Resetting Skills

Strycker

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Can you reset skills in this game? Knowin me, Ill wing it till 20 then follow a build later on.

Kha

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Strycker
Can you reset skills in this game? Knowin me, Ill wing it till 20 then follow a build later on.
If you mean unlearn/unbuy them, then no.

If you mean change your build/skills in skill bar, then yes.

Rizzen Khalazar

Rizzen Khalazar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Salt Lake City

You get points every 280? exp? So if you trained a skill to say 8, and it took 5 skill points. It will cost you 1 skill point to go back to 7. Does this make sense? I think im confusing myself, but its along these lines.

Daemon

Daemon

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Vancouver, Canada

Mo/W

I'm not sure I know what you mean by reset, but if you mean change them around...then yes. As you aquire skills, they stay in your skill list. You can only aquire skills for your professions. While in outposts, you can drag and drop skills to and from your skill bar and skill list. While outside of an outpost, however, you are stuck with the eight skills you have chosen. This system is similar to playing with cards. Your skill list is all the cards you have to choose from, and your skill bar is your deck. You can change them around whichever way you like.

Strycker

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rizzen Khalazar
You get points every 280? exp? So if you trained a skill to say 8, and it took 5 skill points. It will cost you 1 skill point to go back to 7. Does this make sense? I think im confusing myself, but its along these lines.
Your obviously confusin yourself, why would you spend skillpoints on makin a skill weaker? :P By reset, I mean like gettin rid of your talents in WOW and getting the points back so you can change your build. Wiping all the skills you have, and gettin your skill points back.

Kha

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rizzen Khalazar
You get points every 280? exp? So if you trained a skill to say 8, and it took 5 skill points. It will cost you 1 skill point to go back to 7. Does this make sense? I think im confusing myself, but its along these lines.
Ah, if it's attributes you are talking about, you get Refund Points to allow you to take away from some attributes and add to others. Currently you can gain up to 24 Refund Points, more than plenty. So say if you had an 8 in Air Magic and wanted to be 8 in Water Magic. You would use 8 Refund Points (of your 24 at the time if filled up) and be an 8 inin Water Magic and now have 16 Refund Points. You can gain more Refund Points from getting EXP.

Rizzen Khalazar

Rizzen Khalazar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Salt Lake City

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kha
Ah, if it's attributes you are talking about, you get Refund Points to allow you to take away from some attributes and add to others. Currently you can gain up to 24 Refund Points, more than plenty. So say if you had an 8 in Air Magic and wanted to be 8 in Water Magic. You would use 8 Refund Points (of your 24 at the time if filled up) and be an 8 inin Water Magic and now have 16 Refund Points. You can gain more Refund Points from getting EXP.
Yeah, thats what I was trying to get out

Strycker

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kha
Ah, if it's attributes you are talking about, you get Refund Points to allow you to take away from some attributes and add to others. Currently you can gain up to 24 Refund Points, more than plenty. So say if you had an 8 in Air Magic and wanted to be 8 in Water Magic. You would use 8 Refund Points (of your 24 at the time if filled up) and be an 8 inin Water Magic and now have 16 Refund Points. You can gain more Refund Points from getting EXP.
How about skills? As in the ones in your skill list and bar, :P

Kha

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Strycker
How about skills? As in the ones in your skill list and bar, :P
See my first post.

Wayward

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

Can you continue to earn XP twords resetting stats after hitting 20?

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

you change those in any town or oupost by drag and drop

and ONLY in a town or outpost not a mission or explorable area

refund points keep accumulating to 25 points indefinitely past level 20

and dont stop because of reaching 20

Strycker

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kha
See my first post.
Your first post didnt make sense, I havent played this game yet. Your sayin you can remove them from your bar, which makes sense, but what im askin is, can you remove them forever? Gone, zippo, skill points restored. Ok, a WOW or COH fan has to know what im talkin about, :P Just like respeccin in COH, or resetting your talents at a trainer in WOW.

