Curse

Magikarp · Mar 26, 2009, 08:29 PM // 20:29

I run me (rit) razah and xandra, then livia for total win. Razah on minion bombing with all 3 buffs, Livia with dwanyas sorrow/barbs/mop/enfeebling/etc, and xandra on support spirits/resto, while I lay waste to fools as a channeling hybrid.

I love my rit, and it can only go UP from here.. they've nerfed us like the paragon, so my guess is that either this update or the next will feature our awesome class!

on topic, like they said.. if you don't like it, don't play. If you want strong and brave, take up warrior. If you like squish (and don't like elemental), go mezzy.

<3 warriors, rits, mesmers. all other classes can suck eggs. haha jk.. sorta..

novawhiz · Mar 27, 2009, 12:10 AM // 00:10

Magikarp.....would you mind posting the exact build for you + your heros?

Magikarp · Mar 27, 2009, 12:38 AM // 00:38

I'm not good with the code thingys (sorry), so I'll just have to write it out :/

Minion Bomber:

12+1+3 SP
12 Death Magic
3+1 Resto

Explosive Growth
Boon of Creation
Spirit's Gift
Animate Bone Minions
Death Nova
Jagged Bones
Blood of the Master
Optional
Optional

Hybrid Supporter:

11+1+2(3) Channeling
10+1 Communing
10+1 Spawning Power

Shelter
Pain/Flesh of my Flesh
Union
Bloodsong
Ancestor's Rage
Splinter Weapon
Boon of Creation
Offering of Spirit

MoP/Barbs/Dwanya's

12+1+2(3) Curses
8+1 Soul Reaping
10 Healing Prayers

Dwanya's Sorrow
Barbs
Enfeebling Blood
Mark of Pain
Spiteful Spirit
Reckless Haste
Foul Feast/Res (depends on the area)
Signet of Lost Souls

And me.. I bobble a lot, but right now..

12+1+3 Channeling
12+1 Restoration
3+1 Spawning Power

Offering of Spirit
Ancestor's Rage
Splinter Weapon
Mind Wrack
Resilient Weapon
You Move Like a Dwarf
Cry of Pain
Res/Finish Him!

-Or-

12+1+1 Spawning Power
12 Scythe Mastery

Spirit's Strength
Asuran Scan/Great Dwarf Weapon
Aura of Holy Might
Great Dwarf Armor
Zealous Sweep
Eremite's Attack
Mystic Sweep
Res/Sight Beyond Sight/Victorious Sweep

That's pretty much it. Nothing really "special" or anything. Sometimes the second rit gets swapped with a Bile/Putrid Necro though. Overall, seems to level anything in my path. Works fine for me (and I play H/H HM). Works even better when my other friend is online and he can run SY! spam with his warrior. It's basically overkill with all the physicals!

novawhiz · Mar 27, 2009, 01:01 AM // 01:01

[Explosive Growth] [Boon of Creation][Spirit's Gift][Animate Bone Minions][Death Nova][Jagged Bones][Blood of the Master]

[Shelter][Pain][Union] [Bloodsong][Ancestor's Rage][Splinter Weapon][Boon of Creation][Offering of Spirit]

[Dwayna's Sorrow][Barbs][Enfeebling Blood][Mark of Pain][Spiteful Spirit][Reckless Haste][Foul Feast][Signet of Lost Souls]

[Offering of Spirit][Ancestor's Rage][Splinter Weapon][Mind Wrack][Resilient Weapon][You Move Like a Dwarf][Cry of Pain][Finish Him!]

BBC code is pretty easy just do [*Pain*] (without *) instead of just Pain

ty so much for posting may try just to have 3 rits at once seems fun

Magikarp · Mar 27, 2009, 01:11 AM // 01:11

thank for the help with the codes, and yes, it is fun!

upier · Mar 27, 2009, 09:02 AM // 09:02

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Originally Posted by Magikarp

[Explosive Growth] [Boon of Creation][Spirit's Gift][Animate Bone Minions][Death Nova][Jagged Bones][Blood of the Master]

[Shelter][Pain][Union] [Bloodsong][Ancestor's Rage][Splinter Weapon][Boon of Creation][Offering of Spirit]

[Dwayna's Sorrow][Barbs][Enfeebling Blood][Mark of Pain][Spiteful Spirit][Reckless Haste][Foul Feast][Signet of Lost Souls]

Ohh, this scares me, this really scares me.
Nice that you're having fun though.

glountz · Mar 27, 2009, 10:24 AM // 10:24

The OP is right, Rits cannot fill any role that other profs can't fill better, even support (imbagons are high above rits in terms of support power. Really better).
That doesn't mean you can't have fun with your rit, just that clearly it is not the most efficient prof in PVE to take, and by far. Blame A-Net.
So yes, if there's nobody around there you will be able to take your rit because it can fill any role even being subpar.
Or people just will take a synergized hero for the purpose they are seeking.
Fun has never been meaning efficiency.

