06-16-2004, 06:43 PM
The ability to choose between different ranks of the same spell has always been there. Perhaps you have been playing more melee-oriented classes in the past? If there is no benefit to using the lower rank of a skill, then you don't get the choice to use it and it is automatically replaced on your hotkeys by the higher rank. All warrior and rogue skills work this way, for instance. Many caster skills have never worked that way, because with higher mana costs and longer casting times you may not want to use the higher rank.