "hidden" requirements and numbers for your class. Here, you'll find a breakdown of those requirements and how to calculate them. The New Stats First off, you have some new stats to consider when gearing...
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September 06 2011
Rowin Posted a Blog: Is the family interested in playing SWTOR?
Hello to all, I probably won't be remembered but I spent some time playing with the Family on Warhammer: Age of Reckoning. I will be playing SWTOR when it comes out this fall and I was curious if gaiscioch will be participating. I will constantly log in for the next couple weeks to see if any new pops up about this, but it seems the family is playing RIFT. But there is always hope!
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September 02 2011
Leira Posted a Guide: Creating Your Character - A Guide to Guides on Builds
Hopefully I can edit this after it's made... this will be a quick reference to resources for building and playing particular classes. Cleric Guides Mage Guides http://bluedots.org - builds, rotations, videos for subscribers, and forums for rift mage discussion. Rogue Guides http://www.dunsparrow.com is a blog about Rogues in Rift, with much useful info Warrior Guides http://www.ciderhelm.com After these important sites will link guides on this site as well as Rift official forums.
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August 27 2011
Jairone Posted a Blog: The cooking nerd presents: Muenster Pie!
Hello! For those of you who do not know, I cook. I cook a lot. Well, I like to cook a lot, but try to tone it down since I don't have a handy helpful group of mouths living with me to eat said cooking. For my first entry, I am going to discuss a personal creation. This is my own recipe, and I hope that it will be used in a few more kitchens! I've never had anyone who didn't like this dish (although a few people who don't like, but aren't allergic to, mushrooms didn't know that I included them!) *Smiles wickedly* They never noticed anyway...
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August 27 2011
Elth Posted a Guide: The Skald: How to be a Melee bard
The Skald - Melee Bard This is a quick guide for those of you that want to try a more challenging Bard experience. The main point of this build is to combine the Deadly Dance ability from Bladedancer with the healing power of Cadence effectively doubling your healing power compared to that of a regular 51 point bard. The Build http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0MpcV.Vc.Vcboiqskqz.VV0A0c Rotation: Riff > Deadly Strike Cadence > Cadence > Annihilate Cadence > Power Chord > Deadly Dance Cadence > Cadence > Cadence Deadly Dance (Repeat until Riff is off cooldown or Annihilate needs Refresh) Pros: - One Cadence will heal better than a 5cp Coda of Restoration with Deadly Dance buff...
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August 24 2011
Ysela Posted a Guide: A Guide To Rift Combat Macros
The system for macros in Rift is one of the most robust I've ever encountered, however if you're unfamiliar with it's design than you could be seriously missing out on a lot of fun and utility in your gameplay. Now I'll be discussing detailed combat related macros not simple chat or emote type macros but here's a simple example of a very basic chat macro: /g Hello guild! This would tell the "macro" to say "Hello guild!" in guild chat (/g). Now that's one easy example but Rift's system is designed to work very well with combat skills as well...
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August 24 2011
Ysela Posted a Guide: A Guide to Rift Macros
The system for macros in Rift is one of the most robust I've ever encountered, however if you're unfamiliar with it's design than you could be seriously missing out on a lot of fun and utility in your gameplay. Now I'll be discussing detailed combat related macros not simple chat or emote type macros. For instance a simple example of a macro would be something like this: /g Hello guild! This would tell the "macro" to say "Hello guild!" in guild chat (/g). Now that's one easy example but Rift's system is designed to work very well with combat skills as well...
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August 22 2011
Sionn Posted a Blog: Irish Gaelic Pronunciation Guide: Consonants
After the birth of our daughter my wife and I wanted her to know both her Irish and American roots. My grilfriend is from County Wicklow, Ireland and was fluent in Gaelic as a child. It seemed like a good idea to introduce our daughter and myself to the language as well. Gaiscioch being an Irish guild I thought I would create a simple pronunciation guilde to help our memeber with names and words that fit our theme and lore. This will not only help our members but also help me learn the language as well! So lets begin...
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August 21 2011
Keiyen Posted a Blog: Journal Entry Two
I have actually managed to leave Sanctum for a little while. I have enjoyed hanging out with some fellow guildies lately. Ansley always is such a delight to sit and chat with over some fresh coffee. Icyheart is simply to much fun for words! Hide and seek through the forests of Silverwood wouldn't have been as much fun with anyone else. I have also met a new friend last night, She is very interesting. I enjoyed picking fun at her last evening. I think tomorrow I will head back into Moonshade Highlands...
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August 17 2011
Sea Posted a Blog: Family Found .. cont.
I told Asesina to meet me and my sisters at daybreak so that we could all join the family. We had grown in power since I had last written and I knew that we could all contribute to the family and was greatful to join up with my old friend. My sisters and I joined up at camp that everning and I explained to them that we had found a new family and told them the story of Mulear. They were happy that not only were we joining up with an old friend but that we had found the clan that had saved Searobin...
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