Math Challenge: How many Build combinations in a Guild Wars 8 man team?

Relnor

Relnor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

You forgot that you cannot use the primary attribute skills for your secondary profession. Therefore, a W/E is not the same as a E/W.

Also, lets say your skill bar is [Rez-Flare-EMPTYx6]. Isn't that the same bar as [Flare-Rez-EMPTYx6] or [EMPTYx2-Rez-Flare-EMPTYx4]?

martialis

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

RA, reporting you

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRaven
- There are 55 different profession combos in the game. For these purposes, a Warrior/Ele is treated the same as an Ele/Warrior. Both can run the same skillbars. A Warrior with no secondary though is a unique combo.
That's determination. Now do it again with 100!

(You don't have an empty skill bar, do you?)

Sure you can. And yes, but he counted those.

TheRaven

TheRaven

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Virginia

Spirit of Elisha

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Relnor
You forgot that you cannot use the primary attribute skills for your secondary profession. Therefore, a W/E is not the same as a E/W.
Huh? Sure you can. Just not very well. Glyph of Lesser Energy is an Ele skill grouped under Energy Storage. Are you saying a W/E cannot put that skill on his bar???? Wanna Bet! I never said the bars had to be good bars.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Relnor
Also, lets say your skill bar is [Rez-Flare-EMPTYx6]. Isn't that the same bar as [Flare-Rez-EMPTYx6] or [EMPTYx2-Rez-Flare-EMPTYx4]?
I believe I covered that point. Please re-read my post.


Martalis, yep that one is counted. Just once though. I had 55 bars with 0 slots used and I totaled them up to 1 bar.

hyro yamaguchi

hyro yamaguchi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

The Netherlands

Mo/Me

I'm dizzy now :P

Anyway, there is also the possibillity not to take an elite, and an empty slot can be counted as an additional non-prof related skill.

Kool Pajamas

Kool Pajamas

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

Mage Elites [MAGE]

I need to understand the question a bit better.

So if you had all 8 characters using the same exact build that counts as 1 build combo?

Then if you change just 1 skill on that 8 man bar that counts as another build right?

If so.....that's a really big number.

byteme!

byteme!

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

On Earth

W/P

This whole topic makes my head hurt. O_o