Problem with "challenging content"
I agree with you totally. The combat is challenging and that is great. However, the hero point system sucks….. I was so sad when they did away with the profession book trainers and skill points.
My issue with “challenging content” is that mobs that spam stuns isn’t challenging, just annoying.
The champ hero points aren’t that bad for now. I was able to get most of the ones I needed done today by either finding people there already or looking in LFG for a few minutes. They are certainly not that time-consuming if you consider that they give 10 HP instead of 1. You can easily get your elite spec a few days after release. I have already got everything with my main except the elite skill.
I have barely touched the 3rd zone as well, which means that I still have a good chunk of exploration and story to do with my e-spec.
Of course, with alts who don’t have map completion it will take longer, but until you are at the stage where you are worrying about the e-specs of alts, you should have quite a few masteries up. I only feel sorry for the revenant mains here, they probably have it prettty bad now since they start with nothing and are trying to catch up.
However, I do agree that the champs might become difficult to find groups for in a few months. When the 2nd expansion comes, it will be all but impossible. I really hope that Anet makes them veterans someday to rectify this.
Just ask friends or guild mates ?
No need to change them
I think this game is great in many ways but the level progression through specializations is a bad idea. Having champ hero points dramatically slows the pacing in this game. Don’t get me wrong I loved going to arah exp during launch and getting killed over and over again. However I never felt forced into the challenge. In the new expansion I feel more frustrated trying to solo content. I also worry about how new players are suppose to go through the content after the vast majority done.
I disagree, in fact I would have preferred it if the masteries for example would be purely based on such specific encounters. Kill that boss, do this challenge and so on.
Not it’s still just an xp grind.
Yeah they might be more challenging than just doing some events, but it’s also more fun and a more direct approach.
Hero points are a light version of what I say, so I like them.
Having to complete some specific challenge also makes it feel more worthwhile then when it’s just a grind.