If you’ve done any Onslaughts within the last few days, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the new, temporary anti-botting defense mechanism Trion has added to Storm Legion Onslaughts. Basically, if you stay in one spot long enough, a tear-looking AoE circle will appear beneath your feet that does considerable damage. The circles tend to be quite random, so it’s possible to see them appear as you’re merely running through an Onslaught that’s under attack. You can also have one appear when you’re drinking between invasions or even while you’re upgrading a turret, relay, or lifespring.

Trion’s taken notice of the last part, thankfully, and will be making a change in the next hotfix that will allow players to use Nexus Infusion to upgrade Onslaught turrets, relays, and lifesprings while on the move. Here’s the announcement, which was posted by Elrar yesterday on the official forums:

Originally posted by Elrar (Source)

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Hey guys,

Thought you’d like to be the first to know – in the next Hot Fix we’re planning to make Nexus Infusion not be cancelled by movement. Meaning you can continue to channel the ability while dodging AoE’s permitting you don’t go out of range.

Thanks for the feedback, cheers!

If you’d like to provide Trion with any thoughts on the new AoE mechanism, this post was taken from a feedback thread regarding the recent addition to Onslaughts (also, our comments section works again finally– hooray!).

Now that Storm Legion’s been out for a while and the holidays have come to an end, many members of the RIFT community are becoming a little concerned. Why’s that? Because of Trion’s lack of recent community interaction and support. Botting has been a problem on and off in the game for a while, especially since the addition of fishing, but it has never been as rampant as it is now. Fishing bots are helping inflate the in-game economy on many shards, and AFK leveling has also been an issue in the expansion. Trion has yet to say much about either.

Many players are also concerned about Trion’s general lack of recent community support when it comes to player harassment and in-game chat and name moderation. There has been an influx of new and returning players in RIFT since Storm Legion, and many of the chat channels across multiple shards are becoming a little hostile. The official forums have also been fairly quiet as of late. Between Trion’s recent flux of layoffs and the winter holidays, a bit of silence is to be expected, but how much silence is too much, exactly?