Magikarp · Mar 27, 2009, 02:18 PM // 14:18

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Originally Posted by upier

Ohh, this scares me, this really scares me.
Nice that you're having fun though.

Well it works for me : /

Green Chiken · Mar 27, 2009, 04:14 PM // 16:14

I like playing rit too, with the healing and weapon skills. But i dont really see anyone taking them in there ab team or pve team, i guess there too noob to know that rit pwns :P

Bargamer · Mar 27, 2009, 06:33 PM // 18:33

@Magikarp: Ewwww, you run Death Nova on yourself? I feel for your poor aching eyes and fingers. Run [Putrid Bile] instead and toss Death Nova onto a Necro Hero. Seriously, they're faster and more accurate about it. Blood of the Master is pretty optional for me, since I get rather overzealous making my minions explode with [Taste of Death]. I also run Rank 10 [Necrosis] on top of Putrid Bile/-insert Hero Hex- for really tasty synergy. For Dwayna's Sorrow, I usually run heavier on Hexes on my SS Necro, because I have a Heal Monk and a Heal/Prot Monk, depending on the area. Usually, my Resto Livia is enough. (Yes, this is sounding like Saabway, I know.)

Magikarp · Mar 27, 2009, 06:38 PM // 18:38

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Originally Posted by Bargamer

@Magikarp: Ewwww, you run Death Nova on yourself? I feel for your poor aching eyes and fingers. Run [Putrid Bile] instead and toss Death Nova onto a Necro Hero. Seriously, they're faster and more accurate about it. Blood of the Master is pretty optional for me, since I get rather overzealous making my minions explode with [Taste of Death]. I also run Rank 10 [Necrosis] on top of Putrid Bile/-insert Hero Hex- for really tasty synergy. For Dwayna's Sorrow, I usually run heavier on Hexes on my SS Necro, because I have a Heal Monk and a Heal/Prot Monk, depending on the area. Usually, my Resto Livia is enough. (Yes, this is sounding like Saabway, I know.)

No, those are my heroes. Sorry for the mix up. It says at the bottom of my post "and me" with two builds, one being a basic SR/SW build, the other is a Spirit's Strength build.

Bargamer · Mar 27, 2009, 09:48 PM // 21:48

Ohhhhh, I see it now. Wow, [email protected]! I've never ran a Spirit's Strength build, is it really as ROFLcopter as they say it is? Putting up your build for reference.

[Spirit's Strength][Aura of Holy Might][Great Dwarf Armor][Zealous Sweep][Eremite's Attack][Mystic Sweep][optional][optional]

Optional slots: [Asuran Scan][Great Dwarf Weapon][Resurrection Signet][Sight Beyond Sight][Victorious Sweep]

Verene · Mar 28, 2009, 05:18 AM // 05:18

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Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor

You still have a LONG way to go with a rit. My favorite rit build. It is INSANELY powerful if you know how to use it.

...well. That video made me really want to go dust off my Ritualist, move her off Shing Jea Island, and finish levelling her up. Wow.

(I didn't quit playing my Rt because I don't like the profession - I love it, in fact. She was just abandoned when I created my Dervish, who quickly became my main. I seem to have a love for the professions that are seen as an inferior alternative but are very powerful if done correctly)

upier · Mar 28, 2009, 09:54 AM // 09:54

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Originally Posted by lorazcyk

My friend and his brother say casters are useless. Warrior is better than Paragon. Any melee is better than any other class, they say.

To prove their point, they asked me to 1v1 them. Ok.
I bring my Rit, with Vengeful Weapon & Weapon of Remedy, Ancestor's rage, Agony just for kicks, and then other random stuff just to fill the bar... They went down in 10-15 secs each.

