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Anuhetep · May 08, 2005, 04:38 PM // 16:38

Does anyone know how to get into a stance, I cant find it anywhere in the manual. I keep finding items that say the bonus only works in a stance of one type or another. But have no idea how to get into a stance.

MasterDinadan · May 08, 2005, 05:02 PM // 17:02

Stances are skills.
You have to learn them and put them on your bar. They work a lot like enchantments, except that the game treats them differently for certain effects (like the one you found on that item) and you can activate a stance at any time, even in the middle of casting a spell :P

Anuhetep · May 08, 2005, 05:19 PM // 17:19

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Originally Posted by MasterDinadan

Stances are skills.
You have to learn them and put them on your bar. They work a lot like enchantments, except that the game treats them differently for certain effects (like the one you found on that item) and you can activate a stance at any time, even in the middle of casting a spell :P

no no, there was no stance on the item. The only way to use the bonus that was on the item was to be in a stance. LIke for example, the item may have had plus 10% to damage if your in a stance. so, you would have had to be in a stance to get the 10%, but I have no idea what a stance is or where to get one. Is this something you can find in newb land? I would think it would be seeing as I found the item in newb land

jRaskell · May 08, 2005, 05:32 PM // 17:32

It is still various skills that put you in a stance. For example, warriors get a frenzy skill that increases their attack speed 33% and doubles the damage they take for X amount of seconds. This frenzy is considered a stance, so while a warrior is frenzied, he'd receive any bonuses that are given while in a stance.

MasterDinadan · May 08, 2005, 05:37 PM // 17:37

I think that warriors and rangers have the most Stance skills. The caster classes don't have a lot, but they do have some.
I just recently got a Mesmer stance called "Hex Breaker"... a I love it!
But anyway, stances are skills, and some items give you bonuses while in a stance. If you don't have a stance skill, then you can't really do anything with that item.

Olfin Bedwere · May 08, 2005, 06:21 PM // 18:21

In your skills menu, sort them by type and it should list any stances you have.

Dendra · May 08, 2005, 07:08 PM // 19:08

It's also worth noting that you can only be in one stance at a time.

MindRiot · May 09, 2005, 01:40 PM // 13:40

So, what all this means is that the bonus is pretty much useless except for Warriors (and maybe Rangers).