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Giving this game a go for the nth time. Can Heck Burnside get an invite to LLJK? Thanks.
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| # ? Feb 26, 2011 01:54 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 03:24 |
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Making a new prophecies character, planning to go through all the campaigns. Could Hamothy Hamington get an invite?
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| # ? Feb 26, 2011 03:58 |
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Kessel posted:Just think of it as the game assigning loot fairly around the party, regardless of whether they're AI or human players. You bring more, you get less for yourself. Yeah, it makes sense when you think of it as invisible loot you never see drop. Either way I only had to spend maybe 30 minutes running from Divinity Coast towards Beetletun and obliterating the oakhearts/aloes with flame burst/phoenix + aura of restoration. This makes a lot more sense now. Given how brain-dead easy it is, are people really selling sets of 10 for ~5k? Because that's what most of the spam in Temple of the Ages is. Or are they just hoping the occasional sucker will pay for it? Because if the former...
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| # ? Feb 26, 2011 03:59 |
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5k is pretty standard for the nicholas items. Once you get to end game content, 5k isn't that hard to make in HM
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| # ? Feb 26, 2011 08:13 |
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Zenzirouj posted:Given how brain-dead easy it is, are people really selling sets of 10 for ~5k? Because that's what most of the spam in Temple of the Ages is. Or are they just hoping the occasional sucker will pay for it? Because if the former... If you have money and don't have access to an appropriate farming build or just don't want to bother, it can be perfectly worthwhile to spend the 5k to just get the gifts outright. The generally accepted value of a Gift of the Traveler is about 4k or so, so if you think about it that way the five gifts are worth much more than the 5k you spend to just buy them.
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| # ? Feb 26, 2011 08:14 |
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Thought I would start playing again. Could I get an invite to LLJK on Emma Azure?
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| # ? Feb 27, 2011 02:43 |
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Zenzirouj posted:Yeah, it makes sense when you think of it as invisible loot you never see drop. Either way I only had to spend maybe 30 minutes running from Divinity Coast towards Beetletun and obliterating the oakhearts/aloes with flame burst/phoenix + aura of restoration. This makes a lot more sense now. Given how brain-dead easy it is, are people really selling sets of 10 for ~5k? Because that's what most of the spam in Temple of the Ages is. Or are they just hoping the occasional sucker will pay for it? Because if the former... I paid 10k for a set of items once because it simply wasn't worth my time farming as my current farming method nets me 55k/hour. On top of that I sell off my 5 Gifts every week for 20k, so I still make a profit in the end. Also I have absolutely no idea how people can stand going for maxed titles. I attempted to do the Skill Hunter track today to add titles to my HoM, but in the end it felt like it would take way too long and I gave up. (Would take me about another 30 - 35 hours to finish it) How is it that people are able to call titles like Legendary Vanquisher or Legendary Cartographer 'easy' is way beyond me. I do not even want to imagine how long it takes to get titles like Legendary Defender of Ascalon or Saviour of the Luxons/Kuzricks. BlackSanta posted:Making a new prophecies character, planning to go through all the campaigns. Could Hamothy Hamington get an invite? I really, really wouldn't recommend starting in Prophecies. Although some people actually do find it fun so who knows, maybe you'll like it. I know I wouldn't want to though. It's long, painful and boring. Aelesia fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2011 around 16:28 |
| # ? Feb 27, 2011 16:24 |
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Basically, start in Prophecies if you have a high tolerance for tedium and want to take as long as possible to level up and get skills, Factions if you have a short attention span and want to get to max level as fast as humanly possible (and make some decent starting cash), and Nightfall for heroes and the best quests to introduce the game mechanics.Aelesia posted:Also I have absolutely no idea how people can stand going for maxed titles. I attempted to do the Skill Hunter track today to add titles to my HoM, but in the end it felt like it would take way too long and I gave up. (Would take me about another 30 - 35 hours to finish it) How is it that people are able to call titles like Legendary Vanquisher or Legendary Cartographer 'easy' is way beyond me. I do not even want to imagine how long it takes to get titles like Legendary Defender of Ascalon or Saviour of the Luxons/Kuzricks. Very much agreed. I wish there were more HoMable titles that didn't involve dozens or hundreds of hours of grinding to get to. Kairos fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2011 around 17:21 |
| # ? Feb 27, 2011 17:14 |
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Huh, I guess my economy of scale is more off than I thought. Aelesia, would you say that's a somewhat common farming amount? Because obsidian armor costs ~1200k in materials, right? And it's the most expensive gold sink that I know of. What do you do to farm that much, anyway?
