Hard Mode Player Match-Up

Hard Mode will be released sometime this week, according to Gaile’s latest chat log. Therefore, for those who want the Guardian titles, we must prepare an organized player match-up topic, as, well, you know what they say about PuGs. Gaile said that the requirements to access Hard Mode are campaign completion and Ascention (?). Therefore, there will be many players in these missions trying to complete them. For example, many people on GWO said they will do the Great Northern Wall first for a sense of nostalgia. If GNW turns out to be more difficult than anticipated, there will be infinite whining from the PuGs. And, of course, GNW only allows for 4 people, so one bad apple in a PuG could have big consequences. Thus is the irony of Hard Mode…

Therefore, I have decided to create a topic for players who want to get the Guardian title. That means getting mission and bonus. This is serious business. Although I have a feeling many players will use Heroes/Henchmen due to the aforementioned “phenomenon,” others may want the advantage of 6 Heroes and some human help in missions where it’s difficult with AI only (i.e. Eternal Grove, Gyala Hatchery, Thunderhead Keep).

And I have my doubt that there will be enough players to fill all missions in all campaigns. If there’s even a single irrational mission, you’ll be left alone, unless you have some support from the people in this topic.

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Criteria: These criteria are recommended if you post interest in Hard Mode, as it gives an indication of player accomplishments. Elitism? Maybe. Careful Planning? Yes.

• Character Name: The name of the character you wish to complete Hard Mode with. Simple.
• Profession/Preferred Builds: The profession of your character, obviously. Every person has a preferred build, so a general type of build may make choosing a character more specific (i.e. Axe Warrior, SF Elementalist). I’ll presume that your character is capable of playing any necessary build…
• Campaign Completion/Protector: If you are attempting to do Hard Mode, I strongly hope that you have completed all the campaigns, atleast (that include Kryta and the Magumma Jungle in Prophecies!) Protector titles are helpful to judge player experience, not necessarily skill. Familarity will be a huge part of adapting to Hard Mode.
• Heroes: Your well-geared, lv. 20 heroes, which can improve a group. (by “well-geared,” I mean Insignias, max weapons, Superior runes where necessary, and a Vigor rune. Just enough so that a Hero can be a worthy replacement of a human. I still see Dunkoros using that Holy Branch.)

Lightbringer, I’m not listing as a part of the criteria. It’s common sense to take Lightbringer’s Gaze into Torment areas…and I hope people have common sense. Plus, the Hard Mode patch will supposedly change the Lightbringer system…

And I strongly doubt that any of the missions will require TS/Vent. Hard Mode Urgoz/DoA/The Deep, maybe. But those are obviously special cases.

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My information (and template);

Character Name: Syria Blackblood
Profession/Preferred Build: Necromancer. My preferred build is SS.
Campaign Completion/Protector: All campaigns completed, Protector of all 3 campaigns.
Heroes: Acolyte Sousuke and Zhed Shadowhoof (SF, max gear), Olias and Master of Whispers (MM, max gear), General Morgahn (ToF, max gear), Dunkoro (who, near-max gear, working on it), Talkhora (ZB, near-max gear, working on it)

If you think you are skilled, and if you want Guardian, then post away!

This topic will be edited should ArenaNet post something about Hard Mode which I interpreted incorrectly.

Well, I'm willing to team up with other people posting here, since the guild I'm in isn't really big.xD

Character Name: Lord Milennin
Profession/Preferred Build: Warrior, axe warrior, can also fight with sword, but it's -10 Armour.=\
Campaign Completion/Protector: Protector of Tyria and only up to 5th mission in Nightfall, but I'm only doing Prophecies when Hard-Mode comes out.=P
Heroes: Tahlkora [Healer - max gear/weapon], Dunkoro [Protector - max gear/weapon], Acolyte Sousuke [Can use any Element - max gear/weapon], Koss [axe warrior, but can also fight with my -10 Armour sword XD - max gear/weapon], Olias [my own weird Inspiration/Minion build - max gear/weapon]. And by max gear I mean armour upgraded with the necessary Runes [Minor].

