Which skills to get

All the other elites worth running are fairly easy to pick up, especially in EotN dungeons and missions. That's a really good point. Elemental Attunement in Elona is just as you get onto the mainland. Unsteady Ground requires you to play through a fair bit of Factions.

I vote UG as well

then get some other out of the way earth spell with your normal tome...I think eruption is kinda far into prophecies. tomes only work for unlocked skills, and you can buy unlocked skills from any trainer in their campaign

Mind Blast is a really nice elite, but alex has a point: Unsteady Ground is great and hard to get if you aren't planning to get through factions

tomes only work for unlocked skills, and you can buy unlocked skills from any trainer in their campaign Thanks All - could you clarify this please - you can buy unlocked skills from any trainer ?
So if I buy a skill with my W/E from the gate of torment - thus unlocking it - I can then go buy it with my Ele from a trainer at the Great Hall - Thats what that sounds like - Is that correct - because if so there isn't much use for a regular tome (other than saving some coin and cross campaign aquisition)

Thanks All - could you clarify this please - you can buy unlocked skills from any trainer ?
So if I buy a skill with my W/E from the gate of torment - thus unlocking it - I can then go buy it with my Ele from a trainer at the Great Hall - Thats what that sounds like - Is that correct - because if so there isn't much use for a regular tome (other than saving some coin and cross campaign aquisition) Guild Hall skill trainer only holds unlocked non-elite core skills (IE: it's useless). Skill trainers will only ever hold their initial stock, plus whatever you've unlocked that's appropriate for them to have (core+campaign only non-elite skills).

Nothing can teach an elite skill, you must either capture it yourself, or use an elite tome.

Guild Hall skill trainer only holds unlocked non-elite core skills (IE: it's useless). Skill trainers will only ever hold their initial stock, plus whatever you've unlocked that's appropriate for them to have (core+campaign only non-elite skills). He was talking about GREAT HALL, not GUILD HALL. Full name's Sunspear Great Hall. And yes, he will be able to buy an unlocked skill from any skill trader in the same campaign, unless it's a Core skill, which can be bought from any skill trainer.

Mind Blast or Unsteady Ground. i really hate mind blast in pve, especially since it becomes useless later on, since you'll go against creatures that are above lvl 20 so they have distinctly greater amounts of energy, lowering your chances of getting the energy bonus from mind blast. (Even with all energy insignias and good energy storage points you'll hit a melee thats lvl 28 and wont get the +10 energy bonus ><) UG would be the better pick.

i really hate mind blast in pve, especially since it becomes useless later on, since you'll go against creatures that are above lvl 20 so they have distinctly greater amounts of energy, lowering your chances of getting the energy bonus from mind blast. (Even with all energy insignias and good energy storage points you'll hit a melee thats lvl 28 and wont get the +10 energy bonus ><) UG would be the better pick. Well Mind Blast is most useful if you use it in PvP and not PvE where enemies don't have seemingly infinite energy.

Besides when you're using Mind Blast, you're supposed to use it on say, a warrior/ranger class enemy to get that extra bonus.