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| # ? Feb 27, 2011 17:16 |
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Zenzirouj posted:Huh, I guess my economy of scale is more off than I thought. Aelesia, would you say that's a somewhat common farming amount? Because obsidian armor costs ~1200k in materials, right? And it's the most expensive gold sink that I know of. 55k/hour is pretty high up on the farming scale and it is actually pretty close to what most high-end farming teams make. From what I gathered from the forums and some guilds, a lot of veteran players who farm rare drops in Elite areas only earn about half this amount. Even then the amount they earn is dependant on how lucky they are to get good drops. Anyway I do it by farming Glints Challenge. One run takes about 22 minutes total and is guranteed to give a Cloth of the Brotherhood worth 10k at the end of it. I do it with 3 heroes and 3 henchmen, as well as a second account that just AFKs for the reward.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2011 18:11 |
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You can also do speed clears for money. You can easily make 50k an hour in the Underworld if you're good at it. Some times a lot more, if you get lucky with the drops. I think DoA is even better than that. But I never do it so I'm not sure...
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| # ? Feb 27, 2011 18:43 |
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Aelesia posted:Also I have absolutely no idea how people can stand going for maxed titles. I attempted to do the Skill Hunter track today to add titles to my HoM, but in the end it felt like it would take way too long and I gave up. (Would take me about another 30 - 35 hours to finish it) How is it that people are able to call titles like Legendary Vanquisher or Legendary Cartographer 'easy' is way beyond me. I do not even want to imagine how long it takes to get titles like Legendary Defender of Ascalon or Saviour of the Luxons/Kuzricks. In my opinion, Vanguisher is one of the few titles worth doing. To me it seems like an actual accomplishment rather than a farmfest/grind. The best part is, it helps you in other titles (Cartographer and Allegiance/Reputation) if you're interested in those too. Vanquisher would be the single best thing in the game, to me, if they updated it so that you could explore a vanquished area with no monsters, provided everyone in your party has vanquished it. A man can dream.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2011 20:26 |
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When you guys are talking about farming, are you farming as a group or solo farming? I'm curious because I remember monks and the like could solo some dungeon by themselves running a bunch of auras like Balthazar's or something. I kind of want to start GW again for HoM stuff, but I can't seem to find any information about what class is best for farming money, etc.
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| # ? Feb 27, 2011 20:52 |
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Erinyes posted:When you guys are talking about farming, are you farming as a group or solo farming? I'm curious because I remember monks and the like could solo some dungeon by themselves running a bunch of auras like Balthazar's or something. That sounds like the 55 monk build, which was around way back when it was just prophecies. Dunno if it still works, but it basically revolved around this one monk enchantment that made it so that incoming damage is capped at 10% of your max health. So then you load your armor up with a bunch of superior runes for the negative health penalty, which maxes out at 55hp. Then you slap a bunch of regen abilities on yourself and you're effectively invulnerable to a bunch of damage types because you regen way faster than anything can dish out 5 points of damage. Health degen screws that up royally, though, as does enchantment removal. Anybody farming fissure with that build had to know which enemies to avoid,
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| # ? Feb 27, 2011 23:54 |
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Yo, I'm thinking of getting back into this, can anyone shoot Lima Risekan a guild invite? tia
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| # ? Feb 28, 2011 01:05 |
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Zenzirouj posted:That sounds like the 55 monk build, which was around way back when it was just prophecies. Dunno if it still works, but it basically revolved around this one monk enchantment that made it so that incoming damage is capped at 10% of your max health. So then you load your armor up with a bunch of superior runes for the negative health penalty, which maxes out at 55hp. Then you slap a bunch of regen abilities on yourself and you're effectively invulnerable to a bunch of damage types because you regen way faster than anything can dish out 5 points of damage. Health degen screws that up royally, though, as does enchantment removal. Anybody farming fissure with that build had to know which enemies to avoid, Well I bought Trilogies and am starting up again. The reason why I asked was because I kinda wanted to know which class was in demand for farming since my goal is to grind out HoM points. I started a monk since I think that's a pretty safe bet.
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| # ? Feb 28, 2011 02:32 |
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Can't ditch my guild, but I'm alway looking for people to hang out with in PvE, any level. Right now I'm trying to flesh out my 17 in HoM. Just drop a line to Lord Geshtal, (no ego there).
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| # ? Feb 28, 2011 02:59 |
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Erinyes posted:Well I bought Trilogies and am starting up again. The reason why I asked was because I kinda wanted to know which class was in demand for farming since my goal is to grind out HoM points. I started a monk since I think that's a pretty safe bet. You got Eye of the North too, right? Because that's the only way to access the HoM. And if you have all three you should have a bunch of character slots (unless that only happens if you bought them individually), so go hog wild with characters and find one you like. If you're intent on building a character purely for farming purposes, this will probably be useful. Keep in mind that basically every one of these builds I've looked at require eotn skills, including ones you only get once you're a certain reputation with a particular faction. So it may be a little while until you're able to get into the full swing of farming, especially if you don't have all that many elite skills unlocked. I'm pretty much unable to do effective farming because I haven't finished eotn yet and don't have most of the elite skills called for in these builds. But I'll also be without a computer for the next several months so it's a moot point.
