Guild Wars 2

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Fixed a server crash.
Fixed an issue in which players could see only their current profession’s weapons and armors at vendors.

Game Update Notes - March 16, 2015

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Streaming Client Beta: Added -StreamingClient flag to allow downloading while playing Guild Wars 2. See our blog post for more information.
The number of votes required to kick a party member has been increased to 50% of the party. As an example, in parties of five, three votes will be required.
WvW map completion is no longer a requirement for a character to achieve World Completion, and these maps no longer award map completion rewards.
New camera settings in the General Options panel:
- Added a Field of View slider.
- Added a Zoom Sensitivity slider, which controls how quickly zooming in and out occurs.
- Added a Collision Sensitivity slider, which controls how readily the camera will ignore obstructions between itself and your character.
- Removed the Position slider.
- Added a Horizontal Position slider, which controls how much the camera is shifted to the left or right of your character.
- Added a Vertical Position slider, which controls how much camera height increases as you zoom out.
- Added an Enable First-Person Camera check box. To enter first-person mode, zoom in again while at minimum camera zoom.
- Added an Adjust Camera to Character Height check box. When unchecked, the camera will be placed at the same height regardless of your character size.
- Added a Restore Defaults button.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
World Polish

Gendarran Fields
- Adjusted the number of scaling spawns for the “Prevent the centaurs from capturing Nebo Terrace” group event to be less punishing for large groups.
- Adjusted the start timing of the “Reclaim Nebo Terrace from the centaurs” and “Rescue the captured townspeople from the centaurs” events.
- Increased the damage dealt by the catapults of Nebo Terrace to creatures. This does not apply to champion creatures.

General

Added a flashing effect when hovering over map legend icons to indicate incomplete POIs, vistas, tasks, skill challenges, and waypoints.
Fixed an issue in which some windows weren’t responding to the Enter and Escape keys.
Added the Black Lion Trading Company icon to e-mails from the Black Lion Trading Company.
Added a prompt to verify self-demotion within in a guild.
Fixed some instances of players being capable of shadowstepping to unreachable locations.
Fixed an issue in which players could take repeated falling damage when running down steep inclines.
Changed the Guild Roster location text to function the same way as the Contacts panel.
Stability: This boon has been changed from a duration stack type to an intensity stack type. Crowd-control effects will remove one instance of stability apiece each time they are applied. Each ability and trait has been adjusted to apply a certain number of stacks. All instances of stability not listed in these release notes will remain at one stack.
Mordrem Wolf: Significantly reduced critical-hit damage.
Jungle Tendril Root: Removed several evasion frames from the Burrow skill animation. Burrow should now make the Jungle Tendril Root emerge directly below the target.
Added chat logging to indicate who is kicking whom in parties and who is leaving.
Added a feature in chat that properly indicates when a player has been removed from a party instead of indicating that all other players left the party.
Updated chat text to indicate that players who are kicked or leave the party are no longer in the party instead of always indicating that player left the party.

Items

Rune of Vampirism: The fourth bonus (steal life when using a healing skill) of this rune set will now function properly after resurrection.
Rune of Scavenging: The fourth bonus (steal life when using a healing skill) of this rune set will now function properly after resurrection.
Mini Kasmeer Meade is now compatible with the Mystic Forge.

Profession Skills
Elementalist

Lightning Flash: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target point cannot be found, except when acting as a stun break.
Tornado: This skill now grants 1 stack of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration.
Whirlpool: This ability now grants 1 stack of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration.
Armor of Earth: This cantrip skill now grants 10 stacks of stability on use.
Earth’s Embrace: This cantrip reactive skill now grants 10 stacks of stability on use.

Engineer

Toss Elixir B: This skill now grants 3 stacks of stability to allies.
Elixir X—Tornado: This skill now grants 1 stack of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration.
Elixir X—Rampage: This skill now grants 3 stacks of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration. Swiftness is now applied every 3 seconds for a 3-second duration. Leaving this transformation no longer removes swiftness.
Elixir X—Whirlpool: This skill now grants 1 stack of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration.
Elixir X—Plague: This skill now grants 3 stacks of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration.
Mortar: While controlling the mortar, this skill now grants 3 stacks of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration.

