Guild Wars 2

So I’ve asked in game and came to the conclusion that it’s not possible to respec your character under the new system. I shall explain and hopefully someone can tell me that I’ve just missed something really obvious somewhere.

For example, my Necromancer is level 25 and when I logged in the game client put all his points into Well Training and Death Magic. But I cannot seem to find how to remove those points and put them where I would like them. Surely he’s not going to be stuck in Wells and Death Magic? Previously one could click the reset traits button to respec, but no such button exists that I’ve found.

None of my characters are yet 80 and they all almost all have this problem. Any assistance is much appreciated.

You can not respec the unlocks but by lv80(or earlier if you do hero challenges) you can have everything unlocked.

In one of the General Discussion threads a dev explained the reasoning behind the pre-set allocation of points and why the system doesn’t allow refunds of points.

It does mean a somewhat rougher time for alts who haven’t reached the next spec plateau, but was in the dev’s minds the least harmful way of accomplishing the changeover. There will always be rough moments in any major change

I’m still getting used to the new system, but from what I understand “Skill Points” are now renamed “Hero Points” to be spent in the training tab to unlock specializations/skills/traits. Unlike before when we had 14 points (at lvl 80) to spend in any of the 5 trait lines (now called “Core Specializations”) we are now limited to choosing between a maximum of 3 at a time based on our level. You can swap between them by clicking on the large Hexagon under “Build”→“Slot Skills”→ “Specialization”.

For your lvl 25 Necro you will only have access to traits/skills you’ve bought so unless you’ve unlocked some in other lines you’ll be limited to choosing from the “Well Training” and “Death Magic” for the time being.

I couldn’t find the respec/clear traits option so maybe they just haven’t included it yet. Hopefully they include it later on, but I’d rather they revert to the old layout which was simple and easy to use.

That kinda sucks, most of my characters are screwed then. I think just starting everyone out at zero points spent would’ve been the least harmful, allowing us to chose, but nothing I can do about that.

I guess there aren’t enough non-80 players to warrant the respec option.

Thank you all for explaining though, I appreciate it.

P.S. Edited for spelling.