Balthazar's Faction (PvP)

Skills you unlock in PvP are also available for your Heroes in PvE. Once you unlock a skill in PvP, that skill is available for all Heroes with that profession on your account.

If you want to track down a specific skill for cooperative play, one option is earning enough faction in PvP to unlock it. An elite skill costs 3,000 faction; other skills cost 1,000 faction a piece. If there's an elite skill you need for a particular Hero build, and you don't know where you can acquire it with a Signet of Capture, earning 3,000 faction might be easier than searching for it.

If you're new to this style of play, our PvP Primer can teach you the basics. Random Arena is a good location for earning your first faction; you can then spend it by visiting a Priest of Balthazar. The Training Area (accessible through the Master of Paths on the Isle of the Nameless) is another good place to start earning faction.

With faction, you can unlock skills for any of the professions, including professions you're not currently playing.


PvP Unlock Packs

Unlock packs for Prophecies and Factions are available in the online store. (You can access the store from your character selection screen right after you log on to the game.) That means the unlock packs provide a wider range of skills for your Heroes than you would get with Nightfall alone, including a diverse assortment of elite skills. You don't need an unlock pack to create strong builds for your Heroes, but it can certainly help. http://www.guildwars.com/gameplay/gwnfeatures/heroskills.php