As I understand from various interviews and such, you have 5 active skill slots, with a 6th slot for an ultimate ability. Can you put any active skill into the 5 active skill slots, or are a certain amount reserved for weapon skills, class skills, etc?

Also, how do passives work exactly? Do you have passive slots, or are all passives available so long as they have been unlocked? Are certain class skill tree passives only usable if you have a certain number of that skill tree's active skills slotted?

Thanks!!

I believe there are a limited number of passive slots, but that's about all we know, officially.

any passive skill you have unlocked is active as long as you meet the requirements. For example, passives from the two handed tree only work when wielding a two handed weapon.

I thought they said you where suppose to place passives on the hotbar just like active abilities to enable them, and that you can be an all passive warrior if you want. I heard they did that so it wouldn't be so overpowered when you max out everything and that you only get to choose a limited combination of passives and abilities to use at a time.

This is what i though. You can't press a key and use a passive skill. Im pretty sure the hot bar is exclusively for active skills.

Nope. Having all passives won't make you all powerful either as they only apply if you meet the requirements (2handed passives only work when using 2 handers, etc)

You can slot whatever skills you want on your hot bar, as long as it is only 5 with one ultimate.

Passives are only active when you're using that "thing." Racial passives are always on. Armor passives only when you're wearing that armor. Weapon passives only when you're using that weapon.

Just to clarify, the same rule applies also with actives and ultimates. So you can't use a two-hander active skill if you don't have a two-hander equipped.

Regarding passive class skills, is it fair to say as an example that if you have 5 passive skills for a certain class tree, then you would need to have 5 active skills slotted in order to have full access to those same 5 passive skills? If you only had four active skills slotted for that tree, then you would only have 4 passive skills from that same tree available, etc?

Nah. Racials and Class passives are always active I think. Weapon and Armor passives are dependent on what you have equipped.