Guild Wars 2

Title says it all

I see no reason not to max the core, but then I already went and got a lot of extra challenges done so all my 80’s have at least 100 HP past a full core unlock. I’m ready for Elites!

Entirely up to you.

Likewise to the 2nd poster, once you reach 80 you will be given all the hero points required to unlock all of your core training, so personally I see no reason not to spend it there to maximise it. However, you may find it preferable to save them for the elite specializations if you don’t feel like you want to go around and collect several hero challenges (the new maps will likely have quite a few, but possibly not enough to max out the elite specialization on its own), so there is that argument.

Of course, a developer stated they may have future uses for excess hero points (or spirit shards, I forget) in the future, although he may have been referring to elite specializations themselves. I’ll see if I can find that reference.

Edit: Found the reference from Colin from this thread:

“With the release of HoT, there will be options to spend the excess hero points earned from doing hero challenges in the world.”

So that could mean elite specializations, or it could mean some other method, although more likely the former.