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Teufel Eldritch

24-01-2006, 20:38

Hi my name is Teufel & I'm a Rit-addict.

Ever since Anet shut down the preview event I have been dealing with Ritualist withdrawls. I have no urge to play vanilla GW & I'm jonesin' for my Rit. I log onto GW & just stare at the screen wondering what to do but nothing is fun. I loved playing Rit soooo much that now....now that I can't...well it makes me depressed. No, not suicidal omg! omg! Imma gunna kill meself! depression but... well I just have the blahs I guess. No Rit = no fun.

I WANT MY RIT!!! <tounge in cheek mode> F'n Anet! F'n drug pushers! Yea first one is free! That's how they get ya hooked!

TBMarauder

24-01-2006, 20:46

Awww, I feel for ya, bro, I really do. Mebbes there will be another little 'fix' from ANet before release, to alleviate your 'cold turkey'? One can ony hope.

Xandlyn

24-01-2006, 21:54

I know how you feel. I log into my account and see my ritualist looking at me. But the red box in the corner say NO YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED. It makes me sad. I can look but I can't play.

Here's for a speedy chapter 2 release or another pre release event...hey what happened to the beer chugging smiley?!?...oh now I'm really sad. :cry:

krytonix

24-01-2006, 22:04

I feel ya. I saw someone with a R/A yesterday too, meaning it may be possible that you could stay logged in and keep playing the Factions classes. *sigh*

Anyway, instead i've been trying new things i've never tried before, like ranger's beast mastery, and necro curses. Beast Mastery can be sweet if done well!

Deadly Hawkeye

25-01-2006, 00:21

Dukan

25-01-2006, 04:19

Me too. :sad:

aeonbahamutzero

25-01-2006, 04:47

i miss tossing out spirits and causing general chaos

Radical Dreamer

25-01-2006, 04:59

hmm need to test more spirits stuff but I cant ...

sadness

my dreames of a spirit wolf army will have to wait

Shortyafter

25-01-2006, 05:23

I guess A-Net's promotion did its job.

Lanto

25-01-2006, 10:37

I feel the same way. I'd pay $50 right now just to play the incomplete classes. Screw Cantha and the new story, give me Rit. now!

Longasc

25-01-2006, 14:38

According to secret information they put them in a camp with the assassins to look more like the anorexic stick, lose weight and pounds around the hips especially. They will also change the animation, they will make "om om om" instead of those vulgar, backbreaking rituals.

EDIT: They also want to add a lightbulb to the lampshade.

dkar

25-01-2006, 15:36

Don't look at your ritualist! More you look, more depressed you will be.

I installed search engine on my server which scans the internet for everything related to ritualist daily, so I get news-flash. It's not helping much, but at least softens the pain.

dfscott

25-01-2006, 18:02

I know how you feel. I log into my account and see my ritualist looking at me. But the red box in the corner say NO YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED. It makes me sad. I can look but I can't play.

Me too -- although I'm bummed that she's wearing that stupid headgear. I don't understand why Anet provided an option to not show headgear but it still shows up on the login screen. :sad:

Radical Dreamer

25-01-2006, 23:57

I like the head gear try the one that look like a bandanna ; p

Dukan

26-01-2006, 01:25

Me too -- although I'm bummed that she's wearing that stupid headgear. I don't understand why Anet provided an option to not show headgear but it still shows up on the login screen. :sad:
The head gear on the login screen is set to show how it was from the last place you left. If you logout with head gear hidden, it doesn't show on the login screen.

dfscott

26-01-2006, 15:38

The head gear on the login screen is set to show how it was from the last place you left. If you logout with head gear hidden, it doesn't show on the login screen.

That's not correct. I ALWAYS have my head gear hidden. I haven't figured out the logic, but I've noticed that if I log out as my character with my headgear hidden, headgear will not show on the login screen. If I exit the came and come back in, it will still not show. HOWEVER, if I switch to another character and then log back out, suddenly the first character has decided to put on their headgear. It doesn't happen all the time, but I'd say it happens 90% of the time. I have never been able to have all the characters on my login screen not wearing headgear w/o actually removing the headgear.

Mawgleah

26-01-2006, 16:52

Yep....I can hardly wait until chapter 2's release (or the next event) so I can do more than admire my Ritualist on the log in screen. The other three of my babies will suffer much neglect after Factions' release.

bellissima

26-01-2006, 20:22

That's not correct. I ALWAYS have my head gear hidden. I haven't figured out the logic, but I've noticed that if I log out as my character with my headgear hidden, headgear will not show on the login screen. If I exit the came and come back in, it will still not show. HOWEVER, if I switch to another character and then log back out, suddenly the first character has decided to put on their headgear. It doesn't happen all the time, but I'd say it happens 90% of the time. I have never been able to have all the characters on my login screen not wearing headgear w/o actually removing the headgear.

