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Posted by: Mesmer.1257

Mesmer.1257

Ritualist is a unique and interesting profession in any MMO. I love the idea of Ritualist ‘s Spirit. I cannot get any similar feeling from Engineer.
I MISS RITUALIST’S SPIRITS SO MUCH

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Posted by: NinjaEd.3946

NinjaEd.3946

Just telling someone to do something, isn’t likely to happen. Just sayin :/ Not 100% on this but I believe many professions, including ritualists are no longer possible due to lore but I could be wrong. (And no, simply turning the switch back is not an acceptable way to get what you want, whats done is done.)

“I’m waiting for the staff to get off their lunch
break. I feel like they should be back by now..”

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Posted by: Mesmer.1257

Mesmer.1257

I know it is kind of impossible to get ritualists back but miss the look and feeling of the Ritualist and the armors……..

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Posted by: Larkir.6502

Larkir.6502

I don’t think it’s impossible to get ritualists back. It’s just that lore-wise, ritualists are a very Cantha-specific profession so I don’t think we’ll see that profession return until we can go down there (e.g. for an expansion).

But remember back when Assassins and Ritualists were first introduced with GW:Factions? Balance was completely off. And then 6 months later, the Dervish and the Paragon are released. I think and hope ArenaNet have learned something from those mistakes and release new professions slowly instead of fast (if they’re ever to release new professions that is). In my opinion a new race is alot more likely than a profession.

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Posted by: Gregorius.1024

Gregorius.1024

My brother and I thought up as a Ritualist that uses the Ashes of the dead like in GW1. Lore-wise these could be simple ashes but the Rit invokes the spirits of the dead to inhabit them. The ashes could give the Ritualist a different skillset and playstyle depending on the ashes. For example, Destructive Was Glaive could give the ritualist an air magic/thief spike playstyle while Anquished was Lingwah could be a condition stacker. The ashes could give the ritualist distinquishing features so that other players could know what the rit is running, although in a chaotic battle who looks at these things?

Also the ritualist can use the ashes to imbue their weapons, like spirit weapon from GW except now they need to differentiate from the Guardians. These skills will change your first five skills, similar to an engineer’s kits.

Speaking of weapons, they will use lightning effects because the GW1 rit used alot of lightning damage. It’s weapons include:
a medium-close range staff= Grasping was Kuurong can enchant your staff for powerful close range attacks and AoE knockdowns and knockbacks, while Protective was Kaolai enchants it to give protection, regeneration and healing. The staff for the Ritualist is not a long ranged weapon. Our Ritualist is a warrior-mage that invokes the spirits of powerful heroes to aid him. Therefore, staff skills 1-2 are close range melee skills.

The Scepter is a long range weapon. This is more focused on single-strike attacks and disruption. Cruel was Daoshen could enchant the scepter to apply vulnerability and stuns. Resilient was Xiko can give you and allies passive regeneration and condition removal that reapplies with each skill.

The last weapon will be the dagger. It is a close range weapon that focuses on punishing attackers. Vengeful was Kahnei allows you to life steal with all your skills and poisons each time you’re struck. Defiant was Xinrae gives you protection and grants weakness each time you are struck.

Each time you enchant your weapon with ashes, the skills are altered. The ashes that I listed that enchant your weapons are chosen as the F1-F4 skills. They’re like attunements but only work for a specific weapon. Therefore, switching between two weapon sets are allowed.

The ashes that change your body, utility skills and alter your playstyle are the utility skills. If you click on them, then your 6-9 skills are changed. Destructive was Glaive (that gives an air magic/thief playstyle) can give you a healing skill that gives retaliation and utility traps that stun and incapacitate foes, allowing you to cut them down with your staff or daggers. Energetic was Lee Sa can give you a swiftness skill, a signet that increases endurance, and a quickness skill.

Gregorius, you say, but what of the other races? Surely they don’t beseech only humans? Well I say to you, due to the stories told of the party that fought the Great Destroyer, the Canthans respect the power of the other races and realize that it would be foolish to neglect that power:
Ferocious Was Pyre
Powerful Was Jora
Cunning Was Vekk
Puissant Was Oola
Leroy Was Stonekin
Valiant Was Riannoc
Tactful Was Talon
Zhed Was Something

So… Thoughts? Non-canthan ashes can be for people like Gwen, Langmar, Keiran, Rurik, Koss, Dunkoro, Talkhora, Livia, Margrid, Mhenlo, Eve, anyone really. Racial ashes would use characters that are important exclusively for that race such as Kalla and Vatlaaw for charr, Olaf and Aesgir for the norn, Oola and Zinn for the asura, and I guess whoever else died for the sylvari?

(edited by Gregorius.1024)

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Posted by: Gregorius.1024

Gregorius.1024

In addition the ritualist is light armor, medium vitality class. It compensates for this armor by utilizing the ashes as additional armor

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Posted by: Runiir.6425

Runiir.6425

Engineer, guardian, and mesmer already do everything the ritualist did. Any new proffs must add to the game with new styles of combat.
The shifting skillsets is already done by the elementalist.

