Runes on heroes? Nice joke.
No need to put anything on them, it doesn't change the speed at which you win, if you already know how to win the game.
Who here buys runes/insignias for their heroes?
fenix
DarkGanni
I don't rune my heroes at all, and the weapons they get are /bonus ones, I managed so far so why bother with runes. 
- Ganni
- Ganni
MisterMax
All my heros use /bonus for weapons unless a build requires something specific. As for runes/insigs, only on my main toons. All of my Warrior's and Ritualist's heroes are tricked out with the best (except sup vigor)
Velise_Snowtorm
13 PvE characters, all heroes are runed and have weapons.
Weapons are a combination of /bonus, collector, greens and golds. I don't buy weapons for heroes, they use whatever I have laying around on a mule.
Runes are mostly minors and insignias that I buy.
Every time a character gets a new hero, I immediately run to the rune trader and dig in storage to hook them up right away. Since I spend the majority of my gametime these days with my heroes, it's worth it to me to invest a little bit in them. Not like I have much to buy anyways.
Weapons are a combination of /bonus, collector, greens and golds. I don't buy weapons for heroes, they use whatever I have laying around on a mule.
Runes are mostly minors and insignias that I buy.
Every time a character gets a new hero, I immediately run to the rune trader and dig in storage to hook them up right away. Since I spend the majority of my gametime these days with my heroes, it's worth it to me to invest a little bit in them. Not like I have much to buy anyways.
distilledwill
I don't normally, but with me heading for Canthan Vanquisher I recently bought a few vitae and survivor mods for a couple of my heroes. i also pimped out my minion bomber's staff:
20/40 +20% Enchant Req9 Death Magic - Boneclaw Staff.
melikes...
20/40 +20% Enchant Req9 Death Magic - Boneclaw Staff.
melikes...
Dr Strangelove
Everyone is all runed up. It's one of the few places in the game where you can buy a gain in stats, and stats come before shiny armors and stuff.
MagmaRed
I purchased insignias and 1 rune for Razah when I first got him to try out a new build. I bought 1 Superior Death rune for Olias on my Mesmer.
All the other runes/insignias have come from drops I find. Only a handful of my characters have runes/insignias left to add to a hero.
None of my heroes have Superior Vigor. I use Minor or Major (depending on what I was fortunate enough to find). If I find a Superior Vigor, I either use if on one of my characters (if I have gotten new armor) or sell it.
Weapons are the same. Many have greens, rest of golds or purples. Most of my heroes have better weapons and armor than the average player. It just takes time to acquire the stuff, not money.
All the other runes/insignias have come from drops I find. Only a handful of my characters have runes/insignias left to add to a hero.
None of my heroes have Superior Vigor. I use Minor or Major (depending on what I was fortunate enough to find). If I find a Superior Vigor, I either use if on one of my characters (if I have gotten new armor) or sell it.
Weapons are the same. Many have greens, rest of golds or purples. Most of my heroes have better weapons and armor than the average player. It just takes time to acquire the stuff, not money.
Shadowfox1125
Out of all of my heroes, only my Monk's Ogden has a Sup Prot, Sup Smit, Maj Divine to smite for her ..
Rest = no runes, no insignias. I don't find them necessary for success when H/H ing.
Rest = no runes, no insignias. I don't find them necessary for success when H/H ing.
Arkantos
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Originally Posted by fenix
Runes on heroes? Nice joke.
No need to put anything on them, it doesn't change the speed at which you win, if you already know how to win the game. |
Unless of course you're soloing everything in PvE, which I bet you could because you're awesome. <3
Lycan Nibbler
I had spare Sup Vigors, so they go on my 3 necros that are fully runed/getting gully runed as I get drops. Other heros I use sometimes get major vigors and insignia as they drop for me.
Farmed over 20 woe spreaders a long time ago so they go on my death necros and most other used ones have greens I have spare - the others will get BMP weapons if I ever get around to them.
I have bought the odd rune (such as a sup death) but never insignia, just rely on drops.
A couple of chars on my account with heros are all runed up just to store the runes on there in case I need them.
Farmed over 20 woe spreaders a long time ago so they go on my death necros and most other used ones have greens I have spare - the others will get BMP weapons if I ever get around to them.
