Ritualist Wishlist

[HueJass]

I am hoping an ritualist is a blending of necro, monk, with a little warrior thrown in......

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e30/gwstuff/ritualist.jpg

(thanks to turbosquid for pic)

[Erasculio]

Ah...I think it's something more caster-oriented than that.

What I'm hoping for is a caster who has some weird AoE spells. Like, "all units within close range to your spirit lose health whenever you attack, inclusing yourself", and weird stuff like that.

Erasculio

[Elvis Dragonslayer]

what im looking forward to is some sorta warlock, summoning creatures of great power from other realms, I.E. warlocks in warcraft 3 summoned demons.

[oscarmk1]

Im gonna ask the obvious question here, but if hes blind, how can you see?, or will you see in a different way?.

[Seyfert]

how about seeing through the force?

[Heelz]

Im gonna ask the obvious question here, but if hes blind, how can you see?, or will you see in a different way?.

And what effect would the "blind" condition have?

[Notorious Nav]

I'm having major speculation but I can see a ritualist connecting to your spirit and bond with it. As in they cna more like FEEL where they are. Therefore making it so that whenever you take damage he takes half of it or when you suffer a condition he suffers from it as well.I wouldnt be surprised of an entire ritualist group bonding and therefore making the other team kill themselves...This is complete speculation so yeah

[SepticFlesh]

Imagine if the ritualist had a constant blind effect so no primary ritualist could use melee (effectivly). now wouldnt that just be funny... and cruel.

[damkel]

Thats scary :shock:

[Mashus Altorus]

i really hope not that would be EVIL:mad:

[Patccmoi]

They very obviously won't, but it makes no sense that they can be blinded tough, can it? What does blinding a blind-folded guy do?

I'm like 99% sure they'll be blindable all the same (otherwise imagine all the happy Ri/W) but it makes no sense ^^

[Scott the Green]

The blindfold is a filter. It removes the realm of flesh and allows the ritualist to see your soul.

Blindness clogs the filter so he can't see anything.

That's my theory, anyway.

[Erasculio]

Or maybe he keeps his eyes closed, but when he is using a Warrior skill, the Ritualist takes a peek bellow his blindfold. When he's blind he can't do that :winking47

Erasculio

[SumXone]

i think the blindfold is just like the rangers mask, a place to put runes.
he will be able to "see" just like anyboy else.

[jvxmtg]

I am hoping an ritualist is a blending of necro, monk, with a little warrior thrown in......

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e30/gwstuff/ritualist.jpg

(thanks to turbosquid for pic)

I think that is a picture of an assassin based on description. Ritualist is blindfolded, this one has cover on his mouth, plus he's holding 2 swords/knife.

[Notorious Nav]

The blindfold is a filter. It removes the realm of flesh and allows the ritualist to see your soul.

Blindness clogs the filter so he can't see anything.

That's my theory, anyway.

That is what would make sense. not my twisted sense of spirit bonding:happy14:

[SepticFlesh]

What I think the blindfold really is is a different concept to make the character look intresting to some people. and maybe so they can make an excuse to give him alittle more of a background.....

Sorry im not soo into the whole roleplaying thing, I just wanna kill ****!

[Kjentei]

The blindfold is a filter. It removes the realm of flesh and allows the ritualist to see your soul.

Blindness clogs the filter so he can't see anything.

That's my theory, anyway.

Very true, it's hard to explain isn't it?

Here's my attempt:

I think ArenaNET intended the Ritualists to be blind/blindfolded because then,
1) It's give them the spooky appearance.
2) It'd give players the impression that Ritualists are "deep" and "spiritual".

In many mythical stories, many "spiritaul" characters have been blindfolded (I can't think of any examples).

[TBMarauder]

i think the blindfold is just like the rangers mask, a place to put runes.
he will be able to "see" just like anyboy else.Good point, sir!

Ask yourself: Would ANet design one character class out of eight that would be more resilient/resistant/unaffected by 'Blindness'? Any more than say, they would have designed the Necromancer's face scar to be more resilient/resistant/unaffected by 'Bleeding'? Hope that helps, anyhow. :)

[Aalthan]

Wow, you guys got me thinking, maybe the blindfold isn't the only type of "helmet" the Ritualist as access to. Maybe there's a regular mask you can choose to use that gives more defense or something like that or you can use the blindfold which gives you immunity to blindness and some kind of energy bonus or energy recovery at the expense of having low defense. I'm fairly sure they could do something like this and it wouldn't be that much of an advantage.

[Cripple X]

We're just going to have to suspend disbelief on the whole Blindness/Blindfolded issue for the sake of balance.

