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THANK YOU for helping us test RIFT Live and Prime services. You help us a great deal, and always find things that help make the world of Telara better for all!

A few notes to keep in mind:

• The PTS shards are not always available and may come down unexpectedly.
• At times, the Dev team may make limited-time items available for testing purposes.
• Always expect the unexpected on our PTS shards! The only diety on PTS servers is Murphy, and you know what they say about his Law!
• Your character and items are at risk of random acts of code, natural and unnatural disasters and general mayhem. On the other hand, you’ll get to see and try new content, items and balance passes before anyone else!

Please use the Public Test Shard section of the RIFT Forums for your feedback!

A number of folks have been confused by Alpha and Omega; here’s what they are and how you get to them both!

ALPHA is the Public Test Shard (PTS) for RIFT Live.

To access Alpha, start Glyph, then select RIFT on the left, then select PTS from the dropdown at upper right.
You can copy characters from Live servers to Alpha. Launch the Glyph client and select RIFT. Log in to character select, choose the target character, click the ‘Transfer’ button and select “Copy to PTS”. Next time you load the Alpha Test shard your character will be available for you to use. Once you are “cloned” on PTS, that character can be changed around without affecting your original character in any way.
Note: credits are shared between live shards and the PTS. This means that any credits you spend on the PTS will be deducted from your credits on live shards, so be careful when buying items from the store!

OMEGA is the Public Test Shard (PTS) for RIFT Prime.

To access Omega, start Glyph, select RIFT PRIME on the left, then select PTS from the dropdown at upper right.
You cannot copy Live or Prime characters to Omega. Instead, we provide NPCs on Omega to provide you with a level 50 boost and some start-up gear.

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RIFT PTS now offers a new server at shard select: Omega!

We’ve been hard at work on this project, which will allow us to better test features and balance before sending them to Prime. This will ultimately benefit souls on both Live and Prime. Omega is live now!

What’s the difference?

“Omega” runs on a Prime config and will have a test build of unreleased Prime changes on it.

“PTS” (also known as “Alpha” runs on a Live config with access to all Live classes/levels/abilities.

We plan to set up boost NPCs on Omega to allow characters set level and gear (unlike Live’s PTS, you can’t copy a Prime character to Omega at this time)

The main purpose of Omega is to make soul balance changes visible on the Prime configuration before publish.

It is important to mention that many of these changes will apply to both Live and Prime, where Prime is a subset of Live. Unfortunately, Omega and Alpha cannot co-exist, so while Omega is up, Alpha will be unavailable. We plan to switch it back after the soul balance project is completed.

Souls on both services will benefit over time from the Omega PTS!

You can discuss PTS: OMEGA in the PTS section of our forums!
Patch notes for Omega will appear there as well as in the Prime section of the forums. Below are just the very first patch notes, so keep updated by checking on the forums!

PTS: OMEGA PATCH NOTES

BUFF STACKING GROUPS

Updated buff stacking for numerous abilities across all callings for both passive and active buffs. Many of these were giving inappropriate bonuses due to being placed in an incorrect stacking group.

Cleric

– Defiler – Unstable Transformation (Normal and Legendary)

– Druid – Resounding Blow (Legendary)

– Druid – Nature’s Edict

– Inquisitor – Perseverance (Legendary)

– Inquisitor – Radical Coalescence (Legendary)

– Mastery – Divine Favor

– Runeshaper – Rune of Castigation (Smiting Force Buff)

– Runeshaper – Seal of Vulnerability (Normal and Legendary)

– Runeshaper – Inscribe Fate (Normal and Legendary)

– Shaman – Crushing Blow (Legendary)

– Shaman – Furious Assault (Legendary)

Mage

– Archon – Illuminate (Legendary – Illuminated Earth buff)

– Arbiter – Arcane Shielding

– Arbiter – Biting Wind (Legendary)

– Arbiter – Mana Aegis

– Chloromancer – Radiant Spores (Legendary)

– Dominator – Neural Prod (Legendary)

