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Leon_Ux-ixen · Mar 08, 2006, 03:01 PM // 15:01

My guess is if you start an Assassin or Rituralist you'll start an Cantha and there will be seven trainers to teach you one of the other proffesions. For those who have both and want to make say a W/A then I would hope that there is some type of trainer or you have to do a quest to find the trainers. Such as you meet a mysterous figurein pre-searing and he/she saids. "Psst...Hey you, yeah you how would you like to learn the crafts of the shadow ehh? Well if your intersted I..could tell you for a price. What do you say?" Then you pay some cash maybe 50-100gold and he/she gives you a quest to find the Assassin. Far as an assassin we know they are payed killers so ofcourse they would be hard to find and their contacts wouldn't speak with some gold to wet thier lips. Far as the rituralist I'm not sure how that would work, but I'm just braining storming.

SylverDragon · Mar 09, 2006, 09:25 PM // 21:25

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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre

The only NPC I know of that mentions Cantha in Ascalon, but point is, if he knows of it and regularly travels to it, surely others have heard and know of it, too.

I seem to recall that an earlier article from Anet said that the Xunlai agents are Canthan merchants.

As for starting a Rit/Ass in Tryia, I'm still not convinced, and the thing that worries me is the way that the character creation system has already been set.

When you create a new character atm, you choose campaign before choosing primary profession. This indicates to me that the plan is that campaign selection will lead to different options for primary profession selection.

OK, I know that this could be swapped round when Factions is released if all primary professions are available in both campaigns, but it would seem easier to me in that case to put the screens in the other order to start with and just add Rit and Ass options to the primary profession selection screen.

Mordakai · Mar 09, 2006, 09:33 PM // 21:33

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Originally Posted by ducktape

Apparently both! Yay!

From ANet Interview March 7 2006
Yes, those who own both campaigns—Guild Wars (original Prophecies campaign) and Guild Wars Factions—can create Assassins and Ritualists who are able to play in both cooperative and PvP modes in Tyria and Cantha. They then can create a character with a birthplace in either land. That is, you may choose to start on the continent of Tyria, or on the continent of Cantha. Once a character is ascended, he or she can travel between the continents via boat. And existing characters can be recast, for those with both campaigns, to have as a secondary the Ritualist or Assassin profession.

Wow. Does that mean there will be assassin/ritualists quests in Tyria?

This changes everything... now I want to start an Assassin in pre-searing, just to see all the changes!

This is also a good sign that the Assassin and Ritualist (and future chapter's professions, too) will be supported by Anet with new skills and weapons in future and previous chapters!

Dr Ripley · Mar 09, 2006, 09:40 PM // 21:40

Another question. Say I bring my lvl20 Me/N over to Cantha, and then change my secondary to Assassin. What if I decide I don't like the change? Can I assume that we can still go back to the desert, switch my secondary back to Nec or whatever, and then continue playing through Cantha? I'm just curious as to whether existing ascended players from Prophecies will have the option to switch secondaries anytime they want from the very beginning of the Factions campaign (while Factions only players can not...).

Mordakai · Mar 09, 2006, 10:32 PM // 22:32

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Originally Posted by Dr Ripley

Another question. Say I bring my lvl20 Me/N over to Cantha, and then change my secondary to Assassin. What if I decide I don't like the change? Can I assume that we can still go back to the desert, switch my secondary back to Nec or whatever, and then continue playing through Cantha?

I would assume "yes."

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Originally Posted by Dr Ripley

I'm just curious as to whether existing ascended players from Prophecies will have the option to switch secondaries anytime they want from the very beginning of the Factions campaign (while Factions only players can not...).

Well, now hold on. Who says Factions can't? Why wouldn't there be an area in Factions that allows switching secondaries? It's assumed there will be a "Ascension" quest in Factions, so I assume you can change secondaries to any profession in Factions, too.

LaserLight · Mar 09, 2006, 11:14 PM // 23:14

One thing to consider.

ArenaNet is big on equal opportunity for any and all players in this game. Given that...why would ArenaNet introduce an endless stream of increasingly-useless professions with no additional support with each chapter and focus exclusively on the core six? Would make for a seriously unbalanced game if you ask me.

Instead, I think we may end up seeing less in the way of new professions as time goes on and the game matures. Perhaps dropping down to one profession a chapter, and then eventually just sporadic releases of single new professions as a need for them emerges. Chapters would end up being new maps, game types, skills and gear as opposed to profession-boxes.

I think I'd like that, actually.

Dr Ripley · Mar 10, 2006, 12:08 AM // 00:08

I'm not assuming that Factions only players won't be able to switch secondaries EVER, just that they won't be able to switch at all until they reach the Factions equivalent of ascension (somewhere towards the middle of the campaign I assume). From what I've gathered now, it sounds like Prophecy veterans won't be able to switch secondaries around from both campaigns until they ascend in both campaigns. If that is true, then my lvl20 'could' switch to an Assassin secondary at the beginning of Cantha, and probably back to a core secondary in the desert, but not back n forth whenever I wanted until ascension was achieved in both campaigns.

Quinn · Apr 28, 2006, 02:45 PM // 14:45

Now that Factions is here, I'm giving this thread a final bump. There's been a lot of speculation in it and good arguments for both a "yes" or a "no" to my original question.

I briefly logged in with one of my Prophecies pre-searing characters yesterday to check it, I only went up to Armin Saberlin (I think that's the one) to ask about secondary professions, and there were no directions for trainers for Assassin or Ritualist. So I'm guessing it's a "no", but haven't checked further than that. Is there anyone here who has?

Your help is much appreciated