Game updates:July 2007

July 2007 updates

• Friday 20^th of July (talk)
• Tuesday 17^th of July (talk)
• Friday 6^th of July (talk)
• Thursday 5^th of July (talk)

Update 2 - Friday, July 20, 2007

• Enabled the creation of bonus items for players who pre-ordered Guild Wars: Eye of the North.

Update - Friday, July 20, 2007

Guild Wars: Eye of the North Pre-Order

• Players can now pre-order Guild Wars: Eye of the North from the Guild Wars Official (in-game) Store.

Promotional Items

• Pre-order and promotional weapons that contain open component slots can once again be enhanced with upgrade components. These upgrades cannot be salvaged from the weapon once they have been applied.

Miscellaneous

• The character selection screen has been updated to Guild Wars: Eye of the North.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several skill-related bugs that occurred during the last update. Included among these updates: Fast Casting once again works on Signets, Spawning Power once again increases weapon spell duration, and Mesmer interrupt skills once again work on Chants.
• Fixed a bug that caused Observer Mode games to disappear prematurely from the list.
• Fixed a bug that caused attributes to be listed in red text.
• Fixed a graphical map error in the Ring of Fire.

Guild Wars Wiki Notes

• Mallyx the Unyielding in The Ebony Citadel of Mallyx has had his skill Summoning Shadows reverted back to an earlier glitch where he is able to use it every 5-7 seconds even though the skill description still says the skill recharges in 20 seconds.
• Promotional items that contain default properties can have some of them replaced, such as the Dragon Fangs, the Soulbreaker or the Spiritbinder, not just empty slots.

Update 2 - Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that corrupted geometry on Intel 915, 945, and 965 graphics chips.
• Fixed a Party Search issue that caused some players to crash.
• Fixed the district drop-down list so that it no longer displays unavailable districts and territories.
• Fixed a map error in D'Alessio Seaboard.

Miscellaneous

• English districts are now referred to as Common districts.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• This update restored the bug which causes the ocean to appear with a random color on the title and character selection screens.

Update - Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Party Search

• Whenever a party enters Party Search, an automatic message will now broadcast to players in that party’s current district. For example, if Flamingo Avenger sets “glf monk” as the party’s description in the Party Search panel, “Flamingo Avenger: Party Search – glf monk” will appear in the Chat panel of players in the same district as Flamingo Avenger.

• Whenever a party leader broadcasts “glf,” “lfg,” lfp,” “wtb,” “wts,” or “wtt” in All chat, that party will now be entered into Party Search automatically with that chat message used as the party's description.

User Interface

• The Trade panel now displays the name as well as the icon of trade items present in the trade cart, and a warning message now displays when the person you are trading with changes the offer.
• The Party panel now automatically resizes vertically to match the contents of the panel.
• The Party panel now maintains the same position it was placed in while in outposts and missions.
• The Party panel join frame has been moved to the bottom of the panel.
• Allies and pets are now listed in collapsible groups in the Party panel while in a mission.

Domain of Anguish

To balance the Domain of Anguish appropriately for a wider variety of players, the difficulty of this realm has been adjusted. Some of the changes apply only to Normal mode.

• In Normal mode only, all world effects outside of the final battle have been removed.
• In Normal mode only, damage output has been reduced for a variety of monsters.
• The size of several monster groups found in the beginning areas of the City of Torqua [sic] and the Foundry of Failed Creations have been reduced.
• The Enraged ability possessed by creatures in the Domain of Anguish has been adjusted. This ability now gives the caster +50% damage when below 70% Health, and an additional +50% damage when below 30% Health.
• Fixed a bug that occasionally caused Mallyx to stop reacting in combat.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in the Nightfall mission the Grand Court of Sebelkeh that caused rifts to erroneously display blue bars when being recaptured by the Blasphemy.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Factions quest "A Formal Introduction" from loading if players had quests from the Dragon Festival in their Quest Logs.

