06-16-2004, 06:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-16-2004, 06:27 PM by TheDragoon.)
One thing that I don't remember seeing listed that is now in the game is that higher ranked skills do not automatically overwrite the lower ranked skills in you spellbook.
For example, I started a Priest character and when she got Lesser Heal Rank 2 I could actually have 2 separate skills on my action bar... Lesser Heal Rank 1 AND Lesser Heal Rank 2. Thus, if I need a faster, smaller heal I could use Rank 1, but if I wanted a bigger heal (with 0.5 more seconds to cast), I can use Rank 2.
I guess you won't have to make the decision whether the extra damage is worth the tradeoff of a bigger mana cost for some spells since there doesn't appear to be any reason to NOT buy skills now. However, I suppose someone with a non-priest should probably verify that this is the way it is working for other classes, now. :)
For example, I started a Priest character and when she got Lesser Heal Rank 2 I could actually have 2 separate skills on my action bar... Lesser Heal Rank 1 AND Lesser Heal Rank 2. Thus, if I need a faster, smaller heal I could use Rank 1, but if I wanted a bigger heal (with 0.5 more seconds to cast), I can use Rank 2.
I guess you won't have to make the decision whether the extra damage is worth the tradeoff of a bigger mana cost for some spells since there doesn't appear to be any reason to NOT buy skills now. However, I suppose someone with a non-priest should probably verify that this is the way it is working for other classes, now. :)
-TheDragoon