Recently, RIFT team started a new community feature called "Developer Q&A". It's the first time so they talked a lot about the upcoming changes for the RIFT world.

Upcoming Changes
Wedding features will be introduced into RIFT. Do you remember the marriage proposal managed to make with the help from Trion?
50+ gear will get upgrades to make HK more accessible to more raiders.

RIFTs monster/mobs health will be changed according to the average stats of participants. Consiquently, the stage will not be finished in a second by high stat players, and it will not be closed faster than low stat players can get contribution as well.

The first year anniversary world event will "driving a wedge" between Guardians and Defiants. The team is busy working with it.
No improvements about Instant Adventure in the future so far.

The team tried hard to enhance the experience of gameplay for the subscribers. On the horizon is the upcoming first year anniversary, facing the challenge of SWTOR now and GW2 in the future. RIFT(Rift Gold) is sure to be survive between them, however, the point is to live as a big fish or just a MMO for the minorities.

Below is the detials about this Q&A:

Hail Ascended!

Welcome to the first Developer Q&A - a new feature aimed to give you a closer look at the development of RIFT while answering common questions & suggestions. This list will never be exhaustive and we realize you all might have many questions but we aim to cover as many different areas of the game with each one as we can.

Whether on the forums, facebook, twitter, fansites, or in game - we appreciate all of your feedback and encourage you to continue to share, thanks!