RIFT: Storm Legion Is Finally Out!

Already playing Storm Legion?  Tell us about your experience in RIFT's first expansion so far.  New to RIFT or thinking about returning?  Check out this awesome launch trailer below and go pick up your copy of Storm Legion today!  It's a whole new game with the expansion.  Trion has really out done themselves with this one.

Storm Legion: Storm Breaker Protocol - Vellion the Pestilent

Storm Legion beta weekend 2 is over and so is the NDA!  Here's an awesome video showcasing a boss fight in the new level 54 dungeon called, Storm Breaker Protocol.  We called it!  They are definitely making usage of that new jump feature we first saw appear in the Maelforge fight and again in the Volan reveal video.  Storm Legion is shaping up to practically be a brand new mmorpg in and of itself!

Check out the video below and thanks to YouTube user Seatin Rift for uploading and sharing this with all of us.

Overcast Minisode Episode 1: Fundamentals Of A Class

Hey Overcast fans! We've got a little treat for you today. It's not much but we wanted to say hi and see what everyone thinks about patch 1.11. In this first episode of a probable series of "minisodes" Matt is solo and seeking to spark a little discussion about what makes a soul or a combination of souls interesting and fun. With all the changes across the board to the souls in 1.11, Matt got to thinking about this fairly in-depth. Have a listen, enjoy and leave us a comment below, email, facebook, or tweet with what you think about the topic!


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Discontinuation Notice for iTunes Audience

I've decided to get on the mic and personally say farewell to our audience. Those who frequent our website or the forums already know everything contained in this recording but we wanted to be sure our audience on itunes and stitcher radio were aware of the situation as well. Also wanted to bring attention to my (Matt's) personal TwitchTV channel, in-case anyone feels like stopping in to say hello and see what we're up to, now that the show is over.


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Overcast Shutting Down

Hey Overcast fans. Matt here to clarify a few things. I've been wanting to post about the status of the show for some time now but wanted to wait until I knew for sure what was going to happen. Sorry that it took us so long to give you an official update.

So, to clarify, we have decided to stop the show due to personal reasons. More specifically, I myself do not have the time or energy to spend playing RIFT anymore. Obviously we can't build you a quality show without spending a good amount of time playing the game itself. Real life has given me a swift boot in the rear and since then my focus has to shift onto other real life matters. Also, our decision to discontinue Overcast was in no way affected by any of the reactions to episode 25.

Thank you so much for your support of the show. We loved doing it for everyone and want to be able to continue it in the future. The show is however currently discontinued indefinitely. We may return for Storm Legion but if we don't, we want to wish everyone the best of luck and lots of fun with the expansion.

Thank you again for being an awesome audience!

-Matt (Lead Host, RIFT Overcast)

Episode 25 [Community Voice]: Going Hard

Community Voice guests Khan & Myrkel, from US guild No Quarter, join us this week to discuss a wide array of topics including patch 1.10, dimensions, the support role in Storm Legion, and much more.  Elrar was lurking in the chatroom and tossed us a couple of crumbs as well.  Later on, our guests give us some insight into their guild and what its like to be a part of No Quarter.  We discover a little about what happened with the recent exploiting that lead to some controversy regarding credit for the Maelforge world first kill.  And most importantly, we're on a boat!  Don't worry, you'll understand.


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Episode 24: Potatomancer Revealed

What a jam-packed episode we have for you all this week! There's so much that we were live for almost 2 hours and had to stop ourselves from talking even more! Khel joins Matt & Joe again this week as we discuss the latest news regarding patch 1.10, Rift's newest mount is a tad to 'cheeky', the almost complete removal of factions on pve servers, and Trion's newest 'experiment' with normalizing gear stats for instanced pvp. We've also pulled several juicy tooltips from Trion's revealing of the new mage soul, the Harbinger, which we discuss in great depth! Everything is better with sprinkles, especially this week's episode of Overcast.


