Sorry if this sounds a little rant-ish at the beginning, but now that HoT is a couple days old and I've had time to understand all the ramifications of the new content, one key aspect has got me depressed. I honestly like the vast majority of the new content. I like the new maps. I like the mastery system in the new zones as well as Tyria. I like the changes to fractals. I look forward to raids. I have no real opinion on wvw, but that's mainly because they are basically deserted. The one change that is REALLY bumming me out is these hero points. Now I consider myself a casual player. I don't mind having slow progression as long as I can keep plugging away at it at my own pace. That being said, the process for acquiring hero points is quite problematic. I don't mind doing map completion in the new zones to get to the hero points, but the fact that I can't actually get many of them due to the champ mob being in my way is a huge frustration. Basically, many of the hero points in the new zones are not soloable. But, given GSCH's size and organizational prowess, I think I have a solution.
We all probably want to unlock elites on multiple toons, and getting 10 points per challenge in the HoT zones is preferable to grinding them out in the rest of Tyria or wvw. Keep in mind that hero points are character-specific, so we're going to have to do this on EVERY toon. Now there is a solution to this predicament for a guild the size of GSCH. Just like with guild challenges, hero challenges don't require much coordination. They really just require bodies to take down the million-health champs. If we could do guild-sponsored hero point runs, I am fairly sure we could knock them all out fairly quickly. Lakshmi led an event on Friday night and I think something like that is just the ticket. As a guild, if we just make an event out of it and form up and efficiently move from hero challenge to hero challenge, we should bust them all out in a hurry. The HoT masteries like gliding, mushroom bouncing, etc are all account bound! Hooray! That means none of us needs to do a lot of prep prior to the event other than run their toons through the maps to get the waypoints, assuming we have achieved the minimal number of masteries beforehand. Essentially, once you have the masteries down, getting everything BUT the hero points is a piece of cake. The way I envision it, we all just meet in VB and move from hero point to hero point in and orderly fashion until we bust them all out in every zone or until we run out of time, whatever comes first. So, the big question is, does anyone want to step up and volunteer to lead. I'd be happy to but family duties really prevent me from leading prior to 11 PM EST on weekends. I used to lead fractal and dungeon runs after 11 PM but I think that was too late for most folks. I guess I could put it on the calendar and see how much turnout I get. Anyone else interested? Fog, any thoughts about having a weekly SORC hero point run?
So.... feedback? Does that sound like a plan or am I missing something?