Unique Hero Skills (Gamespot)

Originally Posted by FrogDevourer

I seriously hope this article is wrong and that ANet didn't kill the best feature of the WPE.

Using tons of unlocked skills on heroes was arguably the most enjoyable feature of the WPE (at least for GW veterans), and the best incentive to get UAS for PvE players.

Being *forced* to replay through factions and prophecies to give the best skills to my heroes, and to grind for hours so that they get enough skill points to try out new original builds... How thrilling! Equipping multiple heroes on multiple PvE character with decent weapons is already pain, so equipping them with a lot of diverse skills is simply a deal breaker for me.

Originally Posted by Tetris L

In the Nightfall preview event the heroes simply had access to all skills unlocked on your account. When I noticed that I immediately thought that this can't be the final version, because that would mean that you must have one character of each profession to unlock skills for your heroes.

Originally Posted by Alex Weekes

OK, so here's what I can let you know about the article. Firstly, it is correct in that you do not have to pay gold to teach a new skill to a hero. Secondly, the information about unique hero-specific skills is wrong, there are no unique skills for heroes. The Hero Skill Trainers give you the opportunity to teach new skills directly to your heroes, meaning you aren't stuck with a skill-shortage on heroes who are a profession that you are not using (and have not used before).

Originally Posted by Alex Weekes

OK, so here's what I can let you know about the article. Firstly, it is correct in that you do not have to pay gold to teach a new skill to a hero. Secondly, the information about unique hero-specific skills is wrong, there are no unique skills for heroes. The Hero Skill Trainers give you the opportunity to teach new skills directly to your heroes, meaning you aren't stuck with a skill-shortage on heroes who are a profession that you are not using (and have not used before).

Originally Posted by l Artemis Entreri l

And the dervish can also shape shift into the shape of one of the gods in Guild Wars. This is an incredibly powerful ability, but it leaves the dervish vulnerable afterwards

This is false.





wtf this is true did u play the preview??look at the skills...avatar of lyssa,melandru,grenth,balthazar,etc. lol

Originally Posted by Guildmaster Cain

So the people that have full unlocks dont have any uses for hero-skillpoints...

Flame at Anet, flame and rant, goredengine.

Well, they can't keep us all satisfied ^^

Originally Posted by Spura

I said the statement is false not that the skills do not exist. It is false because of the boldened part. Dervish avatars do not leave you any more vulnerable after ending than you were before you used them. Examples of buffs that leave you vulnerable after ending: Shadow Form, Spell Shield.

In other news: Learn how to quote.

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Here's some info that you might find helpful in learning about the exciting new Heroes feature of Nightfall, and about the “Hero Skills” NPCs. These NPCs can teach skills to your character and your Heroes without requiring a skill point or any gold. You will be able to earn these Hero skills by gaining ranks in the Sunspear title and the Lightbringer title, and once learned, these skills are known by your character and unlocked for your entire account. Unlike normal skill trainers, who only offer you skills that match your profession, Hero Skill Trainers will offer skills for every profession. (Pretty nice, I agree! )

Anyway, since I so love a good bullet list, and it's Friday and I haven't had a real chance to stake out such monument this week, here goes:
Your character and your heroes can still only use skills particular to their professions.
Heroes have access to any of your unlocked skills.
In any outpost, you have a dropdown menu that allows you to set each hero's secondary profession.
When you change the hero's secondary profession, the skills that are available to the hero change to represent the new secondary profession. Those skills consist of whatever skills of a particular profession you have unlocked on your account (or those you unlock in the future).
Heroes come with a few skills for their professions when you acquire them. (You would have noticed that when you brought Koss on as your first hero, during the WPE.)
You can learn skills for your heroes through the Hero Skill Trainer and those skills are then unlocked on your account for any character or any other hero (if they have the appropriate profession, of course).
There are no unique, hero-only skills. For example, warrior heroes can acquire those skills that a warrior player can use. If the hero is a primary warrior, he will have the ability to acquire the elite skills just as your primary warrior character does.
I hope that's helpful, and do post if you have questions and we'll try to answer those. Keep in mind that we'd like some facets of this feature to be discovered by players, so giving chapter and verse may not be possible. Still 'n' all, we will do our best to get answers for the non-spoiler-ish questions.

Originally Posted by Spura

I said the statement is false not that the skills do not exist. It is false because of the boldened part. Dervish avatars do not leave you any more vulnerable after ending than you were before you used them. Examples of buffs that leave you vulnerable after ending: Shadow Form, Spell Shield.

In other news: Learn how to quote.

Originally Posted by Retribution X

Did anyone think, That with some god skills, the Dervish May have Started to tank/aggro many enemies, because of damage absorption, and other things like that? That would leave them VERY Vunerable after it ends.