Talk:Star of Transference

So, I pay a Skill Point to.. get it back at a cost? O_o --Yaki 15:13, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
 * You can transfer it to new character's I guess. [[Image:User Frvwfr2 signature.jpg|User:Frvwfr2]] frvwfr2 (T/C) 15:16, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
 * NO WAIT! IT'S FOR SKILL POINT HIDING! [[Image:User Frvwfr2 signature.jpg|User:Frvwfr2]] frvwfr2 (T/C)
 * lulz --84.24.206.123 15:17, 24 August 2007 (CDT)

Neat idea for the market. --Mooseyfate 16:00, 24 August 2007 (CDT)

Even noobs can easily acquire skill points. i dont see this as useful
 * Ah, like, "I've been playing for 600 hours on my Elementalist and have aquired 5,000,000 experience and with that loads of Skill Points. I wanna get the Skill Hunter title on my 156,000 experience Warrior. I use a bunch of Star of Transfer ence." --Yaki 16:41, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
 * I smell expensive survivor...--IxI Raiden IxI 18:22, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
 * How would this be used for survivor? --Gimmethegepgun 02:37, 25 August 2007 (CDT)
 * Use (expensive) Stars of Transference to acquire around 150 Skill Points on your Legendary Survivor-aiming-character who has approximately 150'000 experience. Skill Cap x 240. --Yaki 05:15, 25 August 2007 (CDT)
 * me to...overpriced imo...the effects of the other rank3-250g+twice25common-materials stuff is better — [[Image:Zerpha_Elixir_Of_Valor.jpg]] Zerpha The Improver  12:43, 25 August 2007 (CDT)
 * Survivor is based off experience, not skill points. This doesn't actually give you experience. --Armond Warblade (talk) 14:51, 26 August 2007 (CDT)
 * It does if you use the skill points to get SoCs and cap elites with them. Nyktos 12:23, 27 August 2007 (CDT)

I crafted several stars for a Guild member who had used the majority of their skill points capping elites. Although I was crafting 50 stars and the NPC required the crafting materials for fifty stars, when I traded in the materials I was only deducted 1 skill point. Not sure if this is an error in the system or simply a great way to pass along skill points without actually sacrificing you own skill points. Basically, you can have an infinate number of skill points as long as you always have at least the necessary materials and 1 skill point to craft with! 69.135.195.253 08:45, 26 August 2007 (CDT) Kai
 * Of course it's an error...you could have used them yourself, and just gained 49 neerly free skillpoints, reguardless what character you use on. This is desighned to transfer from 1 character to another, so why would they make it worthwhile to use it on the character that made it?  Serpent615  13:54, 27 August 2007

I don't see this as being useful at all except to sell to other players who want a skill point without spending one. Even to gain a skill point for another character on your account - rather pointless as I can get as many skill points as I would ever need just by playing through the game with each character, as I intend to anyway. I would rather see another bonus added to this thing to at least make it worth the code wasted to put it in the game. HanokOdbrook 13:32, 4 September 2007 (CDT)

Possible Trivia
Maybe this item is based on Devil May Cry. Kailden Jera 12:28, 30 August 2007 (CDT)
 * doubt it. and not everything in guild wars is a reference to something.--[[Image:Marcopolo47 signature new.jpg]] (Talk) (Contr.) 12:29, 30 August 2007 (CDT)

Salvage
-1 plant fiber 217.225.95.3 11:07, 1 September 2007 (CDT) ouch, lolTrapY 13:57, 3 September 2007 (CDT)

Wait...
So you pay 1 skill point only to get one back??? That makes no sense... Dean Harper 20:06, 16 September 2007 (CDT)
 * the same comment was already said and a reply was already made but what thew hell ill give it a shot......they are used for transferingskill points between characters useful for new characters are characters that are going for skill hunter if your stupid enough to buy one then use on the same character then well enjoy wasting money
 * A lot of people have a character they farm with (like a 55 monk/necro or other popular builds) where they might have a few hundred skill points, if they need to learn some more skills on a character they a bringing up they can just craft a handful of those and put it in storage for the other character. Viruzzz

