Game updates/August 2013

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Update - August 27, 2013[edit]

First Birthday Gift[edit]

  • Fixed a bug that prevented some player characters from receiving their First Birthday Gift. This should also give a birthday gift to all characters that are over a year old, including those that have already received one.
  • Changed the amount of PvP glory gained when using the Birthday Booster to match the booster's description.

General[edit]

  • The /age command now returns the number of days since your current character's creation instead of the number of months.
  • Fixed a server crash.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

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Update - August 26, 2013[edit]

Bug-fixes, Balance, and World Polish[edit]

  • Fixed a bug that allowed players to kill some allied NPCs that should not be killed.

Living World[edit]

PvP[edit]

  • Fixed a bug which could cause secondary objectives to remove the markers of allied players from the map.

General[edit]

  • After a game update, players will be allowed to remain in public maps associated with the previous build for up to one hour.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

Update - August 22, 2013[edit]

Bug-fixes, Balance, and World Polish[edit]

  • Updated the advanced event scaling system to slightly reduce the rate of champions created by events scaling up in difficulty. Some of these events can now have lieutenant mobs appear as the event scales up.
  • Restored the Mini Watchknight that was removed from some players' minipet collections.
  • Zodiac Sword Skins are now tradable.
  • Fixed a server crash bug.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

  •  Enfeebling Blood.png Enfeebling Blood: Weakness duration was reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds.
  • Other players' weapon status usually displayed with "Wielded" status even if the players' weapons are stowed in town. This often makes characters' idling motions unnatural.
  • Previewing transmuted equipment will display the icon and skin of the item that provided the stats instead of the item that provided the skin.
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Update - August 21, 2013[edit]

Living World[edit]

  • Clarified Scarlet invasion messaging on overflow servers.
  • Fixed an issue whereby balloon towers would sometimes disappear.
  • Fixed an issue whereby some mini-pets could enter combat.
  • Fixed an issue which incorrectly caused a second Clockwork Invasion to be messaged in the UI.
  • Fixed an issue whereby Scarlet Briar would die too fast during a Clockwork Invasion.
  • Fixed an issue whereby the wrong stack of Twisted Clockwork Shoulder Scraps[sic] would be consumed on use.

PvP[edit]

  • Fixed allied player markers in PvP occasionally disappearing

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

  • Previewing transmuted equipment will display the skin of the item that provided the stats instead of the item that provided the skin.
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Update 2 - 20 August 2013[edit]

Living World[edit]

  • Fixed an issue which caused Vorpp to play his completion line incorrectly.
  • Improved the server-side performance of Aetherblade Pirates.

General[edit]

  • Temporarily reverted karma consumables to their previous values. [1]
  • Corrected character model options text to no longer specify WvW only.
  • Fixed various crash bugs.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

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Update - 20 August 2013[edit]

Living World[edit]

Clockwork Chaos[edit]

The nefarious villain, Scarlet Briar, has made herself known to Tyria! Chaos ensues as she unleashes her clockwork minions across the world!

Closing Ceremony[edit]

  • Witness the high point of the Queen's Jubilee! Attend the ceremony and hear the Queen's Speech in the Crown Pavilion of Divinity's Reach. It's sure to end with a bang.

Clockwork Minions Invade[edit]

  • Scarlet's clockwork minions are invading entire zones across Tyria.
  • Watch the World Event UI for new invasions.
  • All overflow maps created within 10 minutes of the start of the invasion will host a concurrent version of that hour's event.
  • Complete additional waves of the invasion for an increasingly lucrative map-wide reward.
  • Map-wide rewards are limited to once per account, per day, per map. For example, players who claim the map-wide reward for an invasion in the Gendarran Fields will only be able to claim invasion rewards in other maps until the following day.
  • Complete all waves of an invasion to unlock a bonus battle with Scarlet.
  • Defeat Scarlet for a daily world-boss reward of two guaranteed rare items.
  • All possible maps will be invaded at least once per day.
  • Invasions will not occur in Orr, Southsun Cove, or maps suited for character levels below 25.
  • After the Clockwork Chaos release, the invasions will continue at a less frequent pace.