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RIFT Overcast & Extra-Life Marathon

Hey Overcast fans, Matt here to tell you that we will be participating in the Extra-Life Marathon this year on October 20, 2012. We are signed up on http://extra-life.org as RIFT Overcast and have joined the Trion Worlds team.  All donations raised by Overcast will count towards the cumulative goal of the Trion Worlds team and go towards helping fund local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.  I myself have participated in 2 years of the Extra-Life Marathon and I'm very pleased to be able to support the event through our beloved podcast, RIFT Overcast.

On October 20, 2012, RIFT Overcast will be streaming LIVE on our TwitchTV channel for the entire 24 hours to help meet our goals for the Extra-Life Marathon event.  We will have a donation link available on our TwitchTV page for you, or any newcomers, to use if you would like to donate towards this great cause.

Landslide Mount Rated M for Mature!

The Landslide mount looks awesome and can be acquired by purchasing the $119.99 1 year prepaid game-time deal, which also comes with a copy of RIFT: Storm Legion.  As cool as this mount is, many players have been put off by Landslide's rather... er... defined rear-end.  Thankfully, Elrar has posted a screenshot showing a solution to this odd complaint.  Landslide now has a tail, sort of.  It is a tail right?  Well, looks good enough for us here at Overcast but some players are being quite picky about it.  Trion can't make everyone happy!  If it still bothers you, I think you should roam Telara with your camera panned around to a frontal view.  Maybe a diaper would make people happy?  *shrug*

Source: CLICK HERE

PvP Stat Normalization PTS TEST Aug 14

The concept of a "gear treadmill" or a "gear grind" is an old one that a vast majority of mmorpgs have adopted over the years.  The question in many player's mind is often; if there is no gear grind, than what is my incentive to play?  This is a question that stems from years of mmo players being used to their characters constantly growing in power.  While there are other aspects of RIFT, and numerous other games that many players enjoy, gear progression has always been a staple aspect of the genre.

Players who participate in the PvP in RIFT, however, have felt the grind much more heavily than in other games.  One could argue the impact of a gear grind, within other titles, depending on their own personal experience but veterans of RIFT know exactly what we're talking about.  The PvP in RIFT has, for many players, been extremely enjoyable because of the versatility of the soul system.  Unfortunately, this versatility has long been overshadowed by the gear grind.  Over a year has passed since RIFT's initial release back in March 2011.  As expected, players have developed several "cookie-cutter" soul builds that have become the norm for many.  The development of cookie-cutter builds is bound to happen in any mmorpg but for RIFT, this means the attraction of the soul system has faded even further into the back of many player's minds.  So what happens when you take away the attraction of a versatile cross-class system like souls?  You're left with one thing, your gear vs your opponent's gear.

Episode 23: The Geomancer

Expectations are extremely high for the expansion!  With the reveal of the new Mage soul right around the corner, Matt & Joe discuss some specifics about what it will be.  Recent screenshots and images have shown a Mage wielding a two-handed sword!  Is it a tank, a melee dps, or is Trion just messing with us?  Your hosts have abandoned the Vigil and are now firmly seated in the ranks of the Defiant!  Matt returns to the Mage and Joe picks up where he left off on his original Warrior.  Find out what prompted our decision to swap factions and why Joe is suddenly interested in the Warrior once again.  Oh, and did we mention the Geomancer?!


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Episode 22 [Community Voice]: Endless Possibilities

This week, Matt & Joe analyze the recent Reddit AMAA (ask me almost anything). With SWTOR's recent announcement that they're switching to a "freemium" or free-to-play model, several sites have inspired discussion about which subscription MMORPG could be the next to adopt F2P. We discuss how RIFT seemingly dodged the bullet, as many players commented on RIFT's success as a subscription model. What are the benefits of F2P and will RIFT ever consider it as an option? Later on we're joined by our Community Voice guest, Juuno from the popular podcast, Rift Shinies to discuss the most recent revelations in Telaran lore and the endless possibilities for where the story could go in the future.


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Episode 21: Face-Off

Matt & Joe are back, along with Khellendros, this week. We discuss if Guild Wars 2 could have an impact on RIFT subscriptions and if this week's Play-RIFT-Free promotion could be a direct response to the most recent GW2 beta weekend. Can we go at least one episode without mentioning Conquest? It's possible but not this week. We revisit our feelings regarding the most recent changes to the Conquest reward system and touch on some ideas for balancing PvP stats, such as crit and avoidance. Also, this week, what ever happened to those awesome World Events we used to look forward to?