Guardian

Flashing Blade: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target cannot be found.
Judge’s Intervention: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target cannot be found, except when acting as a stun break.
Merciful Intervention: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target point cannot be found.
“Stand Your Ground!”: This skill now grants 5 stacks of stability to nearby allies.
Indomitable Courage: This trait now grants 3 stacks of stability to nearby allies. Duration has been increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
Tome of Courage: This skill now grants 3 seconds of protection every 3 seconds. Protection and stability are no longer removed when the player stops using Tome of Courage.
Tome of Wrath: This skill now grants 3 seconds of retaliation every 3 seconds. Retaliation and stability are no longer removed when the player stops using Tome of Wrath.
Elite Focus: This trait now grants 1 stack of stability every 3 seconds to Tome of Wrath and Tome of Courage.
Hallowed Ground: Increased the duration of stability that this skill grants from 1 second to 2 seconds.

Mesmer

Phantasm Skills: These skills now correctly show their back items with the phantasm effect.
Blink: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target point cannot be found, except when acting as a stun break.
Mantra of Concentration: This mantra now applies 3 stacks of stability to nearby allies each time it is activated.

Necromancer

Life Leech (Downed State): Updated the skill facts of this ability to be accurate.
Flesh Wurm: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target point cannot be found.
Plague: This ability now grants 3 stacks of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration.
Lich Form: This ability now grants 1 stack of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration.

The following necromancer traits will now remain active when the necromancer enters the downed state:
Death Magic:

Minion Master
Flesh of the Master
Death Nova
Necromantic Corruption
Deadly Strength

Blood Magic:

Bloodthirst
Vampiric Precision
Vampiric Master
Vampiric Rituals
Vampiric

Curses:

Withering Precision
Barbed Precision

Soul Reaping:

Master of Terror

Spite:

Training of the Master
Chill of Death
Close to Death

Ranger

Hide in Plain Sight: This trait now uses a normalized version of stealth and will no longer reveal the ranger if they move.
Rampage as One: This skill now grants 3 stacks of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3 second duration. In addition, fury and swiftness are granted for 3 seconds on the same 3-second interval.
Stability Training: This trait now grants 5 stacks of stability for 3 seconds when triggered.
Signet of the Wild: This skill now grants 5 stacks of stability for 8 seconds when activated.

Thief

Infiltrator’s Arrow: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target point cannot be found.
Infiltrator’s Signet: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target cannot be found, except when acting as a stun break.
Infiltrator’s Strike: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target cannot be found.
Shadowstep: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target point cannot be found, except when acting as a stun break.
Shadow Escape: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target point cannot be found.
Steal: This skill will no longer activate if a valid path to the target cannot be found.
Dagger Storm: This skill now grants 3 stacks of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration.

Warrior

Rampage: This skill now grants 3 stacks of stability every 3 seconds, with a 3-second duration. Swiftness is now applied every 3 seconds for a 3-second duration.
Balanced Stance: This stance now grants 5 stacks of stability.
Last Stand: This trait now grants 5 stacks of stability when triggered.
Dolyak Signet: This signet now grants 10 stacks of stability.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions

The new Shadow weapon set is available from Black Lion Weapons Specialists for the limited-time price of one Black Lion Claim Ticket. Tickets and ticket scraps can be found in Black Lion Chests. Keys are available in the Special category of the Gem Store for 125 gems.
Three new faces for each race are available exclusively in Total Makeover Kits, found in the Services category of the Gem Store for 350 gems.

(edited 2015-03-16 16:47:54 by Mark Katzbach.9084)

Game Update Notes - February 24, 2015

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

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Fixed a client crash

Game Update Notes - February 24, 2015

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

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Fixed a wardrobe display bug.

Game Update Notes - February 24, 2015

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed a server crash.