While its true that if the Ritualist were to see using the spirit realm instead of his actual eyes, then blinding his physical body (the blind status effect) should have absolutely no effect on his ability to "see", ((Think something like Neo from the Matrix Revolutions.)) However this would lead to a horrible imbalance with unblindable Ritualist/Warriors or Ritualist/Assassins. This simply isn't acceptable.

So, while most of you are correct in asserting that Blind shouldn't affect a Ritualist, we must also realize that this is a game (and thus doesn't necessarily follow the rules of the real world.) and that balance should always remain the primary focus. That's my two cents anyway.

[TBMarauder]

We're just going to have to suspend disbelief on the whole Blindness/Blindfolded issue for the sake of balance.

While its true that if the Ritualist were to see using the spirit realm instead of his actual eyes, then blinding his physical body (the blind status effect) should have absolutely no effect on his ability to "see", ((Think something like Neo from the Matrix Revolutions.)) However this would lead to a horrible imbalance with unblindable Ritualist/Warriors or Ritualist/Assassins. This simply isn't acceptable.

So, while most of you are correct in asserting that Blind shouldn't affect a Ritualist, we must also realize that this is a game (and thus doesn't necessarily follow the rules of the real world.) and that balance should always remain the primary focus. That's my two cents anyway. /clap

Yay for 'Teh Voice of Reason'. - Just think ... "next Friday .." and all will become clear. :cool: ........ :eek: (roflcakes)

[Chip]

i hope its shape shifting like the druid in d2 or can summon something between a pet and a minion. that can cast sweet spells. anways im trusting a net with this

[brucesloose]

Who's to say the ritualist would be a good combo at all for a warrior? They could have no tanking ability like a me/w or an e/w. True some people play those, but how many are actually good at it?

Besides i dont think 60 armor + immune to blind=80 armor +20 physical. shocked:

[Aurora Vicious]

I have a feeling that ritualist might be something like mesmers and necromancers
(i'm not saying that mesmers and necromansers would be similar professions. I was just thinking that you need to use your brains and somekind of tactic most when you play em. Ofcourse you need your brains when you play any profession so please understand that i'm not trying to insult any elementalists, warrios, rangers or monks)
... Or then ritualist is something very different than any other class (we are still rather clueless).

I think (like many other ppl who have written to this thread) that ritualist's blindness means that it can't deal physical dmg and that attacks which causes blindness has no effect against ritualist.
Having a very different kind of playing view than other proffs has would maybe make ritualist a bit too speacial compared to other professions in Guild Wars.

Even that 2ndary ritualists would be able to deal dmg i dont know would it be so great.

Ofcourse ritualist can be nice secondary for ranger for example, because ritualist's spirits might go well with ranger's nature rituals. No-one can say how well those spirits and rituals would work together before we learn what kinds of spirits ritulists can summon.

Ritualist as 2ndary for warriors might not be the best option. Most of the warriors i've seen have been W/Mo(tanks) or W/R(iway). I've also seen few W/E using earth magic to boost AL. Then I've seen those warriors with N or Me as secondary and when i've asked what skills they use from their 2nd proff the answer has usually been: "none".

And like with any other profession it is best to have ritualist as your main profession than as your secondary if you are going to use mostly ritualist's skills. I don't think that blindness will be a problem because ritualist has its own powerfull way to beat the enemies (and maybe to support the team). Instead i've found the thought of blind charrecter rather interresting.

Atleast now i'm going to make ritualist first when chap 2 comes out. Ofcourse there might come other professions which I'll maybe find more interresting. We will see......

[Scutilla]

Just think ... "next Friday .." and all will become clear.
Stop that... I've been saying "next Friday" to myself for 3 days now, and I'm already half-crazy with anticipation... and we've still got 7 days to go :weep:

At least I was tided over for a good 20 minutes tonight, running around and checking out all the new NPCs.

Then I've seen those warriors with N or Me as secondary and when i've asked what skills they use from their 2nd proff the answer has usually been: "none".
Grenth's Balance FTW- drives people crazy in CAs. Curses or the occasional ranged direct-damage blood/death spell is also useful, I often favor Barbs when playing with my minion master guildie.

<- (Is getting too off-topic)

[TBMarauder]

Back on topic ... "... that ritualist's blindness means that it can't deal physical dmg and that attacks which causes blindness has no effect against ritualist."

Hmmm ... nope. Keep guessing ... only 6 more days. :wink:

[Howitzer]

I think one of his major skills would be to 'transfer' all his conditions to his enemies.
He would have monsterous HP, so that he could torture himself with hexes, maces, and so on just to transfer it to his foe.

[stueyman]

He would have monsterous HP
why would they give the ritualist more hp than the other classes? guild wars set a precident for their game that all classes have the same hp, from warriors to the squishy casters. i see no reason they would change that now.
blancing issue ftl