I have bought the odd rune (such as a sup death) but never insignia, just rely on drops.
A couple of chars on my account with heros are all runed up just to store the runes on there in case I need them.
Twisties
I try and mod Heroes as I can afford it, my main characters heroes have all fully modded armour and decent weapons.
credit
/bonus weapons and +1 runes
not worth the money for all of the attunement /sup vigors imo
not worth the money for all of the attunement /sup vigors imo
rike1
I buy attribute runes for the heroes i use and then put whatever insignias/heatlh or mana runes i find on them.
I also use whatever i find weapon/mod wise for their weapons.
But they certainly don't lack and ive come off cheap to gear em too. Found a kepkhets for my prot hero and used an EOTN end game fire staff for vekk.
I also use whatever i find weapon/mod wise for their weapons.
But they certainly don't lack and ive come off cheap to gear em too. Found a kepkhets for my prot hero and used an EOTN end game fire staff for vekk.
fenix
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Originally Posted by Arkantos
That's kind of like saying there's no need to put anything on yourself, because it doesn't change the speed at which you win if you already know how to win the game, don't you think?
Unless of course you're soloing everything in PvE, which I bet you could because you're awesome. <3 |
And yes, I solo everything in PvE with Frenzy and Lion's Comfort. And a screenie of you for inspiration <3
crazybanshee
In general, if I get a rune or insignia that I can use on a hero, I'll put it on the hero. The only one I ever actually bought for a hero was the mm insignia that made them cast 25% faster mm spells. That's it.
Vilaptca
Only what I identify and salvage myself. I don't ever go out of my way to pimp my heroes. I have a hard enough time saving money for things I want for my own characters.
Sab
Yes I do, Guild Wars is serious business.
Bride of the Atom
I didn't at first, but gradually started putting them on my primary character's heroes (the ones I use, anyway) as the appropriate things dropped. I haven't bought anything as expensive as a Superior Vigor (not necessary, in my opinion), but I have bought things appropriate to the hero builds I'm running, like a Superior Death Magic rune for my MM, with other runes and insignias to balance it out. My other favorite tactic is going around to characters I've stopped playing to see what I can gather off their corpses. 
Runes have gotten incredibly cheap and require no effort to acquire (unlike other things in the game that require boss farming, material-gathering, chest-running and the like). With that in mind I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to maximize the effectiveness of their heroes' builds. The weapons I give them aren't *super awesome mega power* though. They get /bonus items until I come across a suitable green or a nice but unsellable gold.
Yuhe Ji
I've only gotten things when my heroes have really needed it (think MM with sup death rune). I typically don't buy or check my stash of runes in storage and I always end up buying new ones. I guess I should since those runes have to go one way or another. I typically give my heroes collector weapons or whatever they come with. I might occassionally give them some decent weapons, but rarely.
kobey
I am too cheap for a superior vigor rune on errr 9 x (3 to 10) heros. Only major vigors for them. Greens and other runes are cheap
Wolf2581
I am still in the process of acquiring all 25 heroes on my ten characters and finalizing their builds. Each will have appropriate insignia and minor runes including vitae instead of a vigor, and their weapons will be bonus items and/or greens I can farm. I have been using runes and insignia obtained from drops so far, but I should probably start buying them since I am approaching the gold limit on my account.
StormDragonZ
Salvage runes I don't need go directly to my heroes unless it's Superior Vigor.
pamelf
I stick them on if they drop for me, but only AFTER i've equipped my chars, and I'll never buy for them.
Carboplatin
The heros on my main toons have sup vigors, survivors + vitaes with a minor on the headpiece. can definitely see the difference when i party with people with un-geared heros.
Moral55
I rune em all, it's pretty damn cheap so why not? And I agree I bought Sasuke armor too.. poor guy looked to horrid to use otherwise.
fenix
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I rune em all, it's pretty damn cheap so why not? And I agree I bought Sasuke armor too.. poor guy looked to horrid to use otherwise.