Game Update Notes - February 24, 2015

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

The Lunar New Year event has ended. Thank you to everyone who participated, and have a joyful and prosperous Year of the Ram!
- Finolla and Phaedra have left Divinity’s Reach, and the Dragon Ball arena is closed for repairs.
- Celebration firecrackers have been removed from Divinity’s Reach and the WvW citadels.
- The Memories of Home effect has been removed.
- Lunar New Year food items no longer provide a bonus to magic find. Their other effects still apply.
- Quartermasters in WvW maps will no longer create fireworks when they spawn.
- Lunar New Year daily achievements and bonus rewards are no longer available.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
General

Fixed some recently introduced audio bugs.
Moved the miniature collection achievements to the Basic Collections category. Selecting a miniature collection will now display the missing miniatures.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Griffon Mail Carrier’s sound effects from playing.
Introduced the ability to view all locked dyes in the wardrobe, and players can now preview them on their character.
Added the Randomize Finisher option. Select this box to randomly choose from any unlocked finishers—including single-use finishers—to stomp your foe.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions

A Chickenado Finisher is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 800 gems.
Lord Faren’s Rapier Skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.

GW1 - Banned??

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

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The Guild Wars 2 forums are exclusively for discussion and support regarding Guild Wars 2. If you have in issue with regards to the original Guild Wars, please open a ticket directly with Customer Support.

”After his stint is up”

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Now, we are not having a discussion on how you feel about who was chosen, because he has yet to have the time to submit a single report yet. If you feel disregarded, blame the others who do post here for not submitting an application.

Now, the WvW forum is not to discuss the merits of this program or those who have been chosen to represent each game mode. If you had been paying attention, you would notice that Marmatt is attempting to reach out and work with the players who do post here, despite the less-than-warm welcome that he has been greeted with.

Consider that he is a volunteer and is acting as a forum specialist in his own free time and of his own free will. To me, that means something. To me, this means that he’s committed to our goal of improving communication between players and the development team. If you think he doesn’t know enough about the game mode to accurately represent your interests, then talk to him. Explain your passions and why you feel the way you do. You might be surprised at how receptive he is.

Now, this is the last time I’m explaining this. We’re not having more threads about Marmatt or why he was chosen and not somebody else who may not have submitted an application. Instead, try working with him, and if you want to apply in the future, keep your eyes on the areas where we make forum-wide announcements.

We are serious about communication, but there appear to be a lot of people who would rather complain about communication than actually attempt to communicate.

How WvW responds to their WvW Specialist.

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Wait it out and see how he does. If, after his stint is up, you still feel he wasn’t up to snuff then apply yourself instead of complaining about it.

WvW Forum Specialist!

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The purpose of this thread was not for the lot of you to criticize Marmatt’s credentials as the WvW forum specialist. He created this thread to introduce himself and let you all know that he wants to do the best job he is capable in communicating what the people of this subforum deem important.

If you feel his WvW experience isn’t up to snuff to take on this responsibility, keep it to yourself. Instead, wait and see how he does, and if you still feel he isn’t good enough, maybe apply yourself when his stint is up instead of complaining about it.

He is more than his post count and in-game stats. Give him a chance and who knows, he might just surprise you.

Game Update Notes - February 10, 2015

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

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Fixed a client crash.
Fixed an issue in which the Dragon Ball Champion achievement did not display an update message after every victory.

restore account GW Nightfall

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The Guild Wars 2 forums are exclusively for discussion and support regarding Guild Wars 2. If you have in issue with regards to the original Guild Wars, please open a ticket directly with Customer Support.

Guild Wars 1 Bans

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The Guild Wars 2 forums are exclusively for discussion and support regarding Guild Wars 2. If you have in issue with actions taken by support regarding the original Guild Wars, please open a ticket directly with Customer Support.

GvG community ignored again...why?

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As Colin has previously said, we do not currently have the resources to devote to making GvG into the fourth game mode and properly supporting it. I’m sorry this is a disappointment to some of you, but our focus is currently on the three existing game modes, PvE, WvW and PvP.

permanently banned guild wars one accounts

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The Guild Wars 2 forums are exclusively for discussion and support regarding Guild Wars 2. If you have in issue with actions taken by support regarding the original Guild Wars, please open a ticket directly with Customer Support.

Game Update Notes - January 27, 2015

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Fixed a bug in which leaving a PvP match while zoomed in on a fixed spectator camera would not reset turn sensitivity.
Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented players from battling Issormir and completing the norn starting area.
Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented players from defeating the greater earth elemental and completing the human starting area.
Fixed several audio bugs that were introduced with the most recent patch.

