Will Heal-o-Tron return for Season 2?

#1 - Sept. 3, 2014, 5:41 p.m.

Hello! Hello! I’m a bit surprised that no one started this topic of everyone’s favorite golem. Pretty sure most of you check the wiki and all, but something caught my attention:

Hero-Tron

This former Consortium golem has undertaken perhaps the biggest journey of all. After losing its job (its job being to berate refugees into getting jobs themselves), trawling the streets of Divinity’s Reach begging for coppers, offering to serve Scarlet Briar, being punished by the human authorities by being forced to collect money for the repairing of Scarlet’s damages, fleeing the law, and attempting to make amends by healing injured citizens during the initial invasion of Lion’s Arch, the Heal-o-Tron (formerly Job-o-Tron, Hobo-Tron, and Ho-Ho-Tron) finally found redemption aboard the Breachmaker, where it served a crucial role protecting citizens alongside Captain Kiel, using upgrades generously supplied by the Black Lion Trading Company. Will the Seraph now finally call off its manhunt? Result not available at this time.

As someone who never played Season 1 and had to watch Let’s plays and stuff. I enjoyed Job/Hobo/Ho-Ho/Heal-o-Tron’s arc. I also find it impressive how a gag character played a crucial role in the defeat of the main villain (don’t lie, you know he at least revived you at some point or another XD).

I really really hope he comes back for Season 2. Even if it was just for one scene I would be happy. I would be really happy if he gets to play a major though. Maybe he’ll try to heal the Pale tree? Hey I can dream don’t spoil it.

On that note what do you guys think? Will the golem return? And is he really going to be renamed Hero-o-Tron?

Lastly this is a “personal message” to any developer/lead writer/important person (if they read this that is). And it is MY suggestion I don’t want to cause an uproar or something. If Heal-o-Tron does come back I would seriously buy a mini of him. And by buy I mean the gem store for 400 gems. I know we have a mini Ho-Ho Tron but it would be nice to have him without the Christmas decoration IMO. Thank you for reading this

Scott McGough

#9 - Sept. 9, 2014, 12:21 p.m.

Sinbold.8723:
Job-o-Tron, as he was first known, was never supposed to receive the development he received, according to (I think) Scott McGough, one of the writers. This was mentioned in either a Ready Up or POI video. He was developed because of player feedback, and is truly a product of the Living Story.

Thanks for all the H-tron love—the article you mention is https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/job-o-trons-journey-the-evolution-of-a-gag/

And a minor correction for clarity: audience reaction to Job-o-Tron was definitely a factor in his recurring appearances during his evolutions in LWS1, but internally, the writers and artists and designers also definitely intended to bring him back, even before we knew exactly how people would react to him. The reaction helped, of course, but we were dedicated to letting the gag roll on for a few releases to see where it took us.

As of the end of his first appearance on Southsun Cove (where he realizes he’s out of a job himself and sets out to find a hobo bindle ), we absolutely planned to have him return so we could see where he wound up. And then things snowballed from there.

So I’d say it was an internal/external audience team effort: there were as many H-Tron supporters inside ANet as there were on the outside, and together we brought him from where he was to where he is now.

And I’d also say, on behalf of everyone involved in bringing the little beggar to life and then bringing him back for repeat performances, Thanks—for—your—support.