The key is adding something new, not by picking special things from existing classes.

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Posted by: NinjaEd.3946

NinjaEd.3946

Engineer, guardian, and mesmer already do everything the ritualist did. Any new proffs must add to the game with new styles of combat.
The shifting skillsets is already done by the elementalist.

The key is adding something new, not by picking special things from existing classes.

Something I learned while trying to make a new profession (accomplished, over a period of months, but still unsatisfied with its traits). Professions gata have a new, unique set of skills. Nothing aside from a base platform of cond, power, survival, etc builds.

“I’m waiting for the staff to get off their lunch
break. I feel like they should be back by now..”

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Posted by: Zaxares.5419

Zaxares.5419

I would have vastly preferred it if GW2 had kept the Ritualist and dumped the Engineer, but as things stand now, there’s zero chance the Ritualist will make a comeback as everything unique about her profession has been absorbed into other professions. Spirits were taken over by Engineer turrets, Ash Pots were turned into Guardian tomes and Engineer kits, and Spirit Weapons have been adopted by the Guardian.

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Posted by: SolomonT.2896

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@Gregorius
I think thats an extremely great idea except for the bit about armor. There are still only 2 soldier classes and any new class should, imo, be wearing heavy armor. Give that to the ritualist and do not add on armor with the ashes; rather they should only apply something cosmetic

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Posted by: FacesOfMu.3561

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I lament with the OP and others who miss the themes, style, and methods of the Ritualist. I had worked on a suggested class for Ritualist, but couldn’t get the mechanics to be really catchy and new.

People vary.

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Posted by: Miomooki.3812

Miomooki.3812

There’s no other profession I loved more than ritualist.. I really really want them to bring it back.. I know it may not happen, but.. Well I guess I have to go back to GW1 if I want to play my rit..

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Posted by: DancingPenguins.9875

DancingPenguins.9875

Ritualist is already in-game, we call it engineer.

Now go ask ANet for turrets to become useful and we’ll have a functioning Ritualist in no time.

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Posted by: Rei Hino.5961

Rei Hino.5961

hm well you think that somewere in all of gw’s 2 you could find a Ritualist NPC. I say that based on the idea that Cathia could not have been okie everyone back home no one stay near Ascalon any longer. Some had to have stayed behind for no one to stay behind would sujest not one of them was unique in there way of thinking they was all xenophobic not one wanted to rebell explore the world ect…

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Posted by: Larkir.6502

Larkir.6502

hm well you think that somewere in all of gw’s 2 you could find a Ritualist NPC. I say that based on the idea that Cathia could not have been okie everyone back home no one stay near Ascalon any longer. Some had to have stayed behind for no one to stay behind would sujest not one of them was unique in there way of thinking they was all xenophobic not one wanted to rebell explore the world ect…

It’s kind of hard to understand what you’re saying but I guess you mean that there must have been some canthans that stayed in Tyria when Cantha went isolationist. And yes, there was. The Divinity’s reach district called The Great Collapse was a district consisting of mostly canthan humans before it collapsed, just as the Ossan district consists of mostly elonian humans.

There has never (as far as anyone knows) been a strong tradition of ritualism in Tyria except among the white mantle cultists; there were mobs called white mantle ritualists in Kryta in gw1, but these were technically Necromancers who sometimes had ritualist as their second profession. Most ritualists came from Cantha and that’s why I think we won’t see ritualists return until we go down there, if ever.

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Posted by: Nuka Cola.8520

Nuka Cola.8520

oh god how good was nightmare weapons/shadow prison/dagger spam to annoy people in pvp lol yes i want rit back but first bring Dervs back! My fav melee class

Fact: every Thief tells you to “l2p” when the subject is to nerf stealth.

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Posted by: FacesOfMu.3561

FacesOfMu.3561

Yay yay, I finished my concept for a Ritualist/Dervish profession for GW2 (given some other professions are already amalgams of GW1 classes….looking at you Guardian!)
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/A-Wayfarer-Profession-Linking-Rits-and-Dervs/first#post1225936

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Posted by: Leo Paul.1659

Leo Paul.1659

Ritualist is the only class im willing to swap my mesmer for. As for the weapons, I think dual focus may look good on them.. I’d die so happy if my ritualist can wield 2 fan foci.

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Posted by: Captain Seyo.4285

Captain Seyo.4285

Zhed was something? How bout stubborn. Gives stability.
(I liked Zhed)

But If we get anything, we need to even out the classes with a 3rd soldier class.

BUT

I don’t really thing it is likely we will get another class. A race is more likely. Which is why I’ve saved my last two professions.

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Posted by: SolomonT.2896

SolomonT.2896

It would be great to get some kind of ritualist back, but Ive also always wondered about the chronomancer from utopia