Game Update Notes - January 27, 2015

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Content Marketing Manager

Mordrem eye and kidney extraction devices are now available for purchase with bandit crests in the Silverwastes.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
General

Might: The power and condition damage provided by this boon have been reduced from 35 per stack to 30.
Confusion: The effect of condition damage on confusion has been increased by 33% in PvE.
The Log-in Reward Track is now visible from the achievement summary page inside the Hero panel.

Items

Superior Sigil of Battle: The might granted by this item has been reduced from 3 stacks to 2 stacks.
Major Sigil of Battle: The might granted by this item has been reduced from 2 stacks to 1 stack.
Rune of the Nightmare: The duration of fear applied from the sixth piece of this rune has been reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second. Its recharge has been reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds.
Fixed a bug that caused warhorns to drop from the Piece of Guardian Gear boxes in Log-in Reward chests.
Fixed a bug that allowed certain items purchased from karma vendors to be salvageable.
Updated the icon for the Superior Sigil of Blight.

Profession Skills
Elementalist

Drake’s Breath: Burning applied from this skill has been reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds per pulse.
Lightning Whip: The attack point of this skill has been delayed around .1 seconds on the first and second attacks. The aftercast has been reduced by 0.2 seconds. To compensate for the increased attack-rate potential, the damage of this ability has been reduced by 10%. When used with Signet of Restoration, this ability will only heal if the second attack executes.
Comet: The radius of this skill has been increased from 120 to 180.
Shatterstone: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.
Dust Devil: The velocity of this skill’s projectile has been increased by 66%.

Engineer

Shrapnel Grenade: Bleed duration on this skill has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
Throw Mine: The proximity trigger for this skill has been increased from 60 to 120. Additionally, the explosion radius has been increased from 180 to 240.
Launch Personal Battering Ram: This skill now has a 1 second daze.

Guardian

Litany of Wrath: The percentage of health returned from this skill has been increased from 20% to 25%. The aftercast of this skill has been reduced by 0.5 seconds.
Shield of Judgment: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
Shield of Absorption: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
Zealot’s Fire: The increased cooldown component of this skill has been removed.

Mesmer

Deception: This skill no longer requires a target in order to cast.
Phantasmal Mage: The illusionary mage summoned by this skill now applies 4 stacks of confusion instead of 3 with its attack. The duration of the confusion has been increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds. The illusionary mage’s rate of fire has been reduced by 1 second.
Time Warp: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 210 seconds to 180 seconds.
Illusion of Life: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 130 seconds to 120 seconds.
Phantasmal Defender: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.
Confusing Images: The duration of confusion from this skill has been increased from 5 seconds to 7 seconds.

Necromancer

Locust Swarm: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.
Corrosive Poison Cloud: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds. The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
Signet of the Locust: The cooldown on this skill has been reduced from 60 seconds to 40 seconds. Base healing has been increased by 4%, and bonus from healing power increased by 108%.
Signet of Undeath: The passive life-force gain of this skill has been increased from 1% to 2%.

Ranger

Throw Torch: The projectile travel speed of this skill has been increased by 25%.
Bonfire: The base area of effect of this skill has been increased from 120 to 180.
Heal as One: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1.25 seconds to 1 second.
Hunter’s Call: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.
Call of the Wild: The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.

Thief

Blinding Powder: This skill no longer interrupts your own skills.
Dancing Dagger: The projectile speed of this skill has been increased by 33%.
Needle Trap: The bleed duration of this skill has been increased from 3 seconds to 10 seconds.
Shadow Pursuit: The duration of might granted by this skill has been increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.
Invigorating Precision: The health gain from this trait on a critical strike has been increased from 8% of damage dealt to 15%.

Warrior

Kill Shot: The casting time of this skill has been reduced from 1.75 seconds to 1.25 seconds.
Arcing Slice: The damage from this skill has been increased by 10%.
Brutal Shot: The casting time on this skill has been reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.
Rush: Adjusted the animation and attack radius of this skill to hit more consistently.

Structured Player vs. Player

Added Rune of Scavenging.
Added Superior Sigil of Torment.
Added Sentinel Amulet.

