Upcoming changes and features
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[edit] Automated changes
- Every day at 07:00 UTC (11:00 PM PST)
- Nicholas Sandford's requested item changes
- The Codex changes.
- Every day at 16:00 UTC (8:00 AM PST)
- New daily Zaishen Challenge Quests
- Every Monday at 15:00 UTC (7:00 AM PST)
- Nicholas the Traveler's location and requested item changes
- Every Friday at 19:00 UTC (11:00 AM PST)
- New weekend event begins
- Every Sunday at 07:59 UTC (11:59 PM PST)
- The weekend event ends
- On the first day of each month
- Monthly tonic rotation
- At the beginning of special weekend events
- Festival map decorations are added
[edit] Monthly maintenance update
The monthly maintenance update is usually scheduled for the 1st or 2nd Thursday of each month (source) and includes:
-
Xunlai Tournament House rewards(unavailable until bug in Xunlai Tournament House code is fixed, source, source) - Changing map rotations for Automated Tournaments
- Tweaks to AI, bug fixes
- Skill balance changes (every 2 months)
[edit] Content update
Additional content updates (separate from the monthly maintenance updates) occur every three to four months (source). The next update may offer:
- GvG Tiebreaker (source)
- New Schedule for Automated Tournaments (source)
- Bug Fixes for Fort Aspenwood and Jade Quarry (source)
- New Hall of Heroes map (source)
[edit] Other features
- Guild Wars Live Test Krewe (source)
- More information about the Guild Wars book(s) later this year (source).
- More news about Guild Wars 2 later this year (source)
- The battle with Dhuum (Source)
[edit] Upcoming releases
- Guild Wars 2 beta (due date is somewhere close to game's release/TBA) (source)
- Guild Wars 2 (TBA) (source)
