Game updates/20080417

Update - Thursday, April 17, 2008

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.

Skill Updates

Assassin

• Assassin's Remedy: increased Energy cost to 10.

Mesmer

• Hex Breaker: changed skill type back to stance.
• Fragility: decreased Energy cost to 5.
• Fevered Dreams: decreased recharge to 8 seconds.
• Chaos Storm: decreased Energy cost to 5.
• Energy Surge: increased Energy drained to 1...8...10; decreased damage per Energy to 9.
• Energy Burn: increased Energy drained to 1...8...10; decreased damage per Energy to 9.

Necromancer

• Dark Pact: increased damage to 10...58...70.

Elementalist

• Blinding Surge: decreased recharge to 3 seconds; decreased Blindness duration to 1...4...5 seconds.
• Ward Against Melee: decreased duration to 1...15...18 seconds; no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.
• Lightning Orb: this skill no longer applies Cracked Armor.
• Glyph of Concentration: decreased number of spells affected to 1.
• Shockwave: increased casting time to 1 second.
• Ward Against Harm: no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.
• Ward Against Elements: no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.

Monk

• Aegis: increased Energy cost to 15.

Warrior

• Disarm: decreased time that attack skills are disabled to 0...2...3 seconds; increased recharge to 20.

Ritualist

• Flesh of My Flesh: increased recharge to 10 seconds.
• Death Pact Signet: increased activation time to 4 seconds.
• Ancestors' Rage: increased casting time to 1 second.
• Splinter Weapon: increased recharge to 8 seconds.
• Recuperation: no longer affects Guild Battle NPCs.
• Life: no longer affects Guild Battle NPCs.
• Pure Was Li Ming: no longer affects Guild Battle NPCs.
• Displacement: no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.
• Shelter: no longer protects Guild Battle NPCs.

Dervish

• Mystic Sweep: increased activation time to 1 second.
• Eremite's Attack: increased activation time to 1 second.

Paragon

• Song of Restoration: increased recharge to 30 seconds.
• Ballad of Restoration: increased recharge to 30 seconds.
• Harrier's Toss: 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 "Never Surrender!" to affect non-party allies.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Monk skill Healer's Boon 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.