About unlocking skills:

Toxic RD

Toxic RD

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Vancouver, B.C.

Seers of Serpents

Mo/Me

I know that what ever skills you have previously unlocked in PVE become available at any skill trainer, but what about skills unlocked thru PvP, i'm mostly a PvE person, i dont do PvP, unless there's a benefit from it for PvE, and right now im running short on cash (6k and nobody will buy my tanzits cleaver) so i cant buy all the skills i would like to for my lower level characters

Does unlocking anything in PvP do anyting for my PvE experience?

The_Janitor

The_Janitor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

New Jersey

The Adventurer's Society [TAS]

Me/N

Not really.

Celios

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Black Crescent [BC]

Having a skill unlocked will, in of itself, not benefit you at all unless you play PvP.

A Buffalo

A Buffalo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

NJ, USA

Frost Bite

W/Mo

Well you can unlock a skill through PvP and then purchase the skill from a skill trader anywhere in RPG. That's what I did for my new necro. Unlocked a few skills that I wanted by using some faction and then once my character got to Ascalon City, purchased the skillbar that I wanted. Just remember that this would only work with non-elites because the skill traders only sell normal skills.

stickyballs

stickyballs

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2006

American Servers

Sin Squad [SIN]

W/

Yeah, keep in mind unlocking will only be for your PvP characters.

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

Well if you do PvP you can try out PvP team builds in PvE.

Minion factory sounds fun .

Toxic RD

Toxic RD

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Vancouver, B.C.

Seers of Serpents

Mo/Me

So 'A Buffalo" you're saying i can use faction points to unlcok skills while playin PVP, then those become available at all skill trainers in PVE?

Luchaire

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Knights of the Oasis [KO]

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxic RD
So 'A Buffalo" you're saying i can use faction points to unlcok skills while playin PVP, then those become available at all skill trainers in PVE?
That's right.

Grimm

Grimm

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

N/

It's the other way around. Playing PvE unlocks things for PvP.

You can now buy any non-elite skill you've unlocked however. That's the only way unlocking things help you in PvE.

Scav

Scav

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

aV

N/Me

Even for pvp, ya gotta be carefull what ya unlock on your char.. 'Cause ya eventually want to use your pve chars for pvp..

A Buffalo

A Buffalo

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

NJ, USA

Frost Bite

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Luchaire
That's right.
Like he said ^

For example, I unlocked Blood of the Master using faction points on a PvP character and then went on my new Necro in Ascalon City and bought Blood of the Master from the skill trainer for a skill point and some gold. It allowed me to get skills earlier and not go crazy questing for them.

If you have gotten to the fire islands, Ember Light Camp should still have all the normal skills to purchase for your RPG character wether they are unlocked or not. That would get rid of the "double purchase" (faction points and then skill point + gold) .

Francis Crawford

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

One thing to remember if you're impatient to get to certain non-elite skills -- they can be capped just like elite ones, and the cost is identical to that of buying them at the skill trainer when you can find one who sells it.

For an elementalist, the obvious skill to acquire in this way is Aftershock, which can be capped in the Dragon's Lair if not before, and otherwise needs to be bought from a trainer late in the game.