Character Name: M A R C U S Maximus
Profession/Preferred Build: warrior; xp'd tank; can play all builds
Campaign Completion/Protector: All campaigns completed, Protector of all 3 campaigns.
Heroes: All heroes equiped to the fullest... almost every build is possible


Aoi Sakuraba Illlll
profession/preferred build: xp'd assassin / can play all builds
campaign completion/protector: All campaigns completed, Protector of all 3 campaigns. + legendary survivor
Heroes: All heroes equiped to the fullest... almost every build is possible

Character Name: Mad Bird

Profession/Preferred Build: Necromancer. My preferred build is SS. but i can do a random damage build

Campaign Completion/Protector: I have protector in proph and cantha, i only have 4 in elona :C so i wish for proph. and cantha

Heroes:all i have both max monks, a max ranger max koss, and many others

I really wish to max these titles, and I will probably do it any day of the week, if there is a good team roaming around...

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...0140522&page=6 if its true that you dont need the title, but have to have beaten the game, then count me in for all campaigns.

Gimme till the 24th and ill be golden (exams)

Character Name: Daymee Enn
Profession/Preferred Build: Elementalist - Prefer fire but I can do pretty much anything
Campaign Completion/Protector: on this char I have proph and factions complete with nightfall close by. No protector but I am close for prophecies
Heroes: None are totally decked out, but wouldnt be a problem if needed.

Character Name: Helples Child
Profession/Preferred Build: Warrior. Tank (obs flesh) Monk. ZB/Prot
Campaign Completion/Protector:All campaigns. I prefer to do Nightfall.
Heroes: Acolyte Sousuke and Zhed Shadowhoof (nuker, max stuff), Dunkoro (max), Talkhora (ZB, max)

I'm R9 so if you want a tiger I'm your man.

Character Name: Valha Llewelyn

Profession/Preferred Build: Mesmer. My favorite build is an illusion build, a mix of anti caster and anti mele. I can play any build, have all the skills unlock.

Campaign Completion/Protector: I have all 3 Protectors.

Heroes: Hum.. well, all my heroes have max gear/weapons expect Zenmai and Olias, I'm working on them.

Character Name: I Clayton Bigsby I

Profession/Preferred Build: Dervish. Anything with Frenzy.

Campaign Completion/Protector: I have all 3 Protectors.

Heroes: All.

Character Name: Sai Dono
Profession/Preferred Build: Warrior, sometime uses the build containing Auspicious Parry + Riposte for defensive warrior, sometimes just Final Masters.
Campaign Completion/Protector: Protector of Elona, Protector of Cantha, need 5 more to get Protector of Tyria.
Heroes: Dunkoro

Character Name: Rah Xatan
Profession/Preferred Build: Ranger. My preferred builds are: Any sort of Barrager, Interrupter, or Bm. I am capable of playing most other builds if necessary.
Campaign Completion/Protector: All campaigns completed, Protector of all 3 campaigns.
Heroes:
Acolyte Sousuke and Zhed Shadowhoof (SF, near-max gear),
Olias and Master of Whispers (MM, near-max gear), No Sup. Death runes or Bloodstained.
General Morgahn (ToF, max gear),
Dunkoro (WoH/LoD, near-max gear), Talkhora (ZB/Bonder/BLight, near-max gear)
Koss (Stance Tank/Obs. Tank/Axe Warrior builds, max gear)
Goren (Hammer Warrior/Sword Warrior, unmodded gear)
Melonni (Nothing much, unmodded gear)
Acolyte Jin, Magrid the Sly (Any Ranger build, modded gear)
Zenmai (Crit. Barrager, unmodded gear)
Norgu (Dom. Mesmer, unmodded gear)
Razah (Healer/Spirit Spam/Channeler, unmodded gear)

Character Name: Kiel Mazul
Profession/Preferred Builds: Monk- WoH. Can be flexible
Campaign Completion/Protector: Canthan title achieved, Most of elona and Tyria obtained.
Heroes: Monks, Eles and Koss. Koss being fully maxed out (Iron claw or perfect adamantite and sweet armor)

Character Name: Matrix The Shadow
Profession/Preferred Build: Elementalist, any build.
Campaign Completion/Protector: All campaigns completed, Protector of all 3 campaigns.
Heroes: ALL

Character Name: Tankus Manh
Profession/Preferred Build: Monk (HB healer)
Campaign Completion/Protector: All campaigns completed, Protector of Tyria, working on others.
Heroes: Just about all of them.

