Can't see pinged skills - is it just me?

Hello all - finally signed up to this place after lurking here for some time, so I thought I might as well be annoying and make my first post a needy one. :P

In towns and outposts, when my teammates and indeed myself, ping their skills (i.e. hold ctrl and click their skillbars), I don't see their skills listed in the chat window - what it says instead is "My skills are [charactername's skills]". This has only started happening in the last few weeks, it used to work just fine. No one else I've spoken to seems to have this problem, so the question is, is it just me? Is it something I'm doing wrong, is there some obscure option I've changed without realising it? Any ideas would be appreciated!

Have IQ's suddenly dropped due to the weather getting warmer? Just click on the skills link to see the skills!

When someone asks an honest question even if it seems simplistic to you, why can't you just answer without the rude comments.

I've wondered that actually. You people need to realize that, if the game was bugged and the skills weren't being listed, it wouldn't say [Joe Schmoe's Skills], it'd say something like [char_skillping=4(1)WINAUE].

Complaints aside, yeah. Click the list to see the skills. Now you can also save them as templates. Also cuts down on chat spam. For the better, IMO.

*slaps self on forehead* I see what you meant now (just tried it)... I obviously didn't read the notes for whichever update that feature was added in, leading to me looking like a prat in this thread. And I'm always telling other people to read the *ahem* manual as well... how embarrassing :P

as a general rule just click on anything that is a different color from text. its probably a link. o the things you learn from internet explorer.

Just walked a newb guild member through that, as well as how to get it to show in guild chat.

Just remember, there are no dumb questions ..... only dumb people who think they know it all and put down new people for asking.

What's rude? It's so bloody obvious that anyone who can't figure it out is in need of special education!

Yeah, how retarded of me... posting in the 'Questions & Answers' forum , which is subtitled 'Basic Questions about Guild Wars' to find the answer to a basic question about Guild Wars.

Lol, don't get to upset about it Doomus. There's nothing wrong with asking when you don't know the answer, that's what Q&A for. But anyway next time in case of a doubt, click first and ask question later.

What's "bloody obvious" is that you'd rather be rude than constructive. I hope some day you need an honest answer and run into someone like yourself it would only be poetic justice.

Seriously, what were you thinking? To ask a common question in the Basic Q&A forum and expect an answer? Unbelievable!

But seriously, you shouldn't feel bad or let any of the pricks who might post get to you. There have been posts about this very same question from other people, so you aren't alone. Like everyone has already said, just click the different colored text.

No problem really - I did get the answer I was looking for, after all, so thanks to all who helped.