Rift: Loot Bag Full/Missing

If your loot bag is missing (or the entire rift icon doesn't show up when you enter a rift), check out this series of messages on the forums.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?141920-Where-is-my-Rift-loot-bag!-!

Here are another ways to recover the loot bag. Note that resetting your UI will wipe your UI setup.
http://forums.riftgame.com/rift-general-discussions/tech-support/221118-rift-ui-icon-not-showing-reward-after-rifts.html

Apparently when you enter a rift, the rift meter appears.  You can see what it looks like on page 30 of the online Rift manual. At the bottom left of this rift meter there's an icon that looks like a coin purse.  On page 35 it says to click on the icon and the bag will open so you can remove items.  Don't let the bag get full or items are destroyed when new ones are added.
http://www.riftgame.com/en/docs/RIFT_Manual_EN.pdf

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The Special PVP Soul

Each calling (mage, rogue, etc.) can buy (with 2500 favor points earned in Warfronts) a special PVP soul.  Here's all about it.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/PvP_Soul

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Rift: Tanking 101

A guide to tanking Rift.
http://tanktelara.com/forums/blog/6/entry-7-tanking-101-meatshields-in-telara/

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Rift: How to Kill Healers in PVP

Read the comments for more tips on how to off healers.
http://thisisnotarift.blogspot.com/2011/02/healing-reduction.html

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The PVP Tank in Rift

How important a stat is toughness in a PVP tank?
http://www.pvpgamer.com/rift-toughness-the-tanking-stat

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Review: Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines

This PC role-playing game has always gotten rave reviews (except the combat is a little weak).  Runn ing on the Half-Life 2 engine, it looks pretty good considering the game came out in 2004.  If you are looking for something different, this might be the game for you.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/vtmb/video/6113480/vampire-the-masquerade--bloodlines-video-review

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Review: Witcher 2

Read all about it here.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/8905-The-Witcher-2-Assassins-of-Kings-Review

The lack of explanation of how things work and the fact that the introduction and first chapter have significantly harder combat are mentioned here.  The map isn't great either.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/05/18/pc-review-the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings/

http://www.1up.com/reviews/witcher-2-review

However, all the reviewers loved the game, despite its flaws.

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Rift Tips

While looking for other things I found this forum posting of useful tips for both the novice and experienced Rift player.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25562835-Rift-FAQ-Gameplay

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Rift: Forming a Guild

A guide to setting up a guild.
http://highplanesrifter.com/2011/02/the-rift-guild-guide/

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Rift: Dyeing Your Outfits

In Rift you can either buy dyes to change the colors of your armor or you can craft them as an apothecary.  (You might also find dyes for sale at the Auction House.)  This site shows off the various primary and secondary dye looks on armor types.
http://rift.incgamers.com/guides/Dyes

Read this before you try it at home, folks.
http://rift.incgamers.com/dye-guide-updated/

You can also preview and reverse the effect.  Read the bottom of this article for this information.  Please note that this reads like a rehash of the above information so the information about previewing and removed dye effects probably was taken from another site.
http://telarachronicles.com/2011/04/02/rift-dye-guide-riftincgamers/

Rift Craft has a nice guide to making dye as an apothecary that lists the ingredients you need for each color.
http://www.rift-craft.com/dyes/

Rift Wiki lists all the dyes and prices vendors sell.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Dye

The Zam database lists all the dye recipes.  Note that not each item has full information.
http://rift.zam.com/en/search.html?q=dye+recipes

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