Curse

Carinae · Aug 24, 2005, 09:34 PM // 21:34

I am out of skill points, but have lots of skills that I find I don't want after all. I wish there was a way to either refund them to the Trainers, or 'train' someone else with the skill, causing me to lose the skill but gain a skill point.

Let us trade or refund skills!

John Bloodstone · Aug 24, 2005, 09:53 PM // 21:53

That's all well and good, but then that completely defeats the object of the skill points (whatever that object is, I haven't found out yet.)

At the moment you level up to get a skill point which lets you cap another skill, if you can ditch skills to collect other ones, nobody would bother to level any more, since they would just buy/refund skills as necessary.

Don't get me wrong, I think skill points are a pretty useless game mechanic, but I'd rather see the mechanic revamped than be able to trade back skills.

IPlayGuildWars · Aug 24, 2005, 10:08 PM // 22:08

how do you run out? did you buy like every single skill and not do a quest?

Carinae · Aug 24, 2005, 10:11 PM // 22:11

I have done every single quest (xcept UW and FoW), but I changed secondaries and have a bunch of skills tied up in my previous secondary.

IPlayGuildWars · Aug 24, 2005, 10:26 PM // 22:26

what class are you? just run around the hell's precipice mission or find somewhere to get lots of exp and get skill points from that

Savio · Aug 24, 2005, 10:54 PM // 22:54

IPGW, no. UW and FoW are FAR better places to get xp.

Carinae, training others in skills would be SO wrong, I don't have to point out why to you. Refunding would be a hassle, especially with the whole "unlocking" thing too.

Jenosavel · Aug 25, 2005, 01:18 AM // 01:18

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Originally Posted by Carinae Dragonblood

I am out of skill points, but have lots of skills that I find I don't want after all. I wish there was a way to either refund them to the Trainers, or 'train' someone else with the skill, causing me to lose the skill but gain a skill point.

Let us trade or refund skills!

lol You mean like it was before release? I've heard that the skill system was a world superior before the official release than after, for much of the same reasons you're putting forth here.

chaos dragoon · Aug 25, 2005, 02:57 AM // 02:57

i think for unlocking if you give the skill back you lose the unlocked skill.and i have soooooo many usless skills(not really,i just dont use them) that i got from quests that i would easily trade in for skill points.it also would allow you to try out a skill. ex: otgoths cry(pretty sure i spelt it wrong) looks like a good skill.ill get it.5 min later-man this skill sucks ill just give it back to the trader and get a new one.

ps:not meaning to offend anyone that thinks otgoths cry is good

Savio · Aug 25, 2005, 03:20 AM // 03:20

Trying skills temporarily, like those skill charms, would be better. Losing the locked skill by giving it back would just mean you've unlocked both skills, but then you have the hassle of going back into PvE to switch skills.

Maybe that was a little unclear. Example:
Two skills: Enchanted Visage and Physical Resistance. I get Physical Resistance from a trader and unlock it for my PvP character. I then return Physical Resistance, thus locking it again. I get Enchanted Visage, unlocking that. Now, if I wanted Physical Resistance again, I could just return Enchanted Visage, then buy Physical Resistance again. So technically I have both skills unlocked.

Transferring that to all skills, that would mean I have all trader skills unlocked, I just have to give up the use of a few skills, which is easily done considering the amount of skills, to get other ones. The cost for getting skills would go up, yes, but that isn't too big of a concern.

Overall, returning skills is a bad idea.