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Episode 20 [Community Voice]: Conquest... Again?

This, our second week of live recording, we are joined by Amanatin & Betowulf of US Guild, Tabula Rasa.  We get to know Tabula Rasa and move on to discuss Conquest... again.  We want to say this is the last time we'll have to discuss Conquest but the feature appears to be ever changing.  Are the latest changes to PvE focused?  Trion also confirms that there will be no rollback.  The controversy surrounding Conquest leads to even deeper discussion about RIFT PvP and the state of the game.



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Episode 19: Double Negative

This week we discuss: the latest issues plaguing Conquest, the EU server merge and if we could see one for US soon, review the newest Instant Adventures, reinforce our request for an in-game help index of sorts, and discuss the pros and cons to an Armory (player database) feature.  Also, Joe has chosen to get involved in PvP and talks about his experiences thus far.  Much to Matt's surprise, Joe is greatly enjoying instanced PvP.  This week is also our first time recording live on twitch.tv/riftovercast.  Future recordings will also be live so be sure to follow the twitch.tv channel and our Twitter for updates on the live schedules!


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Episode 18: The Hedge Mage

Many Telarans rejoice for Patch 1.9 & Summerfest hitting the live servers this week but some aren't so joyous and we'll discuss why. Joe experiences some classic open world PvP. Wait, did I say PvP? I meant getting ganked and camped. We remind ourselves about some of RIFT's original hooks at launch and Joe discovers a new class called "The Hedge Mage". What exactly is a Hedge Mage anyway? Find out, in this week's Overcast!


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Overcast Haunts Docsauce's Twitch Stream

Roughly an hour or so prior to Docsauce ending his nightly livestream, at twitch.tv/docsauce, Matt mentioned he found the dark room behind Doc a bit eerie.  Matt explained that he thought something might be watching Doc while he streams.  Seems obvious right?

Just minutes before Docsauce ended the stream, Matt decided to share with him a "screenshot" of what he meant by his previous line.  All Matt said was, "Doc I want to show you something real quick, so that you know I wasn't joking earlier." and then linked him the "screenshot".

Didn't expect and couldn't have hoped for such a great reaction.  Thanks for being so awesome, Doc!

Click Here for the "Haunted Screenshot"

Episode 17: The Search Has Begun... Again

Another relatively quiet week for news, though not so quiet on the forums.  Matt & Joe begin the search for a raiding guild, again. Trion shows off their new Twitch channel by showcasing Patch 1.9, the population calls for server merges and we discuss how that could effect expansion sales, Conquest will arrive on live servers along with patch 1.9 next week but was it ready? Plus, isn't it sort of wrong for a Dwarf to be bald and clean-shaven?


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Episode 16 [Community Voice]: Special Olympics

This week we are joined by some of the top raiders in the world. Qarlsberg, Cookie, and Whitelady from EU guild Special Olympics are here to talk with us about their experiences raiding in RIFT, what brought them together, a little about the most recent progression race, and we even get some great pro-tips for Infernal Dawn. A very big thank you to Special Olympics for their continued support of the Overcast project and the RIFT Community.


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Overcast LIVE Conquest & Weekend Warfronts

Overcast will be LIVE on TwitchTV Friday June 14, 2012.  Starting at 7:00pm EST, Conquest PvP Testing with Matt & Khellendross!  After the testing phase ends, we will continue into the late hours of the night streaming Weekend Warfronts!  Grab your favorite energy drink and come see the latest changes to the new Conquest mode coming in Patch 1.9 and hang out while we faceroll the competition!

Visit http://twitch.tv/riftovercast and be sure to Follow us to be notified about future broadcasts!

Question The Pros!

