Game Update Notes - January 17, 2017

Game Update Notes - January 17, 2017

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01/17/2017 – January 17th Release Notes
Lunar New Year

  • Come celebrate the year of the rooster in Divinity’s Reach!
    • Lunar New Year festivities have returned with the strong and trustworthy rooster.
    • Collect and open lucky envelopes to earn essences of luck, delicious foods, fireworks, valuable items, and a chance to find the new Lucky Great Rooster Lantern backpacks.
    • Speak to Phaedra in the Crown Pavilion to purchase very valuable Divine Lucky Envelopes.
    • Trade extra essences of luck to Fion in your guild hall to purchase Red Lantern decorations.
      • Red Lanterns can be used by scribes to craft one additional festive decoration.
  • Bash and kick your way to victory in the Dragon Ball arena!
    • Speak to Finolla in the Crown Pavilion to enter the arena and prove your mettle.
    • Win rounds to earn Tokens of the Dragon Ball Champion, which can be used to purchase extra Divine Lucky Envelopes.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions

  • A new Celestial Rooster Harvesting Tool is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 1,000 gems.
  • A new Solar and Lunar Dye Kit containing six exclusive colors is now available in the Special category of the Gem Store for 125 gems.
  • For a limited time, the Imperial Outfit is 20% off, found in the Style category of the Gem Store.
  • The Red Envelope Mail Carrier is 20% off in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for one week.

Improvements

  • For a limited time, the Miniature Ram, Mini Tiger, Mini Puppy, Mini Golden Pig, and Mini Red Panda are available for 1 Black Lion Miniature Claim Ticket each from the Black Lion Miniature Claim Ticket vendor.
  • Many Merry Minis is no longer available at the Black Lion Miniature Claim Ticket vendor.
  • The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Lunar New Year Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.
    • The Divine Lucky Envelope has been added as the new guaranteed seasonal item.
    • Only for the duration of this seasonal chest, the Mini Celestial Rooster is available as an uncommon drop.

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Bug Fix:

  • Fixed a bug in which title text for the Lunar New Year firework effect would not display properly.
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  • Removed achievement points associated with end-of-season placement on the leaderboard.

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Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue that could cause rotated effects to display improperly in the Nightmare Fractal.
  • Fixed a client crash.

01/17/2017 – Late Notes
General

  • Commander-icon sorting has been adjusted so that it may appear ahead of everything besides combat events. This will help improve the visibility of commander icons.

World vs. World

  • The shared-participation slot in WvW has been updated to function across maps.

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Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed a bug that caused Stronghold matches to persist after a lord died.
  • Sylvari Elite—Summon Sylvan Hound: Fixed a bug that caused these creatures to persist when used in conjunction with Rebound.

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Bug Fix:

  • Reenabled content in Ember Bay that is related to Rurik’s Engagement Ring.