Guild Wars 2 Update Notes For September 18

Another Guild Wars 2 patch update just released today. The patch notes for the update are as follows:

Guild Wars 2 Update Notes - 09.18.12

 

General

• Asuran players will now aim toward their targets when using a rifle.
• Fixed various broken events and skill challenges.
• Fixed various locations that allowed players to move outside the map.
• Fixed various locations on maps where players could become stuck.
• Discovery crafting may now use items directly from a player’s bank.
• Fixed bugs in the Exploration achievement so players can now receive 100% map completion.
• Added a system to limit the experience and gold that players can receive from speed-farming dungeons.

Story

• Fixed bugs in “A Different Dream,” “A Fragile Peace,” “Dredging Up the Past,” "Forging the Pact,” “Pastkeeper,” “Ships of the Line,” “Stealing Secrets,” “The Priory Assailed,” and “The Source of Orr.”
• Reduced the overall difficulty in “Dead of Winter.”

World-versus-World

• Retaliation: This boon no longer reflects damage received from siege weapons.
• The Experimental Rifle is no longer usable in World-versus-World.

Professions

Warrior

• Smoldering Arrow: This skill’s casting time has been reduced.

Mesmer

• The Prestige: This skill now requires full recharge if it’s interrupted at any time.

Thief

• Descent of Shadows: This trait’s effect can now only trigger once every 8 seconds.

Engineer

• Rocket Boots: This skill is no longer usable underwater. This is a temporary change until we can figure out why players can launch themselves into the sky using this skill.
• Detonate Mine Field: This skill is no longer a blast finisher.

Source: Guild Wars 2 Forum

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Guild Wars 2 Update Notes For September 13

 

 

Guild Wars 2 Update Notes - 09.13.12

General

• The Mistfire Wolf skill will now properly unlock for existing characters on an account after upgrading to Digital Deluxe.
• Fixed blocked events and skill challenges.
• Fixed bugs that allowed players to go around map edges.
• A number of items created by using Mystic Coins are now correctly set to level 80.

Story

• Fixed a blocking bug in story chapter “Brute Force.”
• Fixed a blocking bug in story chapter “Research and Destroy.”
• Fixed bugs in story chapters “Forging the Pact,” “Battle of Fort Trinity," "The Ghost Rite,” “On Red Alert,” and “Tower Down.”

World-versus-World

• Score interval increased from 5 minutes to 15 minutes.
• Stonemist Castle points reduced to 35 points from 50.
• Bonus thresholds reduced by half to prepare for one-week matches.
• Castle lord, bodyguards, and capture point for Stonemist Castle moved to the first floor.
• “Harpy Feathers” consumable effect disabled.
• Bridges fixed to make passable for NPCs.

Professions

 

Ranger

• More fixes to pet commands and AI.

Elementalist

• Signet of Air: No longer has infinite range.
• Whirlpool: Now works underwater in PvE.
• Glyph of Renewal: Resurrection effects of Earth, Fire, and Water now surround the caster, not the target.

Mesmer

• Deception: Movement now allowed after casting underwater.
• Spatial Surge: Improved responsiveness.
• Mind Stab: Improved responsiveness.

Warrior

• Made several more skills usable while moving: Brutal Banner, Compassionate Banner, and Furious Rally.
• Rush: Improved the ability to hit fleeing foes.

Guardian

• Mighty Blow: Added a slight movement distance.
• Bow of Truth: Now usable while moving.
• Defender’s Shield and Honorable Shield: Merged together into the same trait.
• New trait Glacial Heart: Critical hits with a hammer have a 50% chance to chill your target for 4 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 45 seconds.

Thief

• Heartseeker: Reduced damage of the 100%-50% threshold by 20%. Damage thresholds changed. Old: 100%-66%, 66%-33%, 33%-0%. New: 100%-50%, 50%-25%, 25%-0%.

Engineer

• Disabled the “stowing” auto-attack to prevent players from getting stuck holding these kits: Bomb Kit, Elixir Gun, Flamethrower, Grenade Kit, Med Kit, and Tool Kit.

Source: Guild Wars 2 Forum

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Guild Wars 2 Update Notes For September 9

Here are the latest Guild Wars 2 update notes for September 9th.

Guild Wars 2 Update Notes - 09.09.12

 

Skills & Traits

• Mesmer
• The Prestige – Fixed a bug so that Burning duration no longer amplifies when additional enemies are present.
• Ranger
• Beastmastery Trait: Instinctual Bond – Now grants 5 seconds of quickness to the player’s pet and can only occur once every 50 seconds.
• Pets can no longer be revived using the “F” prompt. This is because you can either use F4 to swap pets which will bring that pet back alive or you can wait until you are out of combat at which point you pet will revive automatically. We felt it was doing a disservice to Ranger players to incentivize them to spend a long time reviving their pet when it was a very inefficient thing to do and happened after combat anyway. This will also help clear up “F” to interact functionality.
• Guardian
• Tome of Wrath – Removed Stability, added Retaliation; increased the health of the transform.
• Zealot’s Fervor – Players can now move while casting this skill; increased cast time to 2 seconds; reduced maximum targets to 5.
• Judgment – Knockdown is now 3 seconds.
• Tome of Courage – Removed Stability, added Protection.
• Heal Area – Base heal increased by 33%.
• Pacifism – Reduced maximum targets to 5; increased cast time to 2 seconds; reduced daze duration to 2 seconds.
• Shield of Absorption. The second half of this skill will now unlock in PvE.

