One Dead MMO Hosts An Event Based On Another Dead Game As Rift's Hellbug Invasion Returns

Years ago I remember farming Hellbug mounts in Rift with friends. Every time the MMORPG's event, which was initially Trion Worlds cross promoting their MMO shooter Defiance in Rift, came around we would get a group of players together that needed motes to get their Hellbug mount. We'd farm for hours, usually drinking, until everyone had their mounts.

We affectionately dubbed those drunk hours in Rift as "Drifting", or "Drunk Rifting".

A good time was had by all. Just ask Q, her and I ended up married in the game simply to get the perks that came with it at the time.

It's hard to have those same feels about Rift these days. While many certainly blame gamigo for the total lack of anything going on in the MMO besides recurring events, Trion Worlds made its fair share of bad decisions before gamigo bought their games up.

Anyway, I digress.

If you still haven't managed to get all of the rewards in Rift's Hellbug Invasion event, I guess now is as good a time as any. Starting today and ending on the 24th, (really? three days?), the Hellbugs have returned to Telara. This means one dead MMO (maybe it is on life support still?) is literally hosting a crossover event based on a totally dead Defiance (or Defiance 2025 if you prefer.)

While the event used to have Hellbug rifts spawning that you could farm, it seems, at least according to the post, that the event is now just a few extra dailies that you can complete to earn motes and then spend them on rewards. Maybe the dailies lead to Hellbug rifts? I don't know and I'm certainly not checking at this point.

I suggest extra drinks now, but only if you're of legal age and do so responsibly, of course.