Guild Wars 2

I am aware that guild hall claiming will be in the new HoT areas. Will a portal spawn and take us into the instance from Lion’s Arch? Or will we actually have to walk to the area from Lion’s Arch as we do with story missions?

I have tried YouTube but everyone has videos where they are already inside the instance.

Also I know one person needs to have one mastery for one of the guild halls. But is gliding required?

Thanks.

To enter into the instance to capture the guild hall you need to walk into a portal within the particular HoT map (Auric Basin for Gilded Hollow and Verdant Brink for Lost Precipice). To enter into the Gilded Hollow you need to have the first level of Exalted mastery to enter, or have a mesmer who has it port you past the door. Not sure what Lost Precipice requires outside of gliding to enter.

I can only talk about my experience capturing the Gilded Hollow, but we didn’t need gliding at all. Depending on how the Maws spawn mushroom bouncing and potentially gliding will help you get to the Maw quicker. In our run though we had the Maws spawn pretty much around the center of the map, outside of the first one which was put in the opposite side of the map from us so we skipped that one.

Technically you could do any of them without masteries. There is always a way to get to the Maw’s spawning point on foot. However, to do that on Lost Precipice would be really hard, and a drag for the rest of the group. For lost precipice my advice is to get there at least with updrift gliding earned.