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| # ? Feb 28, 2011 06:36 |
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Ironically, I haven't gotten EotN yet, but I figure once I finish getting the character to 20 and finishing out Nightfall or something, that would be the best time to get it. Unless what you're saying is that if I get any achievements before EotN, they won't apply even after I get it, and will have to do them over again?
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| # ? Feb 28, 2011 07:06 |
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No, there's nothing in the HoM that's only tracked once you have it unlocked. They're mostly title-related and anything that isn't is unlocked when you visit and poke the appropriate tapestry. But you may have trouble with serious farming without the skills, since there are a bunch of really powerful PvE skills you get through faction quests. And if it makes a difference, EotN has been way more fun than either Prophecies or Factions (I don't have Nightfall). It's stupid cheap on Newegg, 6 dollars or something. But yeah, finishing Nightfall first or at least getting to 20 is probably a good idea.
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| # ? Feb 28, 2011 07:38 |
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Erinyes posted:When you guys are talking about farming, are you farming as a group or solo farming? I'm curious because I remember monks and the like could solo some dungeon by themselves running a bunch of auras like Balthazar's or something. Erinyes posted:I kind of want to start GW again for HoM stuff, but I can't seem to find any information about what class is best for farming money, etc.
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| # ? Feb 28, 2011 07:40 |
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I have a shitload of unspent Luxon faction on my PvP characters, toss me an invite to LLJK on The Deadly Duelist and I'll donate it all  I also got a gold mini from my last (3 years I think?) birthday box - how much is this worth?
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| # ? Feb 28, 2011 21:48 |
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forum-poster posted:You can also do speed clears for money. You can easily make 50k an hour in the Underworld if you're good at it. Some times a lot more, if you get lucky with the drops. If you could do a SC in an hour, you'd get maybe 38k of gems and another 5k from quest rewards guaranteed. That's disregarding cash drops/gem drops/gold drops/key drops etc
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| # ? Feb 28, 2011 21:58 |
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So how slow is support? I installed Trilogy for the first time yesterday afternoon and immediately made a throwaway character, but I had to log off in only like 10 minutes. Of course I couldn't remember the exact spelling of the dumb name I picked so I contacted support. They got back to me quickly and I supplied all the information they requested. Then they replied that my ticket was being "elevated" to senior staff and I haven't heard anything from them in over 24 hours. Yes, I know I was dumb but it's my first time with this game. Am I hosed for weeks or what?
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| # ? Mar 1, 2011 02:49 |
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Overwined posted:So how slow is support? I installed Trilogy for the first time yesterday afternoon and immediately made a throwaway character, but I had to log off in only like 10 minutes. Of course I couldn't remember the exact spelling of the dumb name I picked so I contacted support. They got back to me quickly and I supplied all the information they requested. Then they replied that my ticket was being "elevated" to senior staff and I haven't heard anything from them in over 24 hours. Yes, I know I was dumb but it's my first time with this game. Am I hosed for weeks or what? I did the exact same thing. It took them under 24 hours for me, so I have no idea what's going on with you. Luminous Cow fucked around with this message at Mar 1, 2011 around 04:15 |
| # ? Mar 1, 2011 04:08 |
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Overwined posted:So how slow is support? I installed Trilogy for the first time yesterday afternoon and immediately made a throwaway character, but I had to log off in only like 10 minutes. Of course I couldn't remember the exact spelling of the dumb name I picked so I contacted support. They got back to me quickly and I supplied all the information they requested. Then they replied that my ticket was being "elevated" to senior staff and I haven't heard anything from them in over 24 hours. Yes, I know I was dumb but it's my first time with this game. Am I hosed for weeks or what? When I got back into the game recently and had to ask for one of my character names, it took a few days for them to respond. So, um, you could be in for a wait.
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| # ? Mar 1, 2011 04:24 |
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oneangrydwarf posted:What you wrote is true for the current DoA metagame but almost nowhere else, and it's especially not true for PvP at any level. Warriors are dubious damage dealers? Ritualists are heavy hitters? Come on. Yeah, I completely spaced that he could be referring to PvP, in which case that's all true. In PvE however, warriors aren't that hot for damage, Elementalists as damage are virtually unheard of, and SoS ritualists do extremely respectable damage. On the note of paragons, I more or less agree with you. Critical may have been a strong word, but, apart from most endgame meta team builds, imbagons are incredibly useful and nearly always welcome in a party. While they are definitely not a build-enthusiast's dream class, they can be engaging to play, especially when you have low Faction rank and need to use skills like flurry to keep consistent uptime on Save Yourself!. Plus they're on the table for a class overhaul, so that should be fun.
