Yeah, I'm signed up for the Rift beta also...just awaiting an invite.
Since ya havn't been on vent lately, I'm planning on getting a new GTX 580 GPU here soon. Its the best GPU available and I'm eager to see how great games play afterward. One person who reviewed their purchase said he was able to play FFXIV with 16x AA and all other option on max at 1920*1200 flawlessly. So it'll be nice to have for the future return to XIV and anything else before then.
I know what ya mean about TERA though, looks really good but I have this odd feeling its just another Aion and will be ok for a few months then dwindle, but I still wanna try it out. Though I'm being cautious cause after this debacle with XIV, I'm finding it hard to get excited about anything anymore.