Update - Thursday March 20
Skill Changes
Assassin
Fox's Promise: functionality changed to: For 5..20 seconds, your dagger attacks cannot be blocked. This enchantment ends the next time you fail to hit.
Dervish
Guiding Hands: decreased number of attack skills that cannot be blocked to 0..3.
Mesmer
Enchanter's Conundrum: functionality changed to: For 10 seconds, target foe casts enchantments 100% slower. When this hex is applied, that foe takes 30..120 damage if not under the effects of an enchantment or hex spell.
Mantra of Concentration: decreased duration to 1..38 seconds; increased recharge to 30 seconds.
Hex Breaker: decreased duration to 5..80 seconds.
Necromancer
Angorodon's Gaze: decreased Energy cost to 5; decreased Health stolen to 10..40; decreased Energy gained to 1..9.
Warrior
Mokele Smash: decreased adrenaline gained to 2 strikes.
Magehunter's Smash: increased adrenaline cost to 8 strikes; updated the animation to match Hammer Bash.
Ranger
Sundering Attack/Penetrating Attack: decreased damage to 3..10; decreased armor penetration to 10%; increased recharge to 4 seconds.
Power Shot: decreased damage to 5..20.
Precision Shot: decreased damage to 3..18.
Automated Tournaments
You now lose K value (25 for daily, 50 for monthly) rating if you sign up for a tournament and forfeit the first round.
Tournament Reward points are now based off the number of teams who did not forfeit in the first round.
Bonus tournament reward points are now awarded for playing in every round of a daily tournament: 5 for 1v1 daily tournaments, and 15 for GvG daily tournaments.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused the map marker on the reward NPC to not appear when the Clear the Chamber quest completed in the Underworld.
Miscellaneous
Added new text to Kun Shao regarding the Xunlai Tournament House.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/
Update - Friday March 21
Bug Fixes
Assassin
Shadow Walk: this skill now completely prevents the casting of enchantments. Previously the enchantment would fail immediately after activation, causing the caster to lose Energy.
Necromancer
Dark Aura: fixed a bug that caused the caster of Dark Aura to take damage instead of losing Health.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/
Update - Monday March 31
Taiwan service update
Made modifications to certain game features for Taiwan/Macau/Hong Kong accounts in response to recent changes to Taiwanese law.
Miscellaneous
Domain of Anguish has been changed to allow the final boss in each realm to spawn without players keeping the quest Mallyx the Unyielding in their quest logs.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug with the Destroyer skill Inner Fire that caused its user to not receive any healing from the skill.
Fixed a bug that caused the Monk skills Spotless Mind and Spotless Soul to removes hexes/conditions after the enchantment had been removed.
Fixed a bug that prevented healing bonuses/penalties (such as Healer's Covenant) from affecting Patient Spirit.
Health degeneration from Chalice of Corruption will no longer affect players during Polymock matches.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/
Update - Tuesday April 1
Skills
Guild vs. Guild
Victory or Death: at Victory or Death, each player now deals 5% additional damage for each rank achieved in the Kind of A Big Deal title track.
Assassin
Shadow Form: increased duration to 10..60.
Elementalist
No changes.
Mesmer
Diversion: increased duration to 120 seconds; increased disable time to 60..120.
Blackout: removed the touch range restriction; this skill no longer disables the caster's skills.
Monk
Peace and Harmony: increased Energy regeneration to 6..10.
Protective Spirit: changed skill to: For 5..25 seconds, target ally cannot lose more than 50% maximum Health due to damage from a single attack or spell.
Necromancer
Animate Bone Fiend: increased recharge to 30 seconds; increased casting time to 5 seconds.
Spiteful Spirit: Fixed a bug that caused monsters not to flee while in the area of effect.
Norn
Ursan Blessing: reduced recharge to 5 seconds; this skill is no longer PvE-only.
Ritualist
Wanderlust: this skill now causes Exhaustion.
Pain: this skill now causes Exhaustion.
Bloodsong: this skill now causes Exhaustion.
Warrior
Dwarven Battle Stance: increased duration to 10..30 seconds; this skill now deals +10..40 damage and causes knock down.
