Update Info: Razah is now In-Game!!

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Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Terra Xin
*sigh* well the Champion title is out of my reach... and I'm R2 for the hero track.... so if I want Razah then I need Rank 7...then I need to get to R4 on Glads title :S.
Assuming you're talking about upping your faction limit, read Gaile's post.

Razorwood

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Join Date: May 2005

Newcastle (Ish)

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Originally Posted by Thallandor
But perhaps what Razorwood said (okies i broke me promise not to respond to you) is true, if they are gonna give me a useless Ritualist Hero, might as well make her female, with a cute face and....nevermind.
Well you responsed to me not long after say that but "meh". If you want to stalk me there's not a lot I can do about it

I love it when people say Rts are useless I used to think the same, when I started using one and now I love them,

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Originally Posted by FrogDevourer
Many original concepts have been suggested: a hero with unique 'monster' skills, a hero with unpredictable random skillsets (typically BotM), a hero able to mirror your allies' or your foes' skills, a preview of upcoming chapters... The basic idea behind all these suggestions was to make of Razah something *different* from a standard hero. Don't take me wrong, I love the heroes (despite the fact that they are overpowered and more fexible than my own characters, that is). But Razah was supposed to be special.
1. Who said the hero was meant to be unique and special?

2. How are heros overpowered and more flexible? The only meaning I can see is they have access to all skills on your account, where as players have to collect skills on a character basis.

A preview of upcoming chapters? Can't you just be happy with Nightfall it's barely 2 month old and already getting new content.

GloryFox

GloryFox

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Good ol' USA, where everyone else wants to be

Now Plays World of Warcraft on Whisperwind

So it appears the Ritualist HERO is an ugly looking guy…. Darn… I had hope for a well figured female model to attend to my Characters spiritual needs.

Gun Pierson

Gun Pierson

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Belgium

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorwood
1. Who said the hero was meant to be unique and special?
Actually Anet did by writing it down in the manual on page 61.
Razah: profession: variable

Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorwood
Can't you just be happy with Nightfall it's barely 2 month old and already getting new content.
You mean the new content like the elite mission that should have been in the game on release date? And that was also insinuated to exist in the manual on page 121: special missions. People looked for more than a week to find it as they expected the mission to be ingame like with the other campaigns.

Now I don't mind, we are a few hours away from the big update. I'm happy with nightfall in general, but new content to me is like when Sorrow's Furnace was added to the game. It's possible there will be some new content too in the coming update ofcourse.

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gun Pierson
Actually Anet did by writing it down in the manual on page 61.
Razah: profession: variable


Well, technically as Razah was not in-game, and did not have a profession, then it was indeed variable at the time of the manual's writing. Anet gets to choose it though, and they chose ritualist

Or he could be subject to more tweaks before the full implementation.

Gun Pierson

Gun Pierson

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Belgium

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Avarre
Well, technically as Razah was not in-game, and did not have a profession, then it was indeed variable at the time of the manual's writing. Anet gets to choose it though, and they chose ritualist

Or he could be subject to more tweaks before the full implementation.
Indeed one can see it from that point of view. Nevertheless they can write a big 'variable' on the cover of the manual and write down in it whatever they want to. It's a bit exaggerated but I think you get the idea where I'm coming from. I'll welcome the hero no matter what though

Robin_Anadri

Robin_Anadri

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Join Date: Jun 2005

Atlanta, GA

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I'm just sad because I really was expecting the ability to change Razah's primary profession. People saying "But there was no Ritualist!" should note that if we could change his primary profession, we could certainly damn well change it to Ritualist when we wanted one.

I'm sure it was Insurmountable Technical Difficulties that doomed profession variability, but it still makes me sad. I was looking forward to builds that had up to four of the same profession between me and my heros.

But Alas, variable Razah seems to have gone the way of the pygmy hippo.

sindex

sindex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

California

Swords of Night & Day [SWRD]

You guys are basically saying he was already intended to be a Ritualist. Well if that was true; why did it take so long to get him into the game? Considering they had plenty of time to kill any of the bugs up to the release or up to this point. You could answer back by saying, he was meant for the elite mission, which was never finished until recently. If that was true then why did they hold him back so long (most information was tight lipped, even when asked), and what made him so special that he can only be accumulated in the elite mission? I really believe there were problems with what they tried to do, and gave up and made him into a plain Rit (since that is what people were expecting anyways).

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

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Join Date: Jun 2005

California

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Razah is a rit. Yet, in the manual it said he can be any professions he wanted.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

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Razah is a rit, true. Manual saying X is a pointless argument, the manual says other things which didn't come to pass which has all been covered to death. I'm happy with the rit personally, and most other folks are as well (with the possible exception of those people who only have NF so have a 'somewhat limited' rit skillset to choose from). Then the are those of you who like to whine about everything ;P

-malachi-

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

wish that was how the NF rit armor looked, not the mummy wrap it is now :S

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

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Quote:
Originally Posted by sindex
Also what was the major programming flaw, into making him a hero that could hold “Variable Professions”?
The major programming "flaw" is probably that the skills menu cannot swap primary profession, only secondaries. Razah's variable profession thing would likely involve a total revamp of the skills and attributes panel. Not to mention, the inventory panel would have to have more flexibility as well, since his armor and runes would need to be changed whenever he changes profession.

