Guild Wars 2

Anyone else notice that we no longer get skill points when we level up?

My wife went from level 70 to 71 and didn’t get her skill point for leveling up.

Also, the Personal Story mobs are now lootless just like the Living Story. There is now no incentive to help friends to do their Personal Story unless you are both doing the same story since they do not get ANY reward unless it was also their story.

Very strange. Well, they are sorting the bugs and what not, so just wait.

Wouldn’t the incentive to help your friend be to help your friends?

Skill points are awarded at intervals. I got 8 skillpoints for hitting… level 31 or 32.

Guhracie.3419:

Skill points are awarded at intervals. I got 8 skillpoints for hitting… level 31 or 32.

… why did they dOO this? :/

Maybe it’s a bug.

From what I understand, they took some of the features of the Chinese client, but reworking them in the western client created a huge amount of bugs that they are still trying to sort out…

Orangensaft.7139:

Guhracie.3419:

Skill points are awarded at intervals. I got 8 skillpoints for hitting… level 31 or 32.

… why did they dOO this? :/

Why do you think it’s bad that they did this?

Experienced players tend to have enough skill points they can consume to buy whatever they want. New players tend to get what’s given to them and don’t look for a new skill point every level.

By the time you’re level 40, you generally have bought all the 1 point skills you need anyway, so 1 skill point isn’t very helpful.

That’s why they did it.

Vayne.8563:

Orangensaft.7139:

Guhracie.3419:

Skill points are awarded at intervals. I got 8 skillpoints for hitting… level 31 or 32.

… why did they dOO this? :/

Why do you think it’s bad that they did this?

Experienced players tend to have enough skill points they can consume to buy whatever they want. New players tend to get what’s given to them and don’t look for a new skill point every level.

By the time you’re level 40, you generally have bought all the 1 point skills you need anyway, so 1 skill point isn’t very helpful.

That’s why they did it.

I’m an experienced player, and I don’t have a crap-ton of scrolls lying about. I’m really having to grind out for levels to hit the milestones on my ranger. And one skill point is very helpful; it’s 33% progress to getting a 2nd tier skill, or 16% to a 3rd tier. Previously, I knew that when I leveled, chances are that I’ve maybe hit the threshold to try out a new utility. Now, I’m stuck on the same build until I’ve put a lot of time in running around for skill challenges or crossing that 8 level gulf.

Neither of these are bugs, they are both confirmed to be “features”

The SP’s change was made to make leveling “more rewarding”

The loot in PS was removed to prevent linen farming.

… why did they dOO this? :/

This should become ANet’s official motto for a while.

Vayne.8563:

Why do you think it’s bad that they did this?

Experienced players tend to have enough skill points they can consume to buy whatever they want. New players tend to get what’s given to them and don’t look for a new skill point every level.

By the time you’re level 40, you generally have bought all the 1 point skills you need anyway, so 1 skill point isn’t very helpful.

That’s why they did it.

Hi Vayne, how have you been doing? Still hanging around here?

For new players, especially low level ones, every single skill point counts, as it helps you to unlock the earlier sets of slot skills (given that Skill Challenges are now also locked until you reach level 13). So as a lower level player I will go up several levels without receiving a single skill point, whic hmeans I don’t get to unlock any new slot skills, which again means I don’t have a choice in which slot skills I want to use for any given situation.

I really don’t understand ArenaNet’s need to ‘dumb down’ the level-up process for new players. Leveling never was hard to begin with, and all they did was make it more confusing (I get new players in chat asking: “this game doesn’t have a main story quest?”) and take away the choice from players who want it. So much for their “play how you want to play”. I can no longer do zone completion until after level 13, I can no longer do a personal story step beyond my current level (I can’t even see the next step on the minimap if I’m not at the appropriate level), and I can’t even get a single skill point at level up to unlock a new slot skill? sigh

Cheiron the Centaur.1829:

Vayne.8563:

Why do you think it’s bad that they did this?

Experienced players tend to have enough skill points they can consume to buy whatever they want. New players tend to get what’s given to them and don’t look for a new skill point every level.

By the time you’re level 40, you generally have bought all the 1 point skills you need anyway, so 1 skill point isn’t very helpful.

That’s why they did it.

Hi Vayne, how have you been doing? Still hanging around here?

For new players, especially low level ones, every single skill point counts, as it helps you to unlock the earlier sets of slot skills (given that Skill Challenges are now also locked until you reach level 13). So as a lower level player I will go up several levels without receiving a single skill point, whic hmeans I don’t get to unlock any new slot skills, which again means I don’t have a choice in which slot skills I want to use for any given situation.

I really don’t understand ArenaNet’s need to ‘dumb down’ the level-up process for new players. Leveling never was hard to begin with, and all they did was make it more confusing (I get new players in chat asking: “this game doesn’t have a main story quest?”) and take away the choice from players who want it. So much for their “play how you want to play”. I can no longer do zone completion until after level 13, I can no longer do a personal story step beyond my current level (I can’t even see the next step on the minimap if I’m not at the appropriate level), and I can’t even get a single skill point at level up to unlock a new slot skill? sigh

Holy smokes are you THAT Centaur? lol

Yeah I’m still here, still fighting the good fight. I’m sure you remember. lol

The system definitely needs tweaking but I think, over all, the direction is a good one.