Guild Wars 2

I’ve read the announcement but haven’t seen the rate we are going to earn Proofs of Heroics. I have a few questions regarding the new system:

1) Are we going to receive 1 Proof per WvW rank or is it some other rate of gain?

2) How many HP locations are there going to be in HoT? Is the number greater than 40?

I ask these questions due to the new announcement that you will need a total of 400 HP to fully unlock an elite specialization. If there are more than 40 HP locations in HoT and it’s a 1 WvW rank =1 Prrod, it won’t be too bad as at most you’ll need 40 WvW ranks to fully unlock your elite. Granted that’s per character but there has to be some effort on our part to unlock the specialization. IF, and that’s IF, there are less than 40 HP locations in HoT and/or the rate of gain of Proofs is less than 1 wvw rank = 1 proof, HoT will truly become a grind fest for those of us with alts (I have 20 slots on main account and the number of wvw ranks is daunting at 1:1 ratio).

will proofs be the new tradable drop?

I would think the proofs are account bound, it would make sense then leveling past 40 in wvw has a purpose.

The old tyria hero challanges will require 1 proof to earn 1 point.
The new maguuma hero challenges will require 5 proofs to earn 10 points.

So in other words if you need 400 points you would need 200 ranks to get the 40 maguuma hero challenges done, if they even have that many in maguuma.

I don’t know if it’s guaranteed 1 proof per rank or not, their wording leaves it open for it to be randomly given.