Scarlet's Funhouse[edit]

  • Scarlet has claimed and occupied a prominent structure in Tyria and twisted it into a demented fun house.
  • Help Emissary Vorpp at the Crown Pavilion reverse-engineer Scarlet's portal technology to find a way into her fun house.
  • Defeat Scarlet to restore the fun house to its proper form.

Ongoing Festivities[edit]

  • The Crown Pavilion and Queen's Gauntlet will close for maintenance on September 3. Look for their return in the future!

Achievements[edit]

  • Two achievement categories have been added to the Living World achievement group:
  • Completing the Clockwork Chaos meta-achievement awards the player an Infinite Watchknight Tonic. Completing this meta-achievement requires players to complete 18 achievements from either the Clockwork Chaos category or the dailies related to the Clockwork Chaos release.

Exotic Drop[edit]

  • Play Clockwork Chaos content for a chance at the exotic Twisted Watchwork Portal Device Recipe.
  • The recipe requires a level 400 artificer. The ingredients are 50 Watchwork Sprockets, 50 Bowls of Salsa, 1 Unidentified Dye, and 1 Glob of Dark Matter.
  • The Twisted Watchwork Portal Device is a single-use consumable that teleports the user to a random place in Tyria. The destination may be very rewarding, very dangerous, both, or anywhere in between.

General[edit]

  • Watchwork boxes awarded from the Queen's Gauntlet no longer contain coins. [2]
  • Players will now receive a daily reward for each Queen's Gauntlet fight completed. [2]
  • Each Queen's Gauntlet fight now has an event UI containing the boss' health and the fight timer. [2]

New Features And Content[edit]

World vs. World[edit]

  • Trebuchet Mastery has been added to the Ranks and Abilities tab.
    • Increased the damage of trebuchet skills.
    • Disease Cloud from cow ammo now drains supply from enemy players.
    • Increased the radius of trebuchet skills.
    • New skill: Healing Oasis—Fires a shot that heals allies and creates a water combo field.
    • Basic shots that hit enemy supply depots will now destroy some of the objective's supply.
  • WvW Ability Points are now equal to the earned WvW rank of each character. All rank 1 characters will have 1 World Ability Point.
  • Liquid World Experience is now available as a drop in WvW rank-up chests. When consumed, characters receive a set amount of WXP.

Culling[edit]

  • Server-side culling has been removed from all PvE maps. More information on culling may be found in this blog post.

Balance, Bug-fixing, Polish[edit]

Achievements[edit]

  • The character-select screen now displays information about several achievement categories in addition to unlocked account medals.
  • The watch list in the Achievements panel now supports drag-and-drop functionality to organize achievements.
  • Additional visual and audio polish has been added to the achievements system.

General[edit]

  • The amount of karma granted from consumable karma items has been increased. Karma boosts no longer affect the amount of karma gained from consumable items.
  • The minimap and objective list no longer disappear when a character is downed or defeated.
  • Reduced the time to fail timer and increased the restart timer on the event to secure Shank Anchorage in the Cursed Shore. [2]

Story[edit]

Profession Skills[edit]

