Splitting the Skill Hunter title?

I heard that the skill hunter title is being split up by campaign. Anyone know if this is just a rumour or if it's really happening, and when?

This week, with the Hard Mode update, from what I can tell.

when did they say it was coming out this week? will give me something to look forward to

My question is if it will require elite skills or all the skills from the campaign. Splitting the skills would make for a much easier max title. Since hard mode will make getting the max mission title harder, that will officially make all of the titles very difficult to max. I'll be losing my KoaBD title - and I think others will as well. I like having them being difficult to max=) Makes wearing KoaBD and others very impressive.

Why not wait a week and find out?

Well, during Gaile's visit to Maguuma Stade during the Mursaat invasion yesterday, she said that Hard mode could be implemented as early as next week. But that's not a promise (she even specifically said that. Anet is probably getting sick of everyone taking everything they say may happen as a promise)

I don't think there's a definite date for when hard mode will be implemented though.

Zinger knows and sees all... :P Just don't be disappointed if it doesn't happen this week.

One of the Devs on the Test Server has a "Legendary Guardian" title. "Legendary" was one of the prefixes Gaile mentioned for the title spliting/combining. "Guardian" is a Hard Mode title. Therefore, they will be released at the same time.

And as said, Gaile said Hard Mode will be released this week...

Do the math.

Yes, the proposed plan is to have seperate maxed skill hunter titles for each campaign.

No, you won't lose KoaBD if you're counting Protector titles towards it. From what's been said over and over ("No one will lose any titles" - Gaile Gray), the "Guardian" title tracks will be seperate from the "Protector" titles, not a second level to those title tracks.

Well theyre devs. They can do what they want. I am looking foreward to the other changes that go along with hard mode. Mainly whatever change augery rock will go through.(being displayed as a mission and all)Im sure it has to do with ascending, maybe an ascension title(i sure hope so).*****excited****

It'll most likely happen on Friday, when most Weekend events start.

Will wait to see what happens, many times we have been told things would not happen and did, and others that things would happen that still havent....believe it when I see it. (no my name is not thomas).

I wonder if new Elite Skills will be added with the Hard Mode Upgrade. That would potentially make the Skill Hunter Title harder to get.

Doubt it, I've not known A.Net to add any skills to the game except with the addition of a new chapter.

And as much as I want to play Hard Mode, I won't lose any sleep if it doesn't happen on Friday.

That'd be nice, but I really doubt it.

Any word on if they will be taking away Protector titles from counting towards KOABD?

Or if they will not take it away but stop allowing future gotten ones from counting towards KOABD? This is important because I purposely left NF garden open by not getting the final mission bonus done so as I can farm LB in NF garden. But if they are taking it away from future KOABD titles I'd rather go ahead and get it now. I bet other player are in the same boat.

I remember seeing screenshots of Guardian being tier 2 of Protector, but I've never seen any screenshots of Guardian having a separate track.

So I'm guessing it will be split into 4 titles: Core, Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall. If so, I'll get another maxed title right away, since I got all the core skills a good while ago.

Here's my inner Gollum poking out:

I suppose that with the alleged addition of a Legendary Skill Hunter or a Legendary Grandmaster Cartographer, my Legendary Survivor characters won't be so Legendary anymore.

*sigh*

Besides the above reasons, it was listed as "within the month" three weeks ago, that also gives the ETA as this week at the latest.

Personally I would say that is two *huge* updates in a month and is impressive if they make it (I would *hate* to be the configuration manager in that project - having been one managing much less I can see the pain there). I wouldn't hold my breath, nor is the above a hard promise from them. If they make it kudos to them - heck if they do two updates of that size in a five week time period that is impressive anyway.

Didn't know splitting the skill hunter titles had anything to do wiith hard mode. ohhhh well.

I'm ready for it, with my new pve hammer build. Yes that's right I said it:

*** PvE Hammer Build. ***