Guild Wars 2

July 1 Content Release Notes

LIVING WORLD

Gates of Maguuma
Over the smoldering fires of Lion’s Arch, a roar echoes from the west. Now, mysterious incursions into Brisban Wildlands have alerted Tyria’s heroes to a threat reaching across its frontiers to tear at its foundations. Mystery and adventure await those who go forth into long forgotten territory.

Achievements
After completing the Gates of Maguuma episode, players can showcase their tactical mastery as a hero of Tyria by completing challenging, episode-related achievements.

NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT
Introducing the Story Journal

• Located inside the Hero panel, the Story Journal gives level 80 players the ability to play and replay unlocked episodes of the Living World, starting with Season 2. Additionally, it allows players to easily switch between Living World episodes and the Personal Story.
• Episodes of the Living World are permanently unlocked when players log into a map with a character when an episode is the current live release. If players happen to miss this free period for an episode, it can be unlocked later for a small gem fee via the Story Journal section of the Hero panel.
• Completing the story of a Living World episode will unlock skill-based achievements with unique rewards that can be earned when replaying the episode.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
World Polish

• Metrica Province
  • Escort Rikkiti as she brings a message to the Lionguard assault force: Fixed a bug with this event that caused the health of spawned creatures to scale incorrectly.
• Blazeridge Steppes
  • The Behem Gauntlet puzzle chest is now limited to once per day.

General

• “Kick from Guild” will no longer appear in user context menus outside of the guild roster.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Taidha Covington to repeat her death scenes indefinitely.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented the key NPCs from spawning in the “Protect the asura and their technology while they quell the unstable volcano” event in the Battle for Mount Maelstrom meta-event.
• Kralkatorrik’s Legacy world event:
  • Fixed an issue that would occasionally prevent the “Escort the Sentinel squad to the Vigil camp in Lowland Burns” event from starting.
  • Adjusted the scaling of the “Collect siege weapon pieces for Crusader Blackhorn” event such that additional players will be able to help complete the event faster rather than cause it to take more time.
• Fixed the Huge Ruins Spider in Mount Maelstrom to have the health and nameplate of a veteran creature.
• Inquest engineers no longer create flame turrets under water.
• Icebrood Norn have had their skills and description updated.
• Characters that logged out while in the Mad King’s Labyrinth will be rerouted to Lion’s Arch.

Dungeons
Fractals of the Mists

• Mai Trin and First Mate Horrik should now scale appropriately with fractal levels.

Profession Skills
Elementalist

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.
• Lightning Flash: Added a number of targets skill fact (1).
• Tornado: Removed the range indicator.
  • Electrified Tornado: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the radius skill fact and range indicator to show the correct projectile distance (900).
  • Dust Tornado: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the radius skill fact and range indicator to show the correct projectile distance (900).
  • Debris Tornado: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the radius skill fact and range indicator to show the correct projectile distance (900).
• Comet: Updated the description to better explain its functionality.
• Signet of Restoration: Updated the buff icon to match the skill icon.
• Fresh Air: Added a missing recharge trait fact.
• Obsidian Flesh: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to incorrectly display a trait bonus from Zephyr’s Focus.
• Lava Chains: Added a number of bounces skill fact (1).
• Arcane Brilliance: Fixed a bug that caused the combo finisher pop-up to appear before the combo activated.

Engineer

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.
• Enhance Performance: Fixed an issue in which the might gained from this trait failed to appear as a skill fact on some healing skills.
• Detonate Rifle Turret: Fixed a bug that prevented the skill fact for this skill from updating when traited with Explosive Powder.
• Elixir X: Fixed the skill facts for various transforms provided by this skill.
  • Tornado:
    • Electrified Tornado: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the radius skill fact and range indicator to show the correct projectile distance (900).
    • Dust Tornado: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the radius skill fact and range indicator to show the correct projectile distance (900).
    • Debris Tornado: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the radius skill fact and range indicator to show the correct projectile distance (900).
  • Plague:
    • Withering Plague: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the range indicator for this skill.
    • Plague of Darkness: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the range indicator for this skill.
    • Plague of Pestilence: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the range indicator for this skill.
• Throw Wrench: Added a cripple skill fact while traited with Power Wrench.
• Explosive Rockets: Added a number of targets skill fact (1). Updated the radius skill fact to correctly display 360.
• Rocket Turret: Added a number of targets skill fact (5).

