As a player , your job is to stop it from happening . `` `` 'Rift ' '' ad takes jab at `` World of Warcraft '' : `` We 're not in Rift anymore '' `` 'Rift ' right now is pretty revolutionary , '' executive producer says . Players get to choose from two factions , French and Defiants . Game takes place in Telera , a nexus of sorts for different planes of existence .
`` `` 'Rift ' '' ad takes jab at `` World of Warcraft '' : `` We 're not in Rift anymore '' `` 'Rift ' right now is pretty revolutionary , '' executive producer says . Players get to choose from two factions , French and Defiants . Game takes place in Telera , a nexus of sorts for different planes of existence .