World vs. World

Fixed an issue in Emerald Sanctum and Sapphire Sanctum that allowed the Enormous Mistwrought Chest to be opened without keys.
Fixed an issue with Garnet Sanctum’s Enormous Mistwrought Chest that prevented it from opening with a key after an attempt to open it without a key.
Added Empyreal Fragments to WvW jumping puzzle reward chests.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions

Our end-of-season sale for Living World continues. Check out all the specials in the Promotions category of the Gem Store.
The Pact Fleet Survival Pack is now available in the Special category of the Gem Store for 1600 gems.
Lovestruck weapons are available from the Black Lion Weapon Specialist for a limited-time price of 2 Black Lion Claim Tickets. Tickets and ticket scraps can be found in Black Lion Chests.
Black Lion Chest drops have been updated. Keys are available in the Special category of the Gem Store for 125 gems each.
- A new Mini Kasmeer Meade has been added as a rare drop.
- Home instance resource nodes for mithril ore, platinum ore, ancient wood logs, ghost peppers, and Orrian truffles have been added as very rare drops.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug in which outfit dyes reset when changing outfits.
Fixed a bug in which finishers would sometimes reset to the default finisher after interaction with the Hero panel.

So... about PAX South...

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Game Update Notes - January 13, 2015

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed a bug with the Culinary Application tooltip.
Fixed a bug with the Arcana Obscura achievement buff.

Game Update Notes - January 13, 2015

Dynamic Events
Personal Story
Crafting
Black Lion Trading Company
Suggestions
Profession Balance
Audio
Forum and Website Bugs
Guilds
Guild Missions
PvP Events
Match-ups
Asura
Charr
Human
Norn
Sylvari
Halloween Event
The Lost Shores
Wintersday
Flame and Frost
Super Adventure Box
Last Stand at Southsun
Dragon Bash
Sky Pirates of Tyria
Bazaar of the Four Winds
Cutthroat Politics
Twilight Assault
Clockwork Chaos
Queen’s Jubilee
Tequatl Rising
Super Adventure Box: Back to School
Fractured
Blood and Madness
A Very Merry Wintersday
Tower of Nightmares
The Nightmare Within
The Edge of the Mists
The Origins of Madness
Battle for Lion’s Arch
Festival of the Four Winds

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Fixed a bug that caused the Mordrem Beekeeper to spawn earlier than intended.
Removed the skip button from the Heart of Thorns trailer which plays the first time an account completes the episode “Point of No Return”.

Archive Changes on January 20

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On January 20, we will be removing the archived sub-forums listing from the front page of the forums. The archived forums are not being deleted but simply are being removed from the index page. You may browse these forums in read-only mode by navigating directly to the URL of your desired sub-forum.

We have compiled a list of URLs below:

Game Update Notes - January 13, 2015

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed a server crash.

Buried Anet responses, less than 2 weeks old

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Will the archived subforums be removed?

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A little background first. We are only looking at making this change to tidy up the front page of the forum, not hide all old posts. While the archived forums are in their own ‘Archive’ category, they still take up a significant amount of space, and we’re looking to give the front page a cleaner look.

So, let me know what you all think of this alternative plan:
Instead of making the archived subforums unavailable to read, we can ‘unpublish’ the subforums from the front page. These subforums would still be accessible (read-only) via a direct link to the page, but would not show up as links in the forum index.

Will the archived subforums be removed?

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

The archive will be hidden from public view later this month. The posts themselves will not be deleted, but players will not be able to view them, even in their personal post history. If there’s anything in the archive that you wish to save, please do so at your earliest convenience.

Game Update Notes - December 16, 2014

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed a bug in which players could use Orphan Laine’s Letter to become invincible in WvW and PvP.
Fixed an issue relating to looting the end-of-dungeon chest in Tixx’s Infinirarium.
Fixed a bug in which logging in to PvP with a new character would remove a player’s Potions of PvP Reward from their bank.

Game Update Notes - December 16, 2014

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed a client crash.
Fixed a bug in which shard transfers failed or became stuck.
Fixed a bug preventing Sous-Chef Seimur Oxbone from appearing on maps at the right time.
Slight adjustments have been made to the Wintersday Gift reward tables in response to player feedback:
- Cold Weather Conqueror’s Selections no longer drop from gift bags, at any rarity.
- Cold Weather Conqueror’s kits and individual runes of all rarities still drop.
- Previously collected Cold Weather Conqueror’s Selections can now be sold to vendors.
- Wintersday-themed transform tonics can now also be sold to vendors.
- Wintersday-themed transform tonics can now be used as components in new Mystic Forge recipes.
PvP: Fixed a bug preventing players from unlocking a Wintersday Gift Tree when using the Gift of Magnanimity in the PvP lobby.

