Well I only started Playin GW with Factions. So in the flow of some of your arguments, you say that if you didn't start there you suck. Well I have Prot on Tyria, Cantha & Elona. I would not have gotten it if I did not have Hero's (Tahlkora saved me more than I can count). Also, human players, although it was always my 1 guildmate who helped me and me him.
The reason I like the hero's is that me and my guildmate was in the middle of a vanquish when his doorbell rang. Where we a party of players that would never have gone well with them, the 2 of us know each others playstyle so we know how to react in unison to different scenarios. Our hero's are also set up to complement our playstyle.
Now however, I lost my net connection for a few months and he has shot through the titles and now I need to catch up.

(GW2 release is comming fast!) However The times I get to play now don't sync up with him and now I am left with Hench... (Yuck).
"Get other players" some would scream. Well I did try, what happened? We hit ONE snag and party was wiped. Instead of waiting to rez what happend? They QUIT. Now THAT is pathetic IMO. only 2 human players remained with me and my Hero Monk. Guess what? WE finished the mission WITH masters.
Why did I ramble like that? Cause I need a party that can help me through some goals that I need (Vanquish, for example), however unlike school kids I have a Life and a job and couldn't get Legendary Vanquisher & Legendary Guardian in the 1st week HM was released. Now most have that and Now no one wants to do that, and if I do happen to find one or two they don't even equip runes on thier hero's OR change the build, cause they don't have any skills to replace the default ones with. Lazy if you ask me...
Anyway, I would like the option of having more Hero slots, what would also be nice is if you can choose which ones are displayed in the drop down.
I use Tahlkora (Mo) MoW (MM) & Jora (W). I am an ele myself. It would be nice to be able to add Jin for some interupt and maybe Melonni for a DTank. Just 2 more slots would be cool, but to make a full party would also be cool, but not all that critical.
Won't join with players? I do that when I can. Though with the intelect of some of the people on the servers it is better to play with the AI.
Well there is my rant. So in conclusion. Keep Heroes. So /notsigned