After several days cloistered in Beta, I'm excited about spending more time with Rift in the future. The play is engaging and varied. There are interesting lore-based dynamic events which utilize a public grouping system that gets your nooby level character raiding straight out of the starting area. I particularly like how NPC chit chat seems to generally relate to whats happening in the world events. The class system is extremely flexible and practically begs for hybrid character builds. Despite my compy being below recommended specs, the game is running surprisingly smoothly. Even with all the eyecandy turned off, graphics are pretty. While the game is sometimes slow in the middle of crazy battles or crowded areas, the amount of lag is better than I've experienced in other games.  Maybe mmorpg again?