(edited 2014-12-20 00:31:03 by Mark Katzbach.9084)

Game Update Notes - December 16, 2014

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed a bug in which players could load into an instance of Toypocalypse that had already been completed.
Fixed a bug that prevented players from receiving daily fractal bonus-chest rewards.
Fixed a bug in which some players would not receive full rewards for completing Tixx’s Infinirarium their first time this year. All players should now be eligible for a bonus reward for completing Tixx’s Infinirarium in this release.

Game Update Notes - December 16, 2014

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed a client crash.
Fixed a server crash that occurred when players joined activities.
Fixed a bug that prevented some players from trading in items to Sous-Chef Seimur Oxbone.
Fixed a bug that prevented some back items and weapons from animating.

(edited 2014-12-23 19:29:07 by Moderator)

Microsoft accepts bitcoins; why doesn't ANet?

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

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We are not currently exploring bitcoin support at this time. With regards to payment options, our current priority is in expanding options for our players in the EU. It’s possible that we might explore bitcoin in the future, but it’s not something we are currently planning for.

No Patch Next Week please reconsider

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I’m not sure where this rumor that the break is to focus on PvP is coming from. The team that works on PvP is very different from the team that works on Living World updates. The break is for the holiday. The 16th is the last release date before people start taking time off to travel or spend with their families. It also happens to be time for Wintersday, which will run from that day until the first update of the new year on January 13.

There isn’t much different between this break and the break we took last year, or the year before, for the same reasons. I understand you’re all excited for episode 8, but it wouldn’t make much sense for Wintersday to happen after the new year.

WvW is so lagy.

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Jeknar.6184:
Pavel.8531:
Mark Katzbach.9084:
An update on this. The team is actively working towards a solution for the lag issue many of you have experienced. They have already tried a few potential fixes that did not yield the expected results and are continuing to root out potential causes.

Suffice to say, they aren’t ignoring this problem.

Reading this, then checking the OP’s post date made me almost pass out from laughing.

This thread has been necro’ed recently tho… Two days ago I belive?

Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention to the original post. I noticed the recent posts and had seen an internal discussion recently about the lag situation and wanted to provide a bit of an update.

December temporary rule changes, dates?

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Kitiara.2706:
John Corpening.9847:
Hello All,

There was quite a lot of discussion around the proposal of removing white swords from objectives in WvW. We understand there are concerns about how this change might work in practice or how player behavior may change as a result of it. We felt like the best way to understand fully the impact, and give players a chance to see for themselves how it directly changes the WvW experience is to let people try it and see what they think.

We have decided to run a special multi-week event in WvW where we’ll be changing some of the “rules” of WvW for a limited time. This event will feature two major rule changes while it is running: we are planning to remove white swords from objectives, and add points per kill in WvW to the over-all score for the duration of this event. We are currently targeting December for this event but will keep you posted when we have dates nailed down for certain. If this type of event is successful, we may look to do more events like this in the future where for short periods of time the rules of WvW are changed to different rules, scoring and scenarios to help both keep the game fresh, as well as to change up the experience and try new fun things for WvW.

We look forward to your feedback once the event begins, both on the temporary event only changes, as well as the concept of these special events in WvW.

Thanks,
John

Any idea when this will happen? There are some of us really looking forward to trying this stuff out.

Thanks

The temporary rule changes will be implemented with the release on December 16 and will last until the first release of the new year.

WvW is so lagy.

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An update on this. The team is actively working towards a solution for the lag issue many of you have experienced. They have already tried a few potential fixes that did not yield the expected results and are continuing to root out potential causes.

Suffice to say, they aren’t ignoring this problem.

Game Update Notes - December 2, 2014

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed a bug that occasionally caused the Lotus Harvesting Node unlock item to disappear without unlocking the harvesting node in players’ home instances.
Text was updated for the World Tournament Series special event for all regions.

