Talk:Game updates/20080401

Damnit, now i have to -image
they got me.. i read half the notes and uninstalled guild wars.. got on vent, and got laughed at... XD

Ok wow
I can forgive you for the lame stick figures for this attempt, but you completely killed it Anet! This would have been EPIC if you weren't so obvious.

Nice one
Now this is a nice joke, I can just imagine the looks on the faces of several hundreds of people (pvp mainly) when they read this update ^^ lmao ^^ nice one! -- (Tribina  / talk) 21:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

For a second I thought it was real and my 55hp would be useles :x ^^ Jimme 21:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Haha, I was right there with you. --[[Image:User Tero Gein sig.jpg|19px]] TERO   talk  21:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I was like...WHOO HOO...55 is gone. personally i hate 55ing, i think it is an annoying way to cheat the system. i hate it even more when noobs try to 55 a pve mission thinking they are so "'lite" and then being 1 hit by some grawl that took away thier enchantment.


 * yeah but, can we pvp ursan for a day? lol

The update is most likely an April Fool's joke.     lol no. SniperFox 21:29, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * This would actually made peace and harmony worth the elite slot if it was real.--Ryudo 21:30, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * LOL i liked that one and i have to agree with Ryudo, Peace and Harmony would finally not suck. -- Salome [[Image:User_salome_sig.png|19px]] 21:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If nothing else this april fools joke should serve as evidence that anet is 100% totally unquestionably aware of just how broken ursan is.67.191.245.177 21:48, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Gods, this freaked the crap out of me. when I saw protective spirit, I was about ready to throw my computer into a pot of boiling water :P. glad to see this was an april fools joke. it certianly got me >.< --[[Image:User Wandering Traveler Oie User Wandering Traveler Sig2.png]] Wandering Traveler 21:50, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The possibility to go back to Pre-Searing gave it away for me, since I wouldn't be able to think of a reason why Anet would put that in the game. Though it would've been cool. Sanderevers 22:05, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Darn! I believed on the pre-searing one, I was looking for that npc and he never said anything... Darn! fooled me that time, even though you never fooled me on the stick men thing Mr tim 22:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * yeah the pre searing thing was too good to be true... but funniness aside, why did guild wars update and what's new?(Zyko Wolfven 22:19, 1 April 2008 (UTC))
 * Guild wars updated to fix the bug, that in pvp, non-rangers cant create armor 81.98.107.202 16:44, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

So...
what does this update does...just PvP armor issue...--64.237.128.239 22:54, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

LOL @ Shadow Form
That makes you know it's april fools. -- Hawk Skeer  (Talk) 21:26, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Hehe my favorite was the fact that Scythes only hit one target --- hahaha
 * diversion! :D --Cursed Angel [[Image:User Cursed Angel Signature.jpg|19px|talk]] 21:32, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

"removed the touch range restriction; this skill no longer disables the caster's skills." hilarious!!!


 * I was even already editing the article when it came to my mind like "uhm WTF?". When i read the other update sectons i noticed that this was a joke. Great ideas xD &mdash;Zerpha[[Image:UserZerpha The Improver sig.png|talk]] The Improver 12:19, 2 April 2008 (UTC)


 * If they really did it to shadow form, everyone would bring that and expunge on every bar. Prokiller88 01:40, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * i kinda believed the one about blackout so i changed the skill page...--Sum Mesmer Guy[[Image:User sum mesmer guy signiture.png‎|19px]] 15:03, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Change the descrips
Change the wiki descrips for a day in the spirit of april fools?--Ryudo 21:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Nah, the update page itself is enough for this particular joke. I think changing the descriptions would be going too far :P --[[Image:User Brains12 Spiral.png|15px| ]] Brains12 \ Talk 21:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

GG ANet
Only one part of this was actually funny - the "tanned hide polygons". The rit nerfs are fine (undeserved, but anything that nerfs any of the non-core classes is fine by me), but the Shadow Form buff just makes for more lameway - people can and will run Shadow Form teams just because they're untouchable. Same goes for Ursan teams, simply because it's brainless and powerful. Mesmers are quite possibly the most powerful profession now, and as if paragons weren't powerful enough they get +20 armor? But I do commend you on the scythe nerf - it's been deserved for over a year now.

