Rift now Free-to-Play for those who own the game

Michael Dunaway
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As many of you already know, Rift is headed Free-to-Play starting on June 12th. If you happened to have purchased a copy of the game, what you may not know is that Rift just went F2P early for those who own a copy of the MMO.

Trion Worlds confirmed this through a Twitter post, welcoming old timers back to Telara:

Obviously, if you have never owned Rift then this doesn't do much for you. However, many users have pointed out an effective method of getting both Rift and the its expansion for free. Currently, those who signup to use the gamer oriented social networking client Raptr can download Rift and play the lite version in order to unlock the full game plus the Storm Legion expansion for free. You will have to clock in about 14 hours ingame with the Raptr client running, but you do not have to be actually ingame for the time to count. This means you can simply alt-tab and do other things or have it running overnight.

This also benefits you once Rift goes completely F2P, as players who own a full copy of the game get upgraded to 6 character and 5 bag slots. Not only that, but if you own the expansion you also get access to the additional souls that were added with it. Even if you already owned the base client you can still run Raptr in order to unlock the expansion making it a win-win for everyone.

If you'd like to see what exactly your gaining as a box copy owner of Rift be sure to check out the handy Rift F2P FAQ here.

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Michael Dunaway
Michael Dunaway, News Editor

Michael Dunaway has been part of the MMOBomb team for years and has covered practically every major Free-to-Play MMO title since 2009.

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Discussion (37)

Leanne 10 years ago
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ExHuman 10 years ago
just get free copy of Rift. thanks 4 this topic mmo bomb team

JamesCrow 10 years ago
did rift: storm going free2play too or b2p for the expenion?

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RandomDOod 10 years ago
really nice info thnx :D i got my free rift + storm after 15 hour ,

The game is very solid so far , the graphic art is not the best but the game mechanic is awesome .

When i play Rift i feel like im playing a wow ripoff made by THQ

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Luis 10 years ago
nice one

anip 10 years ago
B2P is only a part of it.
There's also Sub.
But mainly F2P

B2P = Founders
Sub = VIP
F2P = Free Players

Basing on how much bonuses VIP have compared to some other games... VIP may or may not turn into P2W.

I still stick with my statements of "never assuming a game will never be P2W"

Example? Just look at RaiderZ when they released with the promise of "never adding P2W items" (which they just broke a week ago)

Than there's also the F2P -> Heavy Cash Shop
This means 90% all new contents are to be Cash Shop associated.

Example? TERA (look at their recent updates)

AION on the other hand... still coming out with massive content that all can be obtained by Free Players (however, there may or may not be some P2W aspects in it too)

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RIP 10 years ago
I knew this last week, loaded up to get patches ready.for ftp, and game let me play, Thought I had extra time from last time I had played,but bad part is I popped on and remembered why I left. graphics are crap,I had played so many of the games since i left rift a couple years ago, I came back on and it was like watching a old 50's sci fi movie and expecting the same graphics as lucas arts. Dont know If i can pull myself in to go back to play. But hey least its free now.

Appci 10 years ago
Oh and lets look what recent stuff do we have... Mmm Dragon's Prophet, a game where u get below 15fps the moment u see 5 or more players on screen. Praying not no meet any1 was a wery mmo'ish experience...
Yeh Rift might not b a perfect game, but its easily in top 3 (or top 5 depend if u like anime) on free mmorpg market today

bigguy 10 years ago
good news i played rift on release didn't get into it but started playing over a year ago and there was lots of changes and been playing ever since. the game isn't a pay to win the cash shop is only for those who want things faster and too lazy to grind the items. the items in the shop you don't need rift has a great community us at lv 60 are always willing to help new players as we do in our guilds yes it looks like other mmos but rift has more to offer and the patch 2.3 brings even more content events world bosses and other things to do

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Dubator 10 years ago
So i just have to play lite version for 14 hours before 12th to get full game? (Just seems to good to be true:)) Thanks for answer.

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Mgamer 10 years ago
so its a B2P now. no point in looking forwarding into this game anymore.

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Selectedlol 10 years ago
Get Ready for P2W

Dragar 10 years ago
Love this game, it took everything wow did great and updated it for today :D
Can't say I'm not happy with the f2p switch, been waiting months to get back onto my bard and now it's free I see no reason to leave.

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Rufinus 10 years ago
i was so disappointed in this game. this game is pure shit. and those who was sub to it is dumb

Hykova 10 years ago
A big part of any game for me is how my character looks. I want to look as badass as I feel when I'm running around being the hero, and in Rift, I just wasn't very impressed with the character models, customization, or armor sets. For me to get deeper into a game, I have to feel that character immersion personally.

That's just my opinion though. Others might like their style.

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koro 10 years ago
dungeon-, raid-, battleground-, quest group- finder. The actual game world including all the rifts are dead empty. It was fun the first few months after release.

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0lly 10 years ago
Good news

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