How much time for 50/50 HoM? - Guild Wars Forums

Kaleido · Jun 19, 2012, 08:18 AM // 08:18

I just wonder how long it would take for a complete noob in GW to get 50/50 in HOM? Me and my friend are thinking to start with a ritualist combo and follow all guides. Gw already has 30/50 though and the account I will get has a level 20 assassin so maybe thats better than the ritualist ? I dont think guild wars 2 Will be released before november anyway so we have got some time .

I know this grind we are getting ourselves into probably is the wrong Way to play the game But thats just how it is right now

Olle · Jun 19, 2012, 08:22 AM // 08:22

I dont really understand what xx/50 you are at NOW.
But two semi-experienced players should be able to get 50/50 within the gw2 release.

JONO51 · Jun 19, 2012, 08:27 AM // 08:27

If you're 0/50 and completely new probably 1000-1500hrs. I hope "the account I will get has a level 20 assassin" doesn't mean you're buying an account from someone. Risky game to play if you're doing an account for gw2. Lol.

Kaleido · Jun 19, 2012, 08:30 AM // 08:30

I am at 0 points and have very low exp with the game but joining me Will ly friend who has decent exp aand already 30 points. The account I have already has a 20 assassin and my friend has atleast one character at level 20 . Should we both start new ritualist or play with our level 20 character ? First we will complete all campaigns in normal and hard mode.

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Originally Posted by JONO51

If you're 0/50 and completely new probably 1000-1500hrs. I hope "the account I will get has a level 20 assassin" doesn't mean you're buying an account from someone. Risky game to play if you're doing an account for gw2. Lol.

Not buying but my friend who havent touched the game for years told me I could have it.

krokos · Jun 19, 2012, 08:34 AM // 08:34

looong time....few months for sure. You would need, as first and most important - millions of gold (if you are farmer, then it will take much longer) - or you can learn SCs such as UW, FoW. But IMHO doasc is most profitable. You'd need to make mes/monk/ele or sin for DoaSC ^^ You need money to buy a lot of minis, too :<
And - time. Every mission in the game must be done + every elite location.

JONO51 · Jun 19, 2012, 08:47 AM // 08:47

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Originally Posted by Kaleido

I am at 0 points and have very low exp with the game but joining me Will ly friend who has decent exp aand already 30 points. The account I have already has a 20 assassin and my friend has atleast one character at level 20 . Should we both start new ritualist or play with our level 20 character ? First we will complete all campaigns in normal and hard mode.

Play whatever class you enjoy the most. You have a lot of content to clear so may as well have fun while you do it. Don't delete the assassin though, as you'll need a lot of cash and they are good for speed clears. You're probably looking at around 4mln gold for 50/50 +1.5-3mln gold if you want GWAMM.

Kaleido · Jun 19, 2012, 11:03 AM // 11:03

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Originally Posted by JONO51

Play whatever class you enjoy the most. You have a lot of content to clear so may as well have fun while you do it. Don't delete the assassin though, as you'll need a lot of cash and they are good for speed clears. You're probably looking at around 4mln gold for 50/50 +1.5-3mln gold if you want GWAMM.

GWAMM doesnt matter for me so I guess I will save money there. I dont know any of the classes so I might go with the ritualist . But my question is , isnt it easier to do all the campaigns with a level 20 or Do you get level 20 in one campaign and therefore I could easily get a ritualist to level 20 or do content scale with level ? Ritualist is one of the best farmers and PvE classes ?

Star_Jewel · Jun 19, 2012, 11:17 AM // 11:17

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Originally Posted by Kaleido

GWAMM doesnt matter for me so I guess I will save money there. I dont know any of the classes so I might go with the ritualist . But my question is , isnt it easier to do all the campaigns with a level 20 or Do you get level 20 in one campaign and therefore I could easily get a ritualist to level 20 or do content scale with level ? Ritualist is one of the best farmers and PvE classes ?

Ritualist is probably second best solo farmer, with assassin being first.

You seem to really want to play a rit, so roll one. Level 20 is nothing in this game -- as we say, "The real game starts at 20" -- and you can feasibly reach level 20 before you even get off the tutorial island.

Hang onto the assassin for birthday gifts, farming, or alternative play (all characters on the account contribute to your overall Hall of Monuments rewards), and learn from the beginning how to play a class that really draws you.

