Level 20 Secondary profession switching - Guild Wars Forums

Kaiser William · May 24, 2005, 04:04 PM // 16:04

Can i switch my secondary profession at level 20. I have heard that u can.

Dragon Incarnate · May 24, 2005, 04:48 PM // 16:48

This is what I put together for my guild:

OK, I now have hands-on experience with changing your secondary profession. First of all the character you are playing does not have access to all past skills at once. You have to go back to the NPC and change your profession to get access to the old skills. The NPC's for changing your profession can be found in 3 places, all in the Crystal desert.

* Seeker's Passage - Monk / Ranger
* Hero's Audience - Necromancer / Elementalist
* Destiny's Gorge - Warrior / Mesmer

Each NPC will give you a quests which you must complete to change your profession. Once you choose a new profession you must go to Skill Trainers and purchase the skills for that profession. At level 20 you continue to gain experience, but instead of gaining a new level you gain a skill point.

This is from BETA, but is now implemented into the live game...

In addition to the experimentation that you're allowed in Kingdom of Ascalon, where you can give every secondary profession a "trial run," you can now amend your character after you have reached Ascension(usually level 20). This means that a character into whom you've invested a goodly amount of time will be one that can be changed, rather than started anew. You don't need to recast, you can simply reconfigure by a method that is tied to the upper-level story of Guild Wars. It's like doing a re-spec, but better.

Another nice thing, according to one of our game designers, James Phinney, is that when you do choose a new secondary profession, you will keep all the skills that you have acquired with your other choices. So, if you selected Elementalist as a secondary profession when you first created the character, then changed to a Mesmer secondary, if in the future you decide to revisit the Elementalist again, you'll be stocked with all the skills that the character had on board before moving to that new profession.

The bottom line is that you could have a primary character who has experimented with all five available secondary professions. That character will likely have good stock of skills in each of those lines. In fact, that character could have every skill in each of the five available secondaries. The character then, in ways not yet to be revealed, will be able to shift to a different secondary and take advantage of a long history of roleplaying character development.

SUMMARY
You dont get one chance. You can change your secondary profession AS OFTEN as you want. You have to be level 20 and then do the secondary class quests. I have all secondary classes unlocked on my necro and switch between them all depending on my role in the group - whenever you switch it saves your abilities as well so you can have every ability in the game unlocked on just one character.

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The Dragon Guild

Dragon Incarnate · May 24, 2005, 04:54 PM // 16:54

Try not to open 2 topics for the same thing. I just realized I already posted on your other topic.

Jack Longblood · May 24, 2005, 06:27 PM // 18:27

Dragon,

If I understand you correctly, you could use one character to unlock all the skills for all the professions. Would all those skills be available to a PvP only char?

If so, that's a good way of not having to redo missions with different character types just to get PvP chars with different professions. That's pretty sweet, I think.

Jack

Dragon Incarnate · May 24, 2005, 07:06 PM // 19:06

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Originally Posted by Jack Longblood

Dragon,

If I understand you correctly, you could use one character to unlock all the skills for all the professions. Would all those skills be available to a PvP only char?

If so, that's a good way of not having to redo missions with different character types just to get PvP chars with different professions. That's pretty sweet, I think.

Jack

Yes any skills you open are available to PvP characters, and 1 PvE character can unlock all possible skills by changing their secondary profession.

Lindesty Takahari · Jun 21, 2005, 11:23 AM // 11:23

And you change your secondary by completing a quest for one of the NPC's in Crystal desert? So every time you'd want to change, you would have to do that? Or are the secondaries freely available to swap at an outpost, like skills in your skill bar?

arnansnow · Jun 21, 2005, 11:27 AM // 11:27

You do a quest to unlock the secondary, then, whenever you talk to the one of the quest givers (for secondary professions), you can choose to switch your secondary profession. So, no, you can't switch it out like skills in your skill bar.

Lindesty Takahari · Jun 21, 2005, 11:30 AM // 11:30

Well, at least you don't have to repeat the quests over and over again.

/me ponders switching to E/R

Starsky-sama · Jun 21, 2005, 02:10 PM // 14:10

another good thing about, not having to keep doing the same quest to switch to that profession, is when you "screw up" the 2ndary attributes/ +0 refund pts.

you can just switch to another class and get the 2ndary attribs reseted w/o having to get refund points. hehe

nice way to test things out quickly w/ no hassle.

-Victory is Mine!

KvanCetre · Jun 21, 2005, 03:00 PM // 15:00

You even get to keep your pet if you lose ranger and take it back

Lindesty Takahari · Jun 21, 2005, 04:02 PM // 16:02

One other question about the ranger: Do you need to have the Charm Animal skill equiped for the animal to follow you around? I think i exited a town without it once and my Muffin was still with me.

