Can players still retrain skills
The new system needs only unlocking, then you’re free to do almost anything after that.
Skill points are now “Spirit Shards”, which you get from completing daily and killing mobs.
Trait points are gone and you now have Mastery System that allows you to choose up to 3 trait lines from which you then adjust the major traits.
To unlock skills and traits, you need Hero points, which you get enough to unlock all skills and traits at lvl 80. If you buy HoT, there will be elite specialization that then requires you to do hero point challenges to gain the needed 250 hero points to unlock those elite specialization per profession.
I’m a casual PvE adventurer, I enjoy combat, adventure and helping, but not farming.
I rarely do PvP or Hard PvE, unless it’s organized.
I rarely do PvP or Hard PvE, unless it’s organized.
The old skill points were split into hero points and spirit shards.
Hero points are used to train skills and traits. They are gained by leveling to 80 and by doing the hero points (the old skill point challenges). Getting to level 80 is enough to unlock all the base skills and traits, but not the new elite specializations.
Spirit shards are gained by doing the dailies (get 3), opening champ bags, random mob kills and from PvP. They are only used to buy items for mystic forge crafting.
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ANet may give it to you.
ANet may give it to you.
(edited by Just a flesh wound.3589)
By the time you are level 80, you’ll have enough points to unlock all the traits and skills of the base class. Doing Hero Point Challenges (formerly Skill Point Challenges) just speeds that process up.
If you have Heart of Thorns, then there is also an Elite Specialization, which you need more points to unlock. It takes 250 points to completely unlock it, and non-HoT zones have a total of about 214 or so Hero Points you can get. The remainder need to come from Hero Point Challenges in the HoT maps, which actually give 10 points each but are generally hard to get to and some require help to defeat a challenge.
As for the traits, you can no longer make a build like 2-4-0-6-2. Now you have to stick to a maximum of three lines, but you can get Grandmaster in all three and some old traits have been combined or even made part of the base class. An Elite Spec only functions when you have the Elite Spec traitline in use, and it can only go into the third slot (thus the gold decoration on that slot).
[EDIT] I forgot to mention, trait lines no longer give any attribute points. Those have mostly been moved to the armor and weapons themselves.
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(edited by Palador.2170)
Appreciate the information.
By the time you are level 80, you’ll have enough points to unlock all the traits and skills of the base class. Doing Hero Point Challenges (formerly Skill Point Challenges) just speeds that process up.
If you have Heart of Thorns, then there is also an Elite Specialization, which you need more points to unlock. It takes 250 points to completely unlock it, and non-HoT zones have a total of about 214 or so Hero Points you can get. The remainder need to come from Hero Point Challenges in the HoT maps, which actually give 10 points each but are generally hard to get to and some require help to defeat a challenge.
As for the traits, you can no longer make a build like 2-4-0-6-2. Now you have to stick to a maximum of three lines, but you can get Grandmaster in all three and some old traits have been combined or even made part of the base class. An Elite Spec only functions when you have the Elite Spec traitline in use, and it can only go into the third slot (thus the gold decoration on that slot).
[EDIT] I forgot to mention, trait lines no longer give any attribute points. Those have mostly been moved to the armor and weapons themselves.
Thanks. I bought HOT.