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Magelord · Jan 18, 2006, 03:56 PM // 15:56

NOTE - tried the serach thing.. did not see what I was looking for.

Hello all..

I have some Q's about the game.

I am a Mo/E7
I just left pre searing

1.)
I wonder if there are more than 2 profession npcs I could have gotten skills from. Seems to me that I should have recieved Resurect as a starting skill.
Note that magde level 7 , looking for more profession trainers and doing other quests, before leaving pre searing.

2.) Off hand Items..
I do not understand their full effects.
Generally you have the Off hand Item name. an energy + bonus and its value
Then you have the ones that have more bonuses like armor + or health +
These bonuses and all are self explanitory, what I cant understand is the benifit of the type of item used.
For example.
Healing Ahnk energy +4 vs Flame totem energy +4
Both give the energy +4
but does the healing or flame do anything? In game I was told it helps with that type of spell. But no one could tell me how it helps.

Thats about it for now

boxterduke · Jan 18, 2006, 04:02 PM // 16:02

Before deciding on accepting a secondary profession you can go to all the other trainers and do the quests without accepting to be one after you are done the quest. This way you get more xp and at the same time you unlock other skills.

The rez signet is outside ascalon city. you take the quest and go back to town and team up with another person then go back outside again to get the reward and the signet.

The naming of off hands in pre sear does not mean anything. Its just called that.

After in post healing ankh has other mods such as improve skill reacharge or cast in healing or smiting etc.

Flame ones would have the same mods in fire damage and so on.

DeanBB · Jan 18, 2006, 04:52 PM // 16:52

As the artifacts become more powerful, like up to +12 energy, they start coming with requirements, such as requiring 9 in healing in order to get the full benefit from the bonus with the requirement.

Sereng Amaranth · Jan 18, 2006, 04:56 PM // 16:56

Don't go looking for a weapon with healing as a requirement.

Loviatar · Jan 18, 2006, 05:23 PM // 17:23

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Originally Posted by Magelord

I wonder if there are more than 2 profession npcs I could have gotten skills from. Seems to me that I should have recieved Resurect as a starting skill.
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Monk Trainers

Trainer: Ciglo the Monk
Location Lakeside County
Quest Name: Monk Test
Summary: Go southwest up the road until you find skale. Cross the river and find the missing girl Gwen.
Lead Gwen back to Ciglo the Monk. Gwen will not move as long as the skale are in the way.

Reward: 500 XP
Skills Given: Banish, Healing Breeze
NOTE: Primary Monks Only

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Trainer: Brother Mhenlo
Location Ashford Abbey
Quest Name: A Monk's Mission
Description: Help Paulus the Abbot retrieve a item in the Catacombs by keeping him alive while he travels in a -1 life degeneration swamp.
Reward: 250 XP
Skills Given: Bane Signet, Orison of Healing
NOTE: Monk Secondary Profession Trainer

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Trainer: Grazden the Protector
Location Green Hills County
Quest Name: Protection Prayers
Summary: Meet Farrah Cappo in Lakeside County.
Keep Farrah Cappo alive while she hunts down the infamous Alain.
Return to Grazden the Protector for your reward.

Reward: 250 XP
Skills Given: Reversal of Fortune, Shielding Hands

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Trainer: Brother Mhenlo
Location Ashford Abbey
Quest Name: The Blessings of Balthazar
Summmary: Travel to the fields north of Ashford and dispatch the Skeletons there.
Return to Brother Mhenlo for your reward

Reward: 250 XP
Skills Given: Retribution, Symbol of Wrath

Elementalist Trainers

Trainer: Howland the Elementalist
Location Lakeside County
Quest Name: Elementalist Test
Description: Travel along the road southwest to the river and kill River Skales return with a Shimmering Scale
Reward: 500 XP

Skills Given: Flare, Aura of Restoration
NOTE: Primary Elementalist Only

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Trainer: Elementalist Aziure
Location Wizard's Folly
Quest Name: The Elementalist Experiment
Summary: Use your Fire Storm spell to defeat the Ice Beasts that attack Aziure.
Return to Elementalist Aziure for your reward.

