User:Endrosz/2022 August

Update - August 2, 2022

New Player Experience Improvements

We've been experimenting with some changes to the new player experience. You might have heard whispers of new players leveling more quickly than their friends or gaining access to the raptor mount early in their Tyrian adventuring career. After evaluating the effectiveness of these changes by digging through mountains of data, we're excited to make these first experiments permanent additions to the game.

• Road test the raptor!
  • Accounts with an expansion unlocked will be granted permanent access to the basic raptor mount after they reach level 10 on a single character. Players who have reached level 80 and own the Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire expansion can unlock this mount's Masteries.

• Updated default selections in the Options menu for new accounts.
  • General Options:
    • AoE Loot on Interact: On
    • Autoloot: Autopickup: On
    • Show All Enemy Names: On
    • Show All Usable Object Names: On
    • Show Skill Recharge: On
    • Show Target Health Percent: On
    • Disable Player Camera Shake: On
    • Right-Click to Attack/Interact: Off
    • Melee Attack Assist: Off
    • Lock Ground Target at Maximum Skill Range: On
  • Graphics Options (skipped if Autodetect would choose lower values):
    • Reflections: Terrain & Sky
    • Character Model Limit: Medium
  • Control Options:
    • Strafe Left: A
    • Strafe Right: D
    • Turn Left: Q
    • Turn Right: E
    • Special Action: N
    • Information Dialog: - (dash)