They can range from offensive skills such as setting foes on fire and defensive skills which include resurrection and healing allies. Each skill has a different effect when used, and fall under many different categories. Players can then transport their characters instantly from one staging area to another using a process commonly referred to as 'map traveling'.Īpart from fighting with weapons, skills make up the majority of combat interaction. As players progress through the game, they gain access to additional staging zones. Players that venture out from the staging area and into an explorable area are then able to use their weapons and skills to defeat monsters and interact with other objects in the game. These areas are also used when forming groups of people to go out into the world and play cooperatively. Other NPC's provide quests and present rewards to adventurers. These areas normally contain non-player characters that provide services such as merchandising or storage. The Guild Wars universe consists of persistent staging zones known as towns and outposts. Unlike the campaigns, Guild Wars: Eye of the North does not offer any new playable professions. The Paragon and Dervish professions are exclusive to Guild Wars: Nightfall, and can also be played with the core professions. The Assassin and Ritualist professions are exclusive to Guild Wars: Factions, which can be played along with the aforementioned core professions. The core professions are Warrior, Monk, Elementalist, Ranger, Necromancer and Mesmer. This introduces levels of strategy, in which one must have a careful selection of skills that work well with one another and with teammates in order to survive.
There are over a thousand skills in the game that can be acquired by the character over time, but players may only use and equip up to 8 of them at any one time. This is increased by the fact that runes, which among other things increase attribute levels, can only increase the attribute levels associated with a player's primary profession. A Warrior/Elementalist, therefore, is a warrior who may use spells in combat, although the Elementalist spells used will generally not have as much power as those of a primary Elementalist. Many, but not all, skills become more powerful with more points in a class's primary attribute. A character does not, however, have access to the primary attribute of its secondary profession. Guild Wars also introduces the ability to choose a secondary profession, expanding the selection of attributes and skills. Elementalists, on the other hand, wear less protective armor, but can use their primary Energy Storage attribute to give them a much greater pool of energy than other professions. The Warrior profession, for example, has access to the primary Strength attribute that increases their armor penetration with martial weapons, and is able to wear heavy armor providing the highest protection against physical damage of all professions. Each profession has an array of attributes and skills that help narrow a class's proficiency in order to perform a customized role that is determined by the player. Experience can still be gained and is used to learn more skills or buy consumable items throughout the game.Ī profession is a type of class, central to the gameplay in Guild Wars. Players may also choose to do certain quests to gain another 30 attribute points, making the maximum points available 200. The maximum level for character development is capped at 20 - by this point, the character will also have reached 170 attribute points. Player and fight live against other players in the game. Environment world (the RPG aspect of the game), or get right into the competitive Player vs. They can also decide whether they want their avatar to start in a Player vs. As the player progresses through the game, they can unlock different armor and weapons to alter the visual appearance of that avatar.
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When creating a character, players can select their hair style, face, skin tone, height and avatar name-the selection depending upon that profession chosen. Players can choose from a range of up to ten different professions. They can also perform actions such as fighting and picking up objects, as well as interacting with special objects. These characters are able to walk/run and interact with other characters through chat. The game predominantly features a third-person perspective but also has the option of first-person. Players use a 3D avatar to interact with the world around them.
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