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| # ? Mar 1, 2011 05:33 |
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Please invite "B L O D O R N"
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| # ? Mar 1, 2011 06:39 |
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gandlethorpe posted:In my opinion, Vanguisher is one of the few titles worth doing. To me it seems like an actual accomplishment rather than a farmfest/grind. The best part is, it helps you in other titles (Cartographer and Allegiance/Reputation) if you're interested in those too. As one who has just completed the Legendary Vanquisher title (took over 2 years, playing with a static group of friends) it was a great title and well worth doing - huge grind, but so so so satisfying to turn to each other (on ventrillo) and say, "Hey, we've killed every monster IN THE WORLD!"
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| # ? Mar 1, 2011 23:04 |
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Could I get an invite into the guild? My character's name is Utao Utau. Getting skills on a new account takes a lot of money. 
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| # ? Mar 2, 2011 07:52 |
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Don't forget to use the hero skill points to unlock skills.
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| # ? Mar 2, 2011 13:53 |
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LiftAuff posted:Don't forget to use the hero skill points to unlock skills. If you're interested in unlocking skills for your heroes you might also want to consider creating a new character and get to Kaining Centre or Kamadan to skills for a really cheap price, since aquiring skills on any character unlocks it for all heroes. Also could I get an invite to LLJK please? Aelesia fucked around with this message at Apr 13, 2011 around 14:01 |
| # ? Mar 2, 2011 14:14 |
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LiftAuff posted:Don't forget to use the hero skill points to unlock skills. This, a thousand times. I had the clever idea of saving up my hero skill points for some goddamned reason, which ended up costing me a lot of money in the long run and leaving me with a bunch of hero skill points that I can't buy anything worthwhile with. Basically, when you're shopping for a specific skill, I highly recommend going on the wiki and seeing if it's available from a hero skill trainer. If it is, get it there, always. Even if it's for your own character, because the hero skill trainers also give the skill to the character using them on top of unlocking it for heroes account-wide.
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| # ? Mar 2, 2011 18:21 |
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Looks like "big" things are happening tomorrow, with the Embark beach or whatever it's called being released... tomorrow? At least according to Martin Kerstein. There's even more information in a link around the middle of the page too (in italian though so will need translating): http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum...-t13343p12.html
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| # ? Mar 2, 2011 23:33 |
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woolridden posted:Looks like "big" things are happening tomorrow, with the Embark beach or whatever it's called being released... tomorrow? At least according to Martin Kerstein. There's even more information in a link around the middle of the page too (in italian though so will need translating): Here's how chrome translated the italian page: quote:NCsoft and ArenaNet will release tomorrow, and an update to Guild Wars and Multiplayer.it knew what the exclusive content.
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| # ? Mar 2, 2011 23:49 |
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Oh god the 7 heroes thing is going to be ridiculous. Thanks veonenergee for the info on discordway, I got my team setup this past weekend and have just been breezing through stuff I had a lot of difficulty with two weeks ago.
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| # ? Mar 3, 2011 00:14 |
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Oh wow, sounds like they're actually going to make it feasible to get the Legendary Defender of Ascalon title without death leveling. Almost makes me want to start a new Prophecies character...
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| # ? Mar 3, 2011 00:18 |
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404notfound posted:Oh wow, sounds like they're actually going to make it feasible to get the Legendary Defender of Ascalon title without death leveling. Almost makes me want to start a new Prophecies character... Now you can go for both Defender of Ascalon and Survivor 
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| # ? Mar 3, 2011 00:23 |
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Kairos posted:This, a thousand times. I had the clever idea of saving up my hero skill points for some goddamned reason, which ended up costing me a lot of money in the long run and leaving me with a bunch of hero skill points that I can't buy anything worthwhile with. Can someone explain this to me? I bought a ton of skills for my necro in Blood and Death, but now I don't have anymore money to try out a Curse spec. Are you guys saying that when you buy Hero skills, they unlock for the player too and use a separate currency system?
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| # ? Mar 3, 2011 00:46 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 03:24 |
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Erinyes posted:Can someone explain this to me? I bought a ton of skills for my necro in Blood and Death, but now I don't have anymore money to try out a Curse spec. Are you guys saying that when you buy Hero skills, they unlock for the player too and use a separate currency system? Buying skills using Hero Points will unlock them for all heroes globally and also for your own use, but only for that character. So let's say you have a monk and buy a monk skill using Hero Points, all your heroes for all your characters will have access to it, and your monk will also now have it. However, if you have a second monk character, it won't have it but its heroes will.
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