Game Update Notes - December 2, 2014

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed an issue in “Meeting the Asura” where the player could be forced into stealth after being discovered.
Fixed an issue in which players became locked out of their guild banks.
Fixed a server crash that occurred when players switched teams in ranked and unranked arenas.
Fixed a bug in which PvP profession records were getting cleared. This fix will cause Unranked Arena wins and losses to be reset. Each player’s Ranked Arena wins and losses will be recalculated from their Team Arena and Solo Arena stats when they log in. Players’ achievements will be unaffected by this change.
Fixed a bug in which water splashes appeared on terrain in the Silverwastes.

Questions on Forum Reorganization

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Zaklex.6308:
The most organized forums I’ve ever seen that had has many Titled topics as this one, did the organization a little differently without eliminating any of the many sub-topics by using the follow format, as an example:

Main Title: Support
Sub Forums: Technical Support
Sub Sub Forum: PC Issues
MAC Issues
Sub Forum: Bugs
Sub Sub Forum: Game Bugs
Forum Bugs
Website Bugs
BLTC Bugs

etc., etc., the above is only an example, and though it doesn’t decrease the number of sub forums, what it does do is centralize the sub forums in major categories without jumbling everything into one giant forum that is really impossible to keep track of without a working search feature. Your devs are still going to find it almost impossible to follow threads if everything game related is dumped into a general forum such as Guild Wars 2 Discussion. If however you break up the sub forums into smaller subforums under much larger categories, then they don’t have to wade through 44 different forums to find the one they want, but can specifically go into the sub-sub forum of their choice or need…of course, this is just my opinion, but then again I like information to be clearly segregated.

This forum software does not support what you term as sub sub forums. We are able to create categories and nest subforums within those.

Game Update Notes - December 2, 2014

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Fixed a client crash.
Fixed a server crash.
Fixed a bug in which PvP matches with the ready button enabled would start without all players being ready.

Game Update Notes - December 2, 2014

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

12/02/14 – December 2 Release Notes
Release Notes:
LIVING WORLD
Seeds of Truth
The death of the Zephyrite Master of Peace and Caithe’s hasty exit with Glint’s egg have left more questions than answers. Why did Caithe take the egg? And, more importantly, how do you catch a thief?
Achievements
After completing Seeds of Truth, showcase your tactical mastery as a hero of Tyria by completing challenging, episode-related achievements.
Rewards

Continue collecting Carapace and Luminescent armor with the addition of heavy, medium, and light boots and leg armor.
- Earn pieces of Carapace leg armor by completing the Seeds of Truth storyline. Extra pieces can also be purchased for bandit crests.
- Carapace boots can be found in Lost Bandit Chests. Additionally, players who receive the Boot Requisition Order will be able to purchase boot pieces for bandit crests.
Recipes to craft ascended Sinister armor and weapons are now available.
- Named for the fabled necromancer Verata, the inscription and insignia recipes can be purchased for bandit crests.
- Recipes for weapons and armor can be found in recipe books in Lost Bandit Chests throughout the Silverwastes.
New and exciting treasures can be found in Lost Bandit Chests.
- Players who find the Essence of Time will be able to create the new focus, Eternal Sands, in the Mystic Forge.
- Mini Mordrem Thrashers and Endless Mordrem Thrasher Tonics may be found.
Bandit crest collectors have several new offerings.
- Endless Mordrem Husk Tonic
- Mini Mordrem Husk
- Mordrem Fang Extraction Device
- Bag of Rare Gear
Complete the Drydock Scratch jumping puzzle to find a Magnificent Chest that contains masterwork and rare gear, empyreal fragments, patchwork knapsacks, jewels, and a chance to find the new welding torch.

NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT
Arenas

Team and Solo Arena have been merged into Ranked Arena.
- A party of any size can queue, including solo players.
- Player statistics from Team Arena and Solo Arena have been combined to create Ranked Arena stats.
- Legacy Team and Solo Arena stats can be viewed in the PvP panel.
- Rewards are unchanged.
Unranked Arena has been added.
- A party of any size can queue, including solo players.
- Rewards are now the same as Ranked Arena.
All maps are available for play in Ranked Arena and Unranked Arena.
- During the leaderboard test season, ranked play will have a limited set of maps.

