User manual GAMES PC GUILD WARS NIGHTFALL

[. . . ] Photosensitive Seizures SEIZURE WARNING--Please Read Prior to Playing A very small percentage of individuals may experience seizures when exposed to certain light patterns, flashing lights, or flashing images. Children and teenagers are more susceptible to seizure than adults, but even those with no history of seizure or epilepsy could experience them while playing or watching video games. Symptoms of seizures include: lightheadedness, altered vision, jerking or shaking of the extremities, loss of awareness, confusion, and twitching or full convulsions. Convulsions can lead to other injuries by causing an individual to fall off of a chair and/or strike objects nearby. [. . . ] Many have a subtype, such as Stance, Spell, Hex, or Shout. For more information on skills, skill types, and subtypes, consult the Guild Wars website at www. guildwars. com. Warrior Attributes Strength (Primary Attribute) Swordsmanship Strength is the Warrior's primary attribute. This attribute increases your Warrior's armor penetration, and it's the basis of many skills that inflict greater damage on foes. Swordsmanship increases basic sword damage, as well as the damage inflicted by sword skills and the chance of a critical hit. Improve Axe Mastery to increase basic axe damage, damage inflicted by axe skills, and the chance of a critical hit. Hammer Mastery increases basic hammer damage, damage inflicted by hammer skills and the chance of a critical hit. Tactics increases the effectiveness of skills that give your Warrior and your allies an advantage in battle, such as Shouts and Stances. Axe Mastery Hammer Mastery Tactics The parts of a skill 4 Builds You'll hear the term "build" a great deal when players talk about characters in Guild Wars Nightfall, especially when they talk about player-versus-player games. The word refers to the eight skills you have when you leave a town or outpost (or start a PvP battle), along with the points you've allocated in those attributes. Some players tend to settle into a preferred build that fits their favorite style of play, while others adjust skills to prepare for a particular enemy or mission. After joining a group, some players coordinate their skills as part of a strategy for a team. The skills in a character build should work well together and work effectively against the foes you expect to encounter. You may need to take into account the other characters in your group, especially if there's a chance two characters might have the same specialty. For example, if your group includes two Monks, you might not want both of them to focus on Healing Prayer skills. Instead, you could set up the first one as a healer with Healing Prayer skills while the second one protects the party with Protection Prayer skills. Since you can change your character's skills and adjust attributes in any town or outpost, you can alter your build as necessary before a quest or mission begins. When you're ready to start a PvP battle, you can change your build again for competitive play. Canthan Professions Factions introduced two professions from the nation of Cantha: the Assassin and Ritualist. Once your character arrives in Kamadan, you can fight alongside Canthan heroes. You can't create a character with either of these professions if you haven't installed that campaign. Assassin: Assassins learn mastery of their chosen weapon, the dagger, and they're experts at inflicting Critical Strikes that cause massive damage. They can efficiently link attacks together in a chain without giving enemies a chance to strike back. Wearing lightweight armor, Assassins move swiftly and silently. Their magical skills include Hexes that lower a target's defenses and protect the Assassin from harm. [. . . ] Obelisks periodically shoot lightning at foes. 14 Observer Mode PvP is fiercely competitive, but it's also a spectator sport. Guild Wars includes an Observer mode you can use to watch PvP play. As a spectator, you can check out PvP maps before you try them, scope out the competition to pick up new strategies, and watch your friends battle to victory. You can choose Observer mode from the Main Menu (or by pressing B) to check out a guild battle or guild tournament going on in a PvP arena. [. . . ]