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Skills or Abilities

ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
edited October 2017 in Ashes Of Creation General Discussion
Good Day,

I'm just wondering if in the game there will be "skills" or "abilities"

I ask because during the live stream it was said Skills, skill progression, skill tree, etc.  (October 16 Live Stream)

But in the game-play demo, it shows an abilities screen that appears to be the same things as the mages "skills" 






Just wanting to make sure that the right words are used in some pre-look videos. 

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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Skill is the word used the most, I can't even remember them using the word "abilities" tbh xD
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited October 2017
    Well there more skills then abilitys cause you can "skill" into your ability. So by that it becomes a skill XD :trollface:

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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    In very basic terms, abilities are natural or inbuilt while skills are learned behaviors.
    You need the ability to learn a skill. Learning skills builds and strengthens the ability.

    Maybe they are following this? In order to build up those abilities you need to learn and use skills?   
    It seems to go in a circle.  lol  

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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Yes its probably a somewhat trivial point, however, I have always considered that words matter.

    Especially in situations where Archetypes have skills, but races might have abilities.

    "How did you do that?"  Its a Racial/Archetype  thing

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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    The devs are mixing terms quite a bit.
    They also use archetype and class interchangeably.

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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    They need to put a penalty jar up the during the live streams.   Use the wrong word, in goes a dollar.   



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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    English is a confusing language. I believe that these abilities are also skills.
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    What we see in the screen are not skills or abilities.

    What we see are "spells".

    You need the ability to even cast the spell, and you need skill to cast it efficiently.
    It's just that people use both these terms inappropriately by habit.
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Jahlon said:
    They need to put a penalty jar up the during the live streams.   Use the wrong word, in goes a dollar.   




    This ^^.
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Kratz said:
    Jahlon said:
    They need to put a penalty jar up the during the live streams.   Use the wrong word, in goes a dollar.   




    This ^^.
    we should also have one for every time some ask a new combat system ^^
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    nagash said:
    Kratz said:
    Jahlon said:
    They need to put a penalty jar up the during the live streams.   Use the wrong word, in goes a dollar.   




    This ^^.
    we should also have one for every time some ask a new combat system ^^
    I second this ^^
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Zastro said:
    nagash said:
    Kratz said:
    Jahlon said:
    They need to put a penalty jar up the during the live streams.   Use the wrong word, in goes a dollar.   




    This ^^.
    we should also have one for every time some ask a new combat system ^^
    I second this ^^
    Don't forget one for every time someone says endgame :D
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Ziltch said:
    Zastro said:
    nagash said:
    Kratz said:
    Jahlon said:
    They need to put a penalty jar up the during the live streams.   Use the wrong word, in goes a dollar.   




    This ^^.
    we should also have one for every time some ask a new combat system ^^
    I second this ^^
    Don't forget one for every time someone says endgame :D
    What's that @Ziltch? :p
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Kratz said:
    Ziltch said:
    Zastro said:
    nagash said:
    Kratz said:
    Jahlon said:
    They need to put a penalty jar up the during the live streams.   Use the wrong word, in goes a dollar.   




    This ^^.
    we should also have one for every time some ask a new combat system ^^
    I second this ^^
    Don't forget one for every time someone says endgame :D
    What's that @Ziltch? :p
    Endgame = deadgame 🙃
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Zastro said:
    Kratz said:
    Ziltch said:
    Zastro said:
    nagash said:
    Kratz said:
    Jahlon said:
    They need to put a penalty jar up the during the live streams.   Use the wrong word, in goes a dollar.   




    This ^^.
    we should also have one for every time some ask a new combat system ^^
    I second this ^^
    Don't forget one for every time someone says endgame :D
    What's that @Ziltch? :p
    Endgame = deadgame 🙃
    But I like dead games it means my jobs is done and every one is a walking husk 
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    nagash said:
    Zastro said:
    Kratz said:
    Ziltch said:
    Zastro said:
    nagash said:
    Kratz said:
    Jahlon said:
    They need to put a penalty jar up the during the live streams.   Use the wrong word, in goes a dollar.   




    This ^^.
    we should also have one for every time some ask a new combat system ^^
    I second this ^^
    Don't forget one for every time someone says endgame :D
    What's that @Ziltch? :p
    Endgame = deadgame 🙃
    But I like dead games it means my jobs is done and every one is a walking husk 
    I did not put an "un" in front of that dead. Everyone will be six feet under, unfortunately.
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    That's what we Necromancers will be for. We put the "un" in undead.
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    You really need to read what lichs can do my friend one could say it's "thrilling"
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    ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I agree with the OP: words matter. Precision in language facilitates effective communication. Games like MtG take this to an extreme and it pays off in clarity for edge cases. Thanks for the question.

    I hear several theories here, but I'd like to hear the devs or moderators answer this definitively so we can discuss these topics in an authoritative and meaningful way. Maybe it hasn't been decided yet and maybe they're just using the words interchangeably. That's fine, let's just get clarity.

    Thanks,

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