* Character Name: Isair Ilmater
* Profession/Preferred Builds: E/X SF Elementalist will be the most likely build to use.
* Campaign Completion/Protector: Protector of Cantha and Elona. Prophecies in all honesty bores me so I'm only up to the fire islands there. I have no intention of getting guardian of tyria.
* Heroes: Zhed Shadowhoof (SF), Olias (MM), Master of Whispers(SS atm, constantly modified), General Morgahn (ToF atm, Constantly modified), Zenmai (WotA Scythe), Melonni (Mystic Sandstorm tank), Norgu (Set with domination equipment, currently just an interrupter.), Koss (No specific build at the moment, he is fully equipped and runed however), Dunkoro (Set up for healing, can run HB, HC, LoD, WoH, Glimmer etc), Tahlkora (Set to healing, can run the same as dunkoro or can be switched to prot, although I feel heroes cannot use prot properly), Margrid (Barrager), Jin (Choking gas/practicsed stance interrupter, can go BHA or Magebane shot, Havent unlocked punishing shot yet), Sousuke (Level 18 or so, fully equipped for SF, will be ready soon)
Razah and Goren are both lacking equipment but have runes.

* Character Name: Somnium Obsideo
* Profession/Preferred Builds: Mesmer, No real preffered build here, I run what looks to be the most effective in the situation ahead.
* Campaign Completion/Protector: Completed Factions with protector. Completed NF without protector. Again havent bothered finishing prophecies so im up to the fire isles there.
* Heroes: Zhed (SF) Olias (MM) those are the only two with insignias, runes, max equipment etc.

Character name: K dj
Profession/preferred Build: Ss necromancer
Campaign completion/protector: Completed nightfall, 2 missions till protector.
Heroes: All heroes, all lvl 20.

Character name: Ahndia Beppu

Profession/preferred build: Me/* I normally use a Dom. magic build, part anti-caster, part anti-melee. But I change things around to fit the situation.

Campaign Completion / Protector: Protector of all 3 campaigns.

Heros*: Talkorha - full prot. set up Olias - full MM set up, incl. bloodstained insignia, Zhed - full nuker set up, Dunkuro - full healer set up. Magrid - fully equiped, set for interrupts Koss - fully equiped, set up as tank. Remainder in various states of set up.

*can be very flexible in most hero skill sets & all have max weapons. All have at least Maj. Vigor runes.

Character Name: Ash Of Phoenix

Profession/Preferred Build: Monk. All skills unlocked on it so any build you want.

Campaign Completion/Protector: All 3 Protectors/Cartographers. LB8 if needed.

Heroes: All unlocked with max equipment, weapons, minor&major runes. If anything special will be needed I'll buy it on the spot.

Local: Euro

Timezone: GMT+1

Online: Usually evenings 19.00 - 23.00

*Working Vent and TS if needed.

PvE iz srs buziness.

Character Name: Thomas Bangalter

profession: e/x and all that it implies.

Heroes: I don't love them enough for them to get anything good.

I have protector of tyria and cantha, and I'm pretty good at pve.

Character Name: Renegade Delusion

Profession/Preferred Build: Mesmer. Any Build. Any Skills. Can interupt well, and manage energy.

Campaign Completion/Protector: Prot of Elona and Cantha, working on Tyria

Heroes: Olias as MM; Ranger as anything; Ele as Fire; Prot Monk
Have UAX so they can use anything.

I just hope that Hard Mode has a need for good Mesmers to shut down everything.

Character : Ms Unlucky Love
Profession : Warrior/whatever
Campaigns : All of them through, but none of them are perfect, just some random bonuses.
Heroes: Almost all of them, no Razah.
Im serious business, i play well in group and im friendly.

I do want the Guardian titles and may be tempted to fully PuG it if specific missions seem too hard to use 2-humans/6-heros. My thinking is missions such as Jennur's Horde...no matter how easy some people claim to find it on normal mode

Character Name: Hitomi Kyoko
Profession: E/X (Able to play any element, though prefer Earth/Air)
Campaign/Protector Titles: All 3 Protector Titles.
Heroes: All heroes attained, all equipped with max or 1-off max chest junk or Green weapons. Most runed-up.

