Views, hair horrors and dungeons

Today was a rather long day. I took a swim in the ocean and saw this gorgeous view of Meridian...

...and I was the victim of an evil color bug that turned my hair lime green! ARGH, the horror!



After visiting my hairdresser in a panic and having her dye it back to purple/white, I could finally relax and get to the maiming of the day. We fought a few invasions and along with some friends, I made a trip into the Iron Tomb. A rather droll place decoration-wise if you ask me, but as an adventure it was more than satisfying. We did well, only died once, and I walked away with a new sword as well as a new belt to keep it in.

Best of all, I managed to keep the entire party (almost) out of danger during the run. I guess the tank combination I chose worked... though I still miss my consecration! Hmm, I seem to be suffering from the "WoW" debuff. I wonder when it will wear off?

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It's too early for rifts

Okay, it's like 8 am on a sunday and I'm basically alone in Freemarsh. Deathrifts and Waterrifts are opening all over the place... tentacles are hanging from the sky like christmas ornaments. Am I the only early riser in Telara?

Get out of bed, guys! There is something that looks like C'thulu at the door, and I don't think he is delivering your breakfast...



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Holy warrior without a God

Yesterday was such a day! I started my morning by sending some undead back to the underworld and practicing to express the different aspects of my soul through combat. I must admit that the three different callings that my soul answers to sometimes create some inner turmoil. Paladin... Reaver... Void Knight...

Well, as the story goes, I was more of a pure Paladin before my death. Then, being dead for so long, I brought back a touch of deathly magic and a darker side to my personality from the afterlife. I am still getting to terms with these conflicts - protecting through seeking death fearlessly and saving the innocents through dark powers.

The holiness that once was seems eradicated from my templar soul. The belief is gone but the powers remain. It is a quite interesting experience, being a holy warrior without a God.

With these musings in my head, I left the graveyards of Freemarsch and ventured into the city. Whatever calling my soul hears, above all I am female and in need of shopping and society. So I ventured into the City of Meridian and met this chick with really wierd hair. Is that the style? Should I abandon my white-sprinkled mohawk in order to be in this season?

Well, I am not changing my hair. It's fierce. And you can forget about me wearing a helmet! In fact, I went to the dye shop and bought some purple dye to make my armor match my coloring.

Shut up, you wish you were purple too!

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Enter Miyu

So it was time for the sneak start launch. Yesterday I entered the world of Telara properly, as Miyu the warrior. She is, of course, named after the Vampire Princess Miyu, a tragic vampire girl in japanese anime/manga who chases demons along with her silent companion. For some reason certain shades of purple always remind me of Miyu and these shades turned up when I made my avatar in Rift.

Anyway, after being resurrected in the far future and fixing the time machine, I land in the lovely green land of Freemarch. I engage in the usual slaughter of innocent hostiles, fetch objects for people whose feet seem cemented to the ground and defeat Rifts whenever they open on top of my head. It's a way of life I guess. Furthermore, I made some friends and joined the guild The Black Hand. I also outfitted myself with this lovely red plate underwear set. Apparently, this will shield me from blows. I am a bit sceptical to the practical aspects of plate underwear, but the fashion is undeniable! Forces of evil, fear my exposed skin!

I wish I had some more tattoos to show off.

As for my talents, you'll notice the shield on my back. That is because I am a very self-sufficient person who does not sit around and have a coffee while monsters ravage the land. I run up to them and slam their faces, come hell or glory.

I have already died once. It didn't last, but it fucked up my self-preservation sense.








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Trying out the world

So, I tried a warrior, a rogue, a mage, a cleric... ran through the noob area with all of them. Then I rerolled another warrior, pimped her with a twohander and started hacking away. Not entirely happy with my soul selections, but hey, it's a beta and the chars will be wiped before the real adventure begins.

I actually saw a lot of awesome stuff, including this apocalyptic rift forming overhead.

All in all, I am liking the world, the story and the graphics. The interface is almost exactly like Wow, but that's fine. In fact I like it - I've used it for 5 years and everything is familiar. It makes it very easy to learn this new game and I can focus on the story rather than struggling with new controls.

The chat in the starting area is worse than the Barrens chat, though, lol!

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I have a good feeling about this...

Alright, here we go. First day of last cycle of Rift beta testing. So far it looks awesome. The interface is like World of Warcraft 2.0, and I like that. Why fix it if it isn't broken? I enter into a dark and wierd world full of gadgets and this funky hole in the sky, sprouting tentacles. These dudes want to send me back in time to save the world, but first I have to gather up some sould, kill some mobs and kill/save this angel warrior. Cool, let's roll!

This blog will follow my adventures in the Rift gaming world. We will start with a few days of beta and see where we go from there... now, I'll stop wasting my free beta time blogging and making nice pictures and go kill something with my awesome blades. Tentacle-thingies beware!

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