I Nominate...
...the Star of Transference for the title of Most Confusing Object in the Gameworld. People just don't get this thing. I don't know why. It's like a difficult concept for some players to grasp or something. (I bet there's a quest. A secret quest. You can only get it if you talk to such-and-such NPC with exactly 42 Stars of Transference in your inventory, and only while the world has favor...) Gwen Shadowsound 18:59, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * What? it is for uh............ transferernce?? [[Image:ShadyGuy.jpg]] 19:00, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * And who would want to transfer skill points for a price? I mean, come on, Tomes are even easier to get, and much cheaper once the skills reach 300gold to buy. Less Able to Make Effective! --[[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (s)talkpage 19:03, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The idea is to transfer them to your other characters rather than other players. --Yaki 16:00, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Even then it's much more profitable to get either tomes, or do quests. --[[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]] -- (s)talkpage 16:02, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Spam
How cool would it be to stand in a town and spam these and clog up the chat with (your name) gains a skill point.--Chris1645 22:36, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Lol, that'd be awesome! 69.159.200.89 17:35, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Why a stub?
Why is this still makred as a stub? What info is there still needed? Malko050987 07:27, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Usage
Ok, I have not purchased or used one of these yet. Anyone know when and where they can be used? Does it just add a skill point to a character? Or does it immediately cause the skill trainer window to pop up? Can it be used in town? Or an Explorable Area? Updating the Usage section of the article is probably all that is needed to remove the stub notice. -- Sabardeyn 17:12, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * They can be used anywhere and only adds a skill point. It is nothing like a tome.  Aggro [[Image:Isk8.png]]  Sk8  17:15, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ummm, don't mean to sound rude, but you reverted my edit. Which is fine. But if you didn't think it was necessary, why didn't you also remove the stub notice? Seemed to me that the Description and Usage info needed to be fulfilled and then the article was complete. -- Sabardeyn 17:21, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Way ahead of you on that one. I actually removed the stub notices on all the other consumables that still had them.  As far as your edit, You mainly only repeated what was already listed in the article.  I really don't understand why the confusion for such a simple item.  lol Aggro [[Image:Isk8.png]]  Sk8  17:25, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Probably because, IMO, people are noticing that the wiki articles are becoming less helpful. Look, no offense to you or the edit - because it really does not matter. But when I read a wiki article I expect it to explain what something is, what it does and how I can make best use of it. By the average user for the average user. Lately I'm noticing that this wiki is becoming very "Just the facts, ma'am." To the point where I must look at the Discussion page for actual information. The article itself is nearly useless because it only regurgitates exactly what you can obtain directly from within the game. Their is little or nothing in the article entry to provide answers unless you're so thoroughly familiar with every aspect of the game that you really don't need to make use of the wiki. In other words reading this article "as is" just left me wondering what the heck a Star of Transference was, at least until I looked at this page. If this style is what is intended for the future of this wiki, why wasn't it sold to Anet instead? Both wikis would thereby be equivalent. Again, I'm not angry at you Aggro. I just do not like the trend that I am seeing in this wiki. Its editorial efforts are reducing the value it once had to answer the average player's questions. -- Sabardeyn 18:13, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * First off, with this article. If you compare our article to GWW's version, they are practically identical. What do you suggest this page is missing?  Everything you listed out beforehand in your last update to the page, was already listed.  You didn't add any new information.  Unless your idea of adding new information is just repeating what is already said 2 or 3 times, as to not have a "typical" reader miss it.  As far as why this wiki wasn't sold to Anet is a long and complicated debacle which can be found here.  And I in now way think that anyone's constructive criticism is every considered flamming.  If constructive criticism doesn't occur, then positive change will never happen.  Please list ways in which you think editing this article will help clean up the confusion in which I can't seem to find.  Aggro [[Image:Isk8.png]]  Sk8  18:21, 15 February 2008 (UTC)