Character Name: Blood Chemist
Profession: Rt/R & Rt/Me (able to play any [pure] Rit build)
Campaign/Protector Titles: Completed all 3 campaigns, Protector of Cantha
Heroes: All heroes attained, most of the important ones with max or 1-off max chest junk or Green weapons. Most runed-up

Not sure about this. If you want to really experience hard mode to the fullest, you should probably do it in a PUG - can't get much harder than that.

Character Name: Sophitia Leafblade
Profession: R/X although i generally run /Mo (Able to play interuptor, Trapper, degen, Barrage etc. etc.)
Campaign/Protector Titles: All 3 Protector Titles.
Heroes: All, most runed up and equipped with max stat weapons.

I also have numerous other characters that are Protector of Tryia and Cantha that can help out once ive done parts with my main char.

No flags in PvE, yaknow?

Character Name: Avarre Mnestris
Profession: Me/X, all skills unlocked on that character.
Campaign/Protector Titles : Everything
Heroes: Mo, W, D, E have decent setups. The rest are unlocked (except Razah, rits are bad.)

Character Name: Malak Revan
Profession/Preferred Build: Adrenalin Sword War/Axe War
Campaign Completion/Protector:All three protectors titles completed
Heroes: All, I have 242 elites capped and most of the normal skills so I can run any build on them that is needed/wanted. Monks are runed out for Prot (Tahkora) and Healing (Dunkoro). Sousuke runed out for conjure lightning build and Zhed is a SF nuker. Koss runs the same build as myself. Melonni is a holy dervish build. Olias SS, MoW is MM with Fleshy or Jagged. Jin and Margrid run Broad Head Arrow Interrupter or B/P depending on the situation. The others are setup but can't remember their builds off hand.

Character : Regneva Strife
Profession : E/x (Can play most builds, Prefer Starburst or Elemental Attunement + Mark Of Rodgort spamming)
Campaigns : All 3, Protector on all except nightfall.
Heroes: 2 Ele's (All skills unlocked), will buy any rune needed, currently 1 sup earth 1 sup fire, 1 MM. 1 Monk, RC Prot.
Timezone GMT +1, Might be awake during the night too though.

Character Name: Llednar Twen (elonian)

Profession/Preferred Builds: Dervish/variable: I usually run Avatar Builds or in DoA an Obsidian Tank. Also got a neat little Echo Lightbringers Gaze build going on for Torment missions.

Campaign Completion/Protector: I have Protector for all 3 campaigns but not on all of my characters. (Tyrian Characters have Protector of Tyria, Canthans have it for Cantha, Elonians have it for Elona.)

Heroes: Dunkoro - Pimped out for PvE WoH
Koss - Runs sword builds
Razah - Wanderlust Lord
Zhed Shadowhoof - SF Nuker
Master of Whispers - MM
Acolyte Jin - Any ranger build
Magrid the Sly - Any ranger build

Game Time: Usually on in the weekends. 15 year olds STILL have to go to school.

Character Name: Juken Wraith

Profession/Preferred Build: Warrior/Ranger - my own PVE build.

Campaign Completion/Protector: I have all 3 Protector Titles.

Heroes: All with max gear, fully runed.

Feanor Of Aman
Ranger - Can and will play whatever
Finished all Campaigns
All heroes - maxed out, geared out


Eeowyn of Rohirrim
Warrior - Can and will play whatever
Finished all campaigns
All Heroes save Razah, maxed out geared out

Character Name: Raziel Selisuur
Profession/Preferred Build: Warrior - Sword (Dragon Slash build is my favorite)
Campaign Completion/Protector: Protector of all 3
Heroes: Olias as MM (maxed gear), Dunkoro as Healing (maxed gear), Zhed as SF Ele (maxed gear), Thalkora as Prot (max gear).

Character : Shifty Shoemaker

Profession : Monk/ I mostly enjoy Healing builds, but I will run active prot or
Bond/Barrier where it is needed.

Campaigns : Prot titles on Cantha and Tyria

Heros : I have All heros except the rit. they are all outfited with minors and most have max weapons where I have been able to get them.