Elementalist[edit]
Engineer[edit]
  •  Flame Turret.png Flame Turret—Overcharge: The skill fact now displays the correct radius.
  •  Glob Shot.png Elixir Gun—Elixir F: Added a bouncing skill fact to the base skill when it is traited with Rifled Barrels.
  •  Thump.png Thump: Updated the damage skill fact to more accurately reflect the damage done.
  •  Jump Shot.png Jump Shot: Fixed a bug that caused the vulnerability applied by this skill to be unblockable.
Guardian[edit]
  •  Purifying Ribbon.png Purifying Ribbon: Added a skill fact for the number of bounces.
  •  Signet of Wrath.png Signet of Wrath: Added a damage skill fact.
  •  Faithful Strike.png Faithful Strike: Updated the healing fact to display the correct value. Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Bane Signet.png Bane Signet: Added a passive skill fact and changed the knockdown fact to display the correct duration when this skill is traited with Perfect Inscriptions.
  •  Signet of Judgment.png Signet of Judgment: Added a passive skill fact that is also updated when traited with Perfect Inscriptions.
  •  Signet of Mercy.png Signet of Mercy: Added a passive skill fact that is also updated when traited with Perfect Inscriptions.
  •  Signet of Wrath.png Signet of Wrath: Added a passive skill fact that is also updated when traited with Perfect Inscriptions.
  •  Virtue of Resolve.png Virtue of Resolve: Updated the buff skill fact to accurately display the healing per tick.
  •  Hammer of Wisdom.png Hammer of Wisdom: Updated the damage facts for this skill as well as its Command skill.
  •  Command (sword).png Sword of Justice—Command: Fixed an issue that caused the Command skill to go on full recharge without activating properly when used without a target.
Mesmer[edit]
  •  Power Cleanse.png Power Cleanse: Removed the range fact as it was unnecessary.
  •  Mind Spike.png Mind Spike: Fixed a bug where this skill was checking for a boon on the mesmer instead of on the target. The extra damage will now be correctly applied when the player's target has no active boons.
  •  Polymorph Moa.png Polymorph Moa/ Polymorph Tuna.png Tuna Morph[sic]: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to appear unselectable while underwater.
  • All Phantasms: The ghostly effect on phantasms should no longer fail to show up in low graphics settings.
  •  The Prestige.png The Prestige: Fixed an issue that caused the blast finisher to occur at the point where the skill is cast, rather than on the mesmer.
Necromancer[edit]
  •  Putrid Explosion.png Putrid Explosion: Added an unblockable skill fact to indicate the skill's functionality.
  •  Summon Bone Fiend.png Bone Fiend: Updated the range skill fact to indicate the creature's actual range.
  •  Lich Form.png Lich Form: Updated the skill fact description so that it doesn't indicate it removes spectral forms.
  •  Plaguelands.png Plague Form: Updated the skill fact description so that it doesn't indicate it removes spectral forms.
  • Chill of Death Chill of Death: Changed the radius skill fact to a range skill fact.
Ranger[edit]
  •  Swoop.png Swoop: The charge portion of this skill no longer spams "miss" while running toward an enemy.
  •  Icy Pounce.png Juvenile Lynx—Rending Pounce: Updated the bleed skill fact to display the proper amount of bleeds.
  •  Frost Spirit.png Frost Spirit: Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Cold Snap.png Cold Snap: Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Sun Spirit.png Sun Spirit: Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Solar Flare.png Solar Flare: Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Stone Spirit.png Stone Spirit: Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Quicksand.png Quake: Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Storm Spirit.png Storm Spirit: Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Call Lightning (Ranger).png Call Lightning: Added a damage skill fact and a radius skill fact.
  •  Crippling Talon.png Crippling Talon: The projectile thrown will now travel the full distance when traited with Off-Hand Training.
Thief[edit]
Warrior[edit]
  •  Seismic Leap.png Seismic Leap: Fixed a bug so that this skill will now properly be a blast combo finisher.
  •  Dash (Rampage).png Rampage—Dash: Fixed a bug that allowed the character to move further than intended.
  •  Whirling Axe.png Whirling Axe: Updated the skill fact to include a radius.
  •  Banner of Discipline.png Banner of Discipline,  Banner of Strength.png Banner of Strength,  Banner of Defense.png Banner of Defense, and  Battle Standard.png Battle Standard: Updated these skills to properly display their duration. Battle Standard now displays the casting range of the skill.
  •  Sprint.png Banner—Sprint: This skill will now properly strike a target when it reaches the target while underwater.
  •  Kill Shot.png Kill Shot: Fixed a bug so that this skill will no longer drain the energy of a target that reflects it.

