Test your mettle in Guild Wars’ Hard Mode

Getting tired of kicking other PvPers to the ground? Has winning lost the excitement it once provided? Test your mettle in Guild Wars‘ Hard Mode, then. If you’re looking for new challenges and – of course – rewards, then this new mode for NCSoft‘s popular MMORPG is what you’re looking for.

Any player who completes a campaign in the standard mode can try their hand at the Hard Mode. You get sturdier henchmen and followers, but your enemies will also get a boost to their levels as well as their AI. If that doesn’t faze you, here’s a look at what you can get in Hard Mode:

Increased Title Ranks

• Advance your rank as a Sunspear, gaining powerful new skills tailored to your profession along the way.
• Increase your might against the minions of Abaddon by progressing through the ranks of the Lightbringer title track.

New Titles

• Earn your place as a Guardian of Tyria, Cantha, or Elona by completing all of a campaign’s missions in Hard mode.
• Defeat all of the foes in each explorable area to attain the status of a Vanquisher, and track your progress on the World Map.

Increased Rewards

• You will find a larger number of both rare and uncommon items in your Hard mode adventures.
• You will also acquire more experience points, and even more gold!

New Items

• Elite Tome (double click while in a town or outpost to learn any elite profession skill already unlocked on your account)
• Non-Elite Tome (double click while in a town or outpost to learn any non-elite profession skill already unlocked on your account)
• Passage Scroll to the Underworld (can only be used in the Temple of the Ages, Zin Ku Corridor, or Chantry of Secrets)
• Passage Scroll to the Fissure of Woe (can only be used in the Temple of the Ages, Zin Ku Corridor, or Chantry of Secrets)

Try it out guys. And don’t forget your lockpicks. They’ll be invaluable when you encounter locked chests in Hard Mode. Bring a lot, though, because there’s always a chance that they’ll break. Any ranks you earn in the Treasure Hunter and Lucky title tracks will increase both the chance that the lockpick will work, and that it will remain intact after each use.

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Getting tired of kicking other PvPers to the ground? Has winning lost the excitement it once provided? Test your mettle in Guild Wars‘ Hard Mode, then. If you’re looking for new challenges and – of course – rewards, then this new mode for NCSoft‘s popular MMORPG is what you’re looking for.

Any player who completes a campaign in the standard mode can try their hand at the Hard Mode. You get sturdier henchmen and followers, but your enemies will also get a boost to their levels as well as their AI. If that doesn’t faze you, here’s a look at what you can get in Hard Mode:

Increased Title Ranks

• Advance your rank as a Sunspear, gaining powerful new skills tailored to your profession along the way.
• Increase your might against the minions of Abaddon by progressing through the ranks of the Lightbringer title track.

New Titles

• Earn your place as a Guardian of Tyria, Cantha, or Elona by completing all of a campaign’s missions in Hard mode.
• Defeat all of the foes in each explorable area to attain the status of a Vanquisher, and track your progress on the World Map.

Increased Rewards

• You will find a larger number of both rare and uncommon items in your Hard mode adventures.
• You will also acquire more experience points, and even more gold!

New Items

• Elite Tome (double click while in a town or outpost to learn any elite profession skill already unlocked on your account)
• Non-Elite Tome (double click while in a town or outpost to learn any non-elite profession skill already unlocked on your account)
• Passage Scroll to the Underworld (can only be used in the Temple of the Ages, Zin Ku Corridor, or Chantry of Secrets)
• Passage Scroll to the Fissure of Woe (can only be used in the Temple of the Ages, Zin Ku Corridor, or Chantry of Secrets)

Try it out guys. And don’t forget your lockpicks. They’ll be invaluable when you encounter locked chests in Hard Mode. Bring a lot, though, because there’s always a chance that they’ll break. Any ranks you earn in the Treasure Hunter and Lucky title tracks will increase both the chance that the lockpick will work, and that it will remain intact after each use.

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