Yeah, ok, I can see where you're coming from with "it's April Fools day, let's give some funny skill updates". So... Why isn't the ladder frozen? The stick figures are annoying enough, I don't particularly want to have to deal with a rollback, reset, or completely broken ladder/PvE. -- Armond Warblade 21:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * cause the skills didnt really get changed, duh.--Ryudo 21:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Shht, we are not supposed to tell him XD.--Fighterdoken 21:53, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Then what got updated? Halogod35 21:55, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Stick figures and some bug fixes with Inner Fire and a few other skills. the skill update isnt real, they really arent liek that, otherwise id be enjoying that +14 energy regeneration on my monk right now in pvp.--Ryudo 21:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, how do you manage that when the cap is +10? -- Armond Warblade[[Image:User Armond sig image.png]] 21:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thatd be the total regen, itd make me immune to skills like Malise, so yeah. btw, please dont try to question my knowledge of game mechanics when your posting stuff like the above, without even checking in game, on April 1st, to see if its true. Seriously.--Ryudo 22:01, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * lol. Malaise+ Wither+ Panic and youd STILL have +10.--Ryudo 22:02, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I thought they already fixed those problems in the update before this one.  Halogod35 22:04, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe im wrong, point is the update notes are fake, bottom line.--Ryudo 22:08, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You'll have to excuse me for thinking that of all the pages on the wiki that they'd mess around with, they'd keep the game updates serious. I still don't find it funny. -- Armond Warblade[[Image:User Armond sig image.png]] 22:21, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems like someone had a sense of humour bypass recently, give my compliments to your surgeon, the operation was a total success. Bet yeh he takes it literally like he did the skill updates. -- Salome [[Image:User_salome_sig.png|19px]] 22:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * As a note, it didn't have to do with people screwing around here, at least as far as I can tell, as the official site lists these changes, and GWW has code in place to get new additions to that list automatically, or so I have been lead to believe. 69.40.248.85 23:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Armond: It's April Fools' and they did a similar thing last year. You expected Anet to let this great day go by without doing a thing? IP: Sort of. The updates are copy/pasted from the official site into a subpage like this, then DPL automatically displays them on the main game updates page.  Calor  [[Image:User_Calor_Sig.png|19px|Talk]] 01:44, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Well at least...
It shows that they acknowledge the fact that ursan is overpowered. &mdash; Teh Uber Pwnzer 22:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * actually - what they did was make changes that would cause adverse reactons... each of the changes is to skills players seem to feel very strongly about. For instance, the RT exhaustion changes were actually done before and caused a heavy outcry and wer reverted. Another item of note is making viictory or death title based... the purpose here is making people get mad that a pvp mechanic be integral to pvp.... look at each of the changes and it seems they had similar ideas with each of them. So all that means is they acknowledge that players believe that ursan is overpowered, not that it actually is.--71.225.181.83 (Thats Midnight08 btw -- too lazy to login anymore) 23:37, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Another big example of that was the pre-searing statement - that would have a group jumping for joy and another group screaming at anet for a full revery of the game. -- (Me again) 71.225.181.83 23:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't see what the big deal is with Ursan being ubermighty: it's PvE-only, and it's not profession-specific. &rarr; BROWNSPANK  10:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The joke about Ursan rubs in the salt about how little PvE since EotN matters to Anet. Ursan was fun for a short while but seriously if PvP had been damaged as much as PvE has been it would have been changed, the rest was quite funny.--Evil Geek 17:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yay for the guy above me. &mdash; Teh Uber Pwnzer 23:13, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

VwK bug
I was just out core farming with a W/Rt VwK build, and the destroyers no longer die. The dwarves at the beginning kill them fine until the dwarves themselves die, but that's it. The damage still appears on the screen, but the mobs' life meters don't decrease. Is this another part of the April Fool's joke? If it is, not funny. -- TERO   talk  22:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Read the March 31st update. &mdash; Teh Uber Pwnzer 22:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Are you sure its not because of inner fire is now working properly? -- Salome [[Image:User_salome_sig.png|19px]] 22:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sorry, just read that. Needs a new farming method --> --[[Image:User Tero Gein sig.jpg|19px]] TERO   talk  22:42, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

So...
what does the update does?...just PvP armor issue...?--64.237.128.239 22:55, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It gives people a couple of laughs, either at the update notes, or the people who fell for it ;) -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 03:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * haha funny.. YOU SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF MEE!!! 88.134.246.57 21:01, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

i hope no one minds..
I changed the functionality of shadowform XD--Arrythmia 01:19, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It was reverted. The game update notes are copied verbatim from the GW website. -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 03:38, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Well Done
I liked this update, there was actually a sense of humor in it, and some of the changes suggest that not everyone at ANet is totally clueless as to what is broken in GW. I liked the "Increased the effectiveness of the Lucky Aura." part in particular :P Although I'm not quite sure how anyone took this seriously (sorry Armond), especially looking at the pre-searing part. Although, I would have liked there to be something about mending ;) Back to Brawl now :D 69.40.248.85 23:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Come on, why the heck didn't you put Mending: Changed functionality to, "While you maintain this enchantment, target ally has +1322...1334...1337 health regeneration and ignores the normal regeneration cap. This enchantment cannot be stripped. Seriously, that would've been awesome :P &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  (talk)  01:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