Racial[edit]

  • Asura
    •  Pain Inverter.png Pain Inverter: Replaced the range skill fact with a radius one to more accurately reflect the skill's function.

Structured Player vs. Player[edit]

  • Minimap is now always centered and cannot be panned or zoomed.
  • Secondary objective icons for tournament maps have been repainted for clarity.
  • Map art for tournament maps have been repainted for clarity.
  • Downed icons no longer overlap profession icons.
  • Spectate camera icons no longer steal mouse focus from capture point icons when not visible.
  • Profession icons are now a fixed size regardless of map zoom level.
  • Player icons now show names in their tooltip.
  • Removed the capture point text from the map.
  • All capture point icons now properly show their name in the tooltip.

World vs. World[edit]

  • The Outnumbered buff now provides a 25% boost to all WXP gained.
  • WXP rates have been increased across the board. All activities that award WXP should now reward much more.
  • The Siege Decay buff is no longer visible to hostile players.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store[edit]

New Items and Promotions[edit]

  • The Zodiac Weapon Skins are now available for purchase from the Black Lion Weapon Specialist. This weapon skin set is inspired by the classic Guild Wars Zodiac weapons. For one month only, until September 16, these weapon skins cost only 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket. Claim Ticket Scraps can be acquired by opening Black Lion Chests. Black Lion Chest Keys are available in the Gem Store in the Consumable category for 125 gems each or a pack of 5 for 450 gems.
  • Mini 3-Pack Set 2 is now available in the Gem Store in the Minis category for 300 gems. Open this pack to get three random minis from an entirely new set of miniatures! Each pack contains two common and one uncommon mini from set 2. Collect all 46 new minis! The Mini 3-Pack Set 1 is also still available for anyone looking to complete their set 1 collection.
  • The Permanent Twisted Watchwork Finisher is now available in the Gem Store in the Upgrades category for 800 gems. This upgrade gives players unlimited, account-wide access to this twisted finisher.
  • The World vs. World Experience Booster is now available in the Gem Store in the Booster category for 150 gems. This consumable grants 50% more WvW experience for one hour.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

  • The achievements overlay in the upper right was changed in the following ways:
    • It will now display up to six instead of five achievements, and will show an additional "More" link if there are more than six achievements on the watchlist.
    • For achievements with multiple tiers, it will display the current tier number before the name. Percent calculation is now based on current tier completion, not overall achievement completion. This can be changed in the watchlist.
  • The sound for completing achievements was changed.
  • The achievements panel now animates the individual achievement progress.
  • Support Tokens no longer drop from jumping puzzles.
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  1. ^ https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Karma-Changes-Temporary-Rollback
  2. ^ a b c d This patch note was amended to the notes in a separate post at a later time.

Update - August 13, 2013[edit]

General[edit]

  • Fixed various server crashing issues
  • Fixed an issue where Dead Eye Dunwell was easier to defeat than intended.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

Update - August 9, 2013[edit]

Queen's Jubilee[edit]

  • Queen's Gauntlet: Adjusted the rewards given for defeating Subject 7, the veteran ooze.
  • Queen's Gauntlet: Fixed issue where Subject 7's Oozes would not despawn after a fight in certain circumstances.

WvW[edit]

  • Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented loot from dropping off players in WvW.

General[edit]

Performance[edit]

  • Fixed a bug that would cause some maps to take longer to load than was necessary.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

  • The Karma Spender fix is not retroactive — players will have to spend the karma again to get this achievement.
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Update 7 August 2013[edit]

Queen's Jubilee[edit]

  • Changed the options offered by the Fight Manager in the Queen's Gauntlet:
    • The options now display the fights you've unlocked as opposed to the fights you've beaten.
    • By default, they will display the Halmi fight, the first fight.

UI[edit]

  • Clicking "OK" in the overflow pop-up notification no longer causes the Wallet panel to open.

