Curse

3p1ph4ny · Jun 18, 2005, 02:25 PM // 14:25

No, I'm not whining about grind.

I didn't know exactly where to post this either, because there sems not to be a technical ingame issues part of the board, so please move it if I'm in the wrong place.

When I try to cap skills, I get an error saying I'm "too far away, and I need to be closer to a boss." The problem is, I'm standing right next to the boss. It's happened to me on two seperate occasions, once in a mission, and once in an explorable area. Is anyone else having this problem? Is there a little dance you have to do before capping elites that I'm not doing?

IceD'Bear · Jun 18, 2005, 02:39 PM // 14:39

The boss has to be dead.

sojen · Jun 18, 2005, 02:40 PM // 14:40

Make sure you are positively standing within range. At times, lag shows you are standing near him, but then loops back, which makes you not near the boss.
Then again, it could be a bug. I suggest you report it to ANet.

3p1ph4ny · Jun 18, 2005, 02:45 PM // 14:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by IceD'Bear

The boss has to be dead.

Wait what? He has to be dead?

@sojen Yeah, I know it jumps you around due to lag, but I'm positive I'm standing next to him when I get this error (and I didn't warp there, like you warp to people you target sometimes).

Big Fat Duck · Jun 18, 2005, 04:00 PM // 16:00

yeah, he has to be dead sir

3p1ph4ny · Jun 18, 2005, 04:07 PM // 16:07

Holy crap, when did they make that change?

ManadartheHealer · Jun 18, 2005, 04:08 PM // 16:08

With the new patch. /doh

3p1ph4ny · Jun 18, 2005, 04:09 PM // 16:09

Yeah, which new patch? So many have been going up I havn't been reading the change logs :P

ManadartheHealer · Jun 18, 2005, 04:11 PM // 16:11

The one they created last wednesday (not this wednesday)

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Originally Posted by Update-Wed. June 8th

...Changed Signet of Capture so that it now targets dead boss monsters. When you use the signet, you are presented with a menu of all of the dead boss monster's skills, and can capture any skill of your choice. This eliminates the need to keep boss monsters alive while trying to capture their skills, and will substantially reduce the difficulty of capturing certain skills that are rarely cast by boss monsters....

Caco-Cola · Jun 18, 2005, 04:11 PM // 16:11

You now have to kill the boss.

Once you do so use the capture signet and it'll give you a list of the skills the boss had, pick one.

3p1ph4ny · Jun 18, 2005, 06:48 PM // 18:48

Yeah, I figured it out, thanks guys

Zfactor · Jun 18, 2005, 09:21 PM // 21:21

wow that sucks, I thought you could do either. What if you get to the boss but cant kill it? You dont get a skill? LAME