Today we’re taking a peek at a place that’s a little unique. I wanted to find an awesome dimension that made good use of the Kestrel’s Cry Ravine dimension, which is our snowy retreat nestled in Iron Pine Peak. I love snow areas in video games, so I admittedly have a soft spot for all the snow flurries in IPP. I’m also a huge fan of Norse mythology, so taking a look at Embrz’s Odin’s Ravine dimension over on Deepwood was, well, an easy decision. Odin’s Ravine is one of those dimensions where the magic is truly in the details and the unique building blocks used in some of the structures.

Embrz has built up a cozy viking community complete with a welcoming longhouse, outdoor forge, stable, and a few outlaying homes that make the view quite charming. The details inside the longhouse, stable, and forge are pretty amazing if I say so myself. And that pig roast? Nom nom nom.

Enough with the chatter! Keep reading to take a look at our screenshot tour. As with most awesome dimensions, screenshots really don’t do the place justice, however. Take a tour for yourself! You can find Odin’s Ravine on the Deepwood shard.

GENERAL
* Freemarch: The walls of Iron Fortress have been rebuilt! Quests can once again be completed in the area.
* Zone Events: Unmentored high-level characters may find that their damage is reduced against low-level colossi. Mentoring down to the level of the boss will allow you to deal normal damage.
* Zone events in classic Rift zones now grant a small number of Empyreal Sourcestones or Infinity Stones to high-level characters who mentor down to the level of the event.
* Marks of Notoriety are now granted to high level characters from Storm Legion and classic Rift zone events when mentored. These can be redeemed in Tempest Bay for consumable items that grant notoriety with Storm Legion factions.
* Endless Eclipse: Fixed an issue preventing dead characters from obtaining the Used Tactics achievement.
* Frozen Tempest: Fixed issue that prevented the Rapid Assault achievement from being awarded.
* Triumph of the Dragon Queen: Chasing the White Dragon achievement should be granting properly. Updated description to indicate that this is a personal achievement, not dependent on the entire group.
* Collection quests no longer consider items with Runes on them as quest items.

In this week’s earlier hotfix, the Trion RIFT team updated some of the ways in which new players will experience questing in Freemarch and Silverwood. Players will be able to take part in Carnage quests which will give them a little preview of what’s in store for them in Storm Legion. When a few players on the forums questioned whether they were able to go back and see these Carnage additions for themselves, Tacitus specified that players who have completed the original content will not be able to go back and complete the new Carnage quests.

He also had a few things to add. Keep reading to take a look.

There are some interesting changes and additions coming in 2.3 including a new chronicle. When will we see new souls though? Hints and more hints.

Originally posted by Daglar (Source)

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More chronicles are in the works. You should expect one with 2.3.

~Daglar

In response to this question: Even if these new souls are not to be expected within the next weeks, I’m looking forward to that!
Anyway… the one new soul in SL was no reason for Trion to give us another role slot… will the second new soul now finally be reason enough for a few more???
THAT would be nice!

Originally posted by Daglar (Source)

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2.3

GENERAL
* Further decreased the damage reduction on AoE damage in PVP for levels 45+.
* PVP: Fixed Chilling Rune triggering diminishing returns in PVP.
* Dimension item Orange Brevane Lightpost now glows.

ZONES
* Ashora: Onslaught: Fixed some pathing for Onslaught invasions heading into Dendrome.
* Droughtlands: Pesticide Genocide: Quest item now remains usable for the second objective if you die or exit an instance without using it.

FREEMARCH AND SILVERWOOD
Quest content in all of Freemarch and Silverwood has been adjusted for a smoother experience.
- Main story quests are more clearly marked, with improved rewards.
- Many ancillary quests now auto-complete when objectives are finished.
- Many unique named mobs are now Carnage quests with improved rewards, and can be completed by both factions.
* Freemarch: The Porticulum at Knight’s Stand has been moved to Denegar’s Stand.
* Silverwood: A Porticulum has been added to Highglades Lookout, near the entrance to Hedgerow Court.

