RIFT Celebrates Five Years With Month Long Events

RIFT is five years old this month. In that time, it's seen over a million players, over $100m worth of profit for Trion Worlds, 50,000 hours of play-time, and a massive expansion. Seen by many as one of Blizzard's main competitors in the MMORPG space, the world of Alara has captured the hearts of a huge number of players and continues to perform well to this day. As part of the celebrations, Trion Worlds are planning a number of events. 

From 10th March through 5th April , all inhabitants of Alara will be able to earn 5th Anniversary Tickets for completing zone events, random dungeons and Warfronts, and weekly crafting quests. The more tickets players earn, the more in-game prizes they can unlock. Prizes include the Mystical Carousel Ram (mount), the Haunted Terminal (dimension), Tier 3 raid gear (rings and earrings), 46 capes (one for each soul).

“Five years after we introduced truly massive battles and unprecedented character class building flexibility, RIFT is still the leader in offering players those experiences, and plenty of other innovations that get you playing with other people, faster than any other MMO” said Chris Junior, RIFT Game Director at Trion Worlds. “We have big plans for RIFT this year and beyond, including some amazing stories and major tech advancements that we’ll be implementing next month in 3.6,”

There will also be weekly and month-long prizes awarded based on a player’s position on the new leaderboard hosted by Enjin.com. With tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of goodies being given away, all players have a great chance to reap the rewards. Each week the Top 100 players will earn prizes ranging from a five year Patron reward to various $5-$100 credit packs, Black Tier Loyalty rewards, every premium mount ever released as part of a trove or supply crate, and tonnes more. Rounding off the five year commemorations will be the latest major content patch, Celebration of the Ascended.