Game updates/20080417

Guild vs. Guild

 * Warrior's Isle: Adjusted the location of NPCs in red base.
 * Druid's Isle: Removed two archers from both bases.
 * Burning Isle: Removed two archers from both bases.
 * Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.

Assassin

 * : increased Energy cost to 10.

Mesmer

 * : changed skill type back to stance.
 * : decreased Energy cost to 5.
 * : decreased recharge to 8 seconds.
 * : decreased Energy cost to 5.
 * : increased Energy drained to ; decreased damage per Energy to 9.
 * : increased Energy drained to ; decreased damage per Energy to 9.

Necromancer

 * : increased damage to.

Elementalist

 * : decreased recharge to 3 seconds; decreased Blindness duration to seconds.
 * : decreased duration to seconds; no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.
 * : this skill no longer applies Cracked Armor.
 * : decreased number of spells affected to 1.
 * : increased casting time to 1 second.
 * : no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.
 * : no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.

Monk

 * : increased Energy cost to 15.

Warrior

 * : decreased time that attack skills are disabled to seconds; increased recharge to 20.

Ritualist

 * : increased recharge to 10 seconds.
 * : increased activation time to 4 seconds.
 * : increased casting time to 1 second.
 * : increased recharge to 8 seconds.
 * : no longer affects Guild Battle NPCs.
 * : no longer affects Guild Battle NPCs.
 * : no longer affects Guild Battle NPCs.
 * : no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.
 * : no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.

Dervish

 * : increased activation time to 1 second.
 * : increased activation time to 1 second.

Paragon

 * : increased recharge to 30 seconds.
 * : increased recharge to 30 seconds.
 * : increased activation time to 1 second.

Bug Fixes

 * Fixed a bug that caused Ritualist Spirits to stop attacking if their caster has moved outside of compass range.
 * Fixed lighting issues with the Demonic Aegis, Draconic Aegis, Draconic Scythe, Dryad Bow, and the Eaglecrest Axe.
 * Fixed a bug that caused the Paragon skill to affect non-party allies.
 * Fixed a bug that caused the Monk skill to improperly affect skills on occasion.

Miscellaneous

 * Implemented UI for trial accounts which displays the time remaining on the trial.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

 * The icon for the Guild Wars In-Game Store now changes based on which products an account has.
 * An explanation of this update is available at Developer Updates/20080417.
 * This update is intended to address the most pressing issues with GvG for the upcoming tournament at the end of April. The skill changes are due to be reverted on May 1st.