Elite Skills Capture Question

chaos of the elemen

chaos of the elemen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Liars Cheats and Thieves

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Hi all, I am trying to cap Stunning Strike for my Paragon. The only problem is that my paragon isn't that far in the game.

I know I can cap this with my ele who has completed all three campaigns if I make his secondary a paragon. Now, my question is once I change his secondary back to ranger, will I lose that elite skill on my paragon?

Thanks for the help!

sprintcar88h

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

north phillys finest

N/Mo

you'll still have to cap it with your paragon unless you use an elite skill tomb for your para

chaos of the elemen

chaos of the elemen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Liars Cheats and Thieves

E/

Really?


what is an elite skill tomb and where do i get it?

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Edit:

Did some Googleing and found what they are and where they come from.

Can I get a tomb with my ele and give it to my paragon? I've never even dabbled in hard mode.

The site I found makes it sound like any boss will drop one. Is it a guarantee or do I just have to get lucky?

Onarik Amrak

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

It's a TOME not a tomb. One is a book and the other is something people put you in once you're dead.

They drop from Hard Mode creatures. Elite Skill Tomes only drop from bosses in HM.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

yes, you can give it to your paragon

GranDeWun

GranDeWun

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

PvE characters only have elite skills they capture themselves, except that they can use a TOME to learn a skill if it has already been unlocked by any character on the account.

chaos of the elemen

chaos of the elemen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Liars Cheats and Thieves

E/

alright, looks like I need to by a tome then.

Thanks

havok019

havok019

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

HdCr

W/Mo

Cap it with your Ele to unlock the skill. Buy an elite Para tome (maybe like $15k?), give it to your Para. Now you can use tome to give elite skill to your para.
You could try to farm in HM with your Ele for the Para tome. Tomes drop enough, but it could still take awhile to find. Maybe worth the money depending on how much your need the skill.

You can also use this procedure to let your character use skills your heroes have unlocked either through hero skill trainers or the free skills you get when you acquire a hero. Use a skill tome (not elite, here). They drop more frequently.

Absinth187

Absinth187

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

32??45′26.49″N, 97??19′59.45″W

Some Like It Hot [sake]

You can also unlock skills (regular and elite) using faction, and then use a tome to learn it on your pve character.

chaos of the elemen

chaos of the elemen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Liars Cheats and Thieves

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great, thanks for all the help everyone!

...anyone wanna sell me a tome? :P

lazyrussian

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Absinth187
You can also unlock skills (regular and elite) using faction, and then use a tome to learn it on your pve character.
I thought faction can only unlock skills for PvP - if not, then I'm going to log in right now and buy a crap load of skills

Absinth187

Absinth187

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

32??45′26.49″N, 97??19′59.45″W

Some Like It Hot [sake]

Quote:
Originally Posted by lazyrussian
I thought faction can only unlock skills for PvP - if not, then I'm going to log in right now and buy a crap load of skills
Sorry I wasn't clear. Buying skills with faction does unlock it for pvp, BUT it will also unlock it for learning via a tome for pve. This is advantageous if you don't have a character far enough, don't want to bother capping it from the boss, or if you have tons of faction and nothing else to do with it.

lazyrussian

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Absinth187
You can also unlock skills (regular and elite) using faction, and then use a tome to learn it on your pve character.
I thought faction can only unlock skills for PvP - if not, then I'm going to log in right now and buy a crap load of skills

havok019

havok019

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

HdCr

W/Mo

No, unlocking a skill is account based. Once something is unlocked, it's unlocked across all your characters. However, you still need to either cap it with that character, buy it with that character (plat or faction depending) or use a tome to put it on that particular character. Unlocking just makes it available to do so, regardless of PvE or PvP. Same with weapon upgrades, etc.

On the side -- it always ticked me off that I could have a hero with a skill, and it's unlocked, but I have to pay $1k to get it onto my main character so he could use it himself. In the other direction, if I cap a skill or learn a skill, my hero has access immediately. Ehhh

greendc27

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Wisconsin

Gaming Continuum [GCon]

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by chaos of the elemen
great, thanks for all the help everyone!

...anyone wanna sell me a tome? :P
Actually I just found an elite paragon tome yesterday. If your interested pm me an offer.