What exactly are rituals and harbingers?

[The Chosen]

I never really understood the idea or Rituals, but for harbingers, i know there curse type of abilltys, can they also buff? Does anyone know if the Zealot will have CC/Stuns?

[Gemini]

Rituals are ground-targeted AoE debuffs that stay on the ground for a while. As long as the enemy is in the circle, they are debuffed. Harbingers currently enhance the power of the rituals on the target as well as their own debuff effect. As for crowd control, we don't have much in that area that I've seen.

Another unique thing that seperates the Zealot from the other support classes is the Marks of Chaos. These are buffs that you can lay down on yourself or allies that boost a stat or similar thing (attack speed, for example) as well as grant a new ability related to the boost. The only one I remember seeing from the videos is one that causes the target to do more attack damage as well as grant the target a powerful melee attack ability.

[silex]

^^ What Gemini said

Also, from event reports, you can only have one Harbinger active at a time and it lasts for about a minute. The Harbinger also reduces the damage that person does to you by about 33%. The exact value has fluctuated a bit in reports I've seen. But with that, I'd place money that Zealots will make a great 1v1 class. Knocking out a third of your enemy's DPS is incredible, especially on a healing class.

They do have limited crowd control, mostly snares from what we've seen so far. Which is about average.

[leogeo2]

I'd like to be able to summon a tentacle to wrap up and my enemies for 5 seconds as a form of CC. :D

[Hedley]

evan's spiked tentacles of forced protrusion FTW :mrgreen:

[Turuk]

I'd like to be able to summon a tentacle to wrap up and my enemies for 5 seconds as a form of CC. :D

Watching a bit of Hentai lately?:rolleyes:

[Dorn]

evan's spiked tentacles of forced protrusion FTW :mrgreen:

Trigak: Wait, what?
Trigak: AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!
Roy: Oof, that has GOT to be uncomfortable.
Belkar: In the future, remind me until late afternoon to insult Vaarsuvius... at the earliest. :mrgreen:


woot... there is acutally a history behind "tentacle rapes" ergo a wiki article
check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tentacle_ ......interesting :-?

[ManiaCCC]

For harbinger thing.. Can't link source because i don't remember where i read it but harbinger also provide debuff even harbinger bearer is not in ritual "ring" (but without enhancing effect).. i hope i remembered it right.

[Gemini]

I believe you did Mania, according to WAR-resource, in the Atlanta Games Day, the Harbinger spell was called "Impending Doom" and did this:

Calls down a Harbinger of Chaos upon your enemy, causing them to be the target of your Dark Rituals, and Dazing them, reducing all their stats by 5%.

Sounds pretty good to me.

[Hoodwink]

The only one I remember seeing from the videos is one that causes the target to do more attack damage as well as grant the target a powerful melee attack ability.

Holy shazbot that's awsome. I'd never seen that before.

I was already leaning Zealot but that will probably clinch it.

Didn't one of their preliminary harbingers reduce the healing a target recieved by like 25%?

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[Gemini]

Holy shazbot that's awsome. I'd never seen that before.

I was already leaning Zealot but that will probably clinch it.

Didn't one of their preliminary harbingers reduce the healing a target recieved by like 25%?

The harbinger has had many forms over the different conventions we've seen them in action. It has probably changed ten times since Atlanta, so who knows what it does? Well, besides those damn beta testers. There might even be a few different harbinger spells. We'll have to wait and see.

[leogeo2]

Watching a bit of Hentai lately?:rolleyes:

No, I'd just prefer my men wrapped in slime covered tentacles while I do unmentionable things to them against their own will. ;D

[Turuk]

No, I'd just prefer my men wrapped in slime covered tentacles while I do unmentionable things to them against their own will. ;D

Kinky.....

[leogeo2]

Turuk this is the second time that you've bumped an old thread by quoting me. Quit stalking!

[Merl]

Turuk this is the second time that you've bumped an old thread by quoting me. Quit stalking!


hehe well i am glad he bumped it. Aside from the strange kinky comments :roll: , the info on the harbringers and rituals was interesting, even if it may well change alot before release :)

[Turuk]

Ok if I bump without quoting you? :mrgreen:

P.S. This mechanic really sounds nice to me and I can't wait to try it.