By the time I get this posted we will be mere hours away from the launch of Storm Legion, the first expansion to Rift. I’m excited about it. I’ve actually been spending some time working to get my Mage geared up and leveled up and I am finally starting to feel powerful. At least for a few hours anyway. I am enjoying it too.
I was able to get enough Inscribed Source Stone to get my second level Planar Staff. That has really helped. Of course all that Planar Attunement that comes alone with it from all the leveling doesn’t hurt either.
I’ve been fairly good about doing my crafting dailies and weeklies and had a fair bit of Master Craftsman Marks that I decided to spend. Well, I didn’t spend all of them, just most of them. I got recipes for about four pieces that I can wear and they will help with my stats. Of the four recipes, two I could make right away and two are going to take a few days since some of the materials they require are those master ones that you can only make one of every twenty hours. I’m hoping for that to go away in the expansion, and I thought I looked in beta, but I can’t remember. So I’ll just proceed as if it’s still there. My luck the Grand Master material will be a forty hour cool down.
Crafting aside. I’ve also done some Chronicles. I need the marks to get some of the gear I want, I’ve even looted an item in one that was better than what I had, though not as good as what I’m going to make. Anyway. I ran the two person chronicles on my Mage alone. I have an elemental pet that I let tank for me. I was really pleased to find I could solo those once I got the new staff and two other new pieces.
I’ve even taken on some level 50 rifts solo and succeeded. Well, not with the major one but that’s a whole other story.
I am really enjoying feeling like my character has some power. She may not be as powerful as she could be but she’s getting there. At least for now. Soon she’ll be clawing her way back up the ladder with everyone else.
There is another factor other than gear. That is that I feel like I fianlly get it. I get how to get more powerful. I get how to get to the top levels, or at least close. I know it’s within my capabilities. Seems a little strange to me after nearly a year of playing Rift and a few years of World of Warcraft, among other games. You would think that whole thing had sunk in before now. Only, I guess it hadn’t.
So for now my Mage feels powerful, soon, maybe not so much. At least she won’t be so weak as to make her feel like I’m starting over when the expansion hits. And, I am looking forward to Storm Legion with a different frame of mind. Become fearce and powerful. It’ll be fun!
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