Maybe wrong here, but it seems to me that if you’re in a HoT Map and equipped with your Elite Spec Weapon (longbow in my case), you do more damage and consequently gain more experience.
Anyone think the same? – could have changed very recently?
Also – just in case anyone else has made the same mistake – I initially thought that the Elite Spec was un-useable till you had completed unlocking (that is ALL your masteries etc) – after all it does say ‘your profession does not allow this weapon’ and you can’t equip it – however I have ‘discovered’ if you’re in a HoT map AND you select the Elite Specification as one of your three trait lines THEN you can equip the Elite Weapon. Of course you don’t have the full trait line but if you had core map coverage you get approximately half way from the off.
Maybe silly of me to not realise the above mechanic but I wonder who else has been as foolish
That said, I do think it’s as clear a mud, imo (since when has equipping a weapon been dependant on location?).
The gameplay is fine, you get all the weapon skills – five all -and Fx changes – three in my case – but of course not all the bonus trait effects. Seems OK to me for making progress in HoT.