Bgnome

Bgnome

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

after you reach level 20, refund points still cost 250xp each. you just need to kill enough lvl 15+ targets to reach that. you can have a max of 24 refund points at a given time, as of the march bwe.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Strycker
Your first post didnt make sense, I havent played this game yet. Your sayin you can remove them from your bar, which makes sense, but what im askin is, can you remove them forever? Gone, zippo, skill points restored. Ok, a WOW or COH fan has to know what im talkin about, :P Just like respeccin in COH, or resetting your talents at a trainer in WOW.
no

once you have a skill it is yours period

skill points come easy anyway

Strycker

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bgnome
after you reach level 20, refund points still cost 250xp each. you just need to kill enough lvl 15+ targets to reach that. you can have a max of 24 refund points at a given time, as of the march bwe.
And you can use these refund points towards attributes AND skills?

Quote:
once you have a skill it is yours period

skill points come easy anyway
But you have a limit on skill points, right? You wanna make the right choices, right? You cant have every skill, right?

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

it is possible to eventally wind up with every skill of every profession in the game if you switch secondary professions enough

refund points are for attributes

skill points accmulate and you can purchase additional skills with them

Kha

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kha
If you mean unlearn/unbuy them, then no.
This means once you have acquired the skill, you can not get rid of it.

You still get experience after you reach the maximum lvl of 20. Everytime you would've leveled after that you get a skill point. Also, I think completing side-quests still gives you a skill point.

Auh

Auh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Strycker I know what you're confused about. Let me get a few things down. Skills don't take skill points. You just learn them(Paying for them, I believe). They don't go away. You can learn as many skills as you'd like. You choose 8 to use in missions and battles, which can only be changed in town. The strength on those skills depend on your attributes. Now, Attributes can be refunded, as others have stated. Did this help?

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Auh
Strycker I know what you're confused about. Let me get a few things down. Skills don't take skill points. You just learn them(Paying for them, I believe). They don't go away. You can learn as many skills as you'd like. You choose 8 to use in missions and battles, which can only be changed in town. The strength on those skills depend on your attributes. Now, Attributes can be refunded, as others have stated. Did this help?
if they dont take skill points to get and you are stuck with them permanently

why are they in the game at all?

yes you need a skill point for a skill

edit

a signet of capture for acquiring a skill from a boss costs a skill point and gold

when you capture the skill the soc is replaced with the skill

1 skill 1 skill point

Strycker

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Quote:
Strycker I know what you're confused about. Let me get a few things down. Skills don't take skill points. You just learn them(Paying for them, I believe). They don't go away. You can learn as many skills as you'd like. You choose 8 to use in missions and battles, which can only be changed in town. The strength on those skills depend on your attributes. Now, Attributes can be refunded, as others have stated. Did this help?
That helped ALOT, until Lov said different. :P

For the most part, you get skill points from missions (Which there are a ton of) and if you decide you want somethin later in the game, its not too hard to run a quest and grab it. Right?

mbecker

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Lol, wow. This thread has to be the most confusing one I've read.

From what I know you cannot receive any sort of refund related to skills. Once you learn a skill, through Signet of Capture, a trainer, and quest, whatever, you know it forever. You can even change secondary professions and still "know" it, but not use it unless you have that profession.

Attributes are explained above, and very well I might add.

Auh

Auh

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Strycker
That helped ALOT, until Lov said different. :P

For the most part, you get skill points from missions (Which there are a ton of) and if you decide you want somethin later in the game, its not too hard to run a quest and grab it. Right?
I haven't actually played the game, I've just read a lot of guides and threads 'n stuff. I know the attribute part is correct, and that EXP raises them and also earns you refund points. I wasn't sure about how to get skills, though. I know you can have infinite. I thought you could get them from trainers, though. I didn't know about the signets of capturing.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

skill trainers for the most part

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/skill-trainers-id83.php