Necrobator | The New Skill Acquisition System in Guild Wars 2

[:1]This article appeared 2 days ago. It does not qualify as news but rather as opinion. Therefore, I have posted this here instead of the news page. It is relevant to the current discussion on Skill Acquisition which is why I posted the link to the blog here:
http://www.necrobator.com/events/gam...-guild-wars-2/|||Great analysis, and I agree completely. Static skill trainers are so beneath this game. The new method is much, much better.|||Very good summary. I like that the 2nd half of the skill bar is handled differently to the first so that you still have some choice over the skills that you learn.|||I don't really see much else to it than the opinion that learning by doing is supposedly superior to doing, then unlocking which is a fair point but in my opinion hardly worth an article.|||Quote:








I don't really see much else to it than the opinion that learning by doing is supposedly superior to doing, then unlocking which is a fair point but in my opinion hardly worth an article.




I think it's worthy of an article to point something like this out when the gaming community is qq'ing that this is a step BACKWARDS. Seriously, if anet listened to the majority on this, they'd go back to making us learn the skills by talking to an npc in a town that could have dead npcs.|||Is the community doing that? I'll admit I don't follow every random forum that has GW as a topic, or even Riverside on gwg so I obviously don't know.
I'm not trying to shoot it down, but I feel like the article itself has no actual content. The firsthand experience of the writer appears to be limited to a previous version of the Alpha and there's hardly any new data on the game, but rather opinion.
To me, it seems more fit for a thread and a discussion, but that's not up to me.|||Quote:








Is the community doing that? I'll admit I don't follow every random forum that has GW as a topic, or even Riverside on gwg so I obviously don't know.
I'm not trying to shoot it down, but I feel like the article itself has no actual content. The firsthand experience of the writer appears to be limited to a previous version of the Alpha and there's hardly any new data on the game, but rather opinion.
To me, it seems more fit for a thread and a discussion, but that's not up to me.




Yeah, there have been some complaints.
See here.|||Well, if you're referring to my post, I see the term "minor complaint" I see "not a big thing" and that "I never said it sucks", so as far as the "gaming community", I don't think I deserve that much power, but thanks. And for qq'ing, I'd say that's from people like you who keep wanting to blow this out of proportion.|||I like it lol. Enough said, I have explained why I like already once, so no need to do it again ^^.|||Quote:








Well, if you're referring to my post, I see the term "minor complaint" I see "not a big thing" and that "I never said it sucks", so as far as the "gaming community", I don't think I deserve that much power, but thanks. And for qq'ing, I'd say that's from people like you who keep wanting to blow this out of proportion.




Wow, umm... if you followed that link you'd find a forum page that doesn't have your name anywhere on it, paranoid much? As for "people like me wanting to blow this out of proportion" umm... I was stating why I thought the topic was worthy of an article, people were complaining and an article was made addressing those complaints by someone who has actually had a chance to test the new and old system. I think you're the one trying to blow my rants out of proportion
(Admittedly, it's more the outspoken minority that has an issue with this, not really the community in general, I believe there were also complaints at gw2guru's forum though I do not know how much) Regardless, there were complaints, and this article addresses them.