By the time PAX Prime 2012 started last Friday, I was already pretty excited about dimensions. I’ve always been a fan of housing in MMOs, and the video tour Trion gave at last month’s GamesCom convention was really promising. After seeing the system firsthand, I’m even more of a convert.

That’s not just idle fangirl talk, either. The versatility of dimension design is almost overwhelming. Storm Legion will launch with over 200 housing items, ranging from basic planks and rocks to hanging lamps and telescopes. Some items will have special on-click abilities, and everything can be resized and placed anywhere in the dimension. And they mean anywhere.

Trion’s livestreams from the PAX convention floor every day over the holiday weekend presented a deluge of information for viewers and attendees, and amongst the many things shown was a first look at Endless Eclipse, one of the new raids in Storm Legion. The final boss of this gigantic new zone? “One of the two dragons that are left,” said Russ Brown, VP of Development for RIFT, while giving the internet a tour of the raid for Trion’s TwitchTV page.

A dragon, eh? Well if Crucia is on the Storm Legion cover that probably leaves… yep, that’s right, it’s time to face down Regulos, previously known as the big baddie from vanilla RIFT. In fact, at one point near the end of the tour a zone name popped up on the screen: “Regulos Raid Death Chamber”. Let’s just hope it’s his death and not ours, right?

This weekend at PAX Prime 2012, Trion Worlds put on quite a show with all of the goodies they had to offer. The company showcased RIFT a great deal, naturally, diving into areas of Storm Legion that we haven’t seen before. We were also shown some of the new Bard skills in action. On top of all that, we also found out some new details about the expansion! It was a good weekend, and thanks to Trion’s TwitchTV page, it’s possible to view the footage at any time.

There’s a lot of footage to cover, however, thanks to three days of live streams. That’s why we’re here to offer up some of the best highlights of the three-day event, show off some screenshots, videos, and all the juicy details that were new information reveals. As a warning, all of the footage below was originally captured from Trion’s live streams, so graphical/sound quality may not be the best. Let’s take a look, shall we?

During next weekend’s PAX, Trion announced earlier this week that they will not only be attending and showcasing all kinds of RIFT goodies, but the team will be live streaming the presentation. PAX runs from Friday, August 31st to Sunday, September 2nd. Here’s the announcement:

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We’re taking our live streams to a whole new level!

When we invade PAX next weekend you’ll get to join the action – whether you’re coming to the show or halfway around the world you’ll get to see the latest and greatest from RIFT, Defiance, and End of Nations.

Join us next weekend starting Friday, August 31st – Sunday, September 2nd from 10:30AM to 5:30PM Pacific (5:30PM-12:30AM GMT) for live coverage from the show floor. We’ll be showing off the latest in Storm Legion with interviews, playtests, and more – just tune into Twitch.TV/trionworlds!

Sounds exciting! Oh, and in case you haven’t heard– we won’t see our next Storm Legion class reveal (although we do know names now!) until after PAX. We will, however, hopefully see some new goodies at PAX in the likes of interviews, area reveals, and feature reveals.