Pumping Irony

A new hero was added to the stable yesterday in Guild Wars and is playable as of today. M.O.X. is an Asuran golem whose primary profession is a dervish and is available to players who own all three Guild Wars campaigns. I found it strange that the Eye of the North expansion is not required, yet that is where Asurans and their Golems were formally introduced to the game.

From Lion’s Arch simply walk outside into North Kryta Province where M.O.X. is waiting with a quest icon. He hands your character a Golem User Manual which is laid out exactly like the Dungeon Master Guide and Hero’s Handbook from the Eye of the North expansion, or any of the character’s books from the Bonus Mission Pack. Once inside any outpost, add M.O.X. to your group then double-click the Golem User Manual to enter five missions, which is a great way to add some short episodic content to the game in addition to the new hero.

M.O.X. is by far the largest hero in the game, and rather than changing physical forms when using any of the dervish Avatar of… skills he changes his appearance slightly, usually a different color depending which Avatar he becomes, so the player can tell without checking M.O.X. skill bar if the Avatar skill is active or not.

Also added to the mix is a new “leveling companion,” the Fire Imp. The Imp is only available to characters who have not yet reached level cap, and can only be summoned for up to one hour. Also only one Fire Imp can be summoned per party which acts as a balance compared to Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support which all human players can bring but the assassins only exist for 12-29 seconds at a time, depending on the race of the opponent. I don’t have any characters under level cap and didn’t feel like creating one just to get a screen shot, sorry.

Anyone want to start taking bets if Asurans will have Golem combat pets in Guild Wars 2?

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