(And no, the content does not scale with level.)

akelarumi · Jun 19, 2012, 02:42 PM // 14:42

50/50 HoM takes a considerable amount of time and effort. Secondly make sure you fully trust this friend. It is not allowed to pass on account to someone else. Though in the case it is given to you by a friend they prolly won't mind. But make sure you get everything that goes with it if your going for gw2. So change emailadres/password to your own and get original codes (so if purchased digitally the original game codes and printout of the emails, and if bought in a shop the gamecards with the codes).

The reason im saying this is that you won't have your friend to reclaim the account. Trust in a friendship is important, but also keep in mind not all friendships last forever.

Bright Star Shine · Jun 19, 2012, 03:56 PM // 15:56

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Originally Posted by krokos

You'd need to make mes and monk or ele and don't bother with a sin for DoaSC ^^ You need money to buy a lot of minis, too :<

Fixed that for you. No DoASC guild takes a new player that has 0 exp on his sin. You'll get trial'ed on your mesmer, and if you show basic skills of understanding the game, you'll usually be accepted, and in most guilds they'll carry you at first and try to teach you until you learn. If you show no signs of improvement, you'll be kicked. Getting to monk/emo and especially tank in a guild doesn't happen until they know you can do it/want to bother teaching you, especially tanking. Very little players tank in DoASC guilds, except guilds like Zraw, where virtually everyone was able to tank, but they disbanded and didn't take new people and shitters.

Don't get me wrong though, joining a DoASC guild is a great idea if you want 50/50 since it's easy cash and it already deals with the tormy weapon problem. Just don't tell him to go make a sin and expect to go do DoA and make moneyz, because it doesn't work that way.

Captain Bulldozer · Jun 19, 2012, 06:12 PM // 18:12

I think I got 50/50 with a fairly modest effort (2-3 hours of play time a day on average) in about 9 months. I had previously done a lot in GW as well, such as playing through campaigns on multiple characters, unlocking most travel destinations, and farming. So, depending on your needs for cash/equipment/learning the game, you can probably expect it to take quite a bit longer.

Daesu · Jun 19, 2012, 06:56 PM // 18:56

You should get to 50/50 on ONE character so that if you do decide to go for GWAMM later, you don't have to repeat titles.

Getting to 50/50 is already almost GWAMM since you should have about 26 maxed titles by then and maxing 4 more almost-maxed titles would get you GWAMM.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...2&postcount=25

Mama pacha · Jun 19, 2012, 08:23 PM // 20:23

Hi Kaleido:

It will take you a while to reach 50-50 if you have no points what so ever, just like the others said, its best to stick to one toon that way you can get the titles faster, if your friend is going to play with you, it helps, just try to get some decent heroes, helps a lot if your in a vanquish.

About the making a new toon, you can create any class you like or want to play, almost everyone that is new or a returning player will make a ritualist for the sos build, but you can run that with every single toon, just wont have the same effect, but I rather play with the skills the profession that I play provides not do Sos with another class.

You can get to lvl 20 in less than a day all you have to do is play hard and rush certain areas, then you can always go back and beat it.

If you choose to make a new toon make it from Factions or Nightfall, its easier to lvl up and you get the attribute points right away.

If you need help or a guild, pm me in game I play almost everyday.

<----IGN (In game name)

Kaleido · Jun 19, 2012, 10:49 PM // 22:49

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Originally Posted by Mama pacha

Hi Kaleido:

It will take you a while to reach 50-50 if you have no points what so ever, just like the others said, its best to stick to one toon that way you can get the titles faster, if your friend is going to play with you, it helps, just try to get some decent heroes, helps a lot if your in a vanquish.

About the making a new toon, you can create any class you like or want to play, almost everyone that is new or a returning player will make a ritualist for the sos build, but you can run that with every single toon, just wont have the same effect, but I rather play with the skills the profession that I play provides not do Sos with another class.

You can get to lvl 20 in less than a day all you have to do is play hard and rush certain areas, then you can always go back and beat it.

If you choose to make a new toon make it from Factions or Nightfall, its easier to lvl up and you get the attribute points right away.

If you need help or a guild, pm me in game I play almost everyday.

<----IGN (In game name)

Thank you! I have not yet decided if I will take on this "journey" but I will surely contact you if I will! Do I have to be on the same server and district if I need to contant you or how does it work?

**Marty Silverblade** · Jun 20, 2012, 02:55 AM // 02:55

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Originally Posted by Kaleido

Thank you! I have not yet decided if I will take on this "journey" but I will surely contact you if I will! Do I have to be on the same server and district if I need to contant you or how does it work?

Just press 'N' to open the friends panel and add the name. That will tell you if they're online and on which character. Then simply open the chat console (there's a button on the left side of screen, near the bottom) and use the whisper option. Server/district doesn't matter.

