PvP Pyrodom Mindfuck

PvP on Rift isn't the most entertaining thing, nor is it fully balanced.
Rogues are the new rage post-1.6 *rawr*

But despite this, my latest venture on Rift this weekend is getting to rank 6 and getting shiny new PvP armor (so pretty!) - I'm 220k prestige (out of 360k) away from the rank and about 102 marks of retribution away from the full rank 6 set.

But the point of this post is to introduce you to a mage build I've found to be very successful on the warfront, or at least for me... Pyrodom
(Here's a link to the build: MindFuck)
I'm not one to give advice on builds, especially considering I'm a clicker, but I'd advise you use the macro's mentioned in the forum post.

Important notes to consider:
* When speccing into this build, make sure to swap one point from Archmage to reach the top tier in the Pyromancer tree "Heat Wave". I find that Rune Shield isn't the most helpful skill on WF when you're too busy to take a glance at your charge meter.
*If you really want some fantastic burst damage, buff up with a Pyro Shield, debuff your target quickly, pop Heat Wave and blast them with fireball. Your Cinder Burst should proc after this, so you have a chance to finish them off with a big blast in the face (Killing Spree!)
*Grasping Void is so much fun to use, but isn't everything better when it's in slow motion? :D
*Make sure to double click your shield macro as soon as you're stuck in a tight situation, and always keep a distance (though if you are stuck in melee range, flicker is a blessing)
*Also, PLEASE remove Thunderblast from the first macro. It's essential you know what this move does and use it when it's actually useful (like when that big 2H is slashing you across the nuts)

*A little bit of squirrel-spam won't hurt either, especially when you're up against a PvP noob who isn't quite aware of a break-free ability. 

So there you have it folks, the PvP guide from Yaranak. God help you.

Oh, and if you do try it, let me know where you've spent your points and how useful you think it is in the WFs.

GLHF!

All the mounts I've collected over the months...

Rock Vaiyuu Reins - Dragonslayer Glorified (Mount of the Month <3)

Swift Plains Yarnosaur Leash - Icewatch Covenant Glorified

Swift Rock Najmok Reins - Order of Mathos Glorified

Nimble Frost Valmera Collar - (Farid bought me this beauty)

Ancient Tartagon - Collector's Edition Mount

Spindrel - Pay 5 bucks to Trion for this and a mobile bank

Ember Steed - thanks to three friends who joined and got me this beauty!

Ash Strider - Earth World Event Mount

Tawny Fae Yule Vaiyuu - <3 Christmas World Event Mount

Crocnard - Completed Water Epic Saga

Striped Yarnosaur Leash - My Second Mount Ever

Nimble Rock Najmok Reins - Hardcore :P

Chocolate Horse Bridle - FIRST Mount Ever!

Mossy Tartagon - Life World Event Mount

... and I'm still searching for a Murdantix... 

A colleague mentioned he doesn't know what Rift looks like... So I present to you Sanctum

That's Farid on the left (Arab Male Warrior... and a tank as well!) and Yaranak on the right (Mage, fuck yeah. And relic'd too)

How rude of me...

On second thought, this diary really needs a formal introduction.

I just needed a place to write down my Rift progression. Let's say in the near future, maybe 5 years from now, I'm still clicking away at my skill bar (yeah, I'm a clicker. Only God can judge me) this would be a great place to look back and aww at all my great gaming memories.

So just a quick recap of my playtime which at the moment is not known, but last I checked, I'm currently logged around 3 months and 20 days. In real life, that's close to 8 months.

Side Note: Farid Boutalbi introduced me to the game. Let me point out that he's also Algerian and makes fun of the way I say Cul de Sac.

So yeah... considering it was my first MMO, the first 40 levels of my game play were hilarious. I rolled a mage high elf on the EU shard Whitefall (PvP) and I didn't have the slightest clue about stats and gear. Around level 45, it was a race with my friends to get to endgame (50), and at 50, we had already built up a small social guild under the name Nocturnal, with a Pelle army from Sweden and some friends from home.

Once we grew tired of dungeon content, we knew it was time to start raiding. The first scheduled raid night for Nocturnal (a 10man raid called Gilded Prophecy, which we later found out was pretty difficult), only 3 people showed up online, and that was the end of that ridiculously short-lived venture.
We quickly merged with a Greek guild, StormLords, to start raiding in GSB and GP - looking back at it now, our progression was just silly.... and our guild leaders thought so as well, so they quit the game to play WoW, while we all wondered what we were going to do next. Farid and I packed up our virtual bags and joined the server's largest PvP guild, Cyrus. Raiding progression was much better but the leader was hell bent on shoving PvP content down everyone's throat, and since we were never able to become regular members (due to our PvP rank), Farid and I left the guild once more. We joined a few more guilds, which were failures, until we decided to finally switch shards. I've got to tell you, it was the best decision ever made in my Rift life. After scouring the forums, we found out that Icewatch, a PvE shard, had a few pretty active raiding guilds, and we ended up, through a successful trial, joining Zero Tolerance.

When we first joined Zero Tolerance, the guild officers thought it would be a long while until we could start Hammerknell raiding, but after a successful one-shot of Murdantix, it was our sole focus to progress even further.

After two months with the guild I'm proud to say, we've got 5/10 bosses down, and hopefully, we can get to 7-8/10 next week (if Estrode really proves to be the loot pinata every claims she is)

Oh, and I'm also working on owning the special Christmas Vaijyu mount. It has antlers :3

Hammerknell Progression

Last night, at around 12.45am (GMT +4), we beat the shit out of Grugonim and finally rid ourselves of his disgusting breath. More cleric and warrior tanking loot.

After a few rounds of spanking King Molinar and Prince Dollin, we called it a night at 2am and I passed out.

Oh, and I'm pretty much obsessed with No Beef by Steve Aoki and Afrojack. A damn good workout/raiding track (if you're looking to drown out the voice of your guild leader that is).