Good lux all!

Character Name: Dalila Thompson
Profession/Preferred Build: Elementalist, I love to burn things fast. However I can play well any build. All ele skills unlocked, all ele elites available on this char and going to get all elites soon.
Campaign Completion/Protector: Campaigns completed: all, Protector: all.
Heroes: Acolyte Sousuke and Zhed Shadowhoof (SF, max gear), 1 monk (I usually switch weapons between the two), any other hero (except for Jin and Zenmai) are lvl 20 and can buy stuff for them.

I have Lightbringer rank 4.

I usually hench/hero missions for lack of sensible ppl. Hope this changes things. Great idea.

EDIT:
Location: Europe GMT+1
Usual playing hours: after 19:00 local time. Almost all day on free days.

Character Name: Dri Voltian
Profession/Preferred Builds: E/*, Can do most any ele build, prefer air/earth or SF
Campaign Completion/Protector: Protector of Elona and Tyria, up to 10K faction farm in Factions
Heroes: Tahlkora (prot monk, runes(no vigor), insignia, max weapon), Olias (MM, runes(no vigor), insignias, max weapon), Master of Whispers(SV/SS, runes(no vigor), insignias, max weapons), all the rest are level 20 or very close with max weapons but no runes or insignias

Character Name: Fred Kiwi, Indeed Yes, Kiwi of Fred
Profession/preferred build: Nuker, tank, SS/blood. I haven't quite decided which character I want to do hard mode on, possibly all, I'm very experienced in all 3 fields.
Campaigns: Prophecies, Factions, 22/25 and 11/13 protector respectively. Looking to do hardmode proph first only.
No heroes.

Character Name: Jaye Kaiser
Profession/Preferred Build: N/any(usually Me or Mo) - SS/Domination control, FoC + Defile/Desecrate AoE, Mass melee shutdown, golem MM, AoL MM, SV blood, and any kind of support/healing nec (BiP, Orders etc)
Campaign Completion/Protector: Protector of all 3
Heroes: All unlocked except Razah, nearly maxed gear on most of them, access to many skills for them

This made me lol so hard...!

Character Name: ministry of storage

Profession/Preferred Build: monk and ritualist -i can play any builds asked

Campaign Completion/Protector: All campaigns completed with monk and ritualist, i might have my warrior ready aswell. i'm a pvp player, i don't have all the protector titles.

Heroes: my healer, necro and ele heroes have max weapons and minor runes. no sup vigor.

i like to play with an organised goup, i'm a fan of vent even if it's pve

I have to work weird hours, But I still plan on doing Hard Mode missions if they arn't totally retarded.

Character Name: Former Ruling (19 months old)
Profession/Preferred Build: Ranger. Normal Barrage (Not the best, but its generally going to work anywhere) except in the cases a specific build is better. He has every Ranger skill, and all the other class skills required for the popular builds (also has over 230 elites, I used him to UAX my account )

Campaign Completion/Protector: All campaigns completed, Protector of Tyria (I hate the Timed bonuses in Factions).

Heroes:All Lvl20. All have atleast minors for their attirbutes and vigor runes. Most of my Caster heros use the Spiritbinder honestly, but other classes have greens/collector weapons. Dunkoro and Thalkora both have insignias/runes (all minors..no sups on monks!) for being prot or heal. Olias has MM gear (including sup death - important). Zhed is fully geared SF. Shosuke is semi-geared SF (no insignias, only major fire). General uses the preorder spear but otherwise has the runes/insignias for the build I run on him. Koss is Sword warrior. The others I dont use enough to really "pimp out" with anything...

* Character Name: Almost Certain
* Profession/Preferred Builds: W/x; can play pretty much anything, although I usually tank
* Campaign Completion/Protector: All 3 Protector titles, every single M+B with hench in Prophecies and every single Master's with hero/hench in Factions and Nightfall.
* Heroes: Partly due to my unwillingness to farm and partly due to spending 200k on Cap Sigs in the last week, my heroes are very poorly geared. They are all level 20, casters using Factions preorder weapons, Sup Fire on Zhed & Sousuke and Sup Death on Master of Whispers. A few random vigors and insignias that I found are stuck here and there.

Whisper me if you want an Ele.