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Omg hai ^___^ I’m fenix-san and I absolutely luuuv @_____@ anime <3 and my fav is naurto!!! Okies so anyways, im going to tell you about the BEST day of my life when I met my hot husband sasuke!! <333333333 OMFGZ HE WAS SOOOOO FREAKIN KAWAII IN PERSON!!! Supa kawaii desu!!!!!!!! ^______________________________________^
When I walked onto Tokyo street =^____^=I looked up and saw…SASUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 3333333333333!!!! “ KONNICHIWA OMGZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ SUPA SUPA SUPA KAWAII SASUKE-SAMA!!!!!” I yelled n____n then he turned chibi then un-chibi!! he looked at me [O.O;;;;;;;;;;;] and then he saw how hot I am *___* he grabbed my hand and winked ~_^ then pulled me behind a pocky shop o_o and started to kiss me!!!!!! [OMG!!! HIS TOUNGE TASTED LIKE RAMEN!!! RLY!! >.> <.< >.< *(^O^)* *(^O^)* *(^O^)*] then I saw some baka fat bitch watching us and I could tell she was undressing him with her eyes!!!!!!! [ -_____________-;;;;; OMG I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT EITHER!!! (ò_ó) (ò_ó) (ò_ó)] so I yelled “UH UH BAKA NEKO THAT’S MY MAN WHY DON’T YOU GO HOOK UP WITH NARUTO CAUSE SASUKE-SAMA LOVES ME!!! (ò_ó)” then sasuke held me close =^____^= and said he would only ever love me and kissed me again!!!!!!! ** (*O*)/ then we went to his apartment and banged all night long and made 42 babies and they all became ninjas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nyaaaaa!!! (^________<) ^_________________^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
rohara
i do. minor vig on all heroes (major on wars), minor attribute runes and vitae for everything else. i skimp on the insignias tho...usually just toss whatever is cheap on em - blessed or stalwart. mm + bloodstained on the necros. got em all nice armor on my main char too.
as for weapons...they all have collector items mostly. i put unwanted +29's on their weapons as i get them from drops.
as for weapons...they all have collector items mostly. i put unwanted +29's on their weapons as i get them from drops.
Dr Strangelove
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SASUKE!?
Omg hai ^___^ I’m fenix-san and I absolutely luuuv @_____@ anime <3 and my fav is naurto!!! Okies so anyways, im going to tell you about the BEST day of my life when I met my hot husband sasuke!! <333333333 OMFGZ HE WAS SOOOOO FREAKIN KAWAII IN PERSON!!! Supa kawaii desu!!!!!!!! ^______________________________________^ When I walked onto Tokyo street =^____^=I looked up and saw…SASUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 3333333333333!!!! “ KONNICHIWA OMGZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ SUPA SUPA SUPA KAWAII SASUKE-SAMA!!!!!” I yelled n____n then he turned chibi then un-chibi!! he looked at me [O.O;;;;;;;;;;;] and then he saw how hot I am *___* he grabbed my hand and winked ~_^ then pulled me behind a pocky shop o_o and started to kiss me!!!!!! [OMG!!! HIS TOUNGE TASTED LIKE RAMEN!!! RLY!! >.> <.< >.< *(^O^)* *(^O^)* *(^O^)*] then I saw some baka fat bitch watching us and I could tell she was undressing him with her eyes!!!!!!! [ -_____________-;;;;; OMG I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT EITHER!!! (ò_ó) (ò_ó) (ò_ó)] so I yelled “UH UH BAKA NEKO THAT’S MY MAN WHY DON’T YOU GO HOOK UP WITH NARUTO CAUSE SASUKE-SAMA LOVES ME!!! (ò_ó)” then sasuke held me close =^____^= and said he would only ever love me and kissed me again!!!!!!! ** (*O*)/ then we went to his apartment and banged all night long and made 42 babies and they all became ninjas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nyaaaaa!!! (^________<) ^_________________^;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; |
Striken7
All my heroes get equipped as if I was playing them myself (except for Major Vigors instead of Superior... for now). They all also get upgraded armor.
Amadei
For weapons, they get /bonus stuff (I have all the extras, so they get some halfway decent stuff). For runes/insignias... meh. Usually not, unless something useful drops and I remember to put it on a hero before merching it. I don't do HM or Vanquishing crap (boooooooring), so it's not really necessary anyway.
