Hinted Hero Update

~John Stumme

from an interview on http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/11...-of-the-north/


Well since ANet is gonna updating Melee heroes, it seems even more likely that Miku, the new assassin with whom Keiran cooperates with is a very likely candidate for a new hero (as if she wasn't already).

Also, rejoice for much needed melee hero AI/skill updates!

umm they already said it wasn't a sin or ranger

Where did they say this?

And why on earth would it be a Ranger? We've already got 3 of them.

Buried somewhere in wiki talk.

Just in case you thought Keiran was joining you as a ranger.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?...02 7#New_hero


last post in that section

Whats wrong with melee heroes/henchmen? I never have any problem with them and I always bring one in my party. Been doing my parties the same for a year and a half now and I'v never noticed any problem with them.

i vote for an ursan tank norn hero

They have a lot of issues with aoe attacks and staying on targets from what I've seen.

They're terrible. They have no concept of position, they bounce around if there is AoE, they can't execute attack chains effectively, and they don't use stances very well.

Considering that theyre updating melee ai, my guess is that the new hero will be yet another warrior. The last hero was a dervish so i don't believe they'll do another, and its not an assassin.

great another hero that wont get to see the light of day (never use my sins, warriors or dervishes unless they are required for quests/missions, heck I dont think I have even changed the skill bars of some of them!)

The best Idea I've ever heard for a new hero is to have one that could be any primary class, at any time, like we can change second classes. so we could have one hero that could be anything we needed at the time. to fit it in, they could make it maybe a Seer, or something along the lines of what Razah is. Hell, even Vael could fit the role, since he's been everywhere and done everything. However they did it, it would be awesome to have.

I doubt it would be a Warrior. We have three Warriors already as heroes. Goren, Jora, and Koss. Don't really need another one of those.

Personally, I'd love it to be another Mesmer. Or what everyone else is speculating, a hero with no primary class. A Master of all Trades so to say.

I'm leaning towards a Kurzick Hero though. Seeing as the new content with the new hero will be dealing with Cantha, and we already have a Luxon Hero (Xandra), would make sense to have the next hero be someone from the Kurzick side.

I'm guessing either a rit, or a paragon. There's only two available heroes from those classes, so having three would make the balance.

They said the next hero would be something unexpected.

Maybe the unexpected isn't in the mechanics and instead is in the character of the hero. Something outlandishly odd or exciting...

If it is indeed a melee hero, it will probably never see use by me. I have never even used MOX, Goren, or Anton other than upgrading their hero armor.

Evidence pointed to a Sin or a melee hero, but now with the info presented by Stumme, it seems doubtful.

Maybe they're just doing a melee hero AI update out of a fanciful whim since they've delivered jack on the Derv update.

Ideally, it would be cool if they plan to release a hero with a selectable primary profession while also giving melee AI some attention as well.

At least, that's what I'm hoping for. And the new hero must be Blimm. It must.

4 more necros please.

And the new heroes are: Glint and Kuunavang! Bwahahahaha!

Back when the MOX content was added, that's exactly what I thought he was at first. I saw that picture on the GW website showing the different avatar skill appearances, and for a couple seconds I thought he had a selectable primary.

Needless to say, that wasn't the case, and he's still got his starter skill bar and scythe.

Sylvari any-prof plox.


Oh, did you forget about them? There's a tree opening up at the end of the EOTN final sequence. Being over a year since that occurred, my thoughts are it's the first Sylvari to be born, and it's our new hero.

I think the melee hero AI update is separate from the new hero altogether, or maybe if it's a selectable-primary hero (probably not able to be altered on the fly...likely you choose what it is to start with and you can change it at an NPC later on as a gold sink) it IS something related. Either way, I'd like to use my sin heroes which I just outfitted with daggers I had laying around.