Soulreaping older versions

Chocobo1

Chocobo1

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

New Zealand

CoA

N/

I've looked everywhere for this and I can't seem to find it. I wanna find a history of Soul Reaping and it's changes throughout the entire history of Guild Wars. GWW only seems to go so far. Cheers for any help.

Luminarus

Luminarus

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2007

Sydney, Australia

Haze of Light [pure]

R/

I know before its current version it was only once every 5 seconds, and 1/2 energy from spirits.

Before that I think it was no time limit and 1/2 energy from spirits, or full energy from spirits. I think that was how it went.

wind fire and ice

wind fire and ice

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2008

There

[ToA]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Luminarus View Post
I know before its current version it was only once every 5 seconds, and 1/2 energy from spirits.

Before that I think it was no time limit and 1/2 energy from spirits, or full energy from spirits. I think that was how it went.
He's right i believe.

buddhakl

buddhakl

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Northern NY

Ladies' Rhythm and Movement Club [MOVE]

W/Mo

If you're really serious and have the patience, you can check here which has every Guild Wars update ever. If you've got that kind of patience to sift through them all, my hat's off to ya.

masterjer1

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Domain Of Anguish

[BURN]

This is straight out of the Prima Official Game Guide for Guild Wars circa 2005 (an ancient scroll I found in my travels).

Soul Reaping: This allows the Necromancer to draw upon the spirits of dead corpses, restoring small portions of Energy for each dead body on the field. For each creature (ally, enemy, minion, pet, or anyone else) who dies close to you, you will gain energy equal to your ranks in Soul Reaping. It's a handy attribute for any Necromancer style.

And from the Prima Guild Wars Factions Official Guidebook circa 2006, it is printed as follows.

Soul Reaping (Primary): The Necromancer's primary attribute, improves your ability to gain Energy whenever a creature near you dies.

Don't know if this helps you any, but thought I would share it with you.

Improvavel

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2007

For most of the time Soul Reaping was gain 1 energy per rank of soul reaping for anything that died - players, enemies, spirits, minions.

Then it was changed to getting the energy only once every 5 seconds for creatures dying.

After was only once every 5 seconds and half for spirits.

Then it was max of 3 triggers every 15 seconds for every creature but spirits and you would get full energy for spirits you controlled.

And we arrived at the state it is now.

You can check this on http://guildwars.wikia.com. Go to the soul reaping article, history tab on the top right corner and you can compare versions and see the changes.

snaek

snaek

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

N/

url: guildwars.wikia.com

search string: "game updates soul reaping"

result:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Game updates/20071113
Soul Reaping: no longer gains any benefit from Spirits.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Game updates/20070615
Soul Reaping: Energy gain now triggers 3 times every 15 seconds (if you are already at maximum Energy when something dies, it does not count toward this limit). You now gain full Energy when a Spirit you control dies; you gain no Energy when other Spirits die.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Game updates/20070607
Soul Reaping states it will only trigger three times per fifteen seconds and that only spirits you control will trigger Soul Reaping, but spirits no longer give only half energy.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Game updates/20070405
Soul Reaping: functionality changed so that you may only gain Energy from Soul Reaping every 5 seconds.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Game updates/20060601
Soul Reaping now only gives half Energy from Spirits.

research is ftw
only took me like 10s

(oh btw...i woulda used official guild wiki....but for some reason the search didnt work)

Arlan

Arlan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

FaT

Mo/

Did your search find the 1000's of QQ's everytime Anet smacked Soul Reapings bare behind?

I personally saw several Nec's heads explode!!!!

isamu kurosawa

isamu kurosawa

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

United Kingdom

Me/

You could have also checked the histroy of the soul reaping article on wiki.

http://www.wiki.guildwars.com/index....action=history