Why only 5 skills at a time?

[Darty]

I can't even use normal attacks...

[oldschooldiablo]

Originally posted by Darty:

I can't even use normal attacks...

why do you need more. this isnt wow or poe. its likely done for balance and making balancing easier.

for normal attacks you dont need it once you have your build going. tbh its not even needed after you gain a few lvls

[Chays]

its an arpg not an mmorpg, most builds are focus on 1-2 skills and that is a good thing.

[Origa Me]

Literally the goal of any ARPG is to kill everything with press of ONE button!

[DreadWulf]

You really don't need more than 5 tbh. Skill customization is varied enough to ensure that there is enough variety in builds even amongst similar skillsets. A single target dmg dealer, an AoE dmg dealer, a CC or buff/debuffer, a mobility skill and maybe a resource generator is all you really need. Swap in and out as needed (some people prefer 2 mobility skills for example).

[Darty]

Originally posted by bnawrocki01988:

Originally posted by Darty:

I can't even use normal attacks...

why do you need more. this isnt wow or poe. its likely done for balance and making balancing easier.

for normal attacks you dont need it once you have your build going. tbh its not even needed after you gain a few lvls

Well I need more for my pets lol

[meritone]

Many of the skills available are basically improved auto attacks anyway. If your build wants one, pick one of them and go with it.

[Revilar]

Originally posted by Darty:

Originally posted by bnawrocki01988:

why do you need more. this isnt wow or poe. its likely done for balance and making balancing easier.

for normal attacks you dont need it once you have your build going. tbh its not even needed after you gain a few lvls

Well I need more for my pets lol

Oh i see. Yea it would be fun to have more and more pets but for the sake of balance and i guess performance, limiting your character to five skills is completely reasonable.

[Kotli]

It's 5 skills because game was designed around using 5 skills.

Plus why on earth would you want to use basic attack when you get an upgraded version at level 5?

[Geist]

Skills can proc other skills as well. Sometime I only have 4 skills set because of this.

[MeatRack84]

because it was designed that way?

[Nihil]

I will necro this one.
Interesting replies i see here under OP's thread.
Everyone arguing why someone would need more than 5 skills.
While literally every ARPG or at least every noteworthy ARPG is giving you more skills to actively set to a button and use.
This gives me the impression that you guys only defend this design choice out of your biased take towards this game. Which is fine if you love the game you play. But objectively seen, this isn't something you could argue as a "ARPG thing"

OP is right you know guys.
I just tried this game and feels more like some sort of mobile game with this weird and very limited controls. Especially since you have 6 control inputs/actions available on the hotbar but can only use 5 skills.

Feels like a very strange design choice

[Stilgar]

Yea I tried this game for last half an hour or so and sadly I'm not going to play it more because I've learned I can only have 4 skill equiped? LOL I picked skeleton summoner guy and 1 of my skill slots already goes to skeletons, next I'll pick golem or w/e so I'll have 2 summons and like 2 skills to use only? Hell no. I just came to check if you can somehow unlock more but apparently not. I come from Grim Dawn where you can have all the skills you want equipped.4 is not enough skill slots! At least give us like 8 or w/e. But I guess whole game is already balanced like that so it's too late. Pity coz otherwise I'd probably stick with it for some time.

[Grimzy]

Originally posted by Stilgar:

Yea I tried this game for last half an hour or so and sadly I'm not going to play it more because I've learned I can only have 4 skill equipeed? LOL I picked skeleton summoner guy and 1 of my skill slots already goes to skeletons, next I'll pick golem or w/e so I'll have 2 summons and like 2 skills to use only? Hell no. I just came to check if you can somehow unlock more but apparently not. I come from Grim Dawn where you can have all the skills you want equipped.4 is not enough skill slots! At least give us like 8 or w/e.

You can bind skills to all 6 slots so you cna use 6 different skills + 1/2 for some classes that autocast additional abilities under certain conditions.

[Stilgar]

Originally posted by Grimzy:

Originally posted by Stilgar:

Yea I tried this game for last half an hour or so and sadly I'm not going to play it more because I've learned I can only have 4 skill equipeed? LOL I picked skeleton summoner guy and 1 of my skill slots already goes to skeletons, next I'll pick golem or w/e so I'll have 2 summons and like 2 skills to use only? Hell no. I just came to check if you can somehow unlock more but apparently not. I come from Grim Dawn where you can have all the skills you want equipped.4 is not enough skill slots! At least give us like 8 or w/e.

You can bind skills to all 6 slots so you cna use 6 different skills + 1/2 for some classes that autocast additional abilities under certain conditions.

How am I supposed to move if I bind some skill to it? I don't seem to be able to rebind it anyways.

[Grimzy]

Originally posted by Stilgar:

Originally posted by Grimzy:

You can bind skills to all 6 slots so you cna use 6 different skills + 1/2 for some classes that autocast additional abilities under certain conditions.

How am I supposed to move if I bind some skill to it? I don't seem to be able to rebind it anyways.

REad what it states when you click / hover over the move button...