Game updates:January 2009

January 2009 updates

• Thursday 29^th of January (talk)
• Thursday 8^th of January (talk)

Update - Thursday, January 29, 2009

Canthan New Year

• Made preparations for the Canthan New Year's Festival, which begins at Noon Pacific (-8 GMT), January 30th, 2009, and runs until Noon Pacific, February 2nd, 2009.

Rollerbeetle Racing

• Tolkano [Tournament Rewards] has been added to the Rollerbeetle Racing outpost.
• Players are now required to register with Tolkano before they can participate in Rollerbeetle Racing.
• Eldrid the Ancient [Records] and Little Jack [Rewards] now base their list of the top racers on registered account names. An account name can only be listed once on the top racers list.

Miscellaneous

• Removed leftover collision from where the Wintersday tree was located in the Eye of the North.

Update - Thursday, January 8, 2009

Updated Zaishen Rewards

• Updated the Zaishen Chest drops to replace the Abominable Tonic with a new tonic for the month of January. More information on Zaishen Rewards can be found here.

Automated Tournaments

• Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.

Skill Updates

PvE and PvP

Assassin

• Palm Strike: decreased Crippled duration to 1...4...5 seconds; decreased damage to 10...54...65.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented some Item Spells from executing their drop effect at the end of their held duration.

Miscellaneous

• Xunlai Tournament Agents now offer prizes for the December tournament. These agents can be found in the Great Temple of Balthazar, Lion's Arch, Kaineng Center, and Kamadan.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• Removed Wintersday decorations.
• This month's tonic is the Cerebral Tonic.