A Grain of Salt

It is with some reservation that I make this post.  Always in the past I have tried my best to get verification from either Trion directly, or multiple sources before posting anything.  I plan on continuing this tradition, but this little nugget is so near and dear to my heart that I simply cannot resist sharing the info.  Namely I have to think Rilgon for tipping me off about this.

Knocking Out Number Five

Awhile back I made a post entitled “Five Things I Wish Rift Had” in which I outlined the features from other games that I most wanted in Rift.  As various commenter’s mentioned I left out a few, but this was the list that was especially important to me.  The number 5 item on the list, was the inclusion of an appearance slots system.

Based on some chatter this morning on the rift forums, apparently this feature is now in on the Alpha shard.  The above image and some various nuggets of information was posted this morning by the player known as Festo.  This if true is a pretty amazing advancement in the game, and is one of the first bones thrown at role-players.  At this point there really is not a lot of information.

I titled this update “Grain of Salt” because this is exactly what we have to take this news with.  At this point there is been no verification from anyone within Trion that this feature is going into the game.  As the morning has gone on, and the original thread has grown in length, additional players have chimed in claiming that it is in fact on the Alpha Shard as Festo stated.

Original Post From Festo

Post From Lilliemunster Clarifying Pricing

So based on this smattering of information from two players combined it appears that the system will give all players a single wardrobe slot for free.  Then much like bank tabs, or roles we can purchase the additional slots for a more expensive fee.  There is a bit of rumbling around the pricing being out of range, but in truth it seems about right for me.  In many games, you only have the option of a single appearance tab, so the ability to have multiple outfits that you can swap between is well worth the platinum sink.

We can only assume that if this feature does go live, it looks like it would go live with the rest of the confirmed 1.2 features.  So at this point, 1.2 is shaping up to be a very significant patch to say the least.  While I would have liked to have seen a guild bank in this patch, it is nice to at least have one feature off my wanted list.

Disclaimer Again

Just wanted to get this out here again.  At the time of posting this update, this feature has not been confirmed with by anyone at Trion.  So like every internet rumor take this one as questionable until we get official word.  However like I said, to me this is a very major feature, so I wanted to get this info up asap.  I know for alot of my readers, this too was a major feature.  I did take the time to read through the user Festo’s post history on the Rift forums, and based on the frequency and type of posts they seem as reliable as anyone is.  However, still proceed with caution until we get an announcement on this one.