Let Non-Profession Elites Appear in Codex Arena

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

The elites of other professions should appear to someone of a different primary profession, but have a lock over them.

I want to be able to see the elites of the other professions so that I don't have to switch characters, create a new character, or ask someone else to see what another profession has been dealt. I am not asking that those elites be available for selection.

Oster

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2009

On a boat

Ragequit With Honor [RAGE]

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke View Post
The elites of other professions should appear to someone of a different primary profession, but have a lock over them.
So you're saying people should get elites of different professions but not be able to use them? Pro.

Evil Eye

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

P/Me

Makes it a lot easier to suggest things for people.

Hyo

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2008

P/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Evil Eye View Post
Makes it a lot easier to suggest things for people.
This. It's annoying to either check all classes by myself or ask around what the others have got. Maybe there could be some NPC that gives an overview of the skills, so that one could check all skills, see the synergies and prepare for counters the opponent might have. Well, Guildwiki will do this job too.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oster View Post
So you're saying people should get elites of different professions but not be able to use them? Pro.
I want to see the elites of other professions without having to switch characters or ask someone else what they are.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

/signed

At first I didn't really understand this suggestion. But yeah... /signed

Heck, what I REALLY want is some sorta list that just shows us all the skills that are available for all the professions at once (even if we don't have em unlocked). Just a text list with the name of the skills that appears when you talk to the NPC guard who runs the town would be nice. It's just annoying having to flip through 9 different secondary professions to get a look at what skills are available. Granted... I'm sure wiki will be doing this.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Yes, please. I don't have to roll every profession I want to see what elite skills they have.

Ambitious

Ambitious

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2009

E/R

An NPC that lists all of the current skills seems like the most reasonable fix to me.

thelittlemutt

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

IL

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ambitious View Post
An NPC that lists all of the current skills seems like the most reasonable fix to me.
yes, would definitely agree with this rather than just allowing people to see elites from other professions. especially if the skills are going to change every single day... I'd be okay with an npc that shows all available skills for each profession or atleast have them posted somewhere. the only way I can figure out how to look at the skills available is either the priest of balthazar (but still doesnt show other prof's elites) or rerolling a pvp into another.

Hyperventilate

Hyperventilate

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

Somewhere in California

I Gots A Crayon [Blue]

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ambitious View Post
An NPC that lists all of the current skills seems like the most reasonable fix to me.

This.

Although, I'd take seeing the other primary elites in the skill list, but, I'd much prefer this idea.


/signed

DoomFrost

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

E/

/signed for the NPC

It's annoying trying to suggest builds for my team mates but can't because I can't see what elites are available for them.

seraphite86

seraphite86

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Florida

Talk Less More [Sekz]

Rt/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ambitious View Post
An NPC that lists all of the current skills seems like the most reasonable fix to me.
The first thing I did when I got into the new Codex outpost was look for an NPC that listed daily skills. I was disappointed.

/verymuchsigned

Seaweed

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

I personally want this also.

Mikkelet

Mikkelet

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2008

Rt/

/unsigned

No matter what, this is going to be one of the most meta based arenas in GW...

Aljasha

Aljasha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2009

or a button in the top right corner(or somewhere else) showing up, as long as you are in the outpost. click it to show all unlocked skills grouped by profession.

rokocoko

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2008

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Azure mist View Post
... a list of all skills available for the day, just for convenience...
With this part, I agree.

But for the first part, definitely /not signed.

DonCorleoneCS

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Connecticut

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

W/

/unsigned

Don't suck and you'll be fine.

Mr Slashalot

Mr Slashalot

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

/unsigned

I agree with what yawgmoth said.

For those wanting skills lists, its on wiki.

Taddayo Kun

Taddayo Kun

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2008

in the land of no return, kinda like xth

[nerf]

A/

Seems like alot of idiots have missed your point entirely, despite the fact that you clearly said that we should only be able to SEE the elites but that they would still be locked.

Last night I signed in and began looking at the skills with a view to playing codex, but quickly became frustrated that in order to see which skills were available I would have to switch through my characters and look at them all individually.

I think this is a novel idea, this would allow us to sign into one character, check the skills we can use with this profession and any professions we might want to switch to, without having to go through the hassle of switching and moving all our characters over to the outpost.

/SIGNED

Martin Alvito

Martin Alvito

Older Than God (1)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Clan Dethryche [dth]

/signed

Having to reroll ten times so that I can see the day's elites is made of fail.

Simplest coding solution is probably to just have an NPC that shows everything in the day's codex. I'd alter the Priest of Balthazar for this operation to reflect the same changes made to the skills tab for players, if I were trying to implement.

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

/signed

Not sure where people got off track here (all he is asking for is to see shaded skills of all available skills so you can decide if switching primary is wurth it)

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

The thread was cleaned up (thanks, whoever), so I'm bumping this once to keep it on the front page.

I messed it up, so makes sense I should clean it. - Katsumi

MoldyRiceFrenzy

MoldyRiceFrenzy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2005

Santa Rosa, CA

Confusion in The Ranks[tArD]

Mo/W

i havnt made a comment on guildwarsguru in a long time...

but yes, this pissed me off today. i mean, kind of. theoretically i could go to guildwiki and look up the skills, but i mean, itd be easier if i could actually SEE them INGAME. whats so hard about that? does arena net have to make formulating a decent team build a big pain in the ... so please fix this, I really doubt its that's hard.

Tenebrae

Tenebrae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Spain

LHV

R/N

All advantages and no "contras" , ppl dont sign just to piss off others ? very mature. Its pretty clear that they WONT be able to use them , is just for visualization.

/signed

Taddayo Kun

Taddayo Kun

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2008

in the land of no return, kinda like xth

[nerf]

A/

Thank you for fixing this thread katsumi. I believe this suggestion to be a very simple solution to a problem anet should have realised before adding codex. I hope that this thread will stay active long enough for them to read it and realise how much sense it makes.