{"id":5874,"date":"2018-03-12T05:20:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T05:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.indiesmasher.com\/wp\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2018-03-12T05:20:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T05:20:20","slug":"rift-primes-launch-exceeds-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/12\/rift-primes-launch-exceeds-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rift Prime&#8217;s Launch Exceeds Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The launch day of Rift Prime surely surprised, and felt almost surreal for the players that managed to get in. While it was expected that a lot of players would be there for the occasion,\u00a0seeing crowds of players in the low-level zones went beyond anything we imagined.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We apologize most profusely for our great success. Seriously though, queues will lessen as people start to spread out their login times more. \ud83d\ude42 [Brasse] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tx5SN40raO\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tx5SN40raO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RIFT Crucia&#8217;s Claw (@Riftgame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riftgame\/status\/972555894994210817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For those of you not keeping up, RIFT Prime is a progression server, meaning that the server begins with content and level caps restricted to that of the original RIFT launch. Additional content are then gradually unlocked, along with increases in the level cap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The launch day of Rift Prime surely surprised, and felt almost surreal for the players that managed to get in. 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