Hey Overcast fans!  Qarlsberg, Cookie, and their GM Paul from Special Olympics will be joining us Wednesday for Episode 16.  We'll get to learn more about them, their guild, and hopefully get some good insight on progression raiding.  If you have a question for some of the top raiders in the world, be sure to leave us a comment below or send us your question on Twitter, Facebook, or Email it to us before 6:00pm EST Wednesday June 13th!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RiftOvercast
Email: riftovercast@gmail.com

Episode 16 will air on Friday June 15th as per our usual schedule.  Also on Friday, Weekly PvP LIVE with Khellendross & Matt!  Be sure to follow our Twitch channel at http://twitch.tv/riftovercast to get notified whenever we stream.

Episode 15: The Search Is Over

That's right!  Your hosts Matt & Joe have finally found themselves a raiding guild with <Grindcore> on US-Gnarlwood.  About time, right?  We discuss possible alternative paths for leveling in Storm Legion, the new Colossus encounter, and Joe talks about his first experience playing Bard in Infernal Dawn.  We get a bit geeky with some hardware talk as we discuss the possibility that RIFT Storm Legion could update the game engine to Gamebryo 4.0 and more in this week's Overcast!


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Episode 14: My Name Is...

Your hosts Matt & Joe discuss the most recent update to the PTS 1.9 patch notes, get nerdy about the mysterious box of clues sent to PC Gamer, and Matt has an identity crisis!  What kind of effect will 4 new souls have on class balance? What's going to happen to all our current level 50 content if they raise the cap to 60?  Will Trion take the expansion in a casual direction or maintain their integrity in making challenging content?  Find out, in this week's Overcast!


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RIFT: Storm Legion - Expansion

We've speculated, we've hoped, and we've received.  It's official, RIFT's first expansion will be released Fall 2012 and is named RIFT: Storm Legion.

This expansion will include:

• 3 New Raids (Including Crucia, The Dragon of Air)
• 2 New Continents (3x the size of the current world)
• 7 New 5 Man Dungeons
• Level Cap Increased to 60!
• 4 New Souls (1 per calling)
• "Dimensions" (Player/Guild Housing)
• Tempest Bay (Shared Faction City)
• 1 New Chronicle
• A Brand New Bestiary (brand new creatures)
• New Gear Slot - Capes!
• New Crafting Tier, "Grand Master"
• Colossus (100x the size of a player and interacts with terrain in a revolutionary way) (will be showcased at E3 2012)
• ...and more yet to be announced!

For now, enjoy this sweet new trailer depicting Crucia leading her Storm Legion.  What is so critically important I wonder about the "Infinite Gate"?  Could this be the method we use to transcend the realm of Telara and assault the planes themselves?

Episode 13 [Community Voice]: Onward To Conquest

Matt & Joe are joined by two Community Voice guest hosts this week: Mythblaze and Khellendros to discuss all things Conquest! We go over the community's initial reaction to Conquest, clarify some details about phase one of testing, and attempt to give you all as much information as possible about what we learned.  So kick back and enjoy while we prepare you for Conquest!


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Episode 12: We're Not Drunk, Honest

This week on Overcast, Matt & Joe switch places and Matt makes his best attempt at imitating his co-host. Joe leads the discussion where we cover some new teasers that have appeared on the PTS, the upcoming Mentor system and ponder if Laethys is the new destroyer of guilds. We also say goodbye to one of RIFT's top raiding guilds, Voodoo. Best of luck guys, where ever you go!


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RIFT Overcast Wallpaper - Stillmoor

I love to experiment with photo editing.  So much so that I was one of those dudes who ran a signature request style thread on a couple of forums for a while.  It's a lot of fun and so I couldn't resist turning this awesome screenshot of Stillmoor and adding in our characters and some effects to enhance the feel.  I'm quite happy with the results and wanted to share this with our fans.

Got any suggestions for good photo ops? Let us know in the comments below!  Also feel free to send us some scenic screenshots of your favorite areas of Telara and we might just turn it into our next wallpaper!  Enjoy!

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Welcome To "Conquest"!

Realm vs Realm Comes to RIFT!
That's right!  Our cries have been heard and will be heard again on Thursday, May 17, 2012 @ 4:00pm PDT, as we march on both our enemies.  Choose from one of three new factions, unique to Conquest: Ram, Lion, or Raven.  Each faction will stand on its own and have to overthrow the others in true three faction Realm vs Realm PvP combat!

