Does an elite kill in pre count for tome in post? - Guild Wars Forums

Antares Ascending · Jun 26, 2009, 07:42 PM // 19:42

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A friend who just started GW is going into post searing soon. He is going with a Ranger. I've never tried it but wonder... If Vatlaw Doomtooth is killed, both in pre and in the final pre quest, is Barrage now a skill that can be captured with a tome once he is in post searing Ascalon??

Axel Zinfandel · Jun 26, 2009, 07:47 PM // 19:47

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Originally Posted by Antares Ascending

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A friend who just started GW is going into post searing soon. He is going with a Ranger. I've never tried it but wonder... If Vatlaw Doomtooth is killed, both in pre and in the final pre quest, is Barrage now a skill that can be captured with a tome once he is in post searing Ascalon??

If you mean to ask if that skill is unlocked on your account, no it is not. You either have to capture it or unlock it in PvP for it to be available to learn via an elite tome

Hanging Man · Jun 26, 2009, 07:47 PM // 19:47

you have to already have unlocked the skill to get it with a tome.
like if he captured barrage on another char, then using an elite ranger tome would work
or if you unlocked it with 3k Balth Faction

Antares Ascending · Jun 26, 2009, 08:37 PM // 20:37

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Thanks for the answers.

Kinda thunk so but I have the unlocks so I couldn't be sure.

nkuvu · Jun 26, 2009, 08:39 PM // 20:39

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Originally Posted by Antares Ascending

...is Barrage now a skill that can be captured with a tome once he is in post searing Ascalon??

To use a tome to get a skill, first it has to be unlocked on the account. To unlock a skill, you can either capture the skill from a boss, or use Balthazar faction (or in the case of some non-elite skills, complete a quest that gives the skill as a reward). To capture a skill, you have to kill the boss, then use a signet of capture before you zone out.

Just killing the boss isn't enough to capture or unlock the skill, so a tome wouldn't let your character learn the skill.

Hollygen · Jun 26, 2009, 08:39 PM // 20:39

Elite skills are not unlocked by killing the boss that carries them, but by either using a Cap Sig on the corpse of that boss to learn the skill, or by unlocking it at the Priest of Balthazar. However once unlocked for on character, it's unlocked on your account and can be obtained by any character with an elite tome

You won't be able to get Barrage off Vatlaaw since you won't have Cap sigs until much further on in the game

Jun 26, 2009, 07:42 PM // 19:42	#1
Antares Ascending Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2008 Profession: E/	Does an elite kill in pre count for tome in post? . A friend who just started GW is going into post searing soon. He is going with a Ranger. I've never tried it but wonder... If Vatlaw Doomtooth is killed, both in pre and in the final pre quest, is Barrage now a skill that can be captured with a tome once he is in post searing Ascalon??

Jun 26, 2009, 07:47 PM // 19:47	#3
Hanging Man Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Deep in the Shire	you have to already have unlocked the skill to get it with a tome. like if he captured barrage on another char, then using an elite ranger tome would work or if you unlocked it with 3k Balth Faction

Jun 26, 2009, 08:37 PM // 20:37	#4
Antares Ascending Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2008 Profession: E/	. Thanks for the answers. Kinda thunk so but I have the unlocks so I couldn't be sure.

Jun 26, 2009, 08:39 PM // 20:39	#6
Hollygen Core Guru Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Guild: Blinkie Ponie Armie [bpa] Profession: R/	Elite skills are not unlocked by killing the boss that carries them, but by either using a Cap Sig on the corpse of that boss to learn the skill, or by unlocking it at the Priest of Balthazar. However once unlocked for on character, it's unlocked on your account and can be obtained by any character with an elite tome You won't be able to get Barrage off Vatlaaw since you won't have Cap sigs until much further on in the game