Rift-Bards

[Ualaa]

That sucks.

Rift looks like it might be a decent alternative to Warcraft.
But there's zero chance I'll buy five copies, if I won't be able to box it.
Personally, if its not boxable, I won't be buying one copy.

[Vociferate]

That sucks.

Rift looks like it might be a decent alternative to Warcraft.
But there's zero chance I'll buy five copies, if I won't be able to box it.
Personally, if its not boxable, I won't be buying one copy.

I am feeling the exact same way, really. I have been looking on and off at it, and it seems like a fun game. But I financially couldn't stomach 5 copies of the game and some gametime only to find out boxing isn't legit 6 months down the road and either get banned or have to stop playing.

Ever since I have started boxing, playing one game seems... Mundane. >.>

[Mokoi]

Ever since I have started boxing, playing one game seems... Mundane. >.>

This. We are all ruined lol.

[Meeo]

That sucks.

Rift looks like it might be a decent alternative to Warcraft.
But there's zero chance I'll buy five copies, if I won't be able to box it.
Personally, if its not boxable, I won't be buying one copy.

Rift is definitely a decent alternative, i am going out on the limb and pre-ordered 4 accounts. After doing beta since Beta 1, i have noticed that the Boss fights within the Instances aren't really multiboxing friend, but then again, i know multiboxers will eventually overcome and adapt like we always do. I just don't think ill would be ready to multi-box an entire 5 man, so ill just be running 4 and having another friend come along to help out.

I went exploring around on the last day of the Beta 6, and i must say the environment of the game in my opinion is much better then WoW. Only time will tell, i will be blogging/podcasting/webcasting my experience starting within the week, so hopefully if may be some insight to those who are still on the fence.

But then there is always still the lack of a response from Trion at this time regarding boxing in general.

[Lyonheart]

I'm starting out with two. If i get banned, ill be sure to let everyone know. I does bother me that they seem to refuse to comment on boxing openly. WTF are they being silent for? Is it silent approval? Or are they waiting to see what kind of sales they get when it launches, and make a decision later? If the game does well, they might be of a non supporting position and "think it will be better for the game if they do not allow boxing ( based on the mass amounts of QQing about boxing) I don't know, it makes no sense!

[Lokked]

I've also only Pre-ordered 2, but playing 5 is so much fun that I'm not sure 2 will cut it.

I may just risk it and spend the other $150-180 on 3 more pre-orders. Already spent $100, might as well spend a little more to get the enjoyment I'm looking for.

5 Bards does sound fun. I used a main of Bard, Marksmen, Ranger (?? The 3rd ranged class). Cadence gives 3 combos, Marksmen get a med damage, 3sec Cooldown ability which gives 2, then you can use a bard finisher which can either AE Heal, Debuff, or Damage! Sounds exciting!

So many options! Even if none of them turn out to be viable, it still sounds like fun trying them out.

[Lyonheart]

Its allowed, get your copies! http://forums.riftgame.com/showthrea...o-know!/page10 ( POST #96 )

Quat from Abigale "We have never implied that we would not allow multi-boxing. As long as the accounts are being run manually, we do not have a problem with it.

That being said, remember that you are responsible for all actions on each of your accounts. Harassment/griefing rules still apply. So, if a person is going to harrass someone with 5 characters at a time, that will be dealt with accordingly.

As of now, there are no restrictions or rules against multi-boxing.

[Lyonheart]

I wanted to give some input about playing 4 bards ( playing 5 was too laggy for me, 4 just cuts it). The damage is more than enough for questing and rift slaying. With Cadence healing the party ( or up to 10 raid members) or 100% of its DPS, i never needed a heal. In Rifts its hard to tell if i am keeping the whole raid up or if there are other healer types doing a lot of healing as well. What i do know, is there have been several rifts i cleared by myself or with one or two other dps, and my cadence healing was more than enough.

I was also able to take on a few equal level elite invaders and their thugs, by myself(s), bards dps on elites is slow, but its healing as well, so it works out great! I am going to drop to 3 next session and see how i do.

pro bard tip : i made a follow macro and added one motif per bard. i am always hitting follow ( habit from WoW ) so it made it easy to remember to do motifs ( they last 15 seconds with no talents ) Now one bard can "twist" every motif, i think there are 7ish at end game. So if you were 5 boxing you could bind one of the most useful motifs to your follow key per bard, and just twist the last few ( if necessary ) with your leader. macro>

/target "leadersname"
/follow
/cast Motif of Suchandsuch

[Lokked]

I just finished 2 PvP games with 5 bards.

Lvl 16 - 12 Bard, 9 Nightblade, 0 Ranger

My team died once (Main died and I didn't have FTL set up).

Each of my 5 did more damage than anyone else, and healed for roughly 8 times what the second place (behind the 5 healed for), and we STILL LOST! I guess no one on our side was concerned with getting the Fang of Regulos.

5x Bard is extremely OP at these levels, although they are really squishy. A Level 20 Rogue + some mage class killed my main once, and almost killed him a second time. I'm stacked with Cloth gear, for the Int bonuses.

Spamming Cadence with Coda of Wrath when they get to ~30%. I don't have any snares yet, but people were kind enough to run straight for my main and not strafe around at all.

[Wadis]

I've been running 4 bards also currently lvl 14.

went full bard and found while its great to have SO much healing, the anthem heal along with cand is amazing but stuff doesn't die fast enough for my liking (great for PvE however)

x4 Sab is definitely where it is at for pvp. the slow bomb on a round robin while spamming the AOE bombs is really insane. VERY mobile spec