Check out the Official Announcement on Rift's blog.  Matt has also ninja'ed Joe online for a short time to capture our initial reactions to this announcement, so be sure to have a listen!  As a result of this announcement, we've decided to delay Overcast Episode 12 until Saturday.  This will give us time to test the new Conquest feature as much as possible.

Make sure you all update your PTS client early!  This is going to be epic!



What was your reaction to this news?  Let us know in the comments below!

Episode 11: We've Got The Power

Things got a little heated this week in RIFT after a random survey went out without any information about how they were choosing their audience.  Rogues united to try and push for some energy changes, showing us all that we've got the power and Joe shows us all just how good he is at interior design.  All that and more of the usual banter you're used to in this week's RIFT Overcast!



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Episode 10: Dance Magic Dance

This week your hosts bring you a special extra long episode in honor of our 10 episode milestone! Woot! Joe has chosen to return to playing his Rogue but this time will focus on main spec DPS instead of tanking.  Matt has also decided to main spec Tank with his Cleric.  We spend a little more time discussing the best ways to accommodate different levels of difficulty in raids, speculate on the new raid instance coming up named Primeval Feast, what renewed player's interest in the mystery zone Planetouched Wilds, and much much more!




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Ituziel & Ember Conclave by Frostbringer

If you're like us and just itching for more Infernal Dawn be sure to watch this video which showcases the EU guild <Frostbringer> taking down Ituziel and the Ember Conclave.  There aren't many Infernal Dawn boss videos out yet but luckily Frostbringer has shared these two encounters with us in full HD 1080p.  Enjoy and be sure to leave them a comment or a 'like' on youtube! Check back often and we'll continue to scout youtube for the best Infernal Dawn videos to share with you!

Episode 9: Troll Hair

This week on Overcast, Matt and Joe go over some features that could make the outdated content more accessible.  We discuss the new pet models, the rate at which top guilds are clearing Infernal Dawn and discover that Matt has a thing for trolls.  If you want to find out, you'll just have to listen.  All that and more on this week's episode of Overcast!



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Episode 8: Grammar Lesson

In this week's episode of Overcast, Matt and Joe discuss some recent interviews with Scott Hartsman, some of the info touched on during the Infernal Dawn livestream that went down on Tuesday, as well as express some concerns about some of the apparent new directions Trion may be taking for the game over the course of the year. All in time for the playoffs. Stay tuned after the closing sequence to hear Joe take Matt back to school.




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Warboss Drak Kill by Kinetic

Here's a great quality video courtesy of Intrinsc and his guild, Kinetic. The video showcases their kill of Warboss Drak in the fire wing of the new 20 man raid, Infernal Dawn. Be sure to leave them your congrats and thanks on youtube for sharing this video with us all so early.
Congratulations, Kinetic!

Episode 7 [Community Voice]: PvPness

This week Matt and Joe are joined by Community Voice guest host, Mythblaze to discuss all things PvP.  We go over Trion's plans for the PvP endgame, how to make PvP more competitive, as well as touch on the impact patch 1.8 may have, and lots of great tips and information for new players looking to break into the prestige game.  Apologies for Matt's sound quality.  As you know we had some technical difficulties with this one.  Though we did manage to eliminate most of the sound anomalies that occured.  Enjoy!



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Missed The LIVE Tour? Watch It Here!

If you missed the LIVE Tour of Infernal Dawn you can watch it below either using the embedded player here at Overcast or by clicking the link below the video to watch at RIFT's Livestream Facebook page.  Definitely worth your 25 minutes to check this out! Can't wait until tomorrow,  1.8 baby!

Watch live streaming video from riftconnect at livestream.com

LIVE Tour of Infernal Dawn Tomorrow!

That's right! Trion will be hosting a live tour of Infernal Dawn tomorrow @ 11:30am PST / 2:30PM EST. They've promised not to spoil anything about strategy or boss encounters but the tour will include some nice in-game up close and personal showings of all, yes I said all, of the bosses. The developers will also be taking applicable questions through the chatroom during this surprise live preview of what is expected to be the most epic raid to hit RIFT yet! We'll also get lots of fresh insight on the lore that accompanies Infernal Dawn and the two dragons that dwell within, Maelforge & Laethys.