World Versus World[edit]

Performance[edit]

  • Fixed an effect loading bug.
  • Set the Effect LOD option to be enabled by default.
  • Fixed a crash bug.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

  • Build: 22,011

Update 4 - August 6, 2013[edit]

Queen's Jubilee[edit]

  • The Superior Rune of Tormenting's effect of applying Torment on heal now has an internal cooldown of 20 seconds.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

  • Build: 21,953

Update 3 - August 6, 2013[edit]

Queen's Jubilee[edit]

  • Fixed a bug where more Centaur Champions were spawning in the Crown Pavilion than intended.
  • Runes of Perplexity now correctly apply confusion to the enemy target instead of the player.
  • The cost of runes sold by the Crown Pavilion merchants in the Queen's Arena have been corrected.
  • Fixed an issue where Aetherblade morale events associated with balloon towers in the open world would stop spawning pirates.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

  • Build: 21,937

Update 2 - August 6, 2013[edit]

Living World[edit]

Queen's Jubilee[edit]

  • Fixed the Crowd Favorite Gambit not activating correctly in one arena.
  • Fixed the Tremors Gambit not activating correctly in two arenas.
  • Queen's Gauntlet Tickets are no longer Account Bound and are now Soulbound on acquire.
  • Fixed a crash in the Achievement panel.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

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Update - August 6, 2013[edit]

Living World[edit]

Queen's Jubilee[edit]

A celebration to commemorate ten years of Queen Jennah's rule is about to kick off in Divinity's Reach! The queen has commissioned a new gladiatorial arena for the occasion—the Crown Pavilion—as a shining symbol of her people's endurance. Take a hot air balloon ride with dignitaries from across Tyria to the capital of the Krytan nation, and be there for the opening ceremony. Join in the festivities and compete in ceremonial combat in Her Majesty's honor!

Hot Air Balloons[edit]
  • The queen's court has sent out hot air balloons to transport celebrants! Look for balloon towers all over Tyria.
  • Ascend to the top of a balloon tower to claim a royal gift before embarking on the journey to Divinity's Reach.
  • Watch for all-new dynamic events as the balloon pilots may need help keeping everything running smoothly.
  • A special hot air balloon souvenir will be given to players who are festive enough to visit 30 towers.
The Crown Pavilion[edit]
  • The arts district in Divinity's Reach that was destroyed by the Great Collapse has been rebuilt into the Crown Pavilion, a grand arena that will host Kryta's biggest events.
  • Enter the Queen's Gauntlet to battle mighty representations of humanity's most vicious enemies.
  • Visit the emissaries from six major nations of Tyria. A unique set of boons to improve magic find and combat stats will be available to those who wish to represent the emissaries.
  • Earn Watchwork Sprockets, a new trophy from the Watchknights, to purchase rewards from the emissaries. Purchasable rewards include:
    • New Sovereign weapon sets
    • New crafting recipes for runes and sigils
    • Cultural weapon sets
The Queen's Gauntlet[edit]
  • Face increasingly difficult challenges in single combat against a variety of unique bosses.
  • Take a risk with special gambit conditions to earn even more prestigious rewards.
  • Each entry and gambit costs one Queen's Gauntlet ticket. Tickets drop regularly from creatures in the Crown Pavilion and around the world. Players may also purchase tickets from the emissaries in the Crown Pavilion.
Opening Ceremony[edit]
  • Witness the unveiling of the Crown Pavilion in a brand new Living World story instance featuring familiar faces such as Queen Jennah, Logan Thackeray, Countess Anise, Lord Faren, Rox, and Braham.
  • Rumors are running high that the queen will be taking volunteers for the inaugural contest with the Watchknights. There's no telling who might show up!
  • Enter the instanced area simply by visiting the Crown Pavilion for the first time.
Beacons of Kryta[edit]
  • Find torchbearers around Divinity's Reach to activate a special time-limited race to light several beacons around the city.
  • Successfully complete all four torch runs to earn the Flames of Kryta, a permanent item that can be used to illuminate the player's path through darkness.
Achievements[edit]
  • A rotation of Living World achievements has been added to the Daily Achievement category.
  • Completing the Queen's Jubilee meta-achievement awards the player a Mini Watchknight. Completing this meta-achievement requires players to complete 18 achievements from either the Queen's Jubilee category or the jubilee-related dailies.
Exotic Drop[edit]

