[quote=OverconfidentMagi]
If you need to use perk points to unlock active skills, do you also have to use them to unlock passives, or are those gained automatically upon reaching a new class tier?@Charak Do you plan on having your character going to follow Esdeath?
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Points unlock New teirs, and speccs in those teirs, you get all passives/actives related to that specalism/teir depending on teir.