Game updates/January 2023

January 2023 updates
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Update 2 - January 31, 2023

Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue that caused Reflective Koi weapon skins to appear inside Black Lion Chests instead of Red Crane weapon skins.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 140,688

Update - January 31, 2023

General

• Jade bot terminals have been added to the Black Citadel, the Grove, Divinity's Reach, Hoelbrak, Lion's Arch, and Rata Sum.
• Items stored in the "invisible" bag type are no longer displayed in the Mystic Forge interface.
• Players may now place personal waypoints during map cinematics.
• Fixed a client crash that occurred when exiting PvP matches.
• Fixed an issue with the DirectX11 renderer's autodetect best graphics settings option.
• Fixed an issue that caused the DirectX11 renderer to render some ground effects differently than the DirectX9 renderer.
• Fixed an issue that caused the DirectX11 renderer to render some fonts differently than the DirectX9 renderer on computers using Windows 7.
• Fixed an issue that allowed certain endless tonics to be used while in combat.

World vs. World

This update includes an improvement to weekly rewards, and it introduces changes that are designed to encourage direct player vs. player conflict in fights over objectives while taking care to not take the fun (or the teeth) out of objective defense. We’ll be keeping a close eye on these changes—both the player feedback and quantitative data—and will make follow-up changes as needed.

Make sure to check out our blog post about WvW changes from last week for more information: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/wvw-january-31-preview/

Achievements

• New weekly achievements have been added to World vs. World. Completing these will award up to 35 additional weekly WvW Skirmish Claim Tickets and other WvW rewards. Additionally, a reward of 8 gold can be earned each week for completing the new meta-achievement. These achievements will reset every Monday at 7:30 a.m. UTC.

Warclaw Mount

• Increased the damage that the warclaw's Chain Pull attack inflicts on gates from 2,000 to 4,000.
• The Warclaw's Blessing movement speed boon now applies to allies in a radius of 600, increased from 360.

Siege

• Increased the health pool of all ballista variants by 33%.
• Increased the health pool of all flame ram variants by 25%.
• Increased the duration of the Iron Hide boon applied by the rank 5 Flame Ram Mastery from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.
• Increased the range in which the Iron Hide boon is applied from 300 to 600.
• Increased the range of the non-upgraded version of the ballista's Reinforced Shot from 3,000 to 3,500 to make it more reliable compared to other ballista skills. The upgraded version from the rank 4 Ballista Mastery now extends the range to 4,000.
• Fixed an issue that caused players under the effect of Oil Mastery III: Increased Armor to be incorrectly affected by certain crowd-control abilities.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to lose control of siege weapons when affected by knockbacks, blowouts, or fear while under the effects of stability.

Objectives

We are making some changes to slightly reduce the amount of time it takes for players to break through the defenses of an upgraded tower, keep, or castle while it's actively defended.

• General
  • Slightly increased the size of camp supervisors, tower lords, and keep lords to make them easier to locate in combat.
  • Increased health of all supply dolyaks by 50%.
• Camps
  • Increased the base supply hold size for camps from 100 to 150.
  • Increased the passive supply gain rate for camps increased from 10 to 15.
  • Increased the damage and health of camp supervisors by 10%.
• Keeps
  • Decreased the base supply hold size for keeps from 500 to 400.
  • Decreased the supply hold size increase granted by the Storage Expansion objective upgrade from 400 to 200.
• Stonemist Castle
  • Decreased the base supply hold size for Stonemist Castle from 1,000 to 700.
  • Decreased the supply hold size increase granted by the Storage Expansion objective upgrade from 400 to 200.
  • Increased the supply gain rate for Stonemist Castle from 50 to 60 per dolyak.
• Desert Borderlands
  • Increased the damage inflicted by Champion Asai Deftclaw's Gale Slash attack by 20%.
  • Increased the damage inflicted by Champion Asai Deftclaw's Wind Dance attack by 20%.
  • Increased the damage inflicted by Champion Terza Bowsahr's Vengeful Flames attack by 20%.
  • Increased the damage inflicted by Champion Terza Bowsahr's Coalescence of Ruin attack by 20%.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed Champion Prototype B-055 to be permanently crowd controlled.

General

• Miniatures can no longer be summoned in WvW. This change is aimed at reducing screen clutter in large-scale combat and to remove a bad interaction with stealth that disproportionately affected players new to the game mode.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 140,607
• The achievement group "Competitive" was split into "World vs. World" and "Player vs. Player".
• The NPC crowd arriving at Blood Stand Stage during A Concert for the Ages meta event now shows their nameplate and are targetable until the event starts.
• The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Reflective Depths Chest.
  • Originally contained the new Reflective Koi weapon skins and the Shimmering Aurora weapon skins, but it was promptly fixed.
• The contents of Black Lion Statuettes have been updated.

Update - January 18, 2023

Bug Fix

• Revenant: Fixed an issue that caused Ventari's Tablet[sic] to appear below ground.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 139,969

Update - January 11, 2023

Bug Fix

• Fixed a Windows 7 client crash.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 139,654

Update 2 - January 10, 2023

Bug Fixes:

• Restored a missing set of planters in Divinity's Reach.
• Fixed an issue that prevented some skills from being changed from the skill bar.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 139,628
• Players have noted Dx11 crashing when loading / viewing PvP rank tags. Players that experience this bug should switch their clients to Dx9 by placing -Dx9 in the shortcut options.

Update - January 10, 2023

Lunar New Year

As another new year dawns on Tyria, join the festivities in Divinity's Reach! The Year of the Rabbit is upon us, and the Lunar New Year festival returns with new rewards. Collect and open Lucky Envelopes to earn Essences of Luck, delicious foods, fireworks, valuable items, and a chance to find the new Lucky Rabbit Lantern back items!

• The Lunar New Year annual meta-achievement, Lunar New Year Customs, has been updated with a new reward, the Embellished Rabbit Vest! Last year's meta-achievement reward, the Primal Tiger Hood, can now be purchased from the Lunar New Year rewards vendors.
• The new Firework weapon set is now available! You'll receive your choice of a weapon by progressing the annual Lunar New Year Customs meta-achievement, and you can rarely find additional tradeable weapons in Lunar Gift Boxes, which are available from a new daily achievement.
• Three new weapons are now available as rare drops from Divine Lucky Envelopes. They can also be purchased from Sparking Stone in Divinity's Reach.
• Lucky Envelope rewards have been updated with new items for the Year of the Rabbit, including a new back item to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit in style.
• Two new miniatures have been added to the festival reward vendors.
• New guild decorations have been added to commemorate the Year of the Rabbit.
• A number of festival-related bugs have been fixed to ensure a happy holiday for all heroes.

Lunar New Year will be active until January 31 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-8). See you in Divinity's Reach!

General

• Profession icon tooltips in the guild roster and the party and squad UI now display the elite specialization of the player if they are using one, instead of only the profession's name.
• Fixed an issue that caused some repeatable Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons achievements to sometimes incorrectly count additional points when tallying achievement point totals.
  • This may appear to reduce some players' achievement point totals upon logging in, as the "extra" achievement points will be removed.

Items

• Removed the name confirmation requirement when discarding Snowman Tonics, Festive Golem Tonics, and Reindeer Tonics.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• Build: 139,572
• The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Adrift Ice-Fishing Chest.
• The contents of Black Lion Statuettes have been updated.