Game updates/20080501

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Contents 1 Update - Thursday, May 1, 2008 1.1 Guild vs. Guild 1.2 Skill Updates 1.2.1 Assassin 1.2.2 Mesmer 1.2.3 Elementalist 1.2.4 Monk 1.2.5 Warrior 1.2.6 Ritualist 1.2.7 Dervish 1.2.8 Paragon 1.3 Bug Fixes 1.4 Miscellaneous

[edit] Update - Thursday, May 1, 2008

[edit] Guild vs. Guild

The Guild Battle rules which were altered in a previous update will remain in place including:

• Number of archers on Burning and Druid's Isle.
• NPC positioning on Warrior's Isle.
• Wards will continue to not protect Guild Battle NPCs.
• Certain Ritualist skills will continue to not affect or protect Guild Battle NPCs.

[edit] Skill Updates

Reverted temporary tournament changes to skills:

[edit] Assassin

• Assassin's Remedy: reverted Energy cost back to 5.

[edit] Mesmer

• Chaos Storm: reverted Energy cost back to 15.
• Energy Burn: reverted Energy drained to 3...7...8; reverted damage per Energy to 12.
• Energy Surge: reverted Energy drained to 3...7...8; reverted damage per Energy to 12.
• Fevered Dreams: reverted recharge back to 10 seconds.
• Fragility: reverted Energy cost back to 10.
• Hex Breaker: reverted skill type back to skill.

[edit] Elementalist

• Blinding Surge: reverted recharge back to 4 seconds; reverted Blindness duration back to 3...7...8 seconds.
• Glyph of Concentration: reverted number of spells affected back to 2.
• Lightning Orb: reverted skill back to applying Cracked Armor.
• Shockwave: reverted casting time back to .75 seconds.
• Ward Against Melee: reverted duration back to 5...17...20 seconds

[edit] Monk

• Aegis: reverted Energy cost back to 10.

[edit] Warrior

• Disarm: reverted time that attack skills are disabled back to 0...4...5 seconds; reverted recharge back to 12.

[edit] Ritualist

• Ancestors' Rage: reverted casting time back to .25 seconds.
• Death Pact Signet: reverted activation time back to 3 seconds.
• Flesh of My Flesh: reverted recharge back to 0 seconds.
• Splinter Weapon: reverted recharge back to 5 seconds.

[edit] Dervish

• Eremite's Attack: reverted activation time back to ¾ seconds.
• Mystic Sweep: reverted activation time back to ¾ seconds.

[edit] Paragon

• Ballad of Restoration: reverted recharge back to 20 seconds.
• Harrier's Toss: reverted activation time back to .5 seconds.
• Song of Restoration: reverted recharge back to 20 seconds.

[edit] Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused interrupted attack skills to occasionally deal damage.
• Fixed a bug with skills that convert damage from one type to another, such as Stone Striker and Greater Conflagration. The converted damage was working incorrectly with armor bonuses and penalties.
• Fixed a bug that allowed characters to occasionally Shadow Step while carrying a flag.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Created wiki pages for Asian language players to report localization bugs:

• Japanese: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Japanese_Localization_Bugs
• Korean: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Korean_Localization_Bugs
• Traditional Chinese: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Traditional_Chinese_Localization_Bugs

The wiki pages for the European localization bug reports are now hosted by the European community team:

• French: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Julien_Crevits/French_Localization_Bugs
• German: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Martin_Kerstein/German_Localization_Bugs
• Italian: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Martin_Kerstein/Italian_Localization_Bugs
• Spanish: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Peter_Verhelst/Spanish_Localization_Bugs