Reward: 250 XP
Skills Given: Fire Storm, Aura of Restoration, Glyph of Lesser Energy
NOTE: Elementalist Secondary Profession Trainer

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Trainer: Ralena Stormbringer
Location Foilble's Fair
Quest Name: The Supermacy of Air
Summary: Folow the road up to the wizard tower. Destroy the Tower Golem.
Talk to Elementalist Aziure for your reward

Reward: 250 XP
Skills Given: Blinding Flash, Lightning Javelin

from Orange Arrow guide to presear

theclam · Jan 18, 2006, 05:59 PM // 17:59

http://www.guildwiki.org/index.php/Skill_Quests

Jetdoc · Jan 18, 2006, 06:37 PM // 18:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magelord

but does the healing or flame do anything?

Nope - it's just the look of the item.

fallot · Jan 18, 2006, 06:58 PM // 18:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magelord

For example.
Healing Ahnk energy +4 vs Flame totem energy +4
Both give the energy +4
but does the healing or flame do anything? In game I was told it helps with that type of spell. But no one could tell me how it helps.

At this point in the game, the items you get will probably not have stat requirements. Later on, a fire magic offhand will require a certain amount of points in fire magic and a healing ankh will require a certain amount of points in healing for th effect.

eom · Jan 19, 2006, 02:14 AM // 02:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magelord

2.) Off hand Items..
I do not understand their full effects.
Generally you have the Off hand Item name. an energy + bonus and its value
Then you have the ones that have more bonuses like armor + or health +
These bonuses and all are self explanitory, what I cant understand is the benifit of the type of item used.
For example.
Healing Ahnk energy +4 vs Flame totem energy +4
Both give the energy +4
but does the healing or flame do anything? In game I was told it helps with that type of spell. But no one could tell me how it helps.

Thats about it for now

they only do exactly what it says in the description, but they're sort of categorized by type for the different professions.
ie if I know you've got a healing ankh, chances are it's geared towards the monk class, meaning it's got some monk attribute prereq, but sometimes you'll see a class mix on those things.
maybe an ankh that improves recharge on water magic skills, or whatever.

Jan 18, 2006, 03:56 PM // 15:56	#1
Magelord Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: Mo/E	Some Q's from a noob NOTE - tried the serach thing.. did not see what I was looking for. Hello all.. I have some Q's about the game. I am a Mo/E7 I just left pre searing 1.) I wonder if there are more than 2 profession npcs I could have gotten skills from. Seems to me that I should have recieved Resurect as a starting skill. Note that magde level 7 , looking for more profession trainers and doing other quests, before leaving pre searing. 2.) Off hand Items.. I do not understand their full effects. Generally you have the Off hand Item name. an energy + bonus and its value Then you have the ones that have more bonuses like armor + or health + These bonuses and all are self explanitory, what I cant understand is the benifit of the type of item used. For example. Healing Ahnk energy +4 vs Flame totem energy +4 Both give the energy +4 but does the healing or flame do anything? In game I was told it helps with that type of spell. But no one could tell me how it helps. Thats about it for now

Jan 18, 2006, 04:02 PM // 16:02	#2
boxterduke Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Walking the ruins of Ascalon Guild: DVDF Profession: Me/	Before deciding on accepting a secondary profession you can go to all the other trainers and do the quests without accepting to be one after you are done the quest. This way you get more xp and at the same time you unlock other skills. The rez signet is outside ascalon city. you take the quest and go back to town and team up with another person then go back outside again to get the reward and the signet. The naming of off hands in pre sear does not mean anything. Its just called that. After in post healing ankh has other mods such as improve skill reacharge or cast in healing or smiting etc. Flame ones would have the same mods in fire damage and so on.

Jan 18, 2006, 04:52 PM // 16:52	#3
DeanBB Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Arizona Guild: Wizardry Players Guild, http://4guildwars.7.forumer.com	As the artifacts become more powerful, like up to +12 energy, they start coming with requirements, such as requiring 9 in healing in order to get the full benefit from the bonus with the requirement.

Jan 18, 2006, 04:56 PM // 16:56	#4
Sereng Amaranth Desert Nomad Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: The Amazon Basin [AB]	Don't go looking for a weapon with healing as a requirement.

Jan 18, 2006, 05:59 PM // 17:59	#6
theclam Jungle Guide Join Date: May 2005	http://www.guildwiki.org/index.php/Skill_Quests