Ascalon Skills Trainer
Slade xTekno
When I greet him, all I see is an empty window. Do I have to finish Defend the Wall first?
Rhazwyth
You problably got everything from quests already. They spread out the skills as you progress in the story.
Zeppelin
No. He has a very limited selection now, a change made in the final release. I *think* he only has the skills that were available for you in pre-searing, if you missed them. If you got all the pre-searing ones, then he might not have any.
I was a N/Me, and I was 99% sure that I completed every quest in pre-searing, and when I got to the skills trainer he had 1 Mesmer spell for sale. So, I'm not sure if he only has pre-searing ones, or just mostly pre-searing ones, but it's very limited either way.
They made more post-searing quests that get skills as rewards. I guess this way, you work your way up, getting a few skills at a time. It gives you a better chance of getting familiar with more skills, and a cheap way to acquire them, but it was kind of nice to just be able to buy them when you got to post-searing.
I was a N/Me, and I was 99% sure that I completed every quest in pre-searing, and when I got to the skills trainer he had 1 Mesmer spell for sale. So, I'm not sure if he only has pre-searing ones, or just mostly pre-searing ones, but it's very limited either way.
They made more post-searing quests that get skills as rewards. I guess this way, you work your way up, getting a few skills at a time. It gives you a better chance of getting familiar with more skills, and a cheap way to acquire them, but it was kind of nice to just be able to buy them when you got to post-searing.
Enix
Uh... There is still a skills trainer? I thought they got rid of him entirely. 0_o
Freyas
From what I've seen so far(only to Yak's Bend, though), skill trainers have very few skills that aren't available earlier in the game via quests. I'm pretty sure I've completed every quest available to my character in pre- and post-searing Ascalon, and have a good selection that's nearing 50 skills for my N/Mo. However, there have been a couple skills available at trainers that I haven't found via quests: guardian in Ascalon City(along with banish and healing breeze, which are available for monk primaries), Judges Insight and Restore Life in Grendich Courthouse, and one or two that I can't remember that I could pick up in Yak's Bend.
What this all means is that if you take the time to do the quests, you'll get pretty much every skill you can get via trainers, at least through the earlier parts of the game, and you get them for free by doing the quests- not taking up your gold or skill points which you might want later in the game.
What this all means is that if you take the time to do the quests, you'll get pretty much every skill you can get via trainers, at least through the earlier parts of the game, and you get them for free by doing the quests- not taking up your gold or skill points which you might want later in the game.