New Features and Content[edit]

World vs. World[edit]

  • Supply Mastery has been added to the Ranks and Abilities tab.
    • Picking up supply is now instant.
    • Gains swiftness when the entire supply is spent.
    • Gains courier speed and increases movement speed by 50% after picking up supply.
    • Gains a chance to recover some supply after it's spent.
    • Deployed siege sites gain 3 seconds of invulnerability.

Currency Wallet[edit]

  • All players now have a new currency wallet that can be found in the Hero panel. All currencies on a character are transferred to the player's currency wallet when they log in with that character. Players will need to log in with all of their characters to get all of their currency transferred.
  • All currencies are now account bound.

Balance, Bug-fixing, Polish[edit]

General[edit]

Champion Loot[edit]
Improved Effects Culling[edit]
  • In the open world, dungeons, PvP, and WvW, the new effects-culling system will slowly start reducing the detail of each effect in order to increase combat visibility when many effect types are overlapping.

World Polish[edit]

  • Risen nobles: Decreased the damage on the symbol created by their shadowstep skill.

Dungeons[edit]

Dungeon Reward Changes[edit]
  • All bosses no longer directly drop gold.
  • All explorable dungeon paths now give out 1 to 3 gold based on the path. This is an account-based daily reward.
  • All story dungeons now give out 50 silver upon completion. This is an account-based daily reward.
  • Ascalonian Catacombs—Hodgins's Plan: Kendrick's Sarcophagus will not be interactable until "Search the secret room for the scepter" is active.
  • Ascalonian Catacombs—Hodgins's Plan: "Defend Hodgins by destroying graveling burrows" will not activate until "Slay the spider queen" has been completed.
  • Ascalonian Catacombs—Hodgins's Plan: "Find the scepter pieces" will not be active until "Join Hodgins in finding the first scepter" has been completed.
  • Ascalonian Catacombs—Detha's Plan: "Defend Detha from gravelings" will not activate until "Slay the spider queen" has been completed.
  • Ascalonian Catacombs—Tzark's Plan: "Defend the essence collectors" will not activate until "Slay the spider queen" has been completed.
  • Caudecus's Manor—I'll look for the Seraph: Mad Martha will not become hostile until "Overwhelm the bandit defenses" is activated.
  • Caudecus's Manor—I'll look for the Seraph: "Search for the captured sergeant" will not activate until "Place powder kegs near the blocked gate" has been completed.
  • Caudecus's Manor—I'll help you find the missing butler: "Search for the missing servants" will not activate until "Destroy the bandit turrets" has been completed.
  • Citadel of Flame—Ferrah: "Breach the Sanguine Vault" will not activate until "Find a way into the Enkindling Chamber" has been completed.
  • Citadel of Flame—Magg: "Find a way into the ritual chamber" will not activate until "Travel to the ritual chamber" has been completed.
  • Honor of the Waves—The butcher: "Defeat the Ice Dragon minion to continue" will not activate until the doorway leading to its location has been opened.
  • Honor of the Waves—The plunderer: "Defeat the corrupted Son of Svanir" will not activate until "Stop the Svanir vandals" has been completed.
  • Honor of the Waves—The zealot: Icebrood Goliath and guards will not be attackable until the doorway leading to their location has been opened.
  • Honor of the Waves—The zealot: "Defeat Sorge's disciple, Svánigandr" will not activate until the door leading to its location has been opened.
  • Crucible of Eternity—All paths: Mark T-B34RC3 will not be attackable until "Shut down the advanced golem" is activated.
  • Crucible of Eternity—Teleporter: "Defeat the Evolved Husk" will only activate after "Kill Subject Alpha" has been completed and the "Teleporter" path has been selected.
  • Crucible of Eternity—Front door: "Defeat the laboratory specimen" will only activate after "Kill Subject Alpha" has been completed and the "Front Door" path has been selected.

