Feedback Rift (Fisura) Difficulty – Is it properly balanced?

Ahoy everyone.

I’m opening this thread to discuss the recent difficulty changes in the Rift map, because at the moment it feels clearly unbalanced for a large part of the player base.

The Rift has always been recommended content to complete at least once per day or once per week to maintain pirate rank and progress. Previously it already took around 15 minutes of continuous gameplay, which for me felt quite heavy, and some weeks I ended up skipping it.

On top of that, the Season requires completing waves to obtain Effort Coins. Before, finishing all required waves was already tedious… but now, with the new difficulty, it has become impossible for me to complete both the Rift and the Season requirements.

I have tested multiple ship configurations to adapt to the new NPCs, reduce incoming damage and attack from distance, but I cannot get past wave 27. After around 25 minutes of continuous attempts, using repair amulets, repair books and constantly retreating to repair, it simply does not work.

My current stats:

• Thunderbolt Cannons:
  • Level 5: 44
  • Level 4: 371
  • Level 3: 380
• Damage prevention: 125.7%
• Hitpoints: 2,000,000
• 17 Ablative Platings level 6
• 30 Bulkheads level 6
• I have also tested with 31 Eyes level 6

I have tried different configurations and playstyles, including long-range combat with books, but none allow me to complete the Rift.

So I would like to ask:

• Is there a specific configuration with which this new Rift is supposed to be beatable?
• Or has the difficulty been adjusted only for extremely high-end accounts?

Additionally, I believe the issue is not only the Rift. Currently the game demands a lot of time in mandatory PvE content:
Rift, Ragnarok, Submarine, daily trials, Season… it easily adds up to one or two hours per day of “tasks”, leaving little time for what many of us consider the most fun part of the game: PvP and real piracy between players.

It increasingly feels like a collection of mandatory mini-games inside the main game.

Bug in the Rift map:

In the lower area of the map there is a full strip of coordinates that is not navigable. If you click there, the ship simply stops and does not move.

In summary, I would appreciate if the team could review:

• The current Rift difficulty
• The time required for daily/weekly mandatory content
• The navigation bug in the lower part of the Rift map

And if I am mistaken, I would appreciate if any player or moderator could share the configuration that is intended to complete this new Rift.

Thank you for reading, and fair winds to all.

 

Ahoy Sr.Brington!

Firstly could you please adjust your forum signature size (maximum of 500 pixels wide by 200 pixels tall)?

You need to be aware that RIFT was not supposed to be done by every player, this should be a challenge.

For years within Seafight we didn't bring any changes to RIFT - which only made the NPCs weaker and weaker as we, pirates, were constantly moving forward in all available fields. I understand many players are now struggling with the new rift, however with the information I provide below you may find it a little easier - as for example it takes about 23-25 minutes for me to do it, and maximum of 30 minutes if I do not pay to much attention to it

Thank you for bringing the coordinate bugged area within rift to my attention, I have forwarded this to be looked into.

Is there a specific configuration with which this new Rift is supposed to be beatable?

Yes, there are several presets that players use, so let me share with you the one that I personally do RIFT with - it is one of the slowest presets but I rather do something slower and safer than faster with a risk. I am not a "ranking player".

Okay so, starting from the scratch... which is the best ammo for RIFT? RIFT AMMUNITION! This is the only kind of ammunition that you should use when dealing with RIFT.

When it comes to GEMS you should use something like this (apart from Special Gem which should be Penumbral / Aventurine):

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These are my pet gems used within the RIFT:

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When it comes to pet trainers I go with the standard: Agility + Aggression

Other crew members: Sellsword L4 - 6 (note: L4 can be obtained from HRMS Triumph or hired for BigPoints within the market).

My RIFT castles looks like this:

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Trophies... if you have some then focus on anything towards NPC, hit prob., dodge, damage. If you do not own any that's okay too. Trophies makes the rift just a bit more enjoyable.

Ship Extensions, when it comes to these I am a fan of Ablative Platings as with my preset I can place up to 23 Ablative Platings on level 6 which gives me more damage prevention than full set of level 6 ribs. However if you can't put that many at once or you simply don't own them then use ribs L5/L6 as the damage prevention difference won't be that big.

Figureheads / Cores - everything into Critical Damage. If you own Figureheads that's good if not then just craft yourself a full set of Critical Core from GOLD this will nicely increase your Critical Damage hits.

Cannons... the higher base damage the better! Obviously Thunderbolts L3+

Within your post you've stated that you use "30 Bulkheads level 6" could you please tell me which extension item is it?

Regarding buffs there are plenty of important ones but in my opnion Smokescreen and Polished Muzzles plays a major role within RIFT. So owning both of them would be beneficial.

Action Items used: Dragon Powder, Lion's Bulwarks, Super Armor Plates (on higher waves), Hailstorms, Regular Shields, Blood of Inya, Unstoppable.

Gameplay:

Waves 1 - 19: Up to wave 20 you don't need anything major, simply sink all NPCs one by one.

Wave 20 (wolves): Here my suggestion would be to defeat WHITE SMALL WOLF as first, then the ORANGE ONE and leave the biggest wolf as last

Wave 21 - 23: Quite easy and simple waves, just keep defeating NPCs and leave Great Bombers to be defeated as last.

Wave 24: Once you are on wave 23 and you are about to deliver final hit to last NPC activate Swiftstome (Stone of Storms would be best) and dance! Move your ship in zig zags to avoid Rift Tormentor "dizzy zone". The best way to do it would be to imagine a square around it and follow the same patter until its defeated (as shown below - that works for me!):

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Wave 25: When it comes to Rift Tormentor make sure to defeat them as first and use the same tactic described above. Regarding Colossus.. well that's a different storry! Leave all 3 of them as last and never defeat them 1 by 1! If you was on about to defeat 1 out of 3 then the 2 that are left within the wave would become much stronger! Simply hit them to 1m HP and switch to another one sinking all 3 "at the same time"

Wave 26: Just sink all NPCs one by one.

Wave 27 (the hardest one!!): Make sure your Blood of Inya and Unstoppable are ready to be used. As soon as you spawn focus on Rift Frost Bearer as he freezes you in place. Once you are "frozen" use Unstoppable and confinue with this NPC. As second Rift Slumbering Wraith should be defeated. Once both are gone focus on the Blazing Grace - use Winstorms to avoid the red circle.

Wave 28-30: These waves require the same "tactics" as mentioned above. Once you get a grasp of it your rift will become much easier.

Please note that these are my personal settings I guess plenty of you takes a completely different approach to RIFT, as I always say each and every players are different

Hope this helps!

If you have any further questions fire away!

Happy Sailing!

Rymar

 

what is 30 Bulkheads level 6 ?