Peahi · Jun 20, 2012, 10:36 AM // 10:36

If your "Friend" is not really trustworthy consider to buy all campaigns of Guild Wars as a package I think they might be not that expensive anymore or just drop your idea.
Just to make it clear if more than 1 are able to provide Key Codes to customer support and claim the acount theirs it might get under closer investigation but could easy end in a permanently closed account. Exactly the same happend to me with shared alt account that had 30/50 points (main is on 49/50), it was not htat bad at all since it just happend accidently to end up with 30 points. But honestly you are about to put a lot of effort into it so make sure it pays of for you in the end.

Another thing is but you might already know it that you can just start filling your HoM and once you have 30/50 you will get all the items 40-50 just adds additional titels, however that 30/50 is much easier and faster to achieve than the full 50 you can miss out on certain things of the game that are time consuming and do not be that effective.
You will be able to work on your HoM after GW2 release as far as Arenanet said to this point.

By the way this isn't not only a pain grind for achievements that pay off in GW2 this is still a super fun game to play ... you might end up forgetting about gw2 at all :P

Silmar Alech · Jun 20, 2012, 11:45 AM // 11:45

You should really buy your own account, if you plan to transfer your titles to GW2. Your friend can fetch his account back every second, since he has the key cards and he is the only one who knows the original owner data that was entered during account creation.

It is absolutely not difficult to raise a new character on a new account to level 20. Leveling to 20 is considered a part of the tutorial - if you leave the part of the game that is considered tutorial, you reached level 20.

I recommend to start your character in Nightfall or Factions. Factions is very hard for beginners due to its steep learning curve, Nightfall has a balanced learning curve. Don't start in Prophecies - it is totally slow at the beginning and somewhat boring. Nightfall provides you with heroes (customizable henchmen), which can help your gameplay very much, once you acquire appropriate skills and equipment for them.

But playing GW1 only to get 50/50 HOM points is pure grind over months. I don't think that's fun. If you regularly play GW1, you get most of these achievements automatically, but if you only play to get them, it's probably not fun.
I say you need 2-3 months to get accustomed to the gameplay and mechanics. Then another 8-12 months for about 47 points. The last points will probably take even longer, since for 2 items you need very much money - it's two prestige armor sets (Obsidian and Vabbi).

Mama pacha · Jun 20, 2012, 07:28 PM // 19:28

Hi Kaleido:

I am looking foward to see you in game hehe.

Jun 19, 2012, 08:18 AM // 08:18	#1
Kaleido Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jun 2012	How much time for 50/50 HoM? I just wonder how long it would take for a complete noob in GW to get 50/50 in HOM? Me and my friend are thinking to start with a ritualist combo and follow all guides. Gw already has 30/50 though and the account I will get has a level 20 assassin so maybe thats better than the ritualist ? I dont think guild wars 2 Will be released before november anyway so we have got some time . I know this grind we are getting ourselves into probably is the wrong Way to play the game But thats just how it is right now

Jun 19, 2012, 06:56 PM // 18:56	#12
Daesu Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2008	You should get to 50/50 on ONE character so that if you do decide to go for GWAMM later, you don't have to repeat titles. Getting to 50/50 is already almost GWAMM since you should have about 26 maxed titles by then and maxing 4 more almost-maxed titles would get you GWAMM. http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...2&postcount=25 Last edited by Daesu; Jun 19, 2012 at 07:00 PM // 19:00..

Jun 20, 2012, 10:36 AM // 10:36	#16
Peahi Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Feb 2010 Profession: A/W	If your "Friend" is not really trustworthy consider to buy all campaigns of Guild Wars as a package I think they might be not that expensive anymore or just drop your idea. Just to make it clear if more than 1 are able to provide Key Codes to customer support and claim the acount theirs it might get under closer investigation but could easy end in a permanently closed account. Exactly the same happend to me with shared alt account that had 30/50 points (main is on 49/50), it was not htat bad at all since it just happend accidently to end up with 30 points. But honestly you are about to put a lot of effort into it so make sure it pays of for you in the end. Another thing is but you might already know it that you can just start filling your HoM and once you have 30/50 you will get all the items 40-50 just adds additional titels, however that 30/50 is much easier and faster to achieve than the full 50 you can miss out on certain things of the game that are time consuming and do not be that effective. You will be able to work on your HoM after GW2 release as far as Arenanet said to this point. By the way this isn't not only a pain grind for achievements that pay off in GW2 this is still a super fun game to play ... you might end up forgetting about gw2 at all :P Last edited by Peahi; Jun 20, 2012 at 10:39 AM // 10:39.. Reason: mistaken

Jun 19, 2012, 08:22 AM // 08:22	#2
Olle Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ign: Miniature Julia Guild: Teh Academy[PhD] Profession: W/	I dont really understand what xx/50 you are at NOW. But two semi-experienced players should be able to get 50/50 within the gw2 release.

