Lesson 2: Resurrection Orbs

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

05 Sep 2006 at 09:26 - 1

Right...now, some time ago I posted a thread to try to educate people on one of the things that annoyed me the most...the lack of knowledge of Shiro's Skill "Meditation of the Reaper".

Now I feel I should try to inform a few people of the use of resurrection orbs in the Unwaking Waters mission. I have had multiple characters through the Factions game now and it still utterly amazes me how many players still waste the orbs.

**Apologies to those who already know this, but it seems to me that many do not**

If you play Unwaking Waters and someone, usually me, shouts "Leave the Orbs!!"....just leave the orbs! Just try to ignore it's mesmerising glow....DON'T TOUCH IT! Now...evidently some people do not realise what these do...

If you pick it up, wherever you drop it dead players get resurrected. It has one use. If you drop it you cannot use it again - thus, if you drop it somewhere where there are no dead players....it is wasted. Time after time after time I have seen warriors picking it up and then dropping it straight away when they realise they need a sword to fight with. Well done Mr. Wammo.

So please remember...unless people have died....just leave the orbs alone. I hope this has educated a few people...thanks for your time.

Seef II

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/Mo

05 Sep 2006 at 22:28 - 2

Right, also:
-don't switch weapons while holding it, even to your current set. This action drops the orbs
-keep one for the Harvest Temple fight just in case you experience a near wipe when starting the battle.

xiaotsu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Doomlore Shrine

Just Us Gamers [JUGs]

06 Sep 2006 at 00:35 - 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seef II

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

If you pick it up, wherever you drop it dead players get resurrected. It has one use. If you drop it you cannot use it again Was already said :P

I must say, I've never had problems..but then again I use guildies and I'm sure PuGs screw everything up, as they have in the past for every single mission.

Nice tips, hope some of the idiots you guys deal with actually read it O_O

Amity and Truth

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

W/N

06 Sep 2006 at 08:02 - 4

People get really worked up about the orbs. I had two monks ragequit in sync because i picked it up when i was playing my necromancer (and i know what those things actually do).

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

06 Sep 2006 at 08:23 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amity and Truth

People get really worked up about the orbs. I had two monks ragequit in sync because i picked it up when i was playing my necromancer (and i know what those things actually do). I do hear you, but I feel that a lot of people, including myself, think that you should just leave it where it is until there is a reason to pick it up. I did used to pick it up, since I am a caster, purely to stop the wammo from picking it up and dropping it straight away. I never dropped it until I needed to be dropped. The problem with that is, if you accidentally use certain skills or forget that you're holding it for a second then you will drop it...also, someone holding it means that what they can do is limited and that mission tends to require a lot of fire power...thus they're not as useful, especially when the joining team is henchies*. I don't pick it up any more because I like to be able to fight properly...and I know that by saying several times "leave the orbs" I have done as much as I can do.

If we can get a few people, who previously did not know, to understand what they actually do then maybe it will prevent their misuse in future.

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*(please no-one lecture me on the greatness of henchies....I know they can be good when they apply themselves - I was not implying that they weren't)

Caged Fury

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Hearts Of Fury [HoF]

06 Sep 2006 at 10:23 - 6

Good stuff! This is very familiar. I've been in 5 games where someone just had to pick up the orb and drop it immediately, despite others yelling "Do not pick up orb" many times...that seem to make them pick it up even more. In one particular game, someone picked up the orb and we quickly told him not to drop it until needed. His party got wiped, so we told him to drop it near the corpses to res them but he chose to chase an afflicted with orb in hand before getting killed far away. I finally finished Unwaking Water with Masters Reward with a guildie and the rest henchmen.