While I enjoy the changes done to how you progress in HoT and how it encourages exploration is also very annoying that many of the hero points are unaccessible because of mastery points and I feel like mastery experience is super slow to get, what I mean is all of those areas that requiere you to unlock a mastery to be able to access some paths It goes away after the first mission of either of the expansions (minus the prologue). It's super annoying, yeah. The reason is that after you reach level 80 your XP starts funneling into your core tyria masteries, but the UI for it is locked until the expansions. Eventually the XP for these maxes out and you already have some points unlocked in the background through achievements and In PvE Hero Challenges (HPs) are earned and collectively pooled per each character on your account. HPs are not to be confused with Mastery Points (or Mastery Insights), which are account-bound. Unspent HPs are used to train your character in an elite profession - you need a total of 250 unspent HPs to completely unlock an elite. Click to enlarge. The Maguuma Wastes is the area north of the Tarnished Coast. They are formed from the portions of the Maguuma Jungle that have mysteriously dried out over the years. Although this is commonly attributed to the Elder Dragons, there may be other agents at work. [1] Little is known about these lands, except that there have long Double clicking the Level-80 Boost item will prompt you to begin the trial period: Double-click the Level-80 Boost. Click Begin Trial. Click Yes to confirm and start your trial. While in the trial, double-clicking the Level-80 Boost and selecting Undo Trial is a quick way to exit the trial: Double-click the Level-80 Boost. Click Undo Trial. Pof are pretty easy, too, but you need mounts to get to most of them. Hot maps are the only maps which you can get into without full masteries or story chapters done but you will need help for most hero points. You can try to find hero points train squad in lfg (type Y and open hot map that you need. There is not always hero points train but The game has almost no character progression: leveling, elite specializations, and gear.With each expansion, all we must do is the hero challenges for the elite specs. (The gear might still be good and with stat transformation for ascended gear, it's barely a barrier). ObtuseScorebook • 1 yr. ago. No need to play the story, the best way to get to the extension zones fast is: HoT: the guild hall in auric basin. PoF: spearmarshall plea (and entering a zone unlocks the starting waypoint so you can go back to crystal oasis in a minute) EoD: arborstone portal scroll. Hero points come from each zone in core, one at a time, or from the jungle or desert, 10 at a time. So keep exploring and you'll get more. There are usually hero point trains running in the jungle and desert where a group does them together. Tip the commander if you join their group. Gold is earned by playing the game. For example, at level 21 when you get your first Core Specialization slot and Traits to fill that Core Spec, you will have accumulated 32 Hero Points from leveling. However, it costs at least 44 Hero Points (max 60) to fill in every trait slot in a Core Specialization line, which you want to do as soon after you unlock each Core Spec as possible. KC5P79.