HM Char deletion - Guild Wars Forums

wolf-rayet · Nov 12, 2007, 09:30 PM // 21:30

I know that you can get to HM by beating a campaign after HM was installed. The question is can the char who beat a campaign after HM was implemented be deleted and still allow other chars to access HM?

Antheus · Nov 12, 2007, 10:17 PM // 22:17

Hard mode is unlocked account-wide.

Once you beat the campaign, any character on that account has HM unlocked for the same campaign.

October Jade · Nov 12, 2007, 10:43 PM // 22:43

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Originally Posted by Antheus

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Hard Mode is not "unlocked" inasmuch as it is "accessed."

If you've only finished a campaign with one character, and choose to delete that character, you will no longer be able to enable HM.

Mortal Amongst Mere Gods · Nov 12, 2007, 11:10 PM // 23:10

I'm pretty sure Jade is wrong here. I'm damn near certain that HM is "unlocked" for your whole account. I say "near" for a reason; I'm not certain as I've never bothered to delete characters that have beaten a campaign.

Darkobra · Nov 13, 2007, 12:03 AM // 00:03

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Originally Posted by Wiki

Hard Mode is a game mode that presents each mission and explorable area on a harder difficulty. A player must complete a campaign on normal mode before they can play it on hard mode. Hard mode exists for all PvE game content except for pre-Searing Ascalon, Monastery Overlook, Lion's Gate and the Island of Shehkah.

And I still somehow need 12 characters after copying that.

October Jade · Nov 13, 2007, 08:09 AM // 08:09

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Originally Posted by Mortal Amongst Mere Gods

I'm pretty sure Jade is wrong here. I'm damn near certain that HM is "unlocked" for your whole account. I say "near" for a reason; I'm not certain as I've never bothered to delete characters that have beaten a campaign.

I have bothered to delete them, and it does remove access to hard mode.

I posed this same question sometime earlier this year, because the wiki description is so ambiguous. Receiving no satisfactory answer, I tested it myself. I deleted the only character who had finished Nightfall on my second account and was consequently incapable of playing hard mode in Elona.

Unless this has been changed recently, you must have an active character finished with each respective campaign to use HM.

BladeDVD · Nov 13, 2007, 08:27 AM // 08:27

Another wiki entry:

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hard_mode

Quote:

To access hard mode, a player must first complete the final mission of a campaign normally. As long as one character on an account has completed a campaign, all level 20 characters on that account will gain access to hard mode for that campaign.

That makes it sound like if the only character to complete a campaign on your account is deleted then you will lose access to HM. The discussion page doesn't seem to offer any support of that specific question.

However, the OP's specific question is asked in a a section of the wiki discussion on this topic that has been moved to this page: http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Talk:Ha...aign_Completer

No answer yet though, so hard to be sure.

October Jade · Nov 13, 2007, 08:40 AM // 08:40

GAH!

Does anyone bother to read? I'm telling you for the third time that I've investigated this exact scenario, and you WILL LOSE HARD MODE.

How much clearer must I be?

*mumbles about crazy pills and piano key neckties*

MisterB · Nov 13, 2007, 10:53 AM // 10:53

Thanks for testing this scenario, October Jade. Good to know for those remaking characters for whatever reason.

Nov 12, 2007, 09:30 PM // 21:30	#1
wolf-rayet Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kaplan, Louisiana Profession: N/Me	HM Char deletion I know that you can get to HM by beating a campaign after HM was installed. The question is can the char who beat a campaign after HM was implemented be deleted and still allow other chars to access HM?

Nov 12, 2007, 10:17 PM // 22:17	#2
Antheus Forge Runner Join Date: Jan 2006	Hard mode is unlocked account-wide. Once you beat the campaign, any character on that account has HM unlocked for the same campaign.

Nov 12, 2007, 11:10 PM // 23:10	#4
Mortal Amongst Mere Gods Krytan Explorer Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Riding the spiral Profession: W/	I'm pretty sure Jade is wrong here. I'm damn near certain that HM is "unlocked" for your whole account. I say "near" for a reason; I'm not certain as I've never bothered to delete characters that have beaten a campaign.

Nov 13, 2007, 08:40 AM // 08:40	#8
October Jade Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: drifting between Indiana and NorCal	GAH! Does anyone bother to read? I'm telling you for the third time that I've investigated this exact scenario, and you WILL LOSE HARD MODE. How much clearer must I be? mumbles about crazy pills and piano key neckties

Nov 13, 2007, 10:53 AM // 10:53	#9
MisterB Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy Guild: [ban] Profession: W/	Thanks for testing this scenario, October Jade. Good to know for those remaking characters for whatever reason.