Can someone explain capping? - Guild Wars Forums

Swamprob · Nov 21, 2006, 04:24 PM // 16:24

I've seen people wanting to run certain missions to cap an ability. This seems to me to have something to do with making an elite skill even better? Could someone explain the mechanics of this please?

Kestrel · Nov 21, 2006, 04:30 PM // 16:30

capping - to cap an elite skill.
often people just want to do a mission to get to the boss having the specific elite skill and kill him. then they use their signet of capture for the elite skill and then leave. as easy as that. nothing special.

Swamprob · Nov 21, 2006, 04:33 PM // 16:33

So cap = capture, and has nothing to do with raising the limit of a skill. OK, got it, thanks.

Magi Locustaire · Nov 21, 2006, 05:44 PM // 17:44

can't really raise the limit of the skill by means of altering the skill itself... but one can modify armor, or modify their weapon to raise the attribute of that skill to raise the limit of that skill. hope that makes sense.

Former Ruling · Nov 21, 2006, 07:47 PM // 19:47

Basically "cap" is short for Capture, thats what he was confused about, he thought "cap" might have meant there was a way to improve a skill (Like saying "capping off" something is filling it to the top).

But in Online games they shorten EVERYTHING because noone ever wants to write out an entire word

Nov 21, 2006, 04:24 PM // 16:24	#1
Swamprob Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2006 Profession: E/N	Can someone explain capping? I've seen people wanting to run certain missions to cap an ability. This seems to me to have something to do with making an elite skill even better? Could someone explain the mechanics of this please?

Nov 21, 2006, 04:30 PM // 16:30	#2
Kestrel Academy Page Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: CH Guild: [RdK] Profession: R/Mo	capping - to cap an elite skill. often people just want to do a mission to get to the boss having the specific elite skill and kill him. then they use their signet of capture for the elite skill and then leave. as easy as that. nothing special.

Nov 21, 2006, 04:33 PM // 16:33	#3
Swamprob Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Nov 2006 Profession: E/N	So cap = capture, and has nothing to do with raising the limit of a skill. OK, got it, thanks.

Nov 21, 2006, 05:44 PM // 17:44	#4
Magi Locustaire Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Guild: Advent To Glory Profession: E/R	can't really raise the limit of the skill by means of altering the skill itself... but one can modify armor, or modify their weapon to raise the attribute of that skill to raise the limit of that skill. hope that makes sense.

Nov 21, 2006, 07:47 PM // 19:47	#5
Former Ruling Grotto Attendant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cedartown, Georgia Profession: R/	Basically "cap" is short for Capture, thats what he was confused about, he thought "cap" might have meant there was a way to improve a skill (Like saying "capping off" something is filling it to the top). But in Online games they shorten EVERYTHING because noone ever wants to write out an entire word