Interesting Hero idea.

Please let us choose rune types to equip our heroes with, that get upgraded as they level up.

Example: Levels 1 - 10 they have a Minor Vigor Rune
11 - 17 they have a Major
18+ they get a superior

Pre-Requisites: These runes have to be unlocked on your account. If you don't have any runes unlocked through the Balthazar Priest, you can't choose that level / rune.

So, if I have every rune unlocked except for Superior Fire Magic, on Acolyte Sousuke, I might have a minor Energy Storage, Superior Vigor, 2 Attunement runes, and a MAJOR Fire Magic (until I unlock Sup Fire, at which point, I can choose from a drop-down list, the upgrade for his helmet that i'd like to use).


Really, this wouldn't even be an issue, but for the main build types of Guildwars, it's hard to equip your heroes unless you're Donald Trump.

Yes, you can use Collector's Weapons. No biggie there.

But, when Sup Death Magic is 6k, and you have 10 characters (1 of each class), you go broke very fast.


-- 1 thing that I do very much like, is that you can salvage the runes from your heroes armor without worrying that you might destroy their armor. The only problem here, is that you're expending charges on a salvage kit / taking time away from your gameplay if you're switching to another character to get them through some more of any given portion of the game.

Well its not like you have to have a MM hero...

oh and major runes work just as fine... really

It's a good sinkhole for those that have ample to spend

What is it with people to have every hero buffed up like a 1337 slash toon.

I've got 8 characters myself and so far only 4 got heroes.
2 of which are only lv 5 and 6 (Elonian born)

If you want a fully equiped IA controlled ally, use a Henchman.

Heroes have 'the chosen one power' they can change, so that is really powerfull. Even with not a single rune or insgnia, they are still better than henchmen.

You can improve even more your heroes, but they are still better as they are.