what means {ELITE} ??? - Guild Wars Forums

massi1981 · Feb 25, 2005, 03:59 PM // 15:59

what i need to use ELITE skills ???
tnx for the help...

Sausaletus Rex · Feb 25, 2005, 04:11 PM // 16:11

All the {Elite} tag means in game terms is hat you can only have one elite skill on your skill bar at any given time. Otherwise, they function exactly like normal skills.

In practice, of course, Elite means the skill's either energy management, spammable, or otherwise grossly overpowered compared to normal skills and you should abuse the most broken one you can find...

Dakah · Feb 25, 2005, 04:13 PM // 16:13

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Originally Posted by Sausaletus Rex

In practice, of course, Elite means the skill's either energy management, spammable, or otherwise grossly overpowered compared to normal skills and you should abuse the most broken one you can find...

what does 'spammable' mean? I have heard it alot, and don't quite understand it.

khad · Feb 25, 2005, 04:20 PM // 16:20

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Originally Posted by Dakah

what does 'spammable' mean? I have heard it alot, and don't quite understand it.

Spamming spells is casting them over and over again usually since they have a low cooldown timer.

Sausaletus Rex · Feb 25, 2005, 04:33 PM // 16:33

Right. Spamming comes from the same etymology that brings us spam e-mail. Spam's come to mean, basically, a bunch of anything repeated over and over. So, to spam a skill is to cast it repeatedly. In my dictionary, that doesn't necessarily mean they have a low cooldown, that helps, certainly, for me it's any skill that I'm going to cast as soon as the duration or recharge timer wears off so you could be a Ritual spammer as easily as an Order spammer. The use of a spammable skill isn't situational or conditional, it's vital and you'll be using it as often as you can.

Blackie's got a list of common GW (and general gaming) terms up here.

Ensign · Feb 25, 2005, 10:04 PM // 22:04

Spammable in this case most certainly does mean that the skill needs a low recycle time - you're looking for skills that you can use as often as possible so you can be using a skill at the elite power level as much as possible.

If a skill doesn't have a quick recycle (and isn't energy management) it pretty much needs to be running continuously. This is where something like Illusionary Weaponry or Melandru's Arrows comes in - you aren't casting them very often, but you're using them pretty much nonstop. So while you aren't cast spamming, you are effect spamming.

Peace,
-CxE

Feb 25, 2005, 03:59 PM // 15:59	#1
massi1981 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2005	what means {ELITE} ??? what i need to use ELITE skills ??? tnx for the help...

Feb 25, 2005, 04:11 PM // 16:11	#2
Sausaletus Rex Death From Above Join Date: Dec 2004	All the {Elite} tag means in game terms is hat you can only have one elite skill on your skill bar at any given time. Otherwise, they function exactly like normal skills. In practice, of course, Elite means the skill's either energy management, spammable, or otherwise grossly overpowered compared to normal skills and you should abuse the most broken one you can find... __________________ In my day, we didn't have virtual reality. If a one-eyed razorback barbarian warrior was chasing you with an ax, you just had to hope you could outrun him.

Feb 25, 2005, 04:33 PM // 16:33	#5
Sausaletus Rex Death From Above Join Date: Dec 2004	Right. Spamming comes from the same etymology that brings us spam e-mail. Spam's come to mean, basically, a bunch of anything repeated over and over. So, to spam a skill is to cast it repeatedly. In my dictionary, that doesn't necessarily mean they have a low cooldown, that helps, certainly, for me it's any skill that I'm going to cast as soon as the duration or recharge timer wears off so you could be a Ritual spammer as easily as an Order spammer. The use of a spammable skill isn't situational or conditional, it's vital and you'll be using it as often as you can. Blackie's got a list of common GW (and general gaming) terms up here. __________________ In my day, we didn't have virtual reality. If a one-eyed razorback barbarian warrior was chasing you with an ax, you just had to hope you could outrun him.

Feb 25, 2005, 10:04 PM // 22:04	#6
Ensign Just Plain Fluffy Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Berkeley, CA Guild: Idiot Savants	Spammable in this case most certainly does mean that the skill needs a low recycle time - you're looking for skills that you can use as often as possible so you can be using a skill at the elite power level as much as possible. If a skill doesn't have a quick recycle (and isn't energy management) it pretty much needs to be running continuously. This is where something like Illusionary Weaponry or Melandru's Arrows comes in - you aren't casting them very often, but you're using them pretty much nonstop. So while you aren't cast spamming, you are effect spamming. Peace, -CxE __________________ Don't argue with idiots. They bring you to their level and beat you with experience.