May 24, 2005, 04:04 PM // 16:04	#1
Kaiser William Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005 Guild: Drug Users	Level 20 Secondary profession switching Can i switch my secondary profession at level 20. I have heard that u can.

May 24, 2005, 04:48 PM // 16:48	#2
Dragon Incarnate Academy Page Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Dragon Guild	This is what I put together for my guild: OK, I now have hands-on experience with changing your secondary profession. First of all the character you are playing does not have access to all past skills at once. You have to go back to the NPC and change your profession to get access to the old skills. The NPC's for changing your profession can be found in 3 places, all in the Crystal desert. * Seeker's Passage - Monk / Ranger * Hero's Audience - Necromancer / Elementalist * Destiny's Gorge - Warrior / Mesmer Each NPC will give you a quests which you must complete to change your profession. Once you choose a new profession you must go to Skill Trainers and purchase the skills for that profession. At level 20 you continue to gain experience, but instead of gaining a new level you gain a skill point. This is from BETA, but is now implemented into the live game... In addition to the experimentation that you're allowed in Kingdom of Ascalon, where you can give every secondary profession a "trial run," you can now amend your character after you have reached Ascension(usually level 20). This means that a character into whom you've invested a goodly amount of time will be one that can be changed, rather than started anew. You don't need to recast, you can simply reconfigure by a method that is tied to the upper-level story of Guild Wars. It's like doing a re-spec, but better. Another nice thing, according to one of our game designers, James Phinney, is that when you do choose a new secondary profession, you will keep all the skills that you have acquired with your other choices. So, if you selected Elementalist as a secondary profession when you first created the character, then changed to a Mesmer secondary, if in the future you decide to revisit the Elementalist again, you'll be stocked with all the skills that the character had on board before moving to that new profession. The bottom line is that you could have a primary character who has experimented with all five available secondary professions. That character will likely have good stock of skills in each of those lines. In fact, that character could have every skill in each of the five available secondaries. The character then, in ways not yet to be revealed, will be able to shift to a different secondary and take advantage of a long history of roleplaying character development. SUMMARY You dont get one chance. You can change your secondary profession AS OFTEN as you want. You have to be level 20 and then do the secondary class quests. I have all secondary classes unlocked on my necro and switch between them all depending on my role in the group - whenever you switch it saves your abilities as well so you can have every ability in the game unlocked on just one character. ------------------------------------------------------------- The Dragon Guild

May 24, 2005, 04:54 PM // 16:54	#3
Dragon Incarnate Academy Page Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Dragon Guild	Try not to open 2 topics for the same thing. I just realized I already posted on your other topic.

May 24, 2005, 06:27 PM // 18:27	#4
Jack Longblood Academy Page Join Date: May 2005 Profession: R/N	Dragon, If I understand you correctly, you could use one character to unlock all the skills for all the professions. Would all those skills be available to a PvP only char? If so, that's a good way of not having to redo missions with different character types just to get PvP chars with different professions. That's pretty sweet, I think. Jack

Jun 21, 2005, 11:23 AM // 11:23	#6
Lindesty Takahari Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: E/Me	And you change your secondary by completing a quest for one of the NPC's in Crystal desert? So every time you'd want to change, you would have to do that? Or are the secondaries freely available to swap at an outpost, like skills in your skill bar?

Jun 21, 2005, 11:27 AM // 11:27	#7
arnansnow Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: DOOM Profession: E/N	You do a quest to unlock the secondary, then, whenever you talk to the one of the quest givers (for secondary professions), you can choose to switch your secondary profession. So, no, you can't switch it out like skills in your skill bar.

Jun 21, 2005, 11:30 AM // 11:30	#8
Lindesty Takahari Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: E/Me	Well, at least you don't have to repeat the quests over and over again. /me ponders switching to E/R

Jun 21, 2005, 02:10 PM // 14:10	#9
Starsky-sama Forge Runner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Land of the Z Chest \o/ Guild: [NOT]-Nomads of Turmoil. Profession: W/	another good thing about, not having to keep doing the same quest to switch to that profession, is when you "screw up" the 2ndary attributes/ +0 refund pts. you can just switch to another class and get the 2ndary attribs reseted w/o having to get refund points. hehe nice way to test things out quickly w/ no hassle. *-Victory is Mine!*

Jun 21, 2005, 03:00 PM // 15:00	#10
KvanCetre Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Madison Scouts Profession: E/Mo	You even get to keep your pet if you lose ranger and take it back

Jun 21, 2005, 04:02 PM // 16:02	#11
Lindesty Takahari Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: E/Me	One other question about the ranger: Do you need to have the Charm Animal skill equiped for the animal to follow you around? I think i exited a town without it once and my Muffin was still with me.