So they rage quit and didn't ask me to try w/ Para, etc etc.

Conclusion: I think the OP is underestimating Rits. Get out of the cookie cutter mindset, or you will never enjoy ANY profession to its full potential.

I just had to quote this.
So cute!
I love it when people can't distinguish between them being godly and the opponent sucking.

On-topic:
Meh.
In PvE, the ritualist doesn't have 4 or 5 builds - the guy has Splinter and Ancestors'.
The potential of the guy is his demise.
Nice outfits though!

Rhamia Darigaz · Mar 28, 2009, 11:09 AM // 11:09

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Originally Posted by Magikarp

I love my rit, and it can only go UP from here.. they've nerfed us like the paragon, so my guess is that either this update or the next will feature our awesome class!

i highly doubt it.
party healing is a pretty big problem right now, particularly [[protective was kaolai] and [[recuperation]. a nerf to them would be good for the game, and any random buffs that happen will probably go unnoticed or totally break the game and be nerfed later anyway, as usual. if i were you my hopes would be that anet decides to make pve versions of nerfed party healing skills; it's a more realistic hope than an update featuring rit buffs.

infamous16 · Mar 28, 2009, 03:40 PM // 15:40

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Originally Posted by Rhamia Darigaz

i highly doubt it.
party healing is a pretty big problem right now, particularly [[protective was kaolai] and [[recuperation]. a nerf to them would be good for the game, and any random buffs that happen will probably go unnoticed or totally break the game and be nerfed later anyway, as usual. if i were you my hopes would be that anet decides to make pve versions of nerfed party healing skills; it's a more realistic hope than an update featuring rit buffs.

you think they would nerf a 90 health party heal and +3 regen to party?

lol

they already nerfed pwk, i doubt they would do it again, and since when is 3 regen that big of a deal.

Magikarp · Mar 28, 2009, 04:33 PM // 16:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhamia Darigaz

i highly doubt it.
party healing is a pretty big problem right now, particularly [[protective was kaolai] and [[recuperation]. a nerf to them would be good for the game, and any random buffs that happen will probably go unnoticed or totally break the game and be nerfed later anyway, as usual. if i were you my hopes would be that anet decides to make pve versions of nerfed party healing skills; it's a more realistic hope than an update featuring rit buffs.

I'm not really sure where this information or idea came from, but I really doubt it. 3 regen isn't a problem, especially from a spirit you can kill it 4 hits, and PwK was already nerfed. I can't see PwK a "problem" when the only rits in GvG are runners (lame).

draxynnic · Mar 30, 2009, 02:07 AM // 02:07

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Originally Posted by Zodiac Meteor

Rit's are arena-nets most neglected class. A little buff would help (Anytime now?) I have a feeling the April update will have something to do with spawning power. But for right now, lets compare spawning power to strength.

I don't think it will be in the April update - Linsey basically said it wasn't on her radar while the April update was being planned, implying that there won't be time to look at it until after that one has been done.

It is, however, on the proverbial radar now.

faraaz · Apr 05, 2009, 09:18 AM // 09:18

The problem with Rits is that they have AMAZING skills but there is very little reason to be a primary rit, mostly because of the nerfs to Spawning Power since beta Factions, which is why that line is the joke that it is today.

14 in channeling do not justify going primary rit. Therefore, you feel easily frustrated struggling with a class like a Rit which has so much potential, but is gimped because your primary offers you no advantage, as compared to a class like say, a Necromancer or heck, even a Mesmer (that fast casting is nice to have, even if it isnt ESSENTIAL), because their primary advantages are more prominent and useful than those of a Rit.

PS: If someone tells you "omg i'm having so much fun on my rit stfu noob they rawk", make sure you check if they are playing in HM or NM before you take their advice. This is something I learnt the hard way. =]

upier · Apr 05, 2009, 10:42 AM // 10:42

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Originally Posted by faraaz

PS: If someone tells you "omg i'm having so much fun on my rit stfu noob they rawk", make sure you check if they are playing in HM or NM before you take their advice. This is something I learnt the hard way. =]

I've vanquished 6-man party areas with my channeling beastmaster.
Which basically means that the foes were dealing with a party of 5 h/h.
"Fun" also works. You probably need to be a bit better player to pull it off though.

What you need to do is bring this to a theoretical level.
And in theory - the ritualist sucks. Other guys just do it better.