Game updates/April 2020

April 2020 updates
Thursday, 30 April 2020 Wednesday, 29 April 2020 Tuesday, 28 April 2020 Wednesday, 22 April 2020 Wednesday, 15 April 2020 Tuesday, 14 April 2020 Thursday, 2 April 2020 Wednesday, 1 April 2020
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Update - April 30, 2020

Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue in which the Maguuma's armor skins could alter the player character's visual effects.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,632

Update - April 29, 2020

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a client crash.
• Fixed an issue in the Gem Store that caused the Eve's Prophecies Appearance Package to be incorrectly hidden from players in restricted regions.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,609

Update 2 - April 28, 2020

Bug Fix

• Fixed a client crash that could occur when players equipped Maguuma's Treads along with certain other pieces of armor.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,585

Late Notes - April 28, 2020

Items

• Fixed a bug that caused the Glitched Adventure Mace to be too glitched and not animate its chain.

Profession Skills

Elementalist

•  Tornado: Increased cooldown from 60 seconds to 90 seconds in PvP only.
•  Lightning Rod: Reduced power coefficient from 1.2 to 0.95 in PvP and WvW.

Engineer

•  Mortar Shot: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.85 in PvP only.
•  Poison Gas Shell: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5 in PvP only.
•  Endothermic Shell: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5 in PvP only.
•  Flash Shell: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5 in PvP only.
•  Hard Light Arena: Increased cooldown from 30 seconds to 50 seconds in PvP only.
•  Boiling Point: Increased cooldown from 60 seconds to 100 seconds in PvP only.
•  Transmute: Increased cooldown from 60 seconds to 100 seconds in PvP only.
•  Bomb (Bomb Kit Skill 1): Reduced power coefficient from 1.2 to 0.85 in WvW only.

Guardian

•  Permeating Wrath: Reduced burning duration from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds in WvW only.

Necromancer

•  Death Shroud: Increased the life force lost per second from 3% to 4% in PvP only.
•  Ritual of Life: Reduced the revive pulse from 4% to 1% in PvP and WvW.
•  Fear of Death: Reduced life force gained from 15% to 7% in PvP only.
•  Unholy Sanctuary: Increased cooldown from 30 seconds to 120 seconds in PvP only.

Ranger

•  Maul: Increased cooldown from 6 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP only.
•  Swoop: Increased cooldown from 15 seconds to 18 seconds in PvP only.
•  Counterattack: Increased cooldown from 25 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.
•  Hilt Bash: Increased cooldown from 20 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP only.
•  Attack of Opportunity: Reduced damage bonus from 50% to 25% in PvP and WvW.
•  Furious Pounce (Tiger): Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.75 in PvP only.
•  Kick (Rock Gazelle): Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.31 to 0.2325 in PvP only.
•  Charge (Rock Gazelle): Reduced power coefficient from 0.825 to 0.733 in PvP only.

Thief

•  Choking Gas: Increased initiative cost from 6 to 7 in PvP only.

Structured Player vs. Player

• Knight Amulet has been removed from the PvP Build panel.
• Cavalier Amulet has been removed from the PvP Build panel.
• Barbarian Amulet has been removed from the PvP Build panel.
• Paladin Amulet: Reduced toughness and vitality from 500 to 400.

Update - April 28, 2020

World Polish

• Fixed a rare bug that could prevent players from being awarded Prophet Shards when completing the Forging Steel mission for the first time in a day.
• Build Template loading has been disabled in Super Adventure Box to prevent players from regaining class features by switching templates.

General

• The "Salvage All Masterwork and Lower" right-click option in salvage kits will no longer be highlighted as an available option for players who don't have any masterwork gear, as all gear below masterwork is fully covered by the "Salvage All Fine and Lower" option.
• The "Sell Junk" option in vendor windows will now be grayed out for players who do not have any junk items to sell.

Profession Skills

Engineer

•  Jump Shot: This skill no longer ignores the immobile condition.
•  No Scope: Fixed a bug in which this trait would grant might when triggered.

Thief

•  Vault: This skill no longer ignores the immobile condition.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

New Items and Promotions

• The new Eve's Prophecies Outfit is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
• The new Draconic Wings Backpack and Glider Combo is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
• The new Eve's Prophecies Appearance Package is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 2,000 gems. It contains the new Eve's Prophecies Outfit and Draconic Wings Backpack and Glider Combo, as well as 1 Mythic Weapon Choice and 1 Total Makeover Kit.
• To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Guild Wars® franchise, the new Prince Rurik's Vanguard Cape from Guild Wars Prophecies is available to all accounts for free in the Style category of the Gem Store.
• To welcome returning players back to Tyria, the prologue episode of the Icebrood Saga, "Bound by Blood," is available for free for all accounts via the Gem Store. This will be available for 7 days.
• For a limited time, the Rival Skies Package is on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 750 gems, a savings of 25%.
• The Chaos Gloves return to the Style category of the Gem Store and are available for 500 gems.