Profession Skills[edit]

General[edit]
  •  Reaper of Grenth.png Reaper of Grenth: This skill can now be cast on the move. Added an unblockable skill fact to indicate its functionality.
  •  Prayer to Lyssa.png Prayer to Lyssa: Fixed a bug that allowed Lyssa to grant more than one boon or condition.
  • All signet skills now play their overhead bang effect at the start of the skill to help telegraph these skills.
Elementalist[edit]
  •  Tornado.png Tornado: Added a duration skill fact. This skill can now be used while moving.
  •  Glyph of Renewal.png Glyph of Renewal: Improved the readability of this skill so enemies can see it more clearly when players are casting it.
  •  Magnetic Wave.png Magnetic Wave: This skill is now blockable.
  • Signet Mastery Signet Mastery: This trait will now properly reduce the recharge of Signet of Restoration in PvP.
  •  Arcane Power.png Arcane Power: The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  •  Trait III.png Arcane Retribution: Increased the duration to 30 seconds to be consistent with Arcane Power. The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  •  Arcane Shield.png Arcane Shield: Added the buff to the skill fact. The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  • Final Shielding Final Shielding: The buff provided when this trait is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
Engineer[edit]
  • Packaged Stimulants Packaged Stimulants: This trait now properly increases the duration of the boons provided by the Med Kit skill Throw Stimulant instead of lowering the recharge.
  •  Elixir X.png Elixir X: This skill will now display the proper skill facts when underwater.
  •  Mortar Shot.png Mortar—Mortar Shot: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to have increased recharge time when Elite Supplies was traited.
Guardian[edit]
Mesmer[edit]
  •  Counter Blade.png Counter Blade: The projectile velocity has been doubled and is now wider with an increased effect size.
  •  Phantasmal Duelist.png Phantasmal Duelist: This skill now has its range increased with Duelist's Discipline. Fixed a bug that enabled the duelist from being cast at 1200 range at all times.
  •  Illusion of Life.png Illusion of Life: Updated the animation and effects on this skill to make it easier to read when it is being cast in combat. The timing and effectiveness remains unchanged.
  •  Polymorph Moa.png Polymorph Moa: This skill should now animate when used with a greatsword.
  •  Veil.png Veil: This utility skill now acts as a light field as its description indicates.
Necromancer[edit]
  •  Fetid Ground.png Fetid Ground: Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Well of Blood.png Well of Blood: Added a radius skill fact.
  •  Wail of Doom.png Wail of Doom: Increased the spell effect to better represent the actual spell area.
  •  Tainted Shackles.png Tainted Shackles: This skill's damage tooltip now displays the appropriate damage.
  •  Doom.png Doom: Added an effect that plays on the necromancer when this skill is used.
  •  Reaper's Mark.png Reaper's Mark: This skill now uses a distinct animation compared to the other mark skills on staff to help improve readability when this skill is cast. The timing and effectiveness of this skill remains unchanged.
  •  Summon Bone Fiend.png Summon Bone Fiend/ Rigor Mortis.png Rigor Mortis: Added a range fact to these skills.
  •  Soul Grasp.png Soul Grasp: Updated the skill fact to display the proper regeneration amount.
  •  Crimson Tide.png Crimson Tide: Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to ignore line of sight.
Ranger[edit]
  •  Entangle.png Entangle: Updated the damage and immobilize skill facts to reflect the actual amount of pulses.
  •  Sharpening Stone.png Sharpening Stone: Counters will no longer decrement on every attack going, but only on attacks hit, evaded, missed (from blind), or blocked. The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  •  Trait III.png Keen Edge: The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  • Precise Strikes Precise Strikes[sic]: This trait now functions correctly with Remorseless.
Thief[edit]
  •  Shadow Assault.png Shadow Assault: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to have a longer than intended range. It will now properly match the range skill fact.
  •  Assassin's Signet.png Assassin's Signet: The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  •  Nine-Tailed Strike.png Nine-Tailed Strike: Updated this skill's skill facts.
  • Concealed Defeat Concealed Defeat: Fixed a bug that caused this trait's effect to have a longer than intended recharge.
  •  Basilisk Venom.png Basilisk Venom: The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  •  Devourer Venom.png Devourer Venom: The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  •  Ice Drake Venom.png Ice Drake Venom: The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  •  Skale Venom.png Skale Venom: The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  •  Spider Venom.png Spider Venom: The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
Warrior[edit]
  •  Signet of Might.png Signet of Might: The buff provided when this skill is activated will now properly display the remaining number of charges.
  •  Counterblow.png Counterblow: This skill will now properly set its recharge with the Sundering Mace trait when players strike an enemy after blocking.

