IWT functionality in Rift?

[Mercbeast]

I haven't jumped in yet, but I am curious. Does Rift feature IWT + Click to move like WoW allowing for melee teams to actually engage their target? Or does melee require the standard walk the team to the target method?

[Meeo]

Rift does not currently support Interact with Target Movement with CTM enabled. You have to currently walk your team, or set your team to follow your lead as they melee.

[Mercbeast]

How forgiving is the melee movement? Can you reliably keep moving and they will keep swinging? I haven't played in a couple years so I can't really remember how finicky it was ;p

Next question is, do you need to face your target to use dot abilities?

[Meeo]

I can only speak for the clerics dot'ing: i know that i do not have to face my target to DOT mobs with Vex or Sanction Heretic.

You can melee on the move with many of the cleric and mage melee specs, i have not done a rogue or a warrior in melee yet. most melee abilities are instant so there should be no need for them to break follow.

[Mercbeast]

What is the range like on melee attacks. Do you need to be right on top of the target for followers to hit?

[Meeo]

melee is sometimes right on top, it really varies based on mob type.

[Mercbeast]

So the big question then is, how would a team of melee characters do in PvP? ;p

[Meeo]

Which is exactly the question i cant answer at the moment :p.

After i get my new team of clerics up to 60, i was looking at doing a rogue(ranged team for pvp) or doing a Mage-Harbinger team, as their ST and AoE damage is pretty crazy upclose, not to mention their gap closer, and reverse blinking they can do to change the range up.