Guild Wars 2

some of the skill points are next to impossible now as a solo that the very helpfully bug has been removed how the hell i’m i meant to kill a champion on my own to absorb to light that he is standing next to its like anet only wants pro solo players or big groups to play there game so please removing events from around skill points or restore that bug that made it when you go down you could absorb the skill point or make it so the when you are absorbing the skill point that you can’t be in interrupted

If you have a champion camping the skill challenge, there are a couple of pretty easy solutions. One is announce that the champion is up in map chat and you will probably get people to show up and help kill it. I have the best luck with this method on days where a champion event is needed for the daily. The second method is to get one other person to come by and kite the champion away long enough for you to grab the skill point. Then you return the favor for them.

I usually run solo getting zone completions. I have found that (at least on my server) people are always ready to help take out a champion. You just have to let them know you need the help (aka asking nicely).

ok thanks will try that

there are a few other usefull tricks if your playing certain classes too

Elementalist – Summon Earth Elemental, start absorb, pop Arcane Shield if your elemental dies (Arcane Shield can be used while interacting with objects without breaking interaction)

Ranger – Distract Champion with Pets and set traps to slow their advance towards you while you absorb

Necromancer – Minion Distraction (works half the time… the other half the time your minions get slaughtered by a single AoE attack)

Thief – Stealth

Guardian – Sanctuary, Shield of Absorption, Ring of Warding… any combination of these 3 skills… (and if I recall correctly Sanctuary can be triggered like Arcane Shield)

As for Mesmer, Engineer, and Warrior… I don’t know if they possess any skills to accomplish this with… I’ve tried using Illusions as Decoys on Mesmer but they don’t survive long enough ever… Engineer… Turrets might provide the decoys you need but unlikly IMO… and I don’t play Warrior so I wouldn’t have a clue.

It’s gimmicky, but there’s also the Ash Legion Spy Kits available for a pittance of karma in Plains of Ashford.

With them, you:
1) activate the kit, which changes your skill bar to one skill.
2) run up to the skill pt.
3) use the kit skill.
4) commune
5) run away

I just cleared Malchor’s Leap, and was able to get some of the “blocked” points in this manner.

Panda.1967:

there are a few other usefull tricks if your playing certain classes too

Elementalist – Summon Earth Elemental, start absorb, pop Arcane Shield if your elemental dies (Arcane Shield can be used while interacting with objects without breaking interaction)

Ranger – Distract Champion with Pets and set traps to slow their advance towards you while you absorb

Necromancer – Minion Distraction (works half the time… the other half the time your minions get slaughtered by a single AoE attack)

Thief – Stealth

Guardian – Sanctuary, Shield of Absorption, Ring of Warding… any combination of these 3 skills… (and if I recall correctly Sanctuary can be triggered like Arcane Shield)

As for Mesmer, Engineer, and Warrior… I don’t know if they possess any skills to accomplish this with… I’ve tried using Illusions as Decoys on Mesmer but they don’t survive long enough ever… Engineer… Turrets might provide the decoys you need but unlikly IMO… and I don’t play Warrior so I wouldn’t have a clue.

i’m playing a warrior lol

rodadams.5963:

It’s gimmicky, but there’s also the Ash Legion Spy Kits available for a pittance of karma in Plains of Ashford.

With them, you:
1) activate the kit, which changes your skill bar to one skill.
2) run up to the skill pt.
3) use the kit skill.
4) commune
5) run away

I just cleared Malchor’s Leap, and was able to get some of the “blocked” points in this manner.

ok thanks for that off to buy a lot of them

I’ve been at 99% for a week or 2 now and TBH I don’t mind really. I have everything outside of WvW, but even if it was a skill point, I felt more accomplished knowing I really completed the game. Same goes for what I have left in WvW, it only makes sense to me that if I really want to finish completion of the world, I would need to complete the enemy territory too. Same goes for skill points around events or champions, it’s part of the challenge.