Structured Player vs. Player[edit]

  • Removed the Tournament panel.
  • Added an Arenas tab to the PvP panel.
    • Replaced "Rated Matches" with "Team Arena." The rankings and leaderboard are the same.
    • Added a Solo Arena. Only individual players may queue for the Solo Arena; players will also have a separate ranking and leaderboard from the existing Team Arena.
  • Moved the Custom Arena browser to the PvP panel.
  • Added a Leave button to PvP games.
  • PvP games can now be joined from any location in the game, including outside of the Mists.
  • Leaving PvP will send players back to their last non-instance location.
  • Spectators can now see the currently selected target of the player being followed instead of their autoattack target.
  • Leaving rated arena games will punish players with a Dishonorable debuff. Each stack of dishonor lasts for 72 hours. If a player has the maximum amount of dishonor (5 stacks), they will be prevented from joining rated games.
  • Players in an arena game cannot switch characters after the game has started.
  • Added a Finisher tab to the Hero panel. Use the Finisher tab to choose and activate a finisher.
  • Finishers may now be unlocked either permanently or on a limited, per-use basis.
    • Using a finisher item now adds five uses of that finisher. Each finisher use is consumed when players successfully use the finisher on a downed enemy.
    • Using a permanently unlocked finisher will never consume it. Players may switch between any unlocked finishers at any time outside of combat.
    • Rank finishers are now unlocked permanently and automatically when players achieve a new rank in PvP. Rank reward chests will no longer contain Rank Finisher items.
  • Updated the capture point progress animation for all maps.
  • Heart of the Mists: Replaced two of the training golems with indestructible training golems.
  • Skyhammer: The cannon can no longer be reconfigured while the player is in stealth or invulnerable.
  • Skyhammer: Updated a couple of spectator camera positions.
  • Temple of the Silent Storm: Increased the cooldown of Mediation on Ferocity from 2 minutes to 4 minutes and increased the buff duration from 45 seconds to 2 minutes.

World vs. World[edit]

  • Keep and castle assault events are now group events and will count towards monthly achievements.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store[edit]

New Items and Promotions[edit]

Election results are in![edit]

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

  • Clicking the Achievement tab through the Hero Panel would cause the game to crash.
  • The exit instance/dungeon icon above the minimap has been fixed so that items and coin you receive do not cover the exit button.
  • Karma rewards are now also displayed in the incoming items list above the minimap, and both incoming karma and coins now indicate their quantity in this feed.
  • Graphical settings were reset with this update. You'll want to check your settings and reset them appropriately.
  • Risen Priest of Grenth has been promoted to Legendary rank.
  • Some Veteran and Champion Risen foes gained new abilities.
  • Royal Architect NPC has been removed from the game.
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