Guild Wars 2

title says it all . i don’t enjoy pve , i personally find it boring . which is why gw2 was always so appealing to me. I never had to touch the pve world in anyway to enjoy the portion of the game that appeals to me(pvp),but now i have to spend hours and hours doing something that i don’t want to do just to gain access to one of the main selling points of the expansion(elite spec’s). I honestly feel that this is a contradiction of Anets “no grind” policy and of all the coverage i had seen for HOT this method had not been mentioned . If it had, i would not have spent the 50 dollars on the expansion. i would like a refund if it is possible , but just want to know if anyone feels the same.

What are you talking about? There is no PvP mode that requires you to go do PvE for your ESpec. Neither of them.

there is no way to unlock your elite spec through pvp. i either have to grind through wvw levels or grind through hero point challanges

Arctic.8542:

there is no way to unlock your elite spec through pvp. i either have to grind through wvw levels or grind through hero point challanges

sPvP doesn’t require you to unlock your elite spec. WvW requires it, but you get it through playing WvW or going into PvE, your choice.

If you only play pvp, you don’t need to unlock it.

If you are talking about unlocking it for pve, then why would you? Of you aren’t interested in playing pve anyways?

if you dont like pve then dont play MMO!

“but now i have to spend hours and hours doing something that i don’t want to do just to gain access to one of the main selling points of the expansion(elite spec’s)”
- please read my post before replying

Menzies The Heretic.3415:

If you only play pvp, you don’t need to unlock it.

If you are talking about unlocking it for pve, then why would you? Of you aren’t interested in playing pve anyways?

This.

confused – can you spvp with elite specs without unlocking? Or do they need to be unlocked in pve before you can use a spec in pvp?

Arctic.8542:

“but now i have to spend hours and hours doing something that i don’t want to do just to gain access to one of the main selling points of the expansion(elite spec’s)”
- please read my post before replying

I did. If you’re playing just sPvP the elite specs are unlocked for you just from owning HoT.

IAMANDLOVE.3095:

if you dont like pve then dont play MMO!

Worst response I’ve ever read, horrible misconception and understanding of “modern” MMO, people are not in too much favor of grinding!

Kalriostraz.6819:

Arctic.8542:

“but now i have to spend hours and hours doing something that i don’t want to do just to gain access to one of the main selling points of the expansion(elite spec’s)”
- please read my post before replying

I did. If you’re playing just sPvP the elite specs are unlocked for you just from owning HoT.

they are not . have to unlocked in pve first . unless i’m missing some teacher that will give you access.

Arctic.8542:

Kalriostraz.6819:

Arctic.8542:

“but now i have to spend hours and hours doing something that i don’t want to do just to gain access to one of the main selling points of the expansion(elite spec’s)”
- please read my post before replying

I did. If you’re playing just sPvP the elite specs are unlocked for you just from owning HoT.

they are not . have to unlocked in pve first . unless i’m missing some teacher that will give you access.

They can only go in the third slot, but they are completely unlocked in sPvP just for owning HoT.

I’m using my elite spec right now.

I haven’t unlocked a kitten thing.

You’re doing something wrong.

sounds like a confusing UI issue led the OP to jump the gun

Mightybird.6034:

sounds like a confusing UI issue led the OP to jump the gun

Pretty much this. Was dumb of them to restrict the elite spec to the third slot in sPvP. No reason to do that, other than to cause confusion.

Ok. Dumb question

I was in the PvP lobby and tried to train my elite spec. It only allowed me to train for as many hero points as I had in PvE. Is there a different place to train on the UI for PvP?

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Ok. Dumb question

I was in the PvP lobby and tried to train my elite spec. It only allowed me to train for as many hero points as I had in PvE. Is there a different place to train on the UI for PvP?

You don’t need to train it at all. Just open up the sPvP build menu and equip it like you would any other trait line. Just remember it HAS to go in the third trait line position, the one at the bottom. No idea why that is, but that’s the way it is.

Your elite spec can only be accessed by the last trait line in the pvp menu (yea, I know its weird, but oh well). You don’t have to do a lick of pve to use elite specs in pvp.

Kalriostraz.6819:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Ok. Dumb question

I was in the PvP lobby and tried to train my elite spec. It only allowed me to train for as many hero points as I had in PvE. Is there a different place to train on the UI for PvP?

You don’t need to train it at all. Just open up the sPvP build menu and equip it like you would any other trait line. Just remember it HAS to go in the third trait line position, the one at the bottom. No idea why that is, but that’s the way it is.

Ok. I’ll have to go there and look at it again. I was probably in the PvE panel or doing something wrong.