Game updates/20090305

Updated Zaishen Rewards

 * Updated the Zaishen Chest drops to replace the Searing Tonic with a new tonic for the month of March. More information on Zaishen Rewards can be found here.

Automated Tournaments

 * Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.

Assassin

 * : now disables all your non-Assassin skills for 10 seconds.
 * : increased duration to 6 seconds.

Elementalist

 * : decreased Energy cost to 5; increased recharge to 12. Functionality changed to: "For 60 seconds, you gain Energy and are healed for % of the Energy cost each time you cast a spell."

Mesmer

 * : increased Health per Energy drained to.
 * : reduced the duration of the Crippled condition to 3 seconds.

Necromancer

 * : increased casting time to 2 seconds.
 * : increased casting time to 2 seconds.
 * : increased recharge to 15 seconds.

Warrior

 * : decreased duration to seconds; decreased armor gain to +10.
 * : decreased duration to seconds; decreased armor gain to +10.
 * : functionality changed to: "If Distracting Strike hits, it deals no damage and interrupts target foe's action. If target foe has Cracked Armor, that skill is disabled for 20 seconds."
 * : decreased duration to seconds.
 * : increased healing to.
 * : increased recharge to 15 seconds.
 * : decreased duration to seconds.
 * : decreased duration to seconds.

Ranger

 * : functionality changed to: "For 24 seconds, your arrows move twice as fast."

Ritualist

 * : increased duration to 3 seconds; decreased damage to.
 * : functionality changed to: "For seconds, target ally has a Weapon of Warding, granting that ally + Health regeneration and a 50% chance to block. Weapon of Warding ends if that ally attacks."

Bug Fixes

 * Fixed a bug that caused heal-reducing skills and heal-increasing to stack incorrectly.


 * Fixed a bug that caused Eye of the North treasure chests in Hard Mode to not drop Skill Tomes.

Miscellaneous

 * Xunlai Tournament Agents now offer prizes for the February tournament. These agents can be found in the Great Temple of Balthazar, Lion's Arch, Kaineng Center, and Kamadan.
 * Improved Hero AI for the Necromancer spell Death Nova to reduce the use of this spell when not in combat.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

 * This month's tonic is the Abyssal Tonic.
 * The description of the PvE version of Weapon of Warding is the same as for the PvP version, but the skill's functionality is unchanged.
 * Weapon of Warding ends if the target hits, not attacks as stated