In a special feature on G4TV, producer Adam Gershowitz showed them the various aspects of end-game raiding in RIFT and what’s in store when we all hit level 50, a topic that many RIFT players will be wanting to know more about. Well worth a watch this one.

The video shows the RIFT raid tears in Stillmoor and how they are opened up for raid groups of ten. It’s interesting to note that more than ten can join the ten man rift raid but only the group that initiated the rift raid will get the good loot and additional players that join will be rewarded with the more typical RIFT items such as cash.

These raid RIFTs are more than just your standard RIFT encounter, they also tell a story and are much larger with breathing time for the group between every stage of the Rift raid encounter to regroup and get ready for whatever comes next. Each encounter has a raid boss and sub-bosses and the difficulty will be similar to what you see when taking on instance bosses in the game so expect them to be tough. According to Adam, groups will get hours of gameplay from each of these raid encounters so there is plenty to look forward to in the end-game.

Adam also demos the twenty man instanced raid content in Greenscale’s Blight which again ties into the game’s lore. Adam says the encounter could be days worth of content for new groups and even goes as far as to show Greenscale (see yesterday’s official update), the Dragon of Life, who looks fantastic.

This video runs for 18 minutes so grab a coffee and enjoy.