about hard mode

so, i'm a returning gw player, got lost in WoW for a long time, but now im back and loving gw more than ever. I just beat hells precpice today after having the game for 2 years and was introduced to hard mode. I typically play my ele and do well with an energy efficient air build. I noticed right off that mobs are much harder to kill (which was expected) and i fear that my build may not get me through proph hard mode. if anyone can supply a good pve build to run through hard mode with i would greatly appreciate it. also, i am wondering why the +50% xp buff tells me how many foes i have vanquished and why does it have a bar that fills as i kill enemies? what happens when this bar fills all the way up? also, as far as playing hard mode, do i simply run the missions over again for better loot/xp/titles or are there all new quests designed to take me through hard mode as if it was my first time through normal mode?

btw, here is the code to my current build: OgBCgMzSYXOeD38NhDpQLA

Do you only have Prophecies? A good earth build will make it far easier.

The meter of foes you kill is for a title. Vanquisher. When you kill all foes in an area, you Vanquish the zone. Do this for all zones in the game, and you get a title. I'd read wiki about it to get more info.

i have all except GWEN. also, about the earth build, i prefer high damage vs the survivability but i think ill give it a try.

Just run rodgorts mindblast nuker and you'll be good to go. Or dual attunement is good in just proph.

If you want to add in a bit of damage in the mix, use Stone Daggers.

Congrats on beating the Lich, I don't know if I could have done it after waiting for 2 years. Anyways, having good heroes can really help in hard mode, it's not just your build (unless you're lucky and have some friends to play with) you need to worry about. Make sure they're suited up and have good skills.

In hard mode you can vanquish areas, by killing all the foes. You can go to wiki to see how many foes in each area. Or you can just go to the area and kill, then watch that red bar fill up. When the bar is filled, you'll get your reward: a handful of gold and xp for each foe your party killed.

If you do the missions in hard mode, the objectives are exactly the same. There might be a few more groups of mobs, and the groups might be a little bigger--to make things "hard"--but the objectives are the same.