Fast leveling to get to elite trait?
I thought about that one, but you won’t be able to use points on the new content until you unlock all the all traits/masteries first.
I’m not too bothered about other new content just the new weapons, i can work on the masteries at my leasure. I just read it that you had to have all the normal traits unlocked to get the elite trait available and unlocking the elite trait would give access to the weapon.
Like many others one of the things I wanted in HoT is the extra weapon choices, particularly for me the staff Ranger and Longbow Guardian, however none of my level 80s really want to go for the change in weapons, they were made for a specific build and want to stay there. I was planning on making two new toons for the rolls but i’m not sure I want to play them all the way up in one build just to change it later.
By my calculations is should be possible to use all those scrolls and leveling tombs to get straight to 80 and that should get me enough Hero Points to unlock the elite trait, even though i will obviously be short on skills. I could then wander around with my weapon of choice and build from there.
According to the Wiki, leveling to 80 nets 398 Hero Points, each of the five normal trait lines cost 60 points and then to unlock (not master) the elite is another 60, totaling 360 points, giving me 38 left over for skills. I haven’t seen it mentioned that you have to have all skills maxed out to get the elite trait line.
Before I go and use all my leveling aids, can any one confirm this for me.
It has already been confirmed by ANet that you have to max out all your core traits and skills first before you can apply Hero Points to the Elite specs.
I’m not too bothered about other new content just the new weapons, i can work on the masteries at my leasure. I just read it that you had to have all the normal traits unlocked to get the elite trait available and unlocking the elite trait would give access to the weapon.
That would be correct, you will need 60 extra hero points on top of the ones you get for free to get to level 80 (since you have to spend all on the base skill/traits)
Oh well, I guess i will just have to run around and unlock those 60 HP, I had hoped it was just the trait lines that had to be unlocked.
I feel its a shame they had to tie the new weapon to the elite trait line that way.
Hopefully I have this sorted now, and it doesn’t look too bad.
Create a new character, use a scroll to get to level 20 or 30 depending on the scroll.
Grap an experience boost.
Run around the level 1-15 and 15-25 zones to get the hero points killing anything that gets in the way for added experience. I may not be able to one shot things but they do go down pretty quickly. Those 9 zones will net 63 hero points, so I can then go and use any tomes to level up the rest of the way to 80, having got some experiance during getting the HP i won’t need as many tombs as I thought.
Not quite as quick as I was hoping for, but it looks like I can get the necessary Hero Points to unlock the elite spec fairly easily. I can then work on the rest of everything with the weapon of choice.
Note, however, that 60 points just unlocks the weapon skill, the first minor trait in the specialization. To use the weapon effectively, you’ll need somewhere shy of 400 HP. This means you’ll have to play the new zones; and you won’t really be able to use the new weapon there due to the difficulty. Unless you have a group to play with — in that case, you’re good.
All I’m really after to start with is the unlock. I’ll probably go back and finish all the core zones once I have the weapon and only then move on to the new ones, by which point I will have earned a few more Hero Points. I’m only looking for a way to get the weapon as quickly as possible so I can learn how to use it. I dislike fast leveling and if i could have had a staff ranger from level 1 I would have been happier.