Rift Leveling Guides - Comparisons and Reviews
With the recent release of Rift: Planes of Telara game thousands of players rushed online to search for a good leveling guide to help them gain more experience and level up their characters faster. Many of those players got disappointed after purchasing a guides because there are some out there which are definitely not worth reading and will not be of much benefit to you.
Before you go and get the first Rift leveling guide you come across it's important that you first read the reviews of them. Before you spend your money you should know 100% what is it that you are buying and fortunately it's not hard to find that out. There are websites out there dedicated to writing reviews of Rift leveling guides and reading those is the first step you should take.
It's also extremely good to compare these Rift strategy guides against each other in order to better understand which ones have what content, and whether the authors have provided any useful tips at all. More than often they did research the topic extensively but some of these guide authors aren't as knowledgeable about the game as others, and such guides will not greatly benefit you.
What you will want to buy is definitely a guide that contain proven, expert information which isn't only useful for complete beginners in Rift. Ensuring you get such a guide is crucial to your gameplay as you will then learn a lot more about the game and in turn become a much better player.
In many ways, Rift is similar to World of Warcraft, as well as other games. For example, many of the mechanics are similar to WoW, but with the addition of something which is similar to Warhammer Online’s public quests system, and more. Basically, another MMORPG game, but this one will not be released unfinished and with hundreds of annoying bugs. The developers are making sure of it, and while it’s still early to tell, Rift might very well be a worthy competition to WoW.
Leveling in Rift works pretty much as in other MMORPG games. It’s nothing innovative and groundbreaking: the same old process of doing quests, killing X amount of monsters and grinding. You can however speed up the process a great deal by following a quality leveling guide, which is exactly what this page is about. I’ll be reviewing ALL Rift leveling and strategy guides and help you figure out which one is the best.
Currently, there’s a few different leveling guides available for Rift, some of them good and some even bad. Make sure to read the reviews below carefully before you purchase one.
- Xerxes Rift Mastery Guide (review) Rating:
- Killerguides Rift Strategy Guide (review) Rating:
- Rift Blueprint Guide (review) Rating:
- Fero’s Rift Strategy Guide (review) Rating:
- Kalmar’s Rift Guardian Leveling Guide (review) Rating:
1. Xerxes Rift Mastery Guide
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Xerxes guide is my favorite guide for a number of reasons. First of all the leveling guide is the most detailed one and includes an impressive amount of screenshots and maps to guide you through quests. Some other guides (although not all) have maps and screenshots but it’s not nearly as much as in Xerxes.
Xerxes Mastery Guide also has really insider stuff about callings and souls. Some guides just post the beginner stuff inside with a few additions, but Xerxes clearly has a lot of experience playing all classes and his recommendations on equipment, stats, builds, soul pairings etc. are invaluable.
This guide also includes a ton of additional bonuses, all of which are really useful. Overall Xerxes guide no doubt stands out from the competition and you won’t regret if you get it.
2. Killerguides Rift Strategy Guide
Rating:A very, very frequent mention on this site, Killerguides is again the first to publish a guide for Rift. I did get an early sneak peek into it, and while I can’t really reveal many details about it yet, it’s shaping out to be quite possibly the best Rift leveling guide out there.
It includes battle strategies, equipment breakdown, solo and group tactics, raiding techniques and guide, as well as a leveling guide. If you want more info and check out the preorder details, you can click the link below.
3. Rift Blueprint
Rating:Rift Blueprint has enough content to make it a decent guide but not enough for me to recommend it over any of the guides above. Simply put the content and guides aren’t as detailed and useful. It does have a ton of beginner guides but it simply doesn’t cut it: these tips won’t help you stand out from other players too much.
The leveling guide inside is not even a leveling guide but rather a few notes about quests and doing rifts. The most useful part is the comprehensive dungeons guide giving you boss strategies and locations, but the same can be found in Xerxes guide, therefore there’s no reason why you would want to download Rift Blueprint.
4. Fero’s Rift Strategy Guide
Rating:Fero’s guide is almost identical in quality as Rift Bluprint. It doesn’t have any secrets or all that many useful tips and strategies. Again, beginner guides, the same dungeons guide as you can find elsewhere, and a few tips and notes that won’t really do you much good.
I recommend you skip Fero’s guide.
5. Kalmar’s Rift Guardian Leveling Guide
Rating:Kalmar’s guide does have step-by-step quest guides which I can’t say for all other guides, but the guide is currently incomplete despite being advertised that it is. The only thing Kalmar provides is a 1-19 leveling guide for the Guardian faction, and even that isn’t that well done.
Personally I much prefer to have Xerxes guide which has a ton of really useful bonuses, and a more detailed leveling guide — for both factions.
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Summary
Xerxes guide is hands down the winner here. Massive amounts of useful content, and the most detailed leveling guide. Best buy, highest rating, top recommendation, etc. Download Xerxes, you will love it.