Yes, my elly NEVER had her headgear showing in the login screen. My warrior and mesmer have their headgear showing 80 or 90% of the time. It's annoying cuz I don't like mesmer head gear and always have it switched off ingame...

My husband got a chance to complain to Gaile during one of her LA visits. Her response was to just remove the head gear before you log out.... Gee thanks Gaile how useful... :banghead:

stueyman

26-01-2006, 20:59

Xandlyn

26-01-2006, 22:07

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you guys are complaining about how your character looks in the log on screen... oh no, it has its helmet on until i play it. :P that has got to be the stupidist complaint i've ever seen.

as for gaile's response, i'm pretty sure she is with comunity relations, not tech support.

Na I've see worse complaints. I think this one is just about logic. You have your Helm hidden...it should stay hidden, even in the log in screen. I think they are just pointing out a flaw. No real complaints, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion whether you think it's stupid or not.

Longasc

26-01-2006, 22:27

If there is a helmet or not is indeed odd.

My Elementalist NEVER shows her headgear. All my other chars do, when I have set it to hidden it will be displayed till I log on and then log off - then it is gone. If I switch to another char, then it will be displayed again on next logon.

CKaz

26-01-2006, 22:34

it's definitely goofy and I've never noticed a pattern, rhyme or reason, either.

would be nice for it to be consistent (like Gaile suggested ;)) - put it in the bug forum and /bug it and hope for the best.

Lun

30-01-2006, 15:15

Adding my two coins to the main discussion...

Yeah, I feel your same pain!!
Where's my hot goldy bishounen ritualist guy?? And my 12 consecutive wins with him followed by another 12 consecutive wins as we replaced the party member who had to go?? Gimme back my ritualist!! It was so refreshing to play something new at last!! Oh the pain, the torture!! Why did they have to make us try the new classes so much before!! I was so fine before I tried my ritualist!!! Come back to me goldy boy!!! :cry:

Zaxares

31-01-2006, 04:40

I find it annoying that everytime I log in my warrior is wearing that stupid bucket too. :laugh:

I'm not planning on making a Ritualist straight up, but I also have my assassin standing there looking at me. I wish I could take her out for a run across the Isle of the Nameless. :undecided: Since there's no addicts-help thread in the Assassin forum, I thought I'd come here.

Please don't throw me out. :laugh:

TBMarauder

31-01-2006, 13:03

We are here to help, Zaxares; we feel your pain.
Take a seat; we do not turn away the needy.

We hold counselling surgeries on a Thursday evening, with
Coffee mornings on Mon-Wed-Fri at 10:00 (bring your own cookies).

Siru

31-01-2006, 13:55

You guys took the shoes out of my mouth (or words.. don't matter).
I had to get rid of my chapter 2 character cause I would have gone mad:weep: I'll go to sleep and dream of ritualistis chanting and dancing in the wilds and assassins running like the wind while angry tengu chases 'em through shiverpeeks.. :cloud9:

superowner

01-02-2006, 21:24

*sniff* I also miss my Ritualist..Maybe we shold hire a monk and get some therapy ;)

Kjentei

02-02-2006, 08:46

I really enjoyed the Ritualist's movements and appearances, and I can't wait to make one for my own and see how their skills will be good in PvE. I'm more excited about Ritualists and Assassins, not to say Assassins are awful, it's just I'd prefer the Ritualist.

I vote that the Ritualist blindfold helmets are cool!

Endure Forte

02-02-2006, 10:46

They had a bunch of pre-release weekends, I can imagine another event for factions.

the grieving terror

05-02-2006, 15:32

The whole event was one big, shameless promotion...

And it worked on me! :grin:

I too have had to delete my ritualist, and am suffering severe withdrawl symptoms. :embarassed:

Scott the Green

06-02-2006, 09:54

I got off easy then. I made a temporary account for the weekend because I couldn't decide on a character to delete. Thus, when the weekend wrapped up, my super-awesome ritualist with no unlocked skills or runes got purged from the servers, but not from my heart.

I miss him dearly, but I'm not tormented by mementos of his existence, and for that I'm thankful.

lord of Bones

06-02-2006, 20:15

Someone mentioned A R/A still around, just thought I'd expand on the why of that if that hasn't been answered yet. As long as you made a chapter 1 character with a chapter 2 secondary, you can still keep playing that character after the event, you just can't use the Chapter 2 skills. But you can still view them. I take out my N/A every once and a while to admire her skills and sate my craving for sin =P

Azgalon

06-02-2006, 22:12

The preview was good.

Many players feel the taste now.... they want more of it...

They crave it... :)

infernotsu

08-02-2006, 07:10

wow so many people like me... thats why i took a ton of screens and turned alot of em into avys. just looking at those ritualists make me go like uhhh.. i must play them now...

PS went 20 consecutive with 12 flawless in the TA against mostly newbs with spirit spam in the fallowing

3 Rt/R
1 Mo/Rt

cant remember the specific builds, but there were so many newbbs