Be sure to check out this awesome opportunity.


RIFT's Official Facebook Livestream Page!
Original Post (www.riftgame.com)

FAIL-pology (EP7 Update)

Matt failed hardcore on the rescue attempt for Episode 7. While the episode is dead it isn't buried yet but the recovery process is going to take much longer now. Make sure you have a listen for more details and the full apology and explanation. Sorry guys... this sucks, well over 12 hours of work, gone.

The Elusive Episode 7

Hey guys and gals,  Matt here to give you a quick update.  We're having issues with the sound quality on Episode 7 and it is taking extra long to edit this one into something usable.  Once finished editing, the episode should sound just fine but some real life stuff is cutting into the editing time.  Haven't been on Rift since Wednesday, put it that way.  I promise I'm using all my free time to get this episode to you all asap.  I have some things to do this afternoon but when I get back home I will be non-stop editing until it is finished.  We'll have this stubborn episode up for you tomorrow for sure.

Be sure you follow us on Twitter or click on the Twitter link in the navigation bar at the top of the blog for all future updates as I'd prefer not to clutter the blog with these sorts of things.  Wanted to be sure anyone wondering where Ep7 was would get to see this though.

Evolution of the Community

  The MMORPG genre has been around for a very long time.  Depending on where you personally credit the genre's beginning, we're talking about at least 13 years.  I personally credit a game which I've found most mmo players these days never even knew about, Meridian 59, which would date the mmorpg as far back as 1995!  Since then more and more game developers have caught on to the potential of this genre and began to innovate and dare I use the term, copy their way into the market. As the genre's community of players grew almost exponentially over the years, the developers have been able to open communications with their players and learn what they like and what they don't.

Question A Developer

Overcast has been recently recognized as an official RIFT fansite, yay!  As such, we may have the opportunity and the privilege of having a developer on the show.  The team over at Trion really shows that they not only care and appreciate their players but that they want to interact with them.  Ever since release Trion has consistently built up and maintained a reputation for being the most transparent game developer in the market today.


There is no date yet for when this may happen but we at Overcast wanted to give our listeners the chance to help us build a list of questions for the developers that we can send to Trion in preparation for a special Community Voice - Developer episode.  Not every question may get answered but the better the question the more likely we'll get a good answer.  To send us your question for the developers, contact us using any of the methods listed below, or simply leave us a comment here on this post.

Twitter: @RiftOvercast
Email: riftovercast@gmail.com
Forums: Official Thread at RiftGame


We're very excited for the chance to bring you this unique opportunity and we'll update you when we have more information about this upcoming special episode.

Episode 6: Double Dragon

Hammer and Spike... oops, I mean Matt and Joe are back after a short break with a brand new episode of Overcast.  A day early even!  Figured we owed it to our listeners since it was ready earlier than normal.  This week we speculate a bit about how we suspect Trion may wrap up 2012, address the popular concerns regarding 'Infernal Marks of Ascension', share our opinions on fishing and survival, and more! Enjoy!

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RIFT Patch 1.8 Infernal Dawn (Trailer)

The official HD Trailer for RIFT Patch 1.8 is out!  Pretty sure this couldn't look more epic.  Trion sure has a way with trailers, wouldn't you say? Who do you think would win in a 1on1 battle between Maelforge & Laethys?  I'm going with Maelforge.

Infernal Dawn - Earth Wing Tour

Hey Overcast fans,


Have you had the chance to see TRION's fly-threw tour of Infernal Dawn's Earth Wing?  If not, here it is!  Can't wait to try that pirate ship boss encounter!  What are you looking forward to the most in the new raid or just in patch 1.8?  Enjoy the video and look for Episode 6 early friday morning!

Overcast Update - Not Going Anywhere!

Overcast is here to stay, we promise. Things have been extremely busy for Matt these past couple of weeks and has cut into his time to edit episodes and manage the show. Additionally, we've decided to take this break in order to catch up to the ideas we have for where we want the show to go. So here's a small bit of what has been going on and what to expect from Overcast in the next couple of weeks. Your feedback is an important part of helping us find where our efforts are best focused.


