Yeah. It'll be a Specialization Training track just like the others, but unlocking access to that track will not be through a mastery. I believe the current belief is that Elite Specializations are available for "training" (i.e. throwing hero points into it) once you reach level 80. Beta Event 2: September 21, 2021 — September 25, 2021. During this beta event players will have access to three other elite specializations. Beta Event 3: October 26, 2021 — October 30, 2021. During this beta event players will have access to the remaining three elite specializations. Beta Event 4: November 30, 2021 — December 4, 2021 On top of all this, you can get Testimonies of Heroics from WvW from increasing your WvW Rank and as an option from Skirmish Chests, and can be converted into Hero Points 1:1 via Notarised Scrolls of Heroics, for either core, HoT (Jungle Heroics), or PoF (Desert Heroics); which will complete a random Hero Challenge in the aforementioned regions Engineer. Engineer Elite Specialization Prediction & Speculation Discussion. As we still have to wait a month I guess it is nice to have this topic for all the speculation in one spot. With now seeing how Warrior and Elementalist have been leaning more into the technical side of things I have a feeling that Engineer will be great as well. You get access to your elite specialization at level 80. You need to train it with hero points, just like your other trait lines, but it takes 250 HP to train. That said, the hero challenges in expansion content give you 10 HP each compared to 1 in the core game, so it isn't as hard as you think. The meta is a mix of HoT and PoF specs, so it There are 5 core Specializations, so that's 300 points for all the core specializations.Together, that equals 398.So as you can see, JUST from leveling you have enough Hero points to fully unlock all core Skills and Traits. Once you hit 80 and have unlocked all your core Skills and Specializations, each Elite Specialization costs 250 to fully New elite specs are always OP which is fair, players have fun while devs gather feedback. But after there was enough feedback new elite specs get nerfed down. So my concern is that by the time EoD releases first beta tested specializations will end up nerfed compared to the later tested ones. You can pvp but most meta build use elite specialization and with most classes you will be in disadvantages with only core build. Raids are locked and while you can do fractals it is harder to get agony for t4 fractals without mastery and same as in pvp most meta build use elite specializations. As the poll is confusing as all get out to me, here's my thing.The only thing I want free of the elite specs is the ability to equip the weapons. If I fully complete, as in pump all those hero points into it to completion, I would like to have the ability to equip that weapon and not have to use the elite spec. The entire game changes at 80 even without elite specs -- and yes, elite specs change it even more. There are multiple builds you can try in order to find something that fits your playstyle. Every class absolutely has its own identity, and each elite spec changes that even further. jYly.