Defeat it to unlock the hero point. Teleport back to the initial waypoint and travel west through the desert. Fight a giant enemy and unlock the hero point. Head west again to find another hero point guarded by sand lions. Defeat them and teleport back to the waypoint. Head southwest to a specific waypoint. For information about the unlock process, visit the Guild Wars 2 wiki. Other elite specialization features (alternate skill types, new profession-specific mechanics, etc.) still require you own the corresponding expansion to unlock, as well as training and equipping the elite specialization to your character build. Yes I have. Hmm I'll just write a ticket then ,thanks. 1. Reply. fictitiousacct. • 8 yr. ago. do note your elite spec is always going in the third spec line. 14. r/Guildwars2. For veterans, who had time to farm skill points, WvW resources this is not a big deal and most propably fully unlocked EoD elite specs before ever starting expansion. But new and returning players (ESPECIALLY new) dont have this. They did not farm skill points. They did not run WvW constantly (which require 80 lvl to be even fun and "on par I'm not saying an elite spec build is superior in every aspect of the game, but the traitlines themselves ARE better than the core lines. generally better synergies and very strong traits, make them an upgrade for at least some types of content. chronomancer for example is great for shatter builds as well as phantasm builds, the wells are useful in open or instanced pve as well as wvw (not What a coincidence I just saw another post talking about a Blade and Soul streamer that decided to try GW2. Chrono is the best burst DPS build, and certainly the best support build. But Mirage is so, so much more fun. The Chrono gimmicks are wells and chronoshift, which are two of the most boring, thoughtless mechanics. Beta Event 2: September 21, 2021 — September 25, 2021. During this beta event players will have access to three other elite specializations. Beta Event 3: October 26, 2021 — October 30, 2021. During this beta event players will have access to the remaining three elite specializations. Beta Event 4: November 30, 2021 — December 4, 2021 Hero Points (HPs) are the single currency gained and used to unlock your skills, traits, specializations, etc. You get a set amount of them from the leveling up-process, used to unlock your profession's core skills, traits, etc. After that the elite specs are unlocked (can be seen by hovering the lock symbol next to the specialization) Reaching level 80 is giving you enough hero points to level everything which unlocks the elite specs. For these you have to farm your 250 hero points. Even if they added a way to craft duplicates of the specialization weapons, chances are it would still require the same materials as any other ascended weapon. From that perspective, they have no real reason to add in the ability to acquire duplicates since people can simply craft a regular ascended weapon and transmute the skin. V08fW.