Guild Wars 2

Now i know there are insane amount of hype towards he elite spcialisations for classes, but i have one particular question into how we actually gain access to them in HoT?

I havent seen or heard anything/much on how they are going to be tied into characters. Are they instantly unlocked for HoT users on level 80 characters? Because, imho, this is plain boring… it makes no sense. (See point 1.)
What i am hoping for, and am wondering if this is Anets intent, is some level of character progression? I dont want a three year old character to be able to pick up a new weapon suddenly and say ‘oh…i can use this now…. oh… and that means i can shout now!’

3 possibilities that i can think of in terms of character progression:
1. who/what trains us to be able to do this stuff? Irl, people cant just pick up a stick and become a master at using it straight away. A mini scavenger hunt would be good here, talking to people who train you in one of the abilities. It would cause an outrage at the beginning by people maybe until some quick guides become available online. I honestly think this would be a really good, submersive way of unlocking the elite specs.
2. some sort of chatacter progression like the npe would be good, where you maybe learn the skills as you do more with it. However, this would not be good for level 80 content, starting with only and auto attack and working up is unfeasible
3. is it maybe going to be tied into masteries? Unlock more as you go on…

If i have missed any information regarding how this system is actually going to work, please inform me. Otherwise, how do you lot feel about it?

TLDR; do you think character progression would be best to unlock elite specialisations?

Steel

Some sort of quest/challenge to unlock the elite specialization in the first place would be my preference. After that you unlock traits with hero points.

It’s going to be awesome + unique skins varying with each elite spec. Can’t wait.