Bug Fixes

• An adjustment has been made to the timing of Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlocks so that they sync up with the release of festival items. Festival meta rewards will now join the unlock with the first update following the next year's festival. The unlocking of full festival weapon sets will also be delayed until after they can be fully unlocked through festival gameplay.
• Fixed an issue that caused visual effects on the rear saddle of certain roller beetle skins to no longer change from blue to red as the mount's speed increased.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,554

Update - April 22, 2020

Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue in which some Heart of Thorns™ accounts were not able to select glider skins.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,474

Update - April 15, 2020

Bug Fix

• Fixed a client crash.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,340

Update 2 - April 14, 2020

Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue in which the Black Lion Chest incorrectly rewarded the normal Endless Mystery Tonic rather than the tradable Unopened Endless Mystery Tonic.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,311

Update - April 14, 2020

Super Adventure Festival

Moto's world-renowned Super Adventure Box returns again when the Super Adventure Festival kicks off on April 14! Explore two worlds of excitement, peril, and educational entertainment to earn holographic weapons and a variety of loot. Travelers can visit the Adventure Box in Rata Sum—temporary portals have been placed in each major city to facilitate easy travel to the scenic hub of asuran culture!

• Festivities begin today and continue until May 12 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7).
• Complete the festival's meta-achievement, (Annual) Super Adventure Box Nostalgia, to earn the reality-augmenting Virtual Box helmet! Last year's reward, the Mini Super Adventure Gourdon, is now available from the Super Adventure Box Trader.
• A new set of Glitched Adventure weapons has been added. Seek out strange glitches off the beaten path of each level to add a bonus chest to the level's rewards for a chance to claim these unusual weapons, or buy them at a high price in Bauble Bubbles from the Super Adventure Box Weaponsmith. Tidy up the glitches in each level to earn new achievements and unlock the Mini Super Choya Miner at the Super Adventure Box Trader!
• An Adventure course has been added to the race in the Super Adventure Box hub. Collect all the coins and compete for the fastest time!
• A new festival invitation, the Invitation to the Super Adventure Festival, will be included in the festival announcement mail for easy travel directly to the Adventure Box. If you misplace your invitation, it can be repurchased from Sarettokk in Lion's Arch.
• The Super Adventure Box Weekly Trader's inventory will be updated with a limited quantity of amalgamated gemstones each week during the festival.
• New Super Adventure Box-themed guild decorations have been added! Revitalize your guild hall with select scenery from the Dark Woods!

Personal Story

• Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire: Added a checkpoint near the end of the mission in Darkrime Delves.

Profession Skills

General

•  Daze: Removed incorrect text from the tooltip that indicated this effect stacks duration.
•  Stun: Removed incorrect text from the tooltip that indicated this effect stacks duration.

Engineer

•  Reactive Lenses: Corrected the text description of this trait to reflect that Lesser Utility Goggles is granting resistance and not fury.
•  Gadgeteer: Corrected the text description of the overcharged Utility Goggles to reflect that they are granting resistance and not fury.
•  Purity of Purpose: Fixed a bug that prevented this trait from affecting taunt.

Ranger

•  Signet of the Hunt: This skill has been updated to use the new Unblockable effect. It now applies 10 stacks of unblockable for 6 seconds to the ranger and pet as its active effect.

Thief

•  Steal: Fixed a bug that could leave stolen items with 0 ammo in the F2 slot.
• Deadeye: Equipping this specialization will now remove any currently active stolen items.

World vs. World

Desert Borderlands

• Fixed a bug in which merged soulbeasts would lose access to their weapon skills after using certain launchpads.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

New Items and Promotions

• The new Super Outlaw Raptor mount skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 1,600 gems.
• For a limited time, the Super Adventure Pack is available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.
• For a limited time, the Super Cloud Glider is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.
• For a limited time, the Mini Super Trio and Mini Super Trio—World 2 are on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 420 gems each, a savings of 20%.
• For a limited time, a free Super Adventure Box o' Fun (limit 1) is available in the Toys category of the Gem Store.

Black Lion Chest

• The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Vermilion Spring Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.
  • The new Fine Black Lion Dye Canister—Red has been added as the guaranteed item for the duration of this chest.
  • The new Vermilion Tail Feather torch skin is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.
  • The new Super Outlaw Raptor mount skin is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.
  • The Dreamwalker Wings Backpack and Glider Combo returns as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.
  • The Keepsake and Chaos weapon collections are available as uncommon and rare drops respectively for the duration of this chest.
  • Unused versions of the Glyph of Bounty and the Glyph of the Scavenger are available as rare drops for the duration of this chest.
• The items available in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes have been updated. Black Lion Statuettes are redeemable by using the statuette itself or by redeeming one at any of the Black Lion Chest Merchants located in every major city.
  • A new selection of glider skins has been added, including the Exalted Glider, Timekeeper Glider, Geomancer Glider, and Electromagnetic-Descender Glider, among others.
  • The exclusive Starlight Wings Backpack Combo Glider, Starborn Outfit, Elemental Sword, and the Mini Exo-Suit Mounts Pack are currently available.
  • The bonus collection has been updated to Rox's Pathfinder Outfit, Rox's Quiver Set, Rox's Short Bow Skin, and the Set of 3 Gather-r-Tron Tools.

Improvements and Updates

• The Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlock has been updated to include content released through December 2019.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,099
• The following guild decorations were added:
  • Super Leaf Platform
  • Super Lily Pad
  • Super Mushroom Platform
  • Super Tree Branch
  • Super Tree Trunk

Update - April 2, 2020

Bug Fix

• Revenant:  Coalescence of Ruin: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to inflict more damage than intended.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,099

Update - April 1, 2020

Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug in which some effects would persist indefinitely.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 103,077
• April Fools' Day "patch notes" can be read here.