IRC
[19:31]  Eloc, what day is today? [19:31]  Calor: nooo [19:31]  April Fools...oh...lol [19:32]  haha Woot, I pwn :P &mdash;  ク  Eloc  貢  01:34, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Armond pwns more :P &not; Wizårdbõÿ777  (talk)  01:39, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

^^^ yeah its funny because his user page contains jokes too, so why get angry about this joke...

Fooled.
I got foooled. Lol, I thought those updates were real. Anyone else guilty of mistaking those for real updates? --Relax and Play 03:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)


 * You never know, this is Anet we're talking about.... 118.92.12.97 04:34, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I was believing it at first but when I saw that ursan blessing was no longer pve only I said "This must be a joke" --MageMontu 07:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I thought the same. Bricks were shat.-  Vanguard [[Image:User-VanguardAvatar.PNG]] 11:32, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I got fooled too, one day late, though. That was so funny!  I first saw Blackout, and then clicked on the description to see the new wording.  Then I saw Ursan Blessing and realized April Fools! .. Lol.  I didn't get fooled yesterday, but I WAS told Happy April Fools by my boss.  I thought that was wierd.  I hope it wasn't rude that I laughed..  [[Image:User_Woop_sig.png]] Woop  ‧  talk  ‧ 11:55, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

eh.. lame...--Arrythmia 19:20, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Wait... so there is no way into Pre-Searing... and scythes can hit multiple targets again?TitanSacranus 12:08, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

I didn't think those weere serious updates.... I actually thought someone was vandalizing the Wiki with fake update notes.
 * i shat myself @ ursan--Sum Mesmer Guy[[Image:User sum mesmer guy signiture.png‎|19px]] 19:52, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Loremaster Ermenred's pre-searing traveling
I'd even like to see it that players are able to do so, with some more restrictions for sure :P &mdash;Zerpha The Improver 12:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Monk Updates
As an air elementalist i fully support the changes to prot spirit. --Lou-Saydus 14:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * As a monk I fully support the change to Peace and Harmony--Ryudo 17:50, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * As a [INSERT CLASS HERE] i fully support the change to Peace and Harmony &mdash;Zerpha[[Image:UserZerpha The Improver sig.png|talk]] The Improver 18:39, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Now that it's no longer the first...
Can we add that this is a joke at the top of the page? (or wait a week and do it, whatever - just as long as it's labelled a joke for those that don't scroll all the way down... not that anyone believed it... honest.... >_> <_<  >_> <_<  >_<) MiraLantis 03:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

OK... what did they break
Ever since they did all the April Fools and Gaile "going to a new position" celebrate ... stuff... I have been getting a lot of lag, so have my alliance mates and guild mates, even local chat has the "OMG lag spike" more than I've seen in a  while. What gives?
 * must people add a comment like this every time? User 24.141.45.72 18:35, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

April 3rd
Lol I just read these today, and had a heart attack O.o, those protective spirit and ursan updates really scared me. Though, I WOULD have loved to go back to pre. 65.34.193.183 18:45, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * me too :P --Blood Anthem [[Image:User Blood Anthem Sig.jpg|19px]] 02:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Tanned Hide Polygons
That was probably the funniest part. &mdash; Teh Uber Pwnzer 23:14, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Blackout?
Lol if it was only that I'd believe it 100%. Blackout is THE worst skill in the game. Synergy with only 2 skills and leaves you vulnerable to "physicals". (The synergy is with the Wastrel's Collapse and Wastrel's Worry skills. I really think Mr. Izzy should do something about it. Ninjas In The Sky 18:59, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ... I hope that's not a serious comment... [[Image:User Defiant Elements Sig Image.JPG|19x19px]] *Defiant Elements*   +talk  14:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Let's just hope this guy stays off pvx. <font color="#DD2200">Lord Belar 21:01, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Faith. Humanity. Gone. Lord of all tyria 21:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I lost mine a while ago. About 2000, actually. <font color="#DD2200">Lord Belar 02:36, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Y2K was a biotch huh--Relyk 00:23, 19 June 2008 (UTC)