Jenn
I put vigor runes, modified weapons to suit their class and builds, as well as insignias. I also put those bonus runes like vitaes.
strcpy
For the most part - yes. Any Hero I play much at all gets a full set of runes (major vigor - but then that is all I will purchase for my own characters too, only the few main characters I play or the trader get superior vigors). After that as I find runes I give them to the ones I do not play until they are all runed out. Same for weapons.
I mostly treat the heroes I use as another character - what I would purchase for a character I play I purchase for them. The ones I rarely use are relegated to "mule like" treatment where they get items as I find them just in case I get the idea in my head I want to use them.
I mostly treat the heroes I use as another character - what I would purchase for a character I play I purchase for them. The ones I rarely use are relegated to "mule like" treatment where they get items as I find them just in case I get the idea in my head I want to use them.
Vinraith
I use minor and major runes for heroes (to keep costs down) and give them /bonus weapons and old weapons from primary characters (well modded crafter weapons and old greens, mostly). Oh, and everybody's got ascended armor, but that's because I really enjoy the challenge missions (except Remains, which sucks ass).
Pleikki
i got same runes what i do just major vigs
pumpkin pie
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All my heroes get equipped as if I was playing them myself (except for Major Vigors instead of Superior... for now). They all also get upgraded armor.
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^^^ that and I've upgraded 2 of my heros with sup vigors, good to be my heros I tell ya. I pamper them
Longasc
Something I can really not understand: Some people have 2-3+ chars with FoW armor, but their heroes often do not have remotely useful gear.
It is not that hard. I used /bonus and greens like the Scar Eater in the beginning. Then I used minor vigors, major vigors, handed them down and now my main char's heroes all have perfect gear, superior vigors + destroyer weapons from the monument.
I know some guys whose heroes are really not equipped at all. I think if you can afford pretty expensive luxury gear for yourself, your heroes should at least get collector gear!
It is not that hard. I used /bonus and greens like the Scar Eater in the beginning. Then I used minor vigors, major vigors, handed them down and now my main char's heroes all have perfect gear, superior vigors + destroyer weapons from the monument.
I know some guys whose heroes are really not equipped at all. I think if you can afford pretty expensive luxury gear for yourself, your heroes should at least get collector gear!
tmakinen
I see heroes mostly as a convenient extension of storage for runes, insignias and perfect equipment (it's also great that you can push some extra off-hand stuff to those heroes that are wielding two-hand weapons) so I don't really care about the adequacy of a particular hero's equipment as long as the stuff is consistently distributed for easier browsing (like, every MoW has a curses and Olias a death set, every Koss an axe, Goren hammer and Jora sword and so on) so when somebody wants to buy a good recurve bow I'll only have to check a couple of Margrids before finding something that pleases the buyer.
That said, other than slapping salvaged Survivor and Radiant insignia to random heroes I don't really bother with insignia or runes. I believe that all Oliases have by now a Sup Death (the only case where I find it justified to run a sup rune other than vigor on a hero) and quite many have (also salvaged) major vigors, superiors I sell. I don't buy runes, heroes do well enough with whatever can be salvaged from the loot. PvE is not so hard that you'd have to take whatever advantage you can get.
That said, other than slapping salvaged Survivor and Radiant insignia to random heroes I don't really bother with insignia or runes. I believe that all Oliases have by now a Sup Death (the only case where I find it justified to run a sup rune other than vigor on a hero) and quite many have (also salvaged) major vigors, superiors I sell. I don't buy runes, heroes do well enough with whatever can be salvaged from the loot. PvE is not so hard that you'd have to take whatever advantage you can get.
$neekie
I did buy the insignia s, for the rest they got what drops. I have lot of luck with minor/major vigor(never got a sup yet ;( ), got a mule full of these things.
mzzls
mzzls
Arduin
The Heroes I use on a regulary basis are all fully equiped with weapons (end game greens I don't need) and Runes/Insignia's. Most of them are bought, didn't want to wait until that particular needed rune dropped.
I just like some preparation before I stumble into a fight.
I just like some preparation before I stumble into a fight.
Turbobusa
I do on rits, anyway the only viable builds are channeling/resto builds or channeling/smite builds lulz.