Originally posted by Ailion (Source)

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Just a heads up, some Bladedancer and Ranger changes are already up on PTS. Patch notes haven’t been posted yet.

1. Bladedancer: Dauntless Strike: No longer increases the Critical Hit chance of group members. It now applies a debuff to the target, increasing the target’s chance to be critically hit by 5%.
2. Bladedancer: Blade Hustle: An additional effect has been added. You now gain Blade Hustle every 3s, increasing the damage of your next Quick Strike or Precision Strike 3-9%. Stacks up to 10 times.
3. Bladedancer: Disengage: Can now be used anytime. Now on GCD.
4. Bladedancer: Dancing Steel, Hundred Blades: Now on a 30s cooldown, down from 60s.
5. Ranger: New ability added to the Blood Raptor. The Blood Raptor can now charge at the enemy, dealing physical damage.
6. Ranger: Escape Artist: Cooldown has been reduced to 1 min, down from 2 min.
7. Ranger: Fleeting Instinct: Effect can now be applied both in and out of combat.

Do you enjoy writing RIFT guides for your fellow guildmates or on the official forums? Are you always maximizing your list of macros and coming up with new, awesome ideas for DPS rotations? If so, we want to hear from you! Rift Junkies is looking to add a few more enthusiastic, talented volunteer writers to our team. This time around we’re looking for calling experts specifically. If you know your calling like the back of your own hand and constantly hope for more role slots (we can never have enough!), you might be the Ascended we’re looking for.

All that we ask is that you’re a true fan of the game and can show us that you know a thing or two about writing. You’re more than welcome to set your own schedule and write whenever your feel inspired. If you do an awesome, consistent job, there may even be opportunities for this to become a paid position.

If you have any questions or would like to apply to become a writer for Junkies Nation and RIFT Junkies, please feel free to contact Jason Dodge at dreagon@rerollz.net or Laura Hardgrave at laurah@rerollz.com. Make sure to have a writing sample handy when you contact us!

Daglar shared a bit of good news for Warrior players who enjoy using Combat Veteran Warlord specs that also include abilities found in the Paladin soul. The Paladin soul still has a few clunky “flavor” ability requirements that require the use of a shield. This won’t be the case for much longer!

Originally posted by Daglar (Source)

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The flavor is nice on the Paladin, but at the end of the day the game play and synergy suffers for it. I’ve asked Aillion to remove the shield requirement on a number of Paladin abilities – and to rename the ones that would be silly without it.

Hm, that means a change in name for Shield Charge. ‘Shiny Wings O’ Light Charge’, anyone? Nah, probably not.

Catch up this week as we have a roundtable discussion with Ridculy of Knights of the Temple, Slade of Lords of the Dead and Jonalynne of Herfolge Boldklub (say that 10x fast).

Is WvW ranks creating too many zergs? Is there less incentive to play the game now as it was intended?

We talk about SABs, Wildstar, TESO and the future of PVP in the MMORPG genre.

We are please to announce our latest arm of the Junkies Nation Network: Wildstar Junkies! It has been our long tradition to launch and cover the latest and greatest MMORPGs coming out on the internet. It’s been a long while in coming, but it’s finally here. We are dedicated to bring you the latest news, opinion, guides, community coverage when it comes to Wildstar.

Wildstar is going to be a bright spot in the MMORPG playing field. Going back to the roots of large scale raids with a taste of hardcore-ness and then including a way to incorporate player housing so it doesn’t feel like you’re playing with a doll house, we expect Wildstar to be at the top of the genre.

Let’s not even forget that it’s combat system is slowly living up to it’s hype with a hybrid “soft-targeting” system that is a hybrid of some action-based games like TERA and the old tab-targeting system of World of Warcraft. We can’t wait to get our hands on the game on our own PCs.

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