– Elementalist – Cycle of Fury

– Elementalist – Prismatic Volley (Legendary – Prismatic Cycle buff)

– Frostkeeper – Cold Front

– Frostkeeper – Transcendent Abjuration (Legendary)

– Harbinger – Storm Slash (Legendary)

– Harbinger – Combat Mastery

– Necromancer – Soul Bond (Legendary)

– Necromancer – Death’s Ally (Damage boost for pets)

– Pyromancer – Fusillade (Legendary – Passive Cinder Burst boost)

– Warlock – Void Barrage (Legendary – Passive DoT boost)

– Warlock – Neddra’s Grasp (Legendary)

Primalist

– Berserker – Primal Avatar: Tiger (Legendary – Underworld Shards buff)

– Berserker – Icy Cleave (Legendary)

– Maelstrom – Flashpoint Beacon

– Maelstrom – Hot to the Touch

– Maelstrom – Scald (Legendary)

– Dervish – Lashing Wind

– Dervish – Seismic Smash (Normal and Legendary)

– Dervish – Font of Savagery

– Dervish – Quick Breeze

– Farseer – Thread of Fate

– Farseer – Twisted Fate

– Farseer – Empower Self

– Preserver – Essence Flow

– Preserver – The Coming Storm

– Preserver – Invigorate (Normal and Legendary)

– Preserver – Vine Whip (Legendary)

– Primal Lord – Bloodletting

– Primal Lord – Paired Strikes

– Primal Lord – Circle of Life

– Primal Lord – Harmony of Life

– Primal Lord Font of Bloodlust (Normal and Legendary)

– Primal Lord – Scything Strike (Normal and Legendary)

– Primal Lord – Stingers Spines

– Primal Lord – Rip and Tear

– Titan – Titan’s Fury

– Titan – Earthquake

– Titan – Living Wall

– Vulcanist – Vorpal Salvo (Legendary)

Rogue

– Assassin – Master of Poisons (Legendary)

– Marksman – Barbed Shot

– Mastery – Repetitive Strikes

– Physician – Maintenance Therapy (Legendary)

– Saboteur – Final Countdown

– Saboteur – Last Ditch Effort (Legendary)

– Saboteur – Time Bomb

– Ranger – Ace Shot (Legendary)

– Ranger – Animalism (Legendary)

– Ranger – Call: Razorbeast (Legendary)

– Tactician – Energy Alteration

– Tactician – Curative Engine

Warrior

– Mastery – Precision Strikes

– Paladin – Shield of the Hero

– Paladin – A Good Defense

– Paladin – Wall of Light

– Liberator – Liberation Treatment

– Reaver – Shadow of Dread (Legendary)

– Reaver – Septic Wounds

– Tempest – Lighting Torrent (Legendary)

– Warchanter – Combat Medic

– Warchanter – Vim

– Warlord – Everything is a Weapon (Legendary)

– Warlord – Piercing Thrust

– Warlord – Sergeant’s Order (Legendary)

– Void Knight – Accord of Resilience

– Void Knight – Protective Shield

CLERIC

JUSTICAR

– Fixed an issue where the Justicar’s Even Justice ability would proc its legendary effects with its normal version.

RUNESHAPER

– Seal of Vulnerability: Bonus Rune of Smiting damage from Legendary Seal of Vulnerability can now only be triggered by the Seal’s original caster.

– Rune of Travail: Fixed an issue where Rune of Travail, with the Powered Inscription talent, could occasionally refresh a normal Seal of Vulnerability with the legendary version.

– Rune of Travail: Fixed another issue where Rune of Travail, with the Powered Inscription talent, would refresh Seal of Pain with Seal of Vulnerability instead.

– Seal of Enhancement: Fixed a minor issue where an extra debuff effect would appear on the target momentarily when Seal of Enhancement was cast.

– Rune of Smiting – Updated the debuff tooltip from the Rune Layering talent to indicate how much damage will be done.

SENTINEL

– Light of Redemption (Legendary) – Updated the tooltip to show the % damage reduction granted to the target

MAGE

FROSTKEEPER

– Inner Might: Should now properly max out at one stack.