Story

• "Bad Blood” – Exiting the conversation will no longer arbitrarily lock the player into a choice
• “Mirror, Mirror” – Adjusted difficulty.
• “The Hatchery” You can no longer do the final step before doing the intermediate steps.
• “Dredging up the Past” – Fixed blocking bug during the first step.

 

General

• Fixes for various blocked events and skill challenges.
• PvP games played/won will not increment in activities.
• Fixes for various map bugs that allowed players to get out of the map.
• Interact “F” should use the following priority:
1. Your current selection
2. Loot
3. Revive/Stomp
4. Anything else
• Updated the recipe for Superior Rune of the Ranger to match the rarity of other Superior runes.

Source: Guild Wars 2 Forum

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Guild Wars 2 Game Status Updates For September 9

More Guild Wars 2 updates will be releasing tonight for September 9th, 2012. The details of the changes are as follows:

Tonight's Update

• Will include fixes for various blocked events and skill challenges.
• Fix for PVP achievements: “The Conqueror” and “Champion Brawler”.

Next software updates

The next software update will be tonight at midnight Seattle time. We don't expect significant downtime; however players may experience some connectivity issues at this time.

Source: Guild Wars 2 Wiki

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Guild Wars 2 Patch Notes For September 8

As Guild Wars 2 is currently being updated a compiled list of patch notes has just been posted on the Guild Wars 2 forums. The details of the changes from the last 3 days are as follows:

GUILD WARS 2 UPDATE NOTES – 09.08.12

 

 

Traits

• Engineer
• Updated the Engineer’s Firearms trait – Juggernaut. New text for the trait: You gain 200 Toughness while wielding a Flamethrower. In addition, gain might for 15 seconds every 3 seconds, as long as you remain in this weapon kit.
• Fixed a bug with Go For The Eyes. It can now only trigger once every 10 seconds.

Skills

• Mesmer
• Fixed a bug with Signet of Illusions. It now give phantasms 50% more health instead of 300% more.

General

• Fixed a bug that should help resolve almost all of the broken skill challenges players have been running into.
• Ranger pet swap recharge is now the same in and out of combat. This closes an exploit with swapping ranger pets to generate very long buffs.
• Ranger pets should now immediately use their F2 skills when told instead of first performing an auto-attack.
• We discovered a bug in Monthly achievements that was causing some players to complete in August while others did not. We are forcing completion on all players who are currently at 100% to even out this bug for those players who have completed their monthly achievement. In the future, monthly achievements will turn over on the first of the month at midnight UTC. Daily achievements also roll over for all players at midnight UTC.
• Fixed numerous events and event chains that were blocked.

PvP

• Max Glory cap per PvP match is set to 350. You now receive an achievement for reaching this cap in a given match. This closes an exploit that was letting players farm hundreds of glory per match by trading wins.

Story

• Fixed a blocking issue in “Forging the Pact.”

Crafting

• Players can now do the production portion of crafting without having to pull the resources from their bank. Note: Discovery still requires use of the bank. This is something we would like to change but decided that getting part of the way there was better than making players wait for the entire fix.
• Fixed a bug with the recipe for Ginger Pear Tarts that excluded Dough from the recipe.
• Increased the karma costs of all Bulk Cooking Materials.
• Increased the refinement costs of all Wood Planks from 2 logs to 3 logs.
• Yellow Dye recipes now include Onions instead of Celery.
• Adjusted the ingredient costs on Dye recipes.
• The following Cooking Materials are no longer sold for Karma and are now acquired through drops, gathering nodes, or loot bags: Butter, Chocolate, Vanilla, Chili Peppers, Thyme, Black Peppercorns, Cinnamon, Bay Leaves, Walnuts, and Oranges.

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Guild Wars 2 Game Status Updates For September 8

A new round of Guild Wars 2 updates are currently being released on September 8th, 2012. All the details regarding the latest changes are as follows:

Last Night's Update

• Fixed the issue with parties not staying together as they travel into dungeons.
• Fixed issues with the storyline steps "A Light in the Darkness,"
  "Estate of Decay," "Explosive Intellect," "Rumors of Trouble," "The Lost Chieftain's Return," and "Tribunes in Effigy."
• Added an option to stop queueing for your home world, for players who want to remain on an overflow server indefinitely without being asked.

Today's Back-End Work

• Fixed PvP tournament rewards.

Tonight's Update

• Will add the ability to report in-game mail.
• Will reset monthly achievements for players who have been stuck at 100%, to help those whose achievements didn't reset correctly on September 1. (Note that daily achievements reset each day at 00:00 GMT and monthly achievements reset on the first of each month at 00:00 GMT.)
• Will include fixes for various blocked events and skill challenges.

Next software updates

The next software update will be tonight at midnight Seattle time. We don't expect significant downtime; however players may experience some connectivity issues at this time.

Source: Guild Wars 2 Wiki

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