In 1964, Bob Dylan released “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” and he could very well have been talking about RIFT. Sure, the odds are low since the song was released 51 years ago, the game didn’t exist, and the odds that Dylan knew about all the changes the game had gone through recently that far in advance seem highly unlikely. But the point here is that RIFT is indeed changing, and the team behind the game took to Reddit to answer player questions about all of these changes.
The answers make it clear that adding the Primalist to the game took a great deal of work (about a year of development time) and while the developers would have liked for it to be a free addition to the game, it simply cost too much in time and effort. There’s also discussion of adding another mobile app in the future, although the conclusion is that it’s unlikely. Check out all of the questions and responses in the official thread.