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Episode 6 Delayed To March 23rd

Hey Overcast fans,


We had really hoped to be able to bring you Episode 6 this week but there unfortunately wasn't any time in the schedule for the editing process.  Matt will be leaving March 7th for vacation and will be returning March 19th.  As such Episode 6 will have to be delayed until Friday March 23rd.


Stay tuned, because upon return we promise to bring you some truly excellent content including YouTube videos with commentary on gameplay and the usual opinionated banter you're used to hearing from the hosts of Overcast.  We would also very much like to bring you another Community Voice as soon as Episode 7; so send us those e-mails and let us know if you'd be interested in guest hosting a segment about your most passionate area of RIFT!

Until then, enjoy the Carnival of the Ascended and we'll see you all again March 23rd!

Episode 5 [Community Voice]: Mommy Issues

Matt and Joe are back again to bring you their always heavily opinionated views on real money transactions, pug raiding, Trion has their favorite soul-specs too, and more.  This week we also are proud to have our first Community Voice guest on the show, Payton to discuss a little bit about Faeblight & role-play.  Even Battlemaster Atrophinius makes a cameo appearance in this week's Overcast.  Enjoy!


Twitter: @RiftOvercast

Episode 4: The "Extanded" Cut

Joe and Matt are back again to duo-cast this week's Overcast!  Also, that is not a typo in the title.  This is infact an "extanded" cut.  Be sure to continue listening after the closing announcements at the end of the episode to find out just what we mean, you won't regret it!


Today we touch on the new world event, "Carnival of the Ascended", some upcoming changes to the Riftstalker, accessibility of raid content, Infernal Dawn looks like it will be a new tier, and more!  Plus that special bonus after the closing sequence!  Enjoy!



Twitter: @RiftOvercast

Episode 3 - Wife Aggro

With Cameron still out sick, Joe and Matt duo-host once again. In this week's episode we share an exciting announcement for the show and shed some tears for the death of the Support role as well as brainstorm how to bring it back to 5 man dungeons. The community's distaste for the Mercenary system seems to have increased. Some players have even boycotted the system apparently! Also, our characters are quickly acquiring better and better gear, bringing us that much closer to Master Modes. All two of them. Wait, there's only two? Doh!



Twitter: @RiftOvercast

Episode 2: High Elf Flatulence

In this week's episode of RIFT Overcast we're unfortunately short one host, as Cameron is sick this week. Joe and Matt cover some personal and player concerns with PvP and ease of access to the new merged-tier-experts. Later on, we get to speculating a little about the upcoming 20 man raid, Infernal Dawn, and the suspected changes to the Cleric soul of Druid. Wonder when Elementalist will get a rework? Shapeshifters anyone? Joe also seems to have a theory about the High Elf healing animation. So kick back, relax, and enjoy the show. Oh, and don't forget the air freshener.



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Episode 1: Enraging Softly

     The cast of RIFT Overcast is proud to bring you Episode 1, Enraging Softly.  In this episode you'll get to know your hosts as we give a little background on our gaming history and what has brought us to RIFT.  We will also cover some of the big changes that came with patch 1.7 and Cameron inspires Matt to sing.  On behalf of Overcast, we apologize for the singing!  We've worked very hard to bring you a smooth and entertaining first episode.  We hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoyed making it.


     We're very much looking forward to hearing back from the community in regards to both the show and your opinions on the game and the changes that have accompanied patch 1.7.  So please, leave a comment below or hit us up on Twitter @riftovercast.

Enjoy!


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RIFT Overcast - Episode Preview

Hello and thank you for checking out RIFT Overcast. We're building our foundation around catering to both new and old players. Hope you'll enjoy what we have to offer. Sit back and enjoy our preview of what is to come in Episode 1 next week and beyond!


I will have a date for Episode 1 by Sunday, January 29 so be sure to check back this weekend.  Once I
have the date I will post it here on the blog and on the official forum thread.  Thank you again for checking
out RIFT Overcast.


Enjoy!

RIFT Overcast - Episode Preview  [Jan. 27, 2012]

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