Guild Wars 2

10/04/2016 – October 04 Release Notes
Living World

• The story step “Ascend the fortress and activate the machine” has been fixed to avoid players hearing each other’s personal story dialogue.
• The story step “Return to Grumby” has been fixed to remove a benign condition that was placed on players.
• The story step “Return to Grumby” has been fixed to remove an issue that caused some players under the effect of Mursaat Armor to have a red name over their head.
• The story step “Complete the combat simulation” has been fixed to avoid a damage range that did not accurately reflect the fire pool size.
• The story step “Take the portal to activate the machine” has been fixed so that the mesmer portal does not disappear while the step is active.
• The story step “Start the simulation” has been fixed to add collision to the Simulation Start console.

World Polish

• Auric Basin: Fixed an issue in which updrafts did not work as intended in Southwatch Creep.

General

• Something unusual is happening at Gillscale Pond.

World vs. World
General

• Team chat now works across maps in WvW.
  • Team chat works across maps for Eternal Battlegrounds and Borderlands.
    • It does not work for Edge of the Mists.
• Some NPCs were moved away from tactivators so they aren’t so close together.
• The Endless Mushroom Tonic has been disabled from working in WvW.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions

• The new Spectral Glider is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.
• A new Taimi’s Outfit is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
• Taimi’s Dye Kit has returned for a limited time, located in the Special category of the Gem Store for 125 gems.
• The Witch’s Outfit has returned for a limited time, located in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
• The Phantom’s Hood has returned for a limited time with a 20% discount, located in the Style category of the Gem Store for 160 gems.
• The Riding Broom toy is available in the Toys category of the Gem Store, with a 30% discount, for 175 gems.

Bug Fixes

• The autosummoning of miniatures no longer toggles off when a player is gliding while miniatures are being culled by the game server.

Bug Fixes:

• Reenabled Skritt Worker Contracts.
• Fixed an erroneous message that occurred while gliding that claimed miniatures were being hidden due to server population.
• Fixed a server crash.

Late Notes:

Structured Player vs. Player

Conquest Map: Eternal Coliseum

• Using the special action skill Rally the Crowd will no longer increment the Artifacts of the Coliseum achievement.

Items

• Skritt contract workers will now give up if they fail to loot a stash for 30 seconds, at which time they will refund their contract.
• Skritt Worker Contracts can no longer be used while gliding or swimming.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with the Daily Heart of Maguuma Forager achievement so that you can once again progress this achievement when it is part of the daily rotation.