Curse

Darth Animal · Oct 04, 2006, 03:41 PM // 15:41

Well less than half an hour ago, 16:13 UK summer time, I was in Serenity Temple, and someone asked me what profession started with a "P"... "Paragon", I replied, and after a few seconds noticed why he was asking...

I hope my attempt to obscure the name is okay, it's the first time I've tried to do that to a screenie. But it rather confirms my feeling that most of the "grandmaster cartographers" one sees in outposts are not exactly what they seem!

Anarion Silverhand · Oct 04, 2006, 03:45 PM // 15:45

He switched to A/P and forgot to switch back....

Bryant Again · Oct 04, 2006, 03:46 PM // 15:46

Ut ohs...Quite a sighting, ja? A little more of an explanation on this would be cool...lol, perhaps just a simple glitchy.

madman420 · Oct 04, 2006, 03:55 PM // 15:55

There are quite a few paragon and dervish secondaries running around. They switched during the event and never switched back. I guess these people simply never have a need to use a skill from their secondary profession.

unienaule · Oct 04, 2006, 03:57 PM // 15:57

If you set your secondary to /P during the preview event, it didn't change back, but you can't do anything with it, I think.

Darth Animal · Oct 04, 2006, 04:35 PM // 16:35

Ah, that would explain it... I didn't notice any people taking existing characters onto the preview island, or see an option to change your secondary profession, so I suppose PvE characters must have been able to make the change on the Battle Isles, alongside the PvP characters, and then venture out into Tyria and Cantha to show off their new skills? Interesting, I guess, though not as much fun as exploring our first glimpse of the Nightfall PvE areas!

Vilaptca · Oct 04, 2006, 05:34 PM // 17:34

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Originally Posted by Darth Animal

Ah, that would explain it... I didn't notice any people taking existing characters onto the preview island, or see an option to change your secondary profession, so I suppose PvE characters must have been able to make the change on the Battle Isles, alongside the PvP characters, and then venture out into Tyria and Cantha to show off their new skills? Interesting, I guess, though not as much fun as exploring our first glimpse of the Nightfall PvE areas!

All you had to do was hit K and you could change professions from anywhere. A new feature with Nightfall that they let us fool around with that weekend. And no, nobody was allowed to bring existing characters to the preview island.

Darth Animal · Oct 04, 2006, 08:59 PM // 20:59

I suppose I was too busy getting my Paragon up to level twenty to notice that... if one had the pre-release bonus pack I suppose a Paragon secondary would have been able to go round wielding a high-level spear, even (or a dervish a scythe), which would have terrified the locals!

Riesz · Oct 04, 2006, 10:13 PM // 22:13

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Originally Posted by Vilaptca

All you had to do was hit K and you could change professions from anywhere. A new feature with Nightfall that they let us fool around with that weekend. And no, nobody was allowed to bring existing characters to the preview island.

Actually, I saw a character in Droknar's changing their secondary profession to Dervish and Paragon. I asked them how they were able to unlock it for that character and never got a response. I wonder how it was done? On my characters I only had access to the secondaries I unlocked in desert quests or bought at Senji's.

Cherng Butter · Oct 04, 2006, 10:39 PM // 22:39

After the Factions Preview, my RA mesmer was Me/Rt for quite a while. Guess it's the same thing here.

Hyper Cutter · Oct 05, 2006, 12:09 AM // 00:09

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Originally Posted by Riesz

Actually, I saw a character in Droknar's changing their secondary profession to Dervish and Paragon. I asked them how they were able to unlock it for that character and never got a response. I wonder how it was done? On my characters I only had access to the secondaries I unlocked in desert quests or bought at Senji's.

The profession-changer guy in the Temple of Balthazar could unlock /P or /D during the event.

Cherno · Oct 05, 2006, 06:44 AM // 06:44

You couldn't take existing characters into the preview event. You could also buy the P and D unlocks in Senji's corner and switch them. As said above, people just didn't switch back.

It isn't unusual for people to not use any skills from their secondary profession. Many people with /Mo or /Rt are just using it for a reusable res.

R. Mindwalker · Oct 05, 2006, 07:56 AM // 07:56

I saw a monk with no secondair in the Temple of Ages after the weekend. Its just people that like having a strange second proffesion or non at all.
You cant use it, it just looks cool

Racthoh · Oct 05, 2006, 05:51 PM // 17:51

You could also do some odd things with your attribute points

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Tetram The Troll · Oct 05, 2006, 06:56 PM // 18:56

lol I'm very surprised, you took a screenshot of a guildmate.

To explain you, he switched to A/P during the event and didn't switch back to another 2nd profession he can keep that but it doesn't allow him to use Parangon attributes.

leybi · Oct 05, 2006, 08:45 PM // 20:45

Hey Kart is famous !