(This is my opinion, don't go around telling everyone this)

lennymon

lennymon

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Join Date: Nov 2005

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They could probably have an npc utility to change profession for razah without too many problems (like have it automatically dump any inappropriate runes into inventory...), but thats a little unwieldy player side in that you'd have to go to the npc to set prof. I think it 'could' be done without 6 months of work, and they may yet add another hero who knows. I can't wait to see what the hero armor upgrades look like, for Razah and the rest.

Robin_Anadri

Robin_Anadri

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Atlanta, GA

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There are always "brute force" ways to solve problems like this. As a cheap example, they could have given you ten Razahs in your Add Hero drop down box, one for each primary profession, with a simple check to prevent you from adding more than one Razah (add one, the other nine disappear or become greyed out.) The hero armor and runes would have been easy to deal with then, they'd just stay attached to their Razah.

They probably decided that would look bad, because it's at the very least an inelegant solution, and of course it leads to horrible things like giving you extra places to store runes, insignias and weapons you're not using. (And not to mention adds considerably to the amount of data that needs to be kept track of for each character.)

Still, it would have been nifty to have a truly variable hero. I think they put a lot of thought into the idea, and the buzz that it created got a lot of our hopes up. It's a shame it fell through.

Knightsaber Sith

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

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So; now that the Domain of Anguish is live anyone found where to get him in PvE yet? Remember; the quest for him may not neccessarily be in the Domain of Anguish.

klorbonde

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

MEAN

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Anyone who has acctualy completed the quest gain razah and got him?
For me everything i DoA is insane and imposible right now!!

NoFace

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

Sweden

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Now lets see this.
If you read the whole text about Razah he is born from the Mists as a copy of a worthy human, yes. Assume the variable as it said, depends on what kind of human he gets born from. But then, he is already born from a human (in the story) and that human was then ritualist. That makes him ritualist.
I am sure this is not how Anet thought, but please stop complain. When most of you talk it seems like Anet personally promised you that he will be that, but they didnt!
Also i think it says somewhere in the install thing that they have the right to change whatever they want, they made the game, they own the game. Stop play if you dislike it that much.
I can give you many ways to how "variable" still fits. Just think about his history. Every NPC in this game is ment to have a history, and this "variable" thing might as well be in that history of his.

Sure i hoped for a copy of my own char, but so what, i think he look cool.
And why he took time? Didnt you know everything isnt so possible with programming. What if the time was based on They trying to satisfy what You needed but it didnt work so they made a ritualist. Try it yourself befor complaining.

Also he his special because he is so horrible hard to get in PvE. I have given up i must say, im gonna wait untill someone find out a build that rocks. If it doesnt involve my ele, i buy the gemstones or maybe fight my way trough the game with my other characters.

Over and out for me

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

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Anyone know which quest i need to unlock Razah?

rotoiti

rotoiti

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Join Date: Jun 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Skullcrasher
Anyone know which quest i need to unlock Razah?
Enter the Domain of Anguish and get a quest "Finding a Purpose" from Chaplain Phyratyss in Gate of Anguish.

Traveller

Traveller

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Finland

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You need 4 gems to proceed from Abaddon's Gate, though. I assume these are quest rewards, you can at least get them from completing the "main" quest of the DoA by killing the main boss. Hopefully this won't be the only way to get gems and Razah.

rotoiti

rotoiti

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

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I wonder if you just need 4 gems per party or per person.

mrcake

mrcake

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by rotoiti
I wonder if you just need 4 gems per party or per person.
Very good question.. i have a margonite gem if anyone else has the others we could form a team and see

Powerless

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/R

Gotta say im rly dissapointed. I too expected Razah to be able to change his primary prof whenever i wanted. And the fact they took so long 2 implement him in the game only made believe even more in the rumors. And now 2 find out that his stuck as a rit, and not only that but also that u need 2 go through that hell of an Domain of Anguish(which i've been starting 2 like ) 2 unlock him? I can't be bothered 2 goin through all that trouble just for a rit. *sigh* very dissapointed.

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

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im dissapointed on how many things u gotta do (or at least the requierments to get him).

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

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Just a Ritualist does not deserve the hard job.

Covah

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Join Date: Aug 2006

Ontario, Canada

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Update - Friday December 1

* Reduced the Priest of Balthazar's price for unlocking the hero Razah to 6000 faction points.

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icedragon981

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Join Date: May 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Covah
Update - Friday December 1

* Reduced the Priest of Balthazar's price for unlocking the hero Razah to 6000 faction points.
Yea but that still doesn't justify how hard a single rit is to obtain in PvE.

Sanji

Sanji

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

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Man, I'm probably just going to forget Razah for PvE and unlock him with Balthazar points. The only real use I'd have for him in PvE is using him while playing through Nightfall...which happens to be the requirement for his quest.

Pkest

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

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if they raise the hero limit in pve to 7 then I could see working this hard to unlock a rit but otherwise not really since I'd probably never use him over my other options,