Skills: Quick select template (when inside town) - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

INFERNO2K

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Toronto

Clan of Elders COE

E/Me

06 Aug 2005 at 00:26 - 1

Havn't found any previous threads about this so I am presenting it to you guys.

Just like we have templates for quickselecting our weapon (F1-Fx), I think it would be a good idea to quick select a template of skills in town. For example, I can press Shift-F1 for my running skills to appear (all 8 on the bar, saved), Shift-F2 (my healing skills), Shift-F3 (my smiting skills) etc.

This would save having to memorize my skill layout and taking the time to scroll through the menu and remembering if I used a skill or not all the while a party is destined to head out quickly.

Gwenhywar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Shameful Spirits [SsP]

Mo/

06 Aug 2005 at 01:03 - 2

Oh, I have been longing for a selectable skill bar. I need to switch my monk's skills around every time I go to a mission with a group, instead of henchies, so it's really annoying to always keep asking people to wait and switching skills.

Not even talking about PvP, I made just a PvP monk only because I was tired to switch skills so often.

theVariable

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

CA, USA

Knights of the Hokuten [KotH] (hokuten.org)

Mo/Me

06 Aug 2005 at 01:31 - 3

/signed

Great idea. I haven't heard that one before.

Racthoh

Did I hear 7 heroes?

Join Date: May 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Guild Leader (Not Recruiting)

06 Aug 2005 at 04:08 - 4

Sounds familiar and I know I like it. Almost every place I play regularly has a different skillset and it would really speed up the process of changing skills.

INFERNO2K

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Toronto

Clan of Elders COE

E/Me

06 Aug 2005 at 15:49 - 5

Yeah exactly.

Lampshade

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

USA

Xen of Onslaught

06 Aug 2005 at 17:01 - 6

Great Idea!

/sign

INFERNO2K

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Toronto

Clan of Elders COE

E/Me

07 Aug 2005 at 03:18 - 7

/signed

DrSLUGFly

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

European Server or International

07 Aug 2005 at 05:44 - 8

great idea... this would help a lot for PUGs when questing too. You have your farm-set, undead-set, primary necro set (as in the first necro, not just nec/----), secondary necro set (as in supporting, not ----/nec), healer set, smiting set... I'm sure that everyone could use this feature

emil knight

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Chicago,IL

The Knights Of Temerity

R/Mo

07 Aug 2005 at 05:47 - 9

I'd love to see this... can't count the number of times I've taker my Ranger to UW/FoW and had to swap skills to become a trapper...

I don't think the F5-F8 keys are in use... wouldn't be too hard to code them in I would think?

DrSLUGFly

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

European Server or International

07 Aug 2005 at 05:50 - 10

it should be customizable like all other keys though. Currently my f5 to f8 keys are my weapons sets.

Ultimate_Gaara

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

BC, Canada.. how aboot that eh?

07 Aug 2005 at 06:44 - 11

i only use one set of skills so i would not really need this.. however i guess it would be a good idea...

emil knight

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Chicago,IL

The Knights Of Temerity

R/Mo

07 Aug 2005 at 11:18 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by emil knight

I'd love to see this... can't count the number of times I've taker my Ranger to UW/FoW and had to swap skills to become a trapper...

I don't think the F5-F8 keys are in use... wouldn't be too hard to code them in I would think?

I take this back... I forgot the F5-F9 keys are set to our inventory... the only free F key is F10.

Still the DEL, HOME, INSERT, Page Up, Page Down, and END keys don't seem to be bound to anything... maybe those could be used instead.

DrSLUGFly

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

European Server or International

07 Aug 2005 at 11:31 - 13

or the keypad buttons... I don't know if they're used but I don't ever use them

Gopher

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2005

Bob's friendly guild

Me/R

07 Aug 2005 at 13:45 - 14

Great idea since each area holds different advantages for different skills and weapons. Though I think the discussion of which keys to assign is rather futile since you would likely be able to assign any key(s) you want. Maybe even have a menu system where you store your favorites and easily update them as better skills become available etc
Just add a tab to the skills window or something for that I would suppose.

A similar system was used in Tribes. Lots of config types for your character so you could setup presets to quickly change between them by either keypad or selecting/configuring in a window

INFERNO2K

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Toronto

Clan of Elders COE

E/Me

18 Aug 2005 at 19:24 - 15

Just want to refresh this topic.

SlY_DeMoN

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

18 Aug 2005 at 19:54 - 16

yeah, that i way I wouldn't have to spend all my time writing my skill sets down.

Mercury Angel

Avatar of Gwen

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wandering my own road.

18 Aug 2005 at 20:30 - 17