Order of skills in Skillbar - Guild Wars Forums

Blackwater Sniper · Jan 03, 2012, 07:00 PM // 19:00

I may be blind, but I can't find it in these forums: Does it matter the order of hero's/mercenary skills in the skillbar?

Olle · Jan 03, 2012, 07:06 PM // 19:06

No, it does not matter what order the skills are in,

i.e they wount use their elite more often if its in #1 slot.

loopysnoopy · Jan 03, 2012, 07:46 PM // 19:46

Just to make sure you don't get trolled here. There is no right or wrong answer to this as heroes AI will use the skills as expected regardless of order of skill bar. The only time you need to have say elite in no1 slot is for micro managing.

PS i've played with tons of Chinese guilds here and they don't mind what order your skill bar is only that you know how to use those skills

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hero_behavior

Kendil · Jan 03, 2012, 08:35 PM // 20:35

It matters for keybinds, but nothing else. So it does play a role in micromanaging, but that's to make it easier for you, nothing else.

Sagittario · Jan 03, 2012, 09:26 PM // 21:26

The hero itself doesn't see any difference, but there's one exception when skill order is important. It's when you use skill Arcane Mimicry.

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If you use Arcane Mimicry on an ally that has more than one elite skill, you get the first elite skill from the left in their skill bar.

Zebideedee · Jan 04, 2012, 09:56 AM // 09:56

At first I used to think the heroes would use skills more frequently depending if they were in slot 1, 2 or 3. So I always had the elite skill in slot 1. Then I watched my heroes skill bars in combat and stopped doing that

turbo234 · Jan 04, 2012, 10:09 AM // 10:09

I know i've seen it before, unless they changed it or i'm going crazy, but Ithink heroes have a tendency to use skills from a left to right priority.

End · Jan 05, 2012, 05:20 AM // 05:20

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Originally Posted by turbo234

I know i've seen it before, unless they changed it or i'm going crazy, but Ithink heroes have a tendency to use skills from a left to right priority.

This was never in any way (as far as I am aware at least) proven and it was just people as usual finding patterns where there aren't any.

Saint Scarlet · Jan 05, 2012, 10:44 AM // 10:44

I believe this comes from what happens in the Augury Rock mission, where the Doppleganger will prioritize the skill use from left to right of the skill bar.
"So as this is ai behavior then it must be the same for all ai", I myself have noticed a "tendency" towards this in hero's as well. Basically you load up skills which are doubled up then head out, kill stuff and watch the hero bar. Doing this as an experiment 100's of times in the past(to answer this question before) a hero will use the left most copy of the skill 1st 80% of the time, now this is by no means conclusive that it's coded ai behavior, but it does make it seem likely that somewhere in there is the command to use them in order.

Jan 03, 2012, 07:46 PM // 19:46	#3
loopysnoopy Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Guild: The Ministery Of Cookies (MC) Profession: W/Mo	Just to make sure you don't get trolled here. There is no right or wrong answer to this as heroes AI will use the skills as expected regardless of order of skill bar. The only time you need to have say elite in no1 slot is for micro managing. PS i've played with tons of Chinese guilds here and they don't mind what order your skill bar is only that you know how to use those skills http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hero_behavior Last edited by loopysnoopy; Jan 03, 2012 at 07:52 PM // 19:52..

Jan 03, 2012, 07:00 PM // 19:00	#1
Blackwater Sniper Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Davenport, IA Guild: Wrong Place at the Right (TIME) Profession: R/	Order of skills in Skillbar I may be blind, but I can't find it in these forums: Does it matter the order of hero's/mercenary skills in the skillbar?

Jan 03, 2012, 07:06 PM // 19:06	#2
Olle Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ign: Miniature Julia Guild: Teh Academy[PhD] Profession: W/	No, it does not matter what order the skills are in, i.e they wount use their elite more often if its in #1 slot.

Jan 03, 2012, 08:35 PM // 20:35	#4
Kendil Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sweden	It matters for keybinds, but nothing else. So it does play a role in micromanaging, but that's to make it easier for you, nothing else.

Jan 04, 2012, 09:56 AM // 09:56	#6
Zebideedee Jungle Guide Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 55?? 57' 0" N / 3?? 12' 0" W Profession: N/Me	At first I used to think the heroes would use skills more frequently depending if they were in slot 1, 2 or 3. So I always had the elite skill in slot 1. Then I watched my heroes skill bars in combat and stopped doing that

Jan 04, 2012, 10:09 AM // 10:09	#7
turbo234 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WI Profession: Mo/	I know i've seen it before, unless they changed it or i'm going crazy, but Ithink heroes have a tendency to use skills from a left to right priority.

Jan 05, 2012, 10:44 AM // 10:44	#9
Saint Scarlet Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Everywhere Guild: Rise of Corruption[RoC] Profession: R/	I believe this comes from what happens in the Augury Rock mission, where the Doppleganger will prioritize the skill use from left to right of the skill bar. "So as this is ai behavior then it must be the same for all ai", I myself have noticed a "tendency" towards this in hero's as well. Basically you load up skills which are doubled up then head out, kill stuff and watch the hero bar. Doing this as an experiment 100's of times in the past(to answer this question before) a hero will use the left most copy of the skill 1st 80% of the time, now this is by no means conclusive that it's coded ai behavior, but it does make it seem likely that somewhere in there is the command to use them in order.