Jun 19, 2012, 08:27 AM // 08:27	#3
JONO51 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2006 Profession: P/	If you're 0/50 and completely new probably 1000-1500hrs. I hope "the account I will get has a level 20 assassin" doesn't mean you're buying an account from someone. Risky game to play if you're doing an account for gw2. Lol.

Jun 19, 2012, 08:34 AM // 08:34	#5
krokos Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2010 Profession: Mo/	looong time....few months for sure. You would need, as first and most important - millions of gold (if you are farmer, then it will take much longer) - or you can learn SCs such as UW, FoW. But IMHO doasc is most profitable. You'd need to make mes/monk/ele or sin for DoaSC ^^ You need money to buy a lot of minis, too :< And - time. Every mission in the game must be done + every elite location.

Jun 19, 2012, 02:42 PM // 14:42	#9
akelarumi Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2009 Profession: E/	50/50 HoM takes a considerable amount of time and effort. Secondly make sure you fully trust this friend. It is not allowed to pass on account to someone else. Though in the case it is given to you by a friend they prolly won't mind. But make sure you get everything that goes with it if your going for gw2. So change emailadres/password to your own and get original codes (so if purchased digitally the original game codes and printout of the emails, and if bought in a shop the gamecards with the codes). The reason im saying this is that you won't have your friend to reclaim the account. Trust in a friendship is important, but also keep in mind not all friendships last forever.

Jun 19, 2012, 06:12 PM // 18:12	#11
Captain Bulldozer Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2008 Guild: Servants of the Dragon Flames [SODF]	I think I got 50/50 with a fairly modest effort (2-3 hours of play time a day on average) in about 9 months. I had previously done a lot in GW as well, such as playing through campaigns on multiple characters, unlocking most travel destinations, and farming. So, depending on your needs for cash/equipment/learning the game, you can probably expect it to take quite a bit longer.

Jun 19, 2012, 08:23 PM // 20:23	#13
Mama pacha Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portugal Profession: Mo/	Hi Kaleido: It will take you a while to reach 50-50 if you have no points what so ever, just like the others said, its best to stick to one toon that way you can get the titles faster, if your friend is going to play with you, it helps, just try to get some decent heroes, helps a lot if your in a vanquish. About the making a new toon, you can create any class you like or want to play, almost everyone that is new or a returning player will make a ritualist for the sos build, but you can run that with every single toon, just wont have the same effect, but I rather play with the skills the profession that I play provides not do Sos with another class. You can get to lvl 20 in less than a day all you have to do is play hard and rush certain areas, then you can always go back and beat it. If you choose to make a new toon make it from Factions or Nightfall, its easier to lvl up and you get the attribute points right away. If you need help or a guild, pm me in game I play almost everyday. <----IGN (In game name)

Jun 20, 2012, 11:45 AM // 11:45	#17
Silmar Alech Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Europe Guild: Tom Son [TS] Profession: E/	You should really buy your own account, if you plan to transfer your titles to GW2. Your friend can fetch his account back every second, since he has the key cards and he is the only one who knows the original owner data that was entered during account creation. It is absolutely not difficult to raise a new character on a new account to level 20. Leveling to 20 is considered a part of the tutorial - if you leave the part of the game that is considered tutorial, you reached level 20. I recommend to start your character in Nightfall or Factions. Factions is very hard for beginners due to its steep learning curve, Nightfall has a balanced learning curve. Don't start in Prophecies - it is totally slow at the beginning and somewhat boring. Nightfall provides you with heroes (customizable henchmen), which can help your gameplay very much, once you acquire appropriate skills and equipment for them. But playing GW1 only to get 50/50 HOM points is pure grind over months. I don't think that's fun. If you regularly play GW1, you get most of these achievements automatically, but if you only play to get them, it's probably not fun. I say you need 2-3 months to get accustomed to the gameplay and mechanics. Then another 8-12 months for about 47 points. The last points will probably take even longer, since for 2 items you need very much money - it's two prestige armor sets (Obsidian and Vabbi).

Jun 20, 2012, 07:28 PM // 19:28	#18
Mama pacha Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portugal Profession: Mo/	Hi Kaleido: I am looking foward to see you in game hehe.