Heroes not Level 15

KingKryton

KingKryton

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

New Zealand

W/Mo

In the last GW update it said

Quote:
Characters that come to Elona from a foreign land now get Heroes that start at level 15, and can play two new quests, Securing Champion's Dawn and A Land of Heroes.
yet mine are still stuck at low ranks? Is there something i am supposed to do?

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

That's only for recently acquired heroes. The heroes obtained BEFORE the update stay at the same level.

KingKryton

KingKryton

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

New Zealand

W/Mo

thats retarded

Fungus Amongus

Fungus Amongus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare] | [Rare] Alliance

Only Olias and Zenmai are level 15 when you aquire them. THey are the two heroes you would bring over from other lands. The wording is a little vague, but what it means is that the heroes you bring from foreign lands to Elona will be level 15. Not all heroes a foreigner will aquire will be level 15 automatically.

Hockster

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fungus Amongus
Only Olias and Zenmai are level 15 when you aquire them. THey are the two heroes you would bring over from other lands. The wording is a little vague, but what it means is that the heroes you bring from foreign lands to Elona will be level 15. Not all heroes a foreigner will aquire will be level 15 automatically.
No, with a recent update, all Elonan heros aquired by imported characters are level 15.

N E D M

N E D M

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Officer's Club

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

Yeah I wish i hadnt rushed my best characters to elona :|

now my mesmer has lv 15 heros while my favorite ele has a level 3 koss :S
also when you get the new lev 15 heroes they still come equipped with junk starter weapons, but new slightly less crappy weps are spawned in your inventory for them.

CyberMesh0

CyberMesh0

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Charter Vanguard [CV]

N/Me

Same, my ranger got stuck with a lvl 2 koss. Bring on the level farming <_<

wongie_jm

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

KnLA

seems like jin and sousuke starts at lvl 11 even after the update.

N E D M

N E D M

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Officer's Club

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

CLARIFICATION - IF you recieved ANY heroes with a character before the update, all heroes that character aquires will be the crappy low level ones.

Sasuke The Betrayer

Sasuke The Betrayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Los Angeles

Pink Pearl

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by wongie_jm
seems like jin and sousuke starts at lvl 11 even after the update.
O.O? Probably because you attain them in newbie island, and level 11 is still a decent number. Oh welL!

Dauntless

Dauntless

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by wongie_jm
seems like jin and sousuke starts at lvl 11 even after the update.
They are also optional heroes. You don't need to get either to progress so they begin at the same level they always have.

N E D M

N E D M

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Officer's Club

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

No they start at 15 , provided you did not aquire any heroes prior to the update.
If you went to elona and aquired koss before the update, all heroes you get will be at pre update levels with that character.

Jongo River

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

Did you guys not spot the Kamadan Xmas quests and the generous 5000 XP they offer? Very quick way to level up heroes.

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

or just get to the desolation and worm farm them up nice and quickly

Smile Like Umean It

Smile Like Umean It

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/Rt

Um, by the time you make it to the Desolation they should already be leveled.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Smile Like Umean It
Um, by the time you make it to the Desolation they should already be leveled.
because people love using lvl3 Koss in Kourna and Vabbi :\

What I did for those characters: Cleared Arkjok Ward 3 times under all the blessings. that got the 4 heros I needed to use upto atleast lvl18 (three were 20, one was 18).

Kamatsu

Kamatsu

Moderator

Join Date: May 2005

Australia

Remember - foreign character's can still get sunspear points on Issnur Isles & Mehtani Key's. So go kill the insect's and skale in Issnur Isle and coursair's in Mehtani Key's - you'll get double xp and the hero's will level up pretty fast. you can get these point's up to 1K points iirc.

Also, while it's still wintersday - do those quest's as the hero's will get xp from them as well, easy way to get xp for them right now.

thedork01

thedork01

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

All over the place

Broken Circle

E/Me

I feel like i wasted hours getting koss and dunkoro up to level 20....

AW Lore

AW Lore

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

Ancient Warriors Gaming Clan

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by kamatsu
Remember - foreign character's can still get sunspear points on Issnur Isles & Mehtani Key's. So go kill the insect's and skale in Issnur Isle and coursair's in Mehtani Key's - you'll get double xp and the hero's will level up pretty fast. you can get these point's up to 1K points iirc.
do heroes get the double experience if you take the bounty? i thought the bounty only affected those who take it (this case only players)

Gli

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

I ruined it for myself I guess.

I got all 7 of my foreign characters the awful low level heroes when I brought them over one by one to get the hat, at Halloween.

Shadow_7

Shadow_7

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Raiders of Gilead

W/R

They start at lvl 15 with the exception of Jin and Sousuke.

Flashpoint

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/N

King pretty much sums it up.

To be fair, they should have changed the xp level to 15 of any "Basic Four" Hero that was attached to a non-Elonan character and was less than 15. They grandfather in changes in other circumstances, so why not for Hero level?

As far as I know (I haven't gotten all the heroes), heroes "join your party" as a quest reward. Not so "Battle Preparations." Once the heroes come aboard, you can't get rid of them even if you never completed "Battle Preparations" and even "abandoned" it.

It's all pretty strange. As it is, a non-Elonan never has to complete "Battle Preparations" to gain the Basic Four. Just talk to Kormir, return home, and go about your business. Just speculating now, but I could imagine low-level non-Elonans gaining four Lvl 15 bodyguards that way. An unfortunate exploit, if that turns out to be true.

ArenaNet really should fix all this. Make the updated heroes retroactive, where appropriate, and make their acquisition a reward for quest completion.

Incandecree

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

Archons of Elona

Mo/

I remember 20 minutes of watching a level 2 Koss run into a group of plants in Marga Coast and getting clotheslined by the ele. "He's up... no wait... he's down... he's up... he's down". Funniest thing. Not as much fun to watch a higher level Koss do that. He doesn't die as much.