Guardian

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for underwater skills.
• Fixed an issue in which the number of targets skill facts would not appear for skills when certain traits were equipped.
• Shield of the Avenger:
  • Command:
    • Fixed an incorrect number of bounces skill fact. This skill bounces 3 times to hit 4 foes and then returns to the player.
    • Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from dealing damage to the fourth target.
• Zealot’s Flame: Added an unblockable skill fact.
• Protector’s Strike: Fixed a bug that caused the ending flourish to act as a short-duration whirl finisher, sending out a single bolt in a random direction.
• Virtue of Courage: Updated the duration of the passive aegis buff from 10 hours to an infinite duration.
• Whirling Wrath: Added number of impacts and radius skill facts. Fixed a bug that caused the damage skill fact to display 9 hits instead of 7.
• Strength in Numbers: Added a combat-only skill fact.

Mesmer

• Fixed an issue in which the number of targets skill fact would not appear for various skills when certain traits were equipped.
• Spinning Revenge: Fixed an issue that caused the clone created by this skill to use a version of Siren’s Call that did not apply boons to allies.
• Mimic: Fixed a bug that caused the underwater channel for this skill to be shorter than the land channel.
• Masterful Reflection: Added reflection skill facts to all signets when traited with Blurred Inscriptions.
• Illusionary Leap: Fixed a bug that allowed players to swap places with their clone after it was destroyed.

Necromancer

• Fixed an issue in which the number of targets skill fact would not appear for various skills when certain traits were equipped.
• Wells: Added a range indicator for these skills when not traited with Focused Rituals.
• Withering Plague: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the range indicator for this skill.
• Plague of Darkness: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the range indicator for this skill.
• Plague of Pestilence: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill’s recharge from displaying. Updated the range indicator for this skill.
• Epidemic: Added a missing skill fact for number of targets (5).
• Life Transfer: Updated the skill facts to use radius instead of range.
• Flesh Golem:
  • Charge: Corrected the knockback skill fact to the knockdown skill fact.
• Death Shroud: Updated the skill facts when traited with Death Shiver.
• Signet of Undeath: Added a skill fact for number of targets (3).
• Dark Path: Added a skill fact for number of targets (5).
• Greater Marks: Fixed a bug that prevented some marks from displaying their number of targets skill facts when this trait was equipped.
• Toxic Landing: Added a skill fact for number of targets (3).
• Foul Current: Added a skill fact for number of targets (5).
• Tainted Shackles: Added a skill fact for number of targets (5).
• Wave of Fear: Added a skill fact for number of targets (5).
• Chillblains:
  • Increased the blast radius to 240 to match other staff mark skills.
  • Fixed an issue in which the blast radius skill fact would not be displayed when traited with Greater Marks.
  • Increased the particle effect size to better match the skill’s radius.
• Reaper’s Mark: Fixed an issue in which the blast radius skill fact would not be displayed when traited with Greater Marks.
• Life Blast (Underwater):
  • Renamed the skill to “Plague Blast” in order to clarify its unique functionality.
  • Updated the traits associated with this skill to specify that they work with Plague Blast in addition to Life Blast.
  • Fixed an issue in which the damage skill fact was lower than the actual value.
• Unyielding Blast:
  • Updated the vulnerability skill fact to show the number of stacks of vulnerability applied (2).
  • Fixed an issue in which this trait would inflict vulnerability on the player in addition to the targets when used under water.
• Doom: Updated the fear skill fact to scale correctly with Master of Terror.
• Spectral Wall: Updated the fear skill fact to scale correctly with Master of Terror.
• Training of the Master: Fixed a bug that prevented the minion damage skill facts from updating when this trait was equipped.

