Game updates/20090401

Bug Fix

 * Fixed a bug that prevented some text in the Hall of Monuments from displaying properly.

Update - Wednesday, April 1, 2009
For more information on these changes, please see the Developer Updates page.

Assassin

 * : no longer has half-range. Changed functionality to: "Target foe is teleported to your location and knocked down."
 * : changed functionality to: "For seconds, target player cannot send chat messages."

Dervish

 * Increased duration of all Avatar skills to seconds.
 * : changed functionality to: "For seconds, your attacks steal  enchantments from any foe you hit and apply those enchantments to you."

Elementalist

 * : now deals more damage if the caster is standing in a sandy area.
 * : removed Burning condition.

Mesmer

 * No changes.

Monk

 * : Removed Burning condition, increased damage to.

Necromancer

 * : removed the single-golem limit.

Paragon

 * : Now ends if target ally is not moving away from a foe.
 * : Now ends if target ally is not moving away from a foe.
 * : This skill can now be used while dead.
 * : changed functionality to: "Sacrifice all Health. Until resurrected, 5 nearby party members gain + Earth Magic, + Fire Magic, + Air Magic, + Water Magic, or + Healing Prayers."

Ranger

 * Beast Mastery: pets now have a chance of ignoring commands unless their master has a higher Beast Mastery rank than the pet's level.
 * : Exhaustion duration is now based on the time of day.

Ritualist

 * : reverted functionality to: "For 10 seconds, target ally or foe does + damage. When this skill ends, that target is slain."
 * Spawning Power: Weapon skills now last 50% longer for each rank of Spawning Power.

Warrior

 * : functionality changed to: "You Shadow Step to target foe and knock them down."
 * : duration is now based on the user's height.
 * : duration is now doubled in Random and Team Arenas.

Guild Battles

 * Guild Battle NPCs now respawn at regular intervals until the Guild Lord is slain.

Miscellaneous

 * Removed the Lucky Aura effect from the Lunar Fortune item.
 * On a direct hit, the Zaishen rank emote now deals minor damage based on the user's rank and knocks the target down.
 * Characters suffering from Blind cannot see distant enemies.
 * Characters suffering from Dazed will now spin in place. The camera is locked for the duration of the effect.
 * Introduced a new Cartographer title for the Battle Isles.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

 * Players in non-PvP outposts appear as Gwen-chan.
 * The alleged change to Signet of Ghostly Might is a reference to an infamous bug during the Guild Wars Nightfall World Preview Event which allowed it to be cast on any creature rather than only working on allied spirits.
 * The alleged change to "The Power Is Yours!" is a reference to Captain Planet.
 * The alleged change to Scorpion Wire is a reference to the character Scorpion of the Mortal Kombat series, whose signature move is to impale a spear, with a rope attached to the end, into the opponent's chest, and then drag the opponent towards him by pulling on the rope, leaving the opponent dazed for a free hit.