It's not really a leveling system. It's a horizontal expansion system called Masteries. Masteries are broken into expansions. The core game has it's own masteries. Path of Fire has it's own. Living world Seasons are part of specific expansions, so Path of Fire and Season 4 of the living world are the same masteries. Same with HoT and Season 3. But in reality there is no reason to start from zero after a long break. imo GW2 is an awful game to ''start fresh'' on. The experience across the board is just more fun without the limitations of levels/traits and activities you have access to, even if you go back to low level stuff. the leveling process is slow, you could use the level 80 boost and go get skill points I mean unless you want to use the base class to level but the base class is a different playstyle then the elite ones anyway, but it's your choice to play how you want The base class can be fun before 80, it's just different, and before the level 80 If you check the points tree of Mech or other new elite its the same with the old elite spec,so its 250! In case you dont know it,you can get the points really fast from WvW ventor,only thing you need is to have Proofs of Heroics or Testimonies of Heroics! Guild Wars 2 Discussion. They are selling hero points in the gem store now. I don't know how to feel about this So now apparently you can buy an item that allows you to complete a hero challenge in any expansion. Pay some money, skip the hero challenge and get the points. Plus bonus, makes map completion easier cause you don't have to do *Correction at 07:01 - Max usable Scroll of Desert Heroics and Jade Heroics are 29 units and 31 units respectively, not 290 and 310 units. One of the perks o That said, since expansion hero points are 10 hero points each, that means you'd only need 25 hero points to unlock a new elite spec. 25 hero points is a 2 hour hero point run through HoT or PoF. It shouldn't be that big a deal. Edit: As for gear the 80 boost gives you celestial gear, which isn't the best but isn't bad for a lot of classes as well. If it's the same as the other classes, you get 398 hero point for leveling. That's ~80 point to max a normal trait line + skills, assuming they are all bundled together and equal weight. (They probably aren't since Invocation doesn't have a legend tied to it). You could easily max 2-3 you like and have points left to start on Herald. 2) Join a Hero Point Train or ask some friends to help, stay out of combat while they clear the way to the 'channelled' hero points (where you don't need to fight anything) and then claim the point. However I have to say I'm not sure you can keep your pet completely safe, even as a soulbeast. Select crafting professions and level them up. Get some cool looking armor and dyes for your character. Select a legendary weapon you like and you can start working towards that SLOWLY. (This is a really slow process or can be fast and expensive :D ) If you like fractals you can do them. U8YE.