Rift: Cleric Casting Sequences/Rotations

Whether you call the spells you string together casting sequences or call them rotations, players are always looking for recommendations for good macros.  Here are the ones I've found recently, but I can't say how well they work for your flavor of cleric.

Cleric Sentinel Healing Rotation Discussions
http://forums.riftgame.com/archive/index.php/t-107822.html?s=335ae7d5fbc6a432347711ecec480517

Cleric Warden/Sentinel Healing Rotations
http://forums.riftgame.com/archive/index.php/t-97353.html?s=25b09da632721b48ed9e906567ba7c8b

This "collection of cleric builds" has a rotation for the following builds:  Shaman/Druid/Sentinel, for the Cabalist/ Inquisitor/ Sentinel, for the Shaman/Justical/Sentinel tanking build, for a Justicar/Shaman leveling build, and for a Druid/Shaman/Sentinel solo melee leveling build.
http://www.progamercity.net/rift-guides/1270-guide-rift-cleric-builds-collection.html

The Rift Cleric Builds website has a summary page of builds on the home page, some of which have rotations listed.  Those include the Shaman/Druid/Sentinel pet leveling build (to level 35), Cabalist/ Inquisitor/Sentinel DPS leveling build, a Shaman/Justicar/Sentinel tank leveling build, a Justicar/Shaman solo leveling melee build, and a Druid/Shaman/Sentinel solo melee leveling build.  I expect this information to change but the above are what are listed today.
http://riftclericbuilds.com/

This site has a nice explanation of the Cabalist/Inquisitor/Warden build for AoE Damage casting and leveling, including the rotation.
http://thewayofthefish.com/rift/rift-cleric-caster-aoe/

UPDATE:  Cleric discussion
http://forums.riftgame.com/archive/index.php/t-47740.html?s=a15147dbdc6a83bcc52f9d040311ab8d

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Rift: Macros and Rotations (with G15 Info)

While looking for spell rotation recommendations I found this note from Behindya about writing macros for a character's spells.  I wanted to capture it here for those who are writing macros for their rotations.

"I'm with the OP on this one. I really enjoy writing Macros, it's like a mini game for me. I find it almost impossible to move and hit the number keys in the heat of battle; I much prefer to come up with a solid rotation and put it in a macro.

At the moment, instant cast abilities can't be used in a macro unless they are at the end (because they will always pop and thus end the macro). Instead of a cast sequence, what I'd like to see is this kind of syntax:

cast

RecastWaitTime = (optional) Number of seconds to wait before re-casting.

A cast sequence has limitations, especially when trying to efficiently keep DOT's on a target or trying to pop something that uses combo points of some sort. This syntax is simple and provides flexibility to come up with some creative macros. Also, nerds like me will find it fun."
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?142791-Suggestion-Cast-Sequence-Macro

I also found this answer to a request for helping setting up Rift rotations on a G15 game pad.

http://www.logitechusers.com/showthread.php?t=10936

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Rift: Tracking News and Solving Problems

Here's the link to the official Rift forum for technical issues.  This is the place to go for help if you are constantly disconnected, experience constant lag, etc.
http://forums.riftgame.com/forumdisplay.php?64-Technical-Discussions

This site has tidbits from the developers about downtimes, updates, etc.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/dev-tracker/

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Rift: PvP and Role Play Sites

This website is devoted to PvP and Realm Versus Realm (RvR) play.
http://www.riftrvr.com/

There are warfront strategy guides, an article about UI and interface settings for PvP, etc.  If you are interested in versus play, you'll want to explore this site.
http://www.riftrvr.com/2011/03/30/ui-and-interface-settings-for-pvp/

Thanks to IGN's Rift Kingdom, I found this site with PvP-specific settings.
http://www.thetelaran.com/2011/03/29/settings-for-a-better-pvp-experience/

If role playing is your thing, you'll want to explore this website which has a database of players, a forum, and online role play (public and private).
http://rift-legends.com/

Here's an article to spark debate on how to structure role play in Rift.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?1148-Roleplaying-in-Rift-how-to-make-it-happen

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Rift: Banks (and Guild Banks)

Guardian players can find their bank in Sanctum while Defiant players' bank is in Meridan.  Here is a bit of information about bank basics.
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Bank_(Rift)

There are no guild banks right now but they seem to be on the way.
http://rift.zam.com/story.html?story=25802

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Rift: Meridian Guide (Defiant)

This two page article is a guide to navigating Meridian, with an explanation of where to find various vendors, the bank, where to buy a guild charter, etc.
http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/mmo/articles/111057.aspx

http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/mmo/articles/111057.aspx?p=2

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Rift: Porticulum Locations

A good map of all the proticulum (i.e., portal) locations.  It is color coded as to whether each is neutral, Defiant or Guardian portal.
http://rift.incgamers.com/guides/Porticulum_map

A map of all the porticulum locations for Defiant players.
http://www.lotd.org/showthread.php?t=31203

A list of all porticulums.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Porticulum

Another
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Transportation_%28Rift%29

I found a list of porticulum masters here.
http://rift.ign.com/wiki/Porticulum_Master

There is an interactive map with porticulums listed you can download here but I can't say how safe this is.
http://drakkashi.com/rift/map.html

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Rift: Pets

In Rift pets seem to come in two flavors: summoned pets for certain classes (beastmasters, druids, elementalists, necromancers, rangers, and warlocks) that have combat skills (these pets level up to 8 and can be trained further) and companion (or vanity or mini) pets that just follow your character around which can be purchased from the faction reputation vendors.
http://rift.ign.com/wiki/Pets

A player's list of various pets and where to get them.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?138521-Vanity-Pet-and-Mount-Guide

Here is a list of companion pets. They can be killed but summoned back from the dead. Note there are also pets exclusive to various chain stores that sold the game. Walmart had the Shambler Hatchling, D2D had the Corpus Kitty, and Gamestop had the Bogling Wastrel.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Companion

Photos of various critters and information about where to find these vanity companion pets.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Mini-pet

Here's Trion's own vanity pet and mount guide.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?138521-Vanity-Pet-and-Mount-Guide

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Rift: Parties, Raids and Public Groups

Rift is full of various types of groups you may create or join.  Parties are groups of 5 players or less created to go through dungeons or PvP encounters together.  (See page 32 of online manual below.)

Public groups are rift or invasion fights that you can join.   (See below, page 33.)  If you are a party or raid leader, you can make your party a public group.  (Also page 33.)   It looks like public groups are also sometimes called public parties but I am not 100% sure these are identical things.

A raid is larger than a party.  It consists of 6-20 players.  You can't create or join a raid until you are Level 10.  You can turn your party into a raid.  To see how to create and manage raids, look at page 22 of the online manual.
http://www.riftgame.com/en/docs/RIFT_Manual_EN.pdf

Here is further information about raids.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Raid

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Rift World Event Source Stones

The source stones that you get from the world event can be turned in to a "world event vendor" in the capital cities for loot.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Re7CodJKDgUJ:rift.zam.com/forum.html%3Fforum%3D222%26mid%3D1300907977210751507%26howmany%3D50+rift+world+event+vendor&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari&source=www.google.com

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