Update 3rd March - It's here!

the mercenary pack states you can hire any character "level 20 or above". didn't know there was anything above level 20. a hint at a future update perhaps?

7 Hero's, bazzinga! It was worth the wait!

Nothing but thanks to John and the Live team!!!!!!

buying a Mercenary Hero to support this game don't care if i use it or not!

Does anyone know if u can use PvP characters ad merc.heroes?

If you have questions about the mercenary heroes, we may be interested by the FAQ we've put together about them:
http://guildwars.com/products/extras/mercenary_heroes/

Minion UI includes Spirit UI!

Now I want a Spirit Energy UI instead of Health UI

Do costumes apply to the Merc Hero appearance?

A: Just saw a screenshot that showed this to be true.

What about PvP characters and rerolling them, can you create multiple mercenaries by rerolling the same PvP character slot?

Happy, happy day! Just in time for a early birthday present too! Thank you so much Arenanet!

Mine has costumes but some animations are not seem to work like the burning pumpkin.

Three Questions:

Can we reroll PvP characters to fill out slots,

Do they retain weapons and runes? It would be prohibitively expensive to customize weapons for every profession on every character on an account; retaining a customized version of the weapons (that could not be traded or sold or used by anything but that hero) would make it much easier to use. Runes on created mercenary heroes could likewise be restricted, they can be replaced, but cannot be salvaged to prevent duping.

And I assume as heroes they cannot use PvE skills?

Yes,

No (there are technical limitations preventing your suggestion from working, we had thought about that),

And no, they can not.

Seven hero parties? Best thing ever. Fixing drunkard so it doesn't make you feel like a bot, priceless. And minion UI? Hehe, might have a look at it. Ever since Olias came along, I've had him handle the minions, but could be fun playing it now and again. Can't wait to try it out

I've asked the Live Team and they confirmed that you can create a mercenary hero based on a PvP character. You can also reroll this PvP character and create a new mercenary hero, as long as the new character has a different name.

Hope this helps ^^

lol, i log in and this is the first thing i see in chat:



Pretty much sums up the event. Its funny how they add 'embarck beach' so people will team together for missions, but now there is no point to ever team up with a human ever again for anything ever.

If GW pve wasnt 100% solo before, now it is. Used to at least have that occasionally hard dungeon or vanq or mish that required 2 mates to group up, but now, nope.

But from a title grind stand point i am liking this. With 3 heros it was luleasy, walk to group c space, 2 secs later dead, move to next group.

Now i dont even need to look at my computer screen, i just enter a HM zone, run around in a giant circle and kill the 3-5 mobs i accumulated.

I like that as we get closer and closer to GW2, anet is dumbing the game down more and more and making all the titles and such easier to get. Great business strategy on their part.

I dont know if this is the place to list this, but since the update, my Friends list has been bugged to show everyone offline even if they arent, same with all my guild members friends list.

This.

Rip mmorpg.

Who wants to donate some merc slots? XD

seriously 35 euro for the full pack, mental.

yea the prices for those mercs are insane, for $45 i could buy a new game... or 2. Really i would buy it if it was like 8 for like $5~$10... but $45? i mean really thats insane. i relaly feel if they droped the price people like me would buy more b/c they arent that insanly high price.

ah well i guess at the current state i wont be getting any merc hero :/

"Obtain Mercenary Heroes by talking to any [Mercenary Registrar] NPC located within the major towns and in the Great Temple of Balthazar. These NPCs take an image of your character as it exists at that moment and save it as a Mercenary Hero for other characters on your account to use."

So i guess if you were wearing a costume when you 1st spoke to a Merc Reg, it should work...