Guild Wars 2

I thought I read somewhere in the GW2 news that once you completely unlocked an Elite Specialization on one character that it was account wide, does anyone know if this is the case, or do you have to run around for all the hero points on all of your characters to achieve this?

I think you’re thinking of masteries, those work the way you describe, however elite specializations are unlocked per character. so, yes, you have to collect the hero points on all of your characters to unlock their elite specilizations.