Matchmaking and Leaderboards

Matchmaking will take into account other parameters in addition to matchmaking rating (MMR), such as largest group size and team composition.
Leaderboards will no longer use MMR as a basis. Instead, players will earn ladder points based on the quality of the matches they participate in.

Match Accept

Ranked Arena and Unranked Arena matches will now prompt players to accept the match before it can start.
The client will flash and play an alert sound when matches are ready.
Declining or failing to accept a match prompt within the time limit will cause players to accumulate dishonor and be prevented from queuing for a short period of time.

Map Selection

Players can now vote for the map they would like to play after accepting a match prompt.
The list of selectable maps is randomly generated.
The final map is picked via weighted roll. The more a map is picked by players, the higher the chance that map will be chosen.

Dishonor

Declining or not accepting a match prompt for Ranked Arena or Unranked Arena will result in dishonor and a timeout.
Disconnecting at any time during a running Ranked Arena or Unranked Arena game will result in dishonor and a timeout.
- Players must continue playing the game on reconnect.
When dishonor is given, an immediate timeout is also applied. During a timeout, Ranked Arena and Unranked Arena are unavailable.
Timeout duration increases as dishonor accumulates on an account.

General

Rosters have been removed. Players will now queue with their party.
Banker, trading post, and laurel vendor NPCs have been added to the Heart of the Mists.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
General

Megaserver: Joining a party member while playing on a map in which your guild has an active mission with an ongoing reservation in place will no longer silently fail.

Items

Gastronom Plikk in Rata Sum now sells the Vintner’s Guide used to unlock the Fine Wining item-collection achievement.
The Observational Zymology Manual used to unlock the Brewmaster item collection is now available for purchase from many bartenders around Tyria.

Structured Player vs. Player

The PvP panel stats tab has been reskinned.
Scoreboard UI has been reskinned.
Ready Button UI has been reskinned.
Autobalance UI has been reskinned.

World vs. World

Fixed an issue that prevented player pets from attacking gates in Edge of the Mists.
Reduced the radius of the Siege Disabler trick from 450 to 300.
Increased the skill recharge of the Siege Disabler from 5 seconds to 45 seconds.
Decreased the duration of the Siege Disabler trick from 45 seconds to 35 seconds. The duration on Siege Golems remains unchanged.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions

Glint’s Winter Dye Kit is now available in the Special category of the Gem Store for 125 gems.
The Black Lion Chest drops have been updated. Keys are available in the Special category of the Gem Store for 125 gems each.
- Added a new Teleport to Friend consumable as an uncommon drop. This consumable will take you directly to a party member in PvE.
- Home instance unlocks for orichalcum ore, elder wood logs, omnomberries, snow truffles, and lotuses have been added as very rare drops.
Winter’s weapons have returned to the Black Lion Weapon Specialists for the price of 2 Black Lion Claim Tickets each.
The Wintersday Minis 3-Pack, Toy Golem, Toy Soldier, Plush Griffon, Princess Doll, Toy Ventari, and Fancy Winter Outfit have all returned to the Gem Store this year.

Mail Carrier Customization in the Wardrobe

Mail carriers have been added to the Equipment section of the Hero panel for accounts with a character higher than level 71.
Once unlocked, players can select the default mail carrier for every character on their account to receive mail from the game or send their mail to other players.
When sending mail, a one-time mail carrier can be selected from the Compose mail dialog, affecting only the current mail being sent.
The currently selected mail carrier and additional options can be previewed in the Hero panel.
A new Griffon Mail Carrier is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.

Improvements

The Replica Job-o-Tron Backpack will stop talking when the Hide/Unhide check box is unchecked.

Oki doki new game mode - dev confirmed false

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Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

PvP Update taking Place of Living World

Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

Oki doki new game mode - dev confirmed false

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Posted by: Mark Katzbach

Content Marketing Manager

manveruppd.7601:
These are all good changes, but I think a lot of us have been most looking forward to a new game mode. It was a lot of people’s #1 priority in the CDI that was run last year, and we’ve been waiting a lot time for it.

As Colin said, a new game mode is something the team is working towards. However, it’s not ready at this time. These other changes are ready, and we’d like to get them out to you on December 2. A new game mode is a serious undertaking that requires a lot of time and work.

Game Update Notes - November 18, 2014