Game updates:November 2010

November 2010 updates

• Wednesday 24^th of November (talk)
• Tuesday 23^rd of November (talk)
• Friday 19^th of November (talk)
• Thursday 18^th of November (talk)
• Friday 12^th of November (talk)
• Thursday 4^th of November (talk)
• Tuesday 2^nd of November (talk)

Update - Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Seasonal Events

• Added festive drops to GvG.

Bug Fixes

• Added additional language support to the War in Kryta Overarc and Hearts of the North quests.

Update - Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented Nicholas the Traveler from appearing in Watchtower Coast.
• Added additional language support to the War in Kryta Overarc and Hearts of the North quests.

Update #2 - Friday, November 19, 2010

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the art for the wedding party costumes.
• Fixed a bug that prevented descriptions for wedding party costumes from displaying properly.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some players from progressing in the War in Kryta Overarc Quest.

Update - Friday, November 19, 2010

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented players from progressing in the Keiran missions.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some players from progressing in the War in Kryta missions.

Update #2 - Thursday, November 18, 2010

Asset Update

• Added additional art for wedding party costumes.

Update - Thursday, November 18, 2010

Guild Wars Beyond

• Added quests to guide players through the War in Kryta.
• Adjusted the difficulty of "The Battle for Lion's Arch."
• Added quests to discover the whereabouts of some soldiers who went missing in action.
• Added support for wedding party costumes.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that allowed Keiran Thackeray to appear outside the Eye of the North immediately following the War in Kryta.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• There is an associated Developer Update to go with this content.
• The third item for the quests to "discover the whereabouts of some soldiers" is currently not implemented (see talk page).
• For characters that had partial completion of War in Kryta content, much of it has been reset.

Update #3 - Friday, November 12, 2010

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that reduced the healing range of Heal Party and Heal Party (PvP).

Update #2 - Friday, November 12, 2010

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Zealous Vow to behave incorrectly.

Update - Friday, November 12, 2010

Skill Balance

For more information on these changes, please see the Developer Updates page.

Assassin

• Black Mantis Thrust: increased activation time to 1 second; increased recharge to 6 seconds.
• Leaping Mantis Sting: decreased activation time to 1/2 second.

Elementalist

• Mirror of Ice: increased recharge to 45 seconds.

Mesmer

• Empathy (PvP): decreased damage to 15...45.
• Visions of Regret: split for PvP; retains original functionality.
• Visions of Regret (PvP): decreased unconditional damage to 10...30; decreased conditional damage to 5...40; increased recharge to 30 seconds.

Monk

• Heal Party: split for PvP; retains original functionality.
• Heal Party (PvP): increased recharge to 20 seconds; decreased casting time to 1 second.
• Healing Burst: changed functionality to: "Target ally is healed for 5...130. All party members in earshot of your target gain Health equal to the Divine Favor bonus from this spell. Your Smiting Prayers are disabled for 20 seconds."

Necromancer

• Barbed Signet: split for PvP; changed to apply Bleeding with Necromancer skills.
• Barbed Signet (PvP): removed casting time; removed Health sacrifice; reduced recharge to 4 seconds; changed functionality to: "You suffer from Bleeding for 6 seconds. The next Necromancer skill that targets a foe causes Bleeding for 2...16 seconds."
• Faintheartedness: decreased duration to 3...16.
• Spoil Victor: split for PvP; retains original functionality.
• Spoil Victor (PvP): decreased Health loss to 15...75.

Ritualist

• Gaze of Fury (PvP): this skill now targets only allied spirits.
• Recuperation (PvP): removed the 75% Health cap.
• Signet of Binding: changed attribute to Spawning Power; increased casting time to 2 seconds; added the following functionality: "50% failure chance with Spawning Power 4 or less."

Warrior

• "Coward!": added recharge of 2 seconds.
• Enraging Charge: changed functionality to: "For 5...15 seconds, you move 25% faster. Enraging Charge ends when you successfully strike a target, at which point you gain 0...3 strikes of adrenaline if you hit with a melee attack."
• Overbearing Smash: removed unblockable property.

NPC Updates

• Divinus Tutela [Healing Henchman] no longer uses Heal Party or Healer's Boon, he now uses Heal Party (PvP) and Healing Burst.
• Tannaros [Punishing Henchman] no longer uses Visions of Regret, he now uses Visions of Regret (PvP).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a text bug that caused Tannaros [Punishing Henchman] to list Empathy when he was using Empathy (PvP).
• Fixed a bug that caused white lines in the Raiment of the Lich costume.

Update - Thursday, November 4, 2010

Automated Tournaments

• Updated the 2010 Automated Tournament Series Trophy in the Great Temple of Balthazar.
• Updated the Automated Tournament map rotation.

Update - Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Build Update

• Ran a build to help identify bugged items acquired in the Mausoleum during "Commandeering a Mortal Vessel."