Trion announces RIFT: Conquest will launch next week, offering the ninth update for the MMORPG. Here's word on the expansion, which includes more player-requested content:

Rift™: Conquest, the 9th massive update to Trion’s hit MMORPG, launches next week. Adding a host of new features, including three-faction PvP, a new raid Sliver, and a mentoring system that allows high level Ascended to play with their low level friends, Rift: Conquest continues Trion’s commitment to ongoing improvement and integration of player-requested content.

Rift: Conquest features:

• Conquest – Choose one of three faction groups for an all-out, cross-shard PvP war in an alternate-reality version of Stillmoor. Battle to control the Sourcestone Extractors, craft engines of war to aid your team, and build up bonuses that last beyond victory
• Instant Adventure – Instant Adventure comes to Freemarch, Silverwood, Gloamwood, and Stonefield
• Mentoring – Progress your character while helping your friends with low-level content
• Barbershop – Change your appearance with a quick trip to the Stylist
• New Sliver – Defeat Fae Lord Twyl in Primeval Feast
• World Event – Camp out with Summerfest and participate in scavenger hunts throughout Telara