Miscellaneous
Increased the effectiveness of the Lucky Aura.
Loremaster Ermenred in Lion's Arch will now allow characters to travel back to Pre-Searing Ascalon after they've successfully performed a number of tasks.
Tanned Hide Squares are now Tanned Hide Polygons.
Increased Paragon base armor to 100.
Scythes now hit a single target.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/
Update - Thursday April 3
Farewell Party for Gaile and The Frog
Made preparations for the farewell party for Gaile and The Frog.
Beginning at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Friday, April 4, 2008, special event collectors will show up in Lion's Arch, Kamadan, and Shing Jea Monastery.
Beginning at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Saturday, April 5, 2008, The Frog will show up every three hours until his final appearance at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Monday, April 7, 2008.
The special collectors for this event will remain until the end of the farewell party at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Monday, April 7, 2008.
For more information on the event, see the Gaile farewell event page.
General
Added the second set of winning weapons and items from the 2007 Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest.
Guild vs. Guild
Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/
20 Март 2008 г. 03:21:14
Spectrum 15 Honors Eight ArenaNet Artists
We'd like to recognize the eight ArenaNet artists whose works were selected for publication in Spectrum 15, an annual showcase of the best fantasy, science fiction, and horror artwork created each year. Congratulations to Richard Anderson, Matthew Barrett, Daniel Dociu, Jaime Jones, Jason Juan, Kekai Kotaki, Jason Stokes, and Doug Williams.
Статья:
http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/ful … &pbr=1
25 Март 2008 г. 20:40:44
Guild of the Week: KISS
The Passionate Kiss of Nosferatu is a large alliance of ten guilds and more than 800 members, all sharing the KISS tag. The guild enjoys a diverse mix of activities, from PvE to PvP, and was created exclusively for Guild Wars.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/community/guil … 5-kiss.php
27 Март 2008 г. 20:43:21
March PvP Predictors
Whether you watch college basketball or Guild Wars Observer Mode, all fans like to root for their favorites and predict how far they will get in the tournament. Check out our fan predictions for the March Monthly Tournaments and then, if you're feeling lucky, head over to the Xunlai House to make your own predictions.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/ar … 032708.php
28 Март 2008 г. 20:32:43
Tournament News
This weekend, players and guilds will, once again, compete in our March Automated Tournaments, so place those last minute Xunlai Tournament House votes. Also, remember that this weekend is the deadline for claiming your February Xunlai prizes.
Next month, the automated tournament is a special event to commemorate Guild Wars's third anniversary. In this tournament, we are offering both double tournament reward points and double cash prizes. To prepare, we've posted April's schedule, map rotation, rules, and enhanced prize list here.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/to … /rules.php
31 Март 2008 г. 21:33:24
Bon Voyage, Gaile!
After five years as our dedicated Guild Wars community manager, Gaile Gray has decided to assume a new role at ArenaNet. To honor her and the commitment she has shown, we are hosting an in-game farewell party this weekend. For more information about Gaile's new role, visit her user page on the Guild Wars wiki. We'll have more information about our plans for the Guild Wars community team next Monday.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/ … efault.php
01 Апрель 2008 г. 21:49:44
Midline PvP Guide Concludes
Mark Yu of Delta Formation [DF] returns for the third installment of his series covering the midline in GvG. In this article, he covers the synergy between Rangers and Mesmers. Find it here.
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/ar … ethree.php
02 Апрель 2008 г. 22:58:50
Andrew's New Role
Andrew Patrick has decided he will be moving on from community to QA. Read all about his decision and wish him well on his new role at ArenaNet.
Статья:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_tal … ave_Fun.21
03 Апрель 2008 г. 18:58:26
March Automated Tournament News
Rebel Rising [rawr] wins the GvG tournament! Rebel Rising is a familiar guild to see in competitive play and has won several gold capes. In Hero Battles, Pls Patch Crossing defeated Cs Element to take first place. Congratulations to all our winners.
The final match reports are now available, as are the complete tournament standings, the updated tournament rules, and the ever-popular skill usage charts http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/to … efault.php . Enjoy!
Статья:
http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/to … efault.php
