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Useful information, but the most useful info is that, for some players (i don't know how many, but sure I am since merge), the rites that should give HP/Sap/Focus bonus don't work (other rites seems working as intended, even i have not redone them).
After the merge i immediately did the first focus rite (the matis one) and got nothing. Then, after speaking with a csr at that time, i decided to stop the rites till the devs fixed the bug.

After one year i'm back and found devs didn't fixed it at all. Something that worked before the merge, something related to the basic characteristics, in a game where even 100 hp or focus can make a difference, should have very high priority in the devs list. But seems no one care.

Devs are doing new rites instead of fix the old one, that worked pretty well before the merge.

Sorry, if I posted something negative, but i wish this could be read as a reminder to the devs: it should not be hard to fix something that worked pretty well before the merge.

NB: if you are a new player working on your first foraging master, don't do the tryker rite related to the extraction time bonus: it will prevent you to dig 3 nodes till mastery (digging in a normal way of course. you can use some technique to circunvent the problem). After the first master, the rite it's safe to do.

Gil -- any rite that you did prior to merge will not work for you if you do it again. What needs to be fixed is to give back the rewards that we had prior to the merge.

I had done the first focus rite prior to merge and so did not get the focus reward when I did it a second time. When I did the second focus rite (which I had not done prior to the merge), I got my reward.

From reports of guildies and the general populace, the characteristics rites work fine for new toons (those that are completable, that is). It is only us who did them prior to the merge who are ---d.

Well, i don't get your point: the rites don't work because they don't give the rewards.

Prior the merge i had all the relevant rites already done, and most of perople that played for long time prior the merge did them.

Are the rites working? no. Should they be fixed so everyone can get the rewards? Yes.

They don't give the rewards because there is a byte in your character file that says you already did the rite. You are not allowed double-dipping. My fix would be simply to have someone with authority to look into the storage of our toons fix the results, not make us go through the rite again.

I agree with you, in this case. In fact the rites are linked to stanzas, so they should have been treated similar to the skills, and never erased from toons.
Anyway after the merge, i accepted the idea to redo the rites, even if a bit annoyed, but the actual problem is that, after more than one year since the merge, the devs have not done anything.
They affect your characteristics and, in a pvp game, they must work for everyone.
Don't misunderstand me: i stopped pvp much before the merge and i'm no more interested in it.

But i'm surprised that people here just don't care to ask the devs to get a really needed fix.

Gilga alot of ppl been asking for them there has been load debates on uni in the past and I'm sure some forum posts. But in the end it's ryzom I guess merge broke alot of things and removed alot of stuff like ryzom ring, rites, appartement inviting (actually this works still for alot of appartements but allowed to say this), appartement decorations (ok those appartement things really don't intrest me but for some ppl it does), connecting to CeB from ingame (if you are not french for them it works),  our way of playing and rp (to each it's own), advanced occupations, campifire building (why I ask you why??), ...  Probably alot more but after waiting 1.5years for most to get fixed you start to forget what you got.

What did we get is an out of game fancy chat (I guess it's usable for some ppl if you factor in the security threat), termites (for a really selct few players) and new horizons (with most boring mission ever but I guess if you are like me and don't craft you are forced to do this to make some money to buy for your teleports; but if you are like me and are a marauder and don't craft then you are actually forced to have an alt to make some money on them, who ever decided this should have been shot on the spot a game forcing a player base (even if its small just me i've been paying an playing this game for 8years of wich 6or so happy last 2years made the game unplayable) to forcibly use an alt to play the game are just insane, oh and 3 lores weren't enough not they added a 4th totally new lore but we are not allowed to use it ingame)

* sorry for hijackng treath and my rant but I'm tired of it 

=> yes we've been asking but seems devs just don't care about us.

And while they're at it, can I have my pre-order item back as well!

You're only just realising that?

I'd just like to say Tiximei rocks! :o)

Concerning the Trykers and Lake Materials rite, I just would like to clarify something:

This rite is supposed to add an Extraction Time Bonus. I don't know if it's true, but what I am sure is that after passing the rite you can dig sources that you didn't prospect and recover your concentration.

I have tested this just before and after doing my rite.

yep, that's a good one. excellent for the florist occupation :)