Mucky

Hiya I just bought GW Prophecies a few hours ago (I'll later buy the other chapters ) I need some help on skills,character classes and map things.Also i see in the chat box that some guild has won "i dont know what" from the gods in the Hall of Heroes for Europe, I just don't know whats that..

For now , i don't know what to do in the game,i made a rol char,and a PvP one.

If you're kind to help me ingame I'll be thankful

IGN: Lord Amaterasu

Thanks!

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zenithzero

considering you only have prophecies well then that only leaves you with core skills core prophecies and prophecies skills. good that you chose prophecies, story line is good and gamplay + community.
well the professions are divided like this:
warrior: usually up in the front of the line, sword or axe [sword is faster but weaker DPS,damage per second, although the axe is stronger, with lower DPS.]
ranger: at range with a pet if you want [charmed] shooting with a bow, either powerfully, or just interrupting a foes action, they've got stances, helpful spirits etc.
mesmer: my personal favorite although they're hated 'mucho.' well there are practically 3 way of this character with many builds. there is DOMINATION[practically reflecting the damage] ILLUSION[degeneration and weakening] and INSPIRATION[energy management]
you can go with a combination of each 2. fast casting is kind of a waste of points, energy, but it makes a difference depending what spells you cast.
necromancer: i personally like curses, but death is big, people usually just minion master, they're accepted into many groups due to their power, i think it gets boring after awhile because you just summon sacrifice health, etc etc. soul reaping is the best thing since sliced bread though, so always have that. blood magic i think is pretty basic, its good in a party, weather you're a blood battery[energy management for others, good for a monk, for more healing power]a well of blood support, etc. i like curses due to their effects and superb power.
elementalist: energy management is a must. there are 4 elements, let me give you the heads up. AOE[area over effect] skills is what will kill. skills like firestorm will make the mobs scatter, so just get AOE skills that hit once. well everyone chooses fire, due to its power in PvE, excellent AOE skills, and burning moves. i personally hate earth, only because i think of it as very energy sucking, with many 25e skills. its got very good defensive skills for the party and yourself also. there is AIR too, the good thing is its a good spiking class, very good, the VERY bad thing is that its like no AOE skills, so you can kill one enemy quickly, but its a waste of energy because its only effecting one enemy, its good to try new things though, its a quick killing element. and last but not least my favorite, WATER, its not known for damage, more of slowing opponents down, fair energy skills, good aoe skills. i see it more of a support element, because it slows the enemy down, keeping the casters nack and the monk from harm while the warriors can slash em' down.
well thats it. if you need a build for a profession/profession just ask.

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beldeti

ZenithZero's given much on the topic of Professions (which you stated as character classes) and skills. I'll just add in a bit and hopefully answer your other questions satisfactorily.

a bit more on professions
Aside from your primary profession, you can have a secondary profession too. So with six primary professions and five (minus the primary) secondary professions to choose from, you have 30 possible profession combinations. Mind you, a warrior/monk will play differently from a monk/warrior.

The choice of a secondary prof is not fixed, eventually you can change it at will after Ascending, which is a graduation of sorts.

I could be wrong about some things because I don't do PVP much, but here goes: There's a server for each GW-populated landmass, so there's the Europe server you've seen on the chat box, there's the American server. These are the two servers with the biggest populations; I also see the Korean, Taiwanese and Japanese servers.

The Battle Isles is where most of PVP happens, and there's an arena (Heroes' Ascent?) where guilds from different servers do battle. Whichever guild/server wins, will have the "Favor of the Gods".

With this favor, those on the winning server can 1) benefit from shrines scattered throughout the PVE world, and 2) gain access to some elite PVE areas: The Fissure of Woe and the Underworld for Prophecies, Urgoz/The Deep for Factions, and I don't remember which for Nightfall.

They will have access until some other server wins and takes favor away from them.

This is high-end PVP, but there's lots of other PVP arenas your PVP character can try its hand in. As you're new, initially you'll have few skills to choose from and set your character up with. But later on, you can unlock more skills. Here's how:

a) As your roleplaying (PVE) character progresses with the story, you are given additional skills as quest rewards and can b) buy some more skills from Skill Trainers. C) You may also unlock skills through Balthazar Points awarded to you in PVP.

Don't really bother about Favor yet as it won't have much impact on you as you are now, enjoy the game as it is Hope to see you in-game!

Mucky

Thank you guys,you were so helpful!

I still need some help IN game,cause i kinda messed up my location at the map haha, I hope to see you ingame too!!

A million thanks!

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Bill Gates the pimp

I can help u out ingame.

push "n" to open ur friends list and add Bill Gates The Pimp
I wont be on much until next thursday but when i am i can be pretty helpful

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