HARBINGER

– Eldritch Armor: Fixed an issue where Bloom would consume the reactive buff.

PRIMALIST

PRIMAL LORD

– Scything Strike (Legendary) – Previously the tooltip of the ability was incorrectly listing the damage increase for the next ability at 50%. The damage increase is actually 15%. The tooltip has been corrected to show the actual value of the buff. This is only an update to the tooltip, no functionality of the ability has been changed.

VULCANIST

– Vorpal Salvo (Legendary) – Updated the tooltip to show the amount of increase provided to Stroke of Brilliance.

ROGUE

BARD

– Reworked the behind-the-scenes setup of Resonance to cause less ability system load. This should cause no functional changes to the way Resonance works with Motifs of Bravery, Regeneration, and Tenacity.

SABOTEUR

– Bombs Away! – Fixed an issue where Bombs Away! would stop causing Detonate to grant a combo point after respawning from death.

WARRIOR

– Fixed an issue where Warriors would have negative energy regeneration with their eternal weapon equipped and the Warchanter buff Deep Breaths active.

– Fixed an issue where the Warrior’s energy bar would bounce between 0 and 20 several times when the energy regeneration buff from their eternal weapon was applied.

CHAMPION

– Grim Satisfaction – Removed the internal cooldown on the proc.

– Mired – Increase damage bonus to 4/8/12%. Up from 3/6/9%.

LIBERATOR

– Liberation Treatment – Updated the tooltip to show the % increase healing applied to non-Liberator healing abilities.

PARAGON

– Flowing Strikes: Updated the tooltip to improve clarity. Modified how Flowing Strikes and Improved Flowing Strikes works. The character will now only get a single buff, either Flowing Strikes or Improved Flowing Strikes. Improved Flowing Strikes now provides boththe crit bonus from Flowing Strikes and its previous damage boost.

– Force of Will – Now also increases crit damage of Follow Up Attacks by an additional 3/6/9%.

– Turn the Blade – Reduced the damage and healing penalty to 20%.

– Analyze Weakness – Now reduces the damage and healing penalty from Turn the Blade to 15/10% for Paragon abilities.

– Weapon Master – Now also reduces the cooldown of Flurry by 7.5/15s.

RIFTBLADE

– Blade of the Ascended (Legendary): Updated the additional portion of the Legendary tooltip to read, “Casting a Finisher reduces the delay between your auto-attacks by 75% for 10 seconds.” This is to clarify what the effect does and does not change any functionality of the ability.

– Improved Avatar – Updated tooltip for better clarity on what is being changed.

– Avatar of the Rift – Changed Elemental damage to Non Physical damage. This is done for terminology consistency within the soul.

– Elemental Flux – Increased the Blade buff proc chance bonus to 5/10/15/20/25%.

– Burst Synergy – Reduced cooldown from 1 min to 45s.

– Improved Frost Strike – Now also increases damage from Finishers by 5/10%.

– Elemental Caress – Now increases damage by 3/6%. Up from 2/4%.

– Intensify – Modified to, “Increases Critical Hit Chance by 2/4/6% and Critical Hit Damage by 5/10/15%.

– Enhanced Burst – Now also adds a 25% chance for hitting with a Burst ability to award 1/2 combo points.

WARLORD

– Defensive Posture: Fixed an incorrect tooltip.

– Everything is a Weapon (Legendary) – Updated the tooltip to show the % damage increase instead of saying “double”.

– Piercing Thrust – Updated the tooltip to show the % damage increase if used after a Warlord finisher instead of saying “greatly increased”.

– One Two Punch – Reworded Base Damage to just Damage.

– Precise Strikes – Reworded Base Damage to just Damage.

This information has been posted to both the RIFT Live PTS forum section and the RIFT Prime Patch Notes section. We welcome your questions, comments and constructive feedback! ~Brasse

Linda “Brasse” Carlson
Director of Community Relations
Trion Worlds

“Tha pen is mightier than tha sword… but not me axe!”