Earning "Hero of Shaemoor"

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Posted by: Donari.5237

Donari.5237

There have been a lot of comments about the oddness of being singled out as THE hero of that battle in Shaemoor. One person long ago suggested it was for all the villagers you direct to the inn before going to the garrison. However, these days there’s no incentive to do much of that part. No karma or xp (likely due to people farming it, and with the Wallet you bet they would). No changes to the story.

So let’s expand that part a bit. You have to find a critical mass of villagers. They get to the inn and rally into a sortie. Imagine either in-game or a cinematic of a mass of villagers brandishing pitchforks, shovels, metal bars, hoes, wooden planks …. they pour out of the inn with you at their head, beating back the centaurs and form a perimeter. Cries of bravery, of relief at reuniting with loved ones, fervent thanks to you.

A Seraph dashes up to you. “Well done! But a messenger’s come from the Garrison. The centaurs are forming up for a mass assault. If they break through, they’ll massacre these people.”

You bark “I’m on my way! Hold on here!” and then you run to the Garrison for the centaur attack and earth hands fight.

Sure, this might slow down key farming. But it would invest you much more with the villagers’ situation and when you’re called the Hero of Shaemoor, it’ll mean something.

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Posted by: Rainbow Sprint.3215

Rainbow Sprint.3215

You dont really earn your title on any PC, it’s just convenience. The game needs something to call you because they couldn’t voice your character name into the dialogue.

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Posted by: sorudo.9054

sorudo.9054

the problem here is that everything has to be done while new characters constantly start their new character, if it’s pretty much only in cinema’s then there is no interaction whatsoever, if it’s in an instance then it defeats the purpose of an open world.

currently all i do is unlock my starter skills, go to the seraph and simply skip the whole garrison.
at times the door is closed but when the earth hand appear while you just got there it will simply save you at least 5 minutes of waiting and another 4 till the hand appear again.

the reason why they removed karma from saving the ppl is because it became a farm spot and you simply found ppl walking out of the tutorial place with 10K+ karma
i want a reason but within the borders what we have now, making it to long might frustrate some ppl while adding cinema’s makes things more and more annoying since you can’t skip them.

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Posted by: Forst.5863

Forst.5863

Actually, the title might be earned because you’re the only non-Seraph partaking in the fight, while all other civilians run or need to be escorted to shelter.
You on the other hand just barge in randomly and slay centaurs, when you obviously are not even from town but from behind the safe thick walls of the Reach.
So with some humour the title probably must be taken as a nod to your not-required-of-you wager of your life.

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Posted by: FenrirSlakt.3692

FenrirSlakt.3692

It would be nice if you could use the titles you earn through your PS.
Savant, Slayer, Hero of Shaemoor, etc (haven’t created Charr or Sylvari).
Perhaps, if the engine allows it, make them character-exclusive to avoid having human Savants and Asura Slayers.

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Posted by: Zomaarwat.3912

Zomaarwat.3912

Well your title makes sense in the Sylvari and Charr racial stories: Sylvari are Valiants because of their Wyld Hunt (special personal quest) and Charr have a specific military rank. Not everyone can be the Slayer of Issormir, the Snaff Savant or the Hero or Shaemoor.

Over a year and the forum search is still broken = /

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Posted by: Zomaarwat.3912

Zomaarwat.3912

Well your title makes sense in the Sylvari and Charr racial stories: Sylvari are Valiants because of their Wyld Hunt (special personal quest) and Charr have a specific military rank. Not everyone can be the Slayer of Issormir, the Snaff Savant or the Hero or Shaemoor.

Over a year and the forum search is still broken = /

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Posted by: Zomaarwat.3912

Zomaarwat.3912

Well your title makes sense in the Sylvari and Charr racial stories: Sylvari are Valiants because of their Wyld Hunt (special personal quest) and Charr have a specific military rank. Not everyone can be the Slayer of Issormir, the Snaff Savant or the Hero or Shaemoor.

Over a year and the forum search is still broken = /