Rift: Random Question Thread

**Melena** · 2011-09-08 11:05

Originally Posted by shepardG

soooo apparently i just came through my first rift (lvl8 rouge, guardian) and there's a little platform you appear on and every time i step off into the grass....i fall through reality.... it's um.... pretty shitty.... anyone have any issues with this?

http://youtu.be/X502XZ_3MAA

You rolled a dwarf. The world hates dwarves so it kept swallowing you up

**shepardG** · 2011-09-08 11:42

muahahah!! i know right! i'll be a dwarf sabatouer with an ax and a razorback boar.... shit is on.

**Raen Ryong** · 2011-09-08 14:13

I have never seen that happen O_O although Battlefield Intimidation in Whitefall Steppes used to like making me fall through the world...

**Alderaan** · 2011-09-08 16:23

I dunno what it is about dwarves, but when i see one in a warfront, i make a b-line to them.

**Melena** · 2011-09-09 15:01

Originally Posted by Alderaan

I dunno what it is about dwarves, but when i see one in a warfront, i make a b-line to them.

We call our one dwarf in our guild Token. He's also canadian. He's double fucked lol

**Meko** · 2011-09-13 11:43

So I'm almost 44 on my rogue but from what I've read, Bard is kind of weak for PvE and PvP still feels too overwhelming for me as a rogue (maybe I'm not doing it right). I was thinking of leveling my mage next...it's 16...but it seems fun? My warrior is almost 30 as well but I don't really want to tank and I'd like to have something that is support/off-heals if possible. Can Chloro be that?

**Melena** · 2011-09-13 11:54

You always want 1 bard in your raid, maybe 2 if it's not a huge dps fight. Now that my rogue is 48, i pretty much bard the 5 man's since the extra healing + debuff's help the group go faster then I would in my dps spec. If the group is good, riff/cadence then fury bomb for 15 seconds is a lot of fun on bosses.

**Alderaan** · 2011-09-13 12:16

Chloro isn't really support/off heals. They're probably the best main healers right now.

Archon is your best bet but they're never used except in raids.. In reality, bards should have all the buffs and debuffs that archons have. It's one of many issues i currently have with bard.

**Meko** · 2011-09-13 12:24

Yea, I love my bard but it seems...I don't know, pointless? I might stick with it as I want to see the 50s for a bit before diving into another class. Also, what's a good DPS spec for pure PvE/DPS and for PvP? For leveling, I level as bard for survivability. I'm mainly looking for something in PvP as I feel pretty powerless as it currently stands.

**Alderaan** · 2011-09-13 12:37

For pve, this is the best single target and aoe spec.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/2011/08/1...the-sabdancer/

For pvp, you're only real option is bard or marksman until 1.5 drops and makes rogues not suck in pvp.

**Meko** · 2011-09-13 12:49

Thanks for the info. How far is 1.5 out? It's on the test servers already, right?

**Alderaan** · 2011-09-13 13:42

Yes it's on the PTS and is scheduled to drop at the end of this month. It's a shit ton of new features and content.

**Raen Ryong** · 2011-09-14 00:23

Assassin is beautiful too but you can't do it with mediocre gear, and I wouldn't attempt it before Prestige Rank 4 (for 51sin/15inf).

Also bear in mind that from that guide

(a) 5 Shrapnel Charges – Deadly Strike.
(b) Puncture – Detonate.
(c) 5 Shrapnel Charges – Detonate.

is wrong;

you should put a Shrapnel Charge on before the Detonate, or else Deadly Dance is not being applied to the first Shrapnel explosion.

**arus2001** · 2011-10-16 22:44

Is Phase 2 for the event on a timer, or is there something I need to do still with Phase 1? Did all the quests I could find in Sanctum, but it's telling me to do quests I find in Sanctum. :/

**Alderaan** · 2011-10-16 23:14

Timer.

**Melena** · 2011-10-17 11:05

Always a timer. Typically a week between phases.

**Guyverarmor** · 2011-10-17 20:33

From what I am reading, Reaver/Paladin/Warlord is a good leveling spec till endgame, then I should switch to 51pt VK correct? or is Reav/PLD/War still viable?

**AidenCarby** · 2011-10-17 23:59

26vk 20pally 20 warlord has awesome threat, i tank with it, pretty much taunt, 1point spotters order then cleave until 3 ap spotters/call to entrench or w/e

**Diamicles** · 2011-10-18 08:11

Just started playing but really liking the versatility of rogue. Using 2 roles right now with a tank build (bard/riftstalker/bladedancer) and a dps build (bard/nightblade/bladedancer) and will probably have a support build (bard/ranger/marksman maybe? and deep in to the bard tree) The tank build I have so far really feels like dancer in ffxi, lots of evasion and some ability to heal yourself and hold threat.

So the actual question: What would be a better dps option than what I'm using now? It doesn't seem that great so far as I tend to do better soloing in my tank spec but I really like the nightblade tree and would like to build around that.

**Raen Ryong** · 2011-10-18 09:57

Nightblade/Riftstalker has a hell of a lot of durability with above average DPS (not amazing DPS, but above average). Marksman is a pretty solid choice for overall DPS, either as 44MM/whatever (often RS or Sin) or 51MM/14Ranger/1Riftstalker or 51Marksman/15Ranger. I hear a lot of people having success with builds using Assassin/Riftstalker/Bladedancer(Deadly Dance) too, and they're pretty fun to use since you teleport all over the place!

I could keep going but basically Rogue has a ton of viable specs right now~

As for Riftstalker, when you need the HP I recommend using RS/Ranger/Bard and otherwise RS/Ranger/Bladedancer. You use the former for pure effective HP and the latter for when you don't need the HP differential and prefer pure mitigation. RS/Bard/Bladedancer is kind of inbetween and not as good as the specialised ones in my opinion since you'll want one or the other. I also hear people liking 49RS/17BD for Turn the Tide, but I'm not such a huge fan.

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