80 Level Boost on a character with Hero Points already allocated

[hypersot]

...what will happen, will the spent points get lost or will they be released for use as I see fit?

[TheTool]

80 boost = lvl 80 + full Celestial gear + all core skills hero points.
You will still need to collect 250 Hero points for each elite spec you want unlocked.

[hypersot]

I know what the boost does as I have already used it on a newly created character.

My question is about applying the boost on an already played character with allocated hero points.

btw. isn't the question clear enough, as in, should I change the wording?

[TheTool]

Originally posted by hypersot:

I know what the boost does as I have already used it on a newly created character.

My question is about applying the boost on an already played character with allocated hero points.

btw. isn't the question clear enough, as in, should I change the wording?

If you have all core HP already.. You will not get anymore.
You will still need to collect 250 for each elite skill.
Question was quite clear as I answered it. Maybe my answer wasn't clear enough but the answer is still the same.

[hypersot]

@TheTool,
thanks for that.

Basically, I wanted to verify what it's being said here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/Hero-Points-Found-In-The-World-Lvl-80-Boost

Check the post before the last one. The poster writes:
"When you have used 15 hero points for skills already and then use the boost, alls skills and traits will be unlocked and you will have 15 free hero points."

However, according to what you say, I will *not* get back the HP I have spent.
Did I understand that correctly?

[TheTool]

According to that post you will get refunded the points you have used previously.

[Nico]

The HP you get from using the boost comes just from regular leveling up, so that's not part of the boost but more part of being lvl 80. So your total HP should be totally unaffected if you use it on a lvl 80 character.

[hypersot]

What I need to know is whether someone has already used a Boost on a character that had both used and unused HP *prior* to using the Boost and what happened *after* using the Boost.

I understand what 'theoretically' is possible to happen but I need someone to tell me for sure.

I have a spare boost and I can't decide whether to use it on a 42 level character (which I'd prefer if I got the used and unused HP back) or on a newly created character(where I have to get the HP for specialisation from scratch, something I try to avoid as it is quite boring)

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by hypersot:

What I need to know is whether someone has already used a Boost on a character that had both used and unused HP *prior* to using the Boost and what happened *after* using the Boost.

I understand what 'theoretically' is possible to happen but I need someone to tell me for sure.

I have a spare boost and I can't decide whether to use it on a 42 level character (which I'd prefer if I got the used and unused HP back) or on a newly created character(where I have to get the HP for specialisation from scratch, something I try to avoid as it is quite boring)

You don't get anything back because there is nothing to get back. You get hero points when you level. Throughout levelling to 80, you get exactly enough hero points to unlock all base specializations and skills. Any hero points you get in the world just allow you to get those unlocks sooner, and once you are level 80, can be used to start unlocking elite specializations. You cannot spend hero points on anything but unlocking those base specs and skills, so there would be no point in 'getting them back'.

[hypersot]

@Nibbie,
I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.

A boost will give you enough points to fill all skills expect the special ones.

If I already had points spent or unused points, and a boost was applied, wouldn't those existing points be lost -compared to a brand new character with no points spent- if I didn't get anything back?

Are you saying that you have tried applying a boost on such a character and that's what happened, ie. you got nothing back?

All I want is someone to have tried this and has an example from application not just from an assumption.

Thanks

[Frost]

All the boost does is provide you the points you would have received by levelling normally via the reward track. It won't give you extra points if you already have a few levels, it will just fill in the gaps from the levels you skipped.

The points you gathered in the open world will still be there if you boost. You won't lose any, no matter if you have any allocated or not. From my understanding the boost provides you with a fully maxed-out core build anyways with the appropriate amount of points already allocated, so you will likely have points left over if you gathered any from map progression.

[Scanntraxx]

Your overthinking it. Don't worry about HP points at all. When you want an elite spec go through the expansions for the points.

[hypersot]

I'm not overthinking it at all.

I made the mistake using the boost on a newly created character (thinking that I would have a fully developed toon) only to be left needing way too many points to even get the first weapon specialisation.

I'm taking my time with the game, the story, the lore and the builds. I don't want to jump to the expansions before I finish all the basic stories first for all my characters.

[Nibbie]

For the purpose of this discussion, the boost just levels you to 80; that's it. Nothing else happens, there are no weird rules or interactions. You are really overthinking it. There is no functional difference compared to if you just levelled normally from whatever point, it just saves time.

[mysaga]

Don't worry: There are more than enough hero points in this game to unlock every elite spec + sitting at enough HP points to instantly unlock the next elite spec when it gets introduced with the next expansion. As you can unlock everything, there is no permanent state of "having spent hero points on the wrong stuff".

Leveling from 1-80 gives you exactly as many hero points as you need to unlock all core traits and specializations. And this is what the level 80 boost does: You just level up until you are level 80 (just with one click).
If you have earned additional hero points on the map, you will have these hero points available to spend on you elite specialisation. Depending on your core map completion this can be more than 200 points (but with that many you would most likely already be level 80).

Starting an elite specialisation will cost 30 hero points, and in total you will have to spend 250 hero points per elite specialisation. Within the expansions the hero point challenges will grant you 10 hero points at once, but they are usually more difficult than in the base game areas.

[hypersot]

Originally posted by mysaga:

If you have earned additional hero points on the map, you will have these hero points available to spend on you elite specialisation.

That is exactly what I need confirmed. I really don't understand why for some people it's hard to grasp that I only need a confirmation on the above fact and nothing else.

Thanks for the detailed answer btw. I Will use the booster on an already played character and see what happens.