ArenaNet:Skill feedback/Ritualist/Ritualists need a buff

Kigamo's Issue -- 14:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Issue
 * In My oppinion rits were created by ANet to support damage with channeling, support healing with restoration, spam offensive/defensive spirits with communing. But nowdays rits are only used in GvG as a flag runners, and rarely they appear in HA. Rits have a little use in PvE, so they lost their place in the team.I (and maybe many others) want to change this. Guild Wars is a very fast game, where the winner must have greater speed. Ritualists have no speed. Binding rituals are slowing them down, so rits can be quick only holding an item and using speed buffs from other professions. No time to cast spirits, while your team is moving and splitting. In PvE the battle is finished by eles, dervs, mm necros, before you can even cast,for example, shadowsong. So spirits are the main problem. Too slow for this game.


 * Suggestion
 * 1) Reduce spirit casting time 3->1, 5->2
 * 2) Reduce spirit duration
 * 3) Reduce spirit recharge time
 * 4) To prevent players from overspamming battlefield with new fast spirits, we could do this:

After casting a binding ritual all others binding rituals will be disabled for ~ 4 seconds. Better to spam 1 spirit in 5 seconds, than to spam it for 5 seconds. =)
 * 5) Change spawning power. Many players suggested to do this before me. I think the most cool idea was to make SP look like this: For each 3 rank of SP spirits you cast last 2 seconds longer. For each rank of SP weapon spells you use last for 3% longer. In general SP gives a little bonus to rits: +hp to spirits is not good (N/Rts are using defensive spirits even better than a rits, because of good e-management).
 * Here the skills changes:
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual. "Create a level  Spirit. This Spirit's attacks deal  damage. Pain dies after 20 seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Pain lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual. "Create a level  Spirit. This Spirit's attacks deal  damage and anyone struck by its attacks are interrupted. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds. Dissonance dies after 10 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Dissonance lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual. "Create a level  Spirit. This Spirit's attacks deal  damage. Anguish deals double damage to hexed foes. Anguish dies after 10 seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Anguish lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual. "Create a level  Spirit. This Spirit's attacks deal  damage and anyone struck by its attack loses an enchantment. Disenchantment dies after 10 seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Disenchantment lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual. "Create a level  Spirit. This Spirit's attacks deal  damage and anyone struck by its attack is blinded for 5 seconds. Shadowsong dies after 10 seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Shadowsong lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual. Create a level  Spirit. Whenever a non-Spirit ally in its range takes damage, that damage is reduced by 10 and the Spirit takes 10 damage. This Spirit dies after  seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Union lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual. Create a level  Spirit. Non-Spirit allies within its range cannot lose more than % maximum Health from a single attack. When this Spirit prevents damage, it loses  Health. This Spirit lasts  seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Shelter lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual.  Create a level  Spirit. All non-Spirit allies within its range have a % chance to block incoming attacks. Every time an attack is blocked in this way, this Spirit takes  damage. This Spirit dies after  seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Displacement lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual.  Create a level  Spirit. All non-Spirit foes within its range move % slower. This Spirit dies after  seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Earthbind lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Binding Ritual.  Create a level  Spirit. All non-Spirit foes within its range attack % slower. This Spirit dies after  seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Soothing lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Elite Binding Ritual.  Create a level  Spirit. Whenever this Spirit's attack hits a stationary foe, that foe is knocked down and the Spirit loses  Health. This spirit dies after  seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Wanderlust lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Signet. The next spirit, you use will last  seconds longer and have +  to maximum health.
 * - - (Communing) - Weapon Spell. For  seconds, target other ally's next attack cannot be blocked and foe attacked by that ally loses one enchantment." For every rank in Spawning Power, Ghostly Weapon lasts 3% longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Elite Weapon Spell. For  seconds,target ally has a Weapon of Quickening, Spells recharge and cast 25% faster. ." For every rank in Spawning Power, Weapon of Quickening lasts 3% longer.
 * - - (Communing) - Enchantment Spell. For  seconds, you have +  armor against elemental damage while holding an item. You also have + armor against physical damage if you are within earshot of a spirit.
 * - - (Communing) - Hex Spell. For  seconds, target foe and all nearby foes have 50% chance to miss with attacks, while within earshot of a spirit.
 * Many Spawning power skills are pretty useless... so:
 * - - (Spawning Power) - Item spell. For  seconds, you have + 1 energy regeneration.
 * - - (Spawning Power) - Elite Skill. For 30 seconds, your binding rituals recharge % faster and spirits you create last % longer.
 * - - (Spawning Power) - Elite Enchantment Spell. For  seconds, you gain  energy each time you casting a spell within earshot of a spirit.
 * - - (Spawning Power) - Elite Enchantment Spell. For  seconds, whenever allied spirit whithin earshot dies you gain  energy, and one random binding ritual is recharged.
 * Some skills in the restoration line:
 * - - (Restoration magic) - Spell. Heal target ally for . Heals one additional ally nearby for each spirit within your earshot for.
 * - - (Restoration magic) - Item spell. Hold Xiko's ashes for up to  seconds. For each Hex or Condition you are suffering from while holding her ashes, you gain +3 Health regeneration. Drop her ashes to spread  conditions from you, to nearby foes.
 * - - (Restoration magic) - Elite Item spell. Hold his ashes for  seconds. While you holding his ashes you gave 50% chance to block attacks and you have + 24 armor.
 * - - (Restoration magic) - Binding Ritual.  Create a level  Spirit. All non-Spirit allies within its range gain % more benefit from healing. This Spirit dies after  seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Restoration lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Restoration magic) - Elite Binding Ritual.  Create a level  Spirit. All hexes and conditions expire % faster on non-Spirit allies within its range.This Spirit dies after  seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Preservation lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * - - (Restoration magic) - Binding Ritual.  Create a level  Spirit. When this spirit dies, all non-Spirit allies within its range gain  health for each second, this spirit was alive.This Spirit dies after  seconds. All other binding rituals are disabled for 4 seconds." For every 3 ranks in Spawning Power, Life lasts 2 seconds longer.
 * That's all, sorry for my english =P. I hope ANet will do something with rits.