Game updates/20060920

Update - Wednesday September 20, 2006

General Updates:

• Added new trophies to the Great Temple of Balthazar for the Guild Wars Factions Championship and the Guild Wars (Prophecies) World Championship.
• Added an Observer Mode option to automatically observe random games.
• Added an option to hide the user interface while observing a game.
• Added an option to mute sound while Guild Wars is running in the background
• Modified all windows and panels accessible from the Menu so that they remember whether they were previously open when entering a new map.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some Prophecies and Factions monsters from using their Ranger skills.
• Fixed a bug in the skill Plague Signet that caused Conditions to transfer with incorrect durations.

Preparation for the World Preview Event

The following Guild Wars Nightfall updates and balance changes are being published in beta form, in preparation for this weekend’s World Preview Event. After the conclusion of the weekend event, they will be removed from the game again until the release of Guild Wars Nightfall:

• Updated the artificial intelligence of all henchmen.
• Added new armor foley sound effects.
• Capped adrenaline gain so that no player ever receives more than double adrenaline from adrenaline-boosting skills.
• Increased earshot range to the radius of the Danger Zone (the inner white circle on the mini-map Compass).
• Modified the skill Contemplation of Purity so that the number of removed Hexes and Conditions is determined by your Divine Favor attribute.