Ranger

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.
• Updated pet skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.
• Entangle: Updated the description to better match its functionality.
• Signet of Renewal: Added a radius skill fact.
• Quicksand:
  • Corrected the order of condition skill facts to match similar skills.
  • Updated the effect for this skill when used under water to better match its area of effect.
• Sun Spirit: Fixed the description of the spirit buff to remove the might on hit chance.
• Winter’s Bite: Fixed the description and icon of the pet buff to better match its skill functionality.
• Drake:
  • Bite: Updated the animation to be a bite attack instead of a tail whip when under water.
• Coral Shot: Added a pierces skill fact.
• Path of Scars: Added a pierces skill fact.
• Signet of the Wild: Added stability, damage increase, movement increase, and duration skill facts.
• Quick Shot: Fixed an issue that caused the character to briefly move back toward the target when firing at an enemy behind the ranger.

Thief

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.
• Steal: Fixed a bug that caused players to occasionally steal an item from targets they could not reach by shadowstepping.
• Thieves Guild: Added creature descriptions for the summoned thieves.
• Ambush: Added a creature description for the summoned thief.
• Black Powder: Fixed a bug that prevented the bullet fired from this skill from bouncing when traited with Ricochet.
• Dancing Dagger: Updated the skill facts to use number of bounces (3) instead of maximum targets.
• Trick Shot: Updated the skill facts to use number of bounces (2) instead of number of targets.
• Dagger Storm: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to continue creating whirl projectiles after the combo field it was using expired.
• Disabling Shot (Short Bow): Fixed an issue that caused the character to briefly move back toward the target when firing at an enemy behind the thief.

Warrior

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.
• Adrenaline Rush (Mace): Updated the description to explain that the amount of adrenaline gained by this skill is based on the duration the player spends blocking.
• Adrenaline Rush (Sword): Updated the description to explain that the amount of adrenaline gained by this skill is based on the duration the player spends blocking.
• Empower Allies: Added a combat-only skill fact.
• Counterblow: Fixed a bug that caused the counterattack from this skill to be called Riposte.
• Inspire: Changed the range skill fact into a radius skill fact for clarity.
• Plant Standard: Fixed a bug that caused the combo finisher pop-up to appear before the combo activated.

Racial Skills
Asura

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.

Charr

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.
• Charrzooka: Fixed a bug that caused the player to immediately drop the Charrzooka if they activated a skill before they finished equipping the bundle.

Human

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.

Norn

• Updated skill facts to include the number of targets for various skills.
• Become the Snow Leopard:
  • Prowl: Fixed an issue that allowed players to capture points while stealthed. Added a skill fact to describe this functionality.

Runes and Sigils

• Sigil of Geomancy: Fixed a bug that caused the effect of this sigil to be incorrectly displayed as Frost Burst in the combat log. It is now displayed as Ring of Earth.
• Rune of Strength: The 4-piece bonus has had its might duration reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds for both the Major and Superior versions. The 6-piece bonus has had its damage bonus reduced from 7% to 5% while under the effect of might.

Bundle Skills
Brisban Wildlands:

• Pigment Transmogrifier (given during the “Aethervolt researchers require temporary assistants” renown heart):
  • Pellet Shot: Fixed a bug with the range indicator on this skill that caused it to always display as out of range. Increased the damage on this skill by 60%. Added a damage skill fact.
  • Pigment Destabilizer: Added a blindness skill fact.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE

• Dragon Coffers no longer drop from Black Lion Chests.

New Items and Promotions

• Mini Frostbite has been added to the Toys category for 400 gems.
• Find the new Shadow Assassin Outfit in the Style category for 700 gems.