Miscellaneous

• The Tyrian World Map has been enlarged and adjusted in preparation for Guild Wars: Eye of the North.
• Improved the system for throttling chat spam.
• The Sunspear Rebirth Signet is now sorted under Sunspear skills in the Skills and Attributes panel.
• The Lightbringer's Gaze and the Lightbringer’s Signet [sic] are now sorted under Lightbringer skills in the Skills and Attributes panel.
• Additional behavioral modifications have been made to the Luxon Warriors in Fort Aspenwood.
• Master Architect Gunther no longer runs in front of Fort Aspenwood's green gate.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• The "fix" to Mallyx the Unyielding included a fix to the exploit used to kill him which relied on leaving a Flesh Golem corpse outside the door and then having one party member use Necrotic Traversal or Consume Corpse to jump to it. Now, when the party enters the Citadel all corpses and minions will get pulled in with them.
• A "Use best Texture filtering" option has been added in the Options Graphics tab.
• English Districts are called "Common Districts" now.
• European players can access American districts, and American players the European districts, but get err7 when trying. (fixed in update 2)
• The Icon for Whirlwind Attack has been changed.
• The Character selection screen background has changed and is now darker. A comparison has been posted in one of the Fansite Forums. This update also fixed a bug which caused the ocean to appear with a random color on the title and character selection screens.
• The following changes have been made to the UI:
  • The "+" Button to invite members into your party has been changed
  • Skill attributes at the end of skills description now have a red color
  • Builds sent into the chat now have a green color.
• Glyph of Elemental Power and Elemental Lord have a faster animation now.
• When two windows overlap, right clicking the back window no longer brings it to front.
• The icons for the Elite Woven armor have been changed.
• Since the whole map of Tyria now contains all the extensions of Guild Wars: Eye of the North, it's very likely that most of the code for the expansion is also contained in this update to decrease server load on launch date.
• Presearing Ascalon Guard's have a new set of Armor
• When characters under level 20 level up, the chat notification includes how many attribute points you have gained. This message erroneously always says 5 attribute points have been gained, when in fact your attribute gain depends upon your level.

Update - Friday, July 06, 2007

Bug Fixes

• Restored missing merchant to the Tomb of the Primeval Kings.
• Fixed a bug in the Dragon Festival missions that prevented rifts from closing.

Miscellaneous

• Added support for the Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack promotion to the Guild Wars in-game store.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• Character selection screen has been altered. Sorting characters by PvP/PvE now lists PvP characters last (just before empty slots). Before this update, they were listed first.
• The Guild Wars Official Store has now a summary and announcement place.
• Removed experience reward from the Dragon Arena.

Update 2 - Thursday, July 05, 2007

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Imperial Guardsman Linro to not show up in Kaineng Center.

Update - Thursday, July 05, 2007

Dragon Festival 2007

Attention fellow citizens of Cantha,

On behalf of Emperor Kisu, it is my pleasure to announce this year's Dragon Festival, a three-day celebration of games, dance, drink, and revelry, where we commemorate the dawning of the Age of the Dragon and all those who helped to rebuild our great lands after the Jade Wind. This year, our benevolent emperor has decreed that the festival shall henceforth also celebrate our great victory over Abaddon and his demon forces.

Throughout the duration of the festival, citizens of our great empire can convene at Shing Jea Monastery to socialize with others, partake in carnival activities, and amass Victory Tokens to be redeemed for special prizes. Fans of sport can flex their muscles in the Dragon Arena, where battle prowess and longevity are recognized and rewarded.

There will be no shortage of engaging entertainment, so we hope you make the journey to our lush island and join us in revelry.

Alliance Battles

To better reward players for participating in Alliance Battles even when in enemy territory, we have introduced a new "Underdog Bonus."

• In the Luxon defense map, Kaanai Canyon, Kurzick players will receive Kurzick faction points equal to twice their score.
• In the Luxon defense map, Etnaran Keys, Kurzick players will receive Kurzick faction points equal to their score.
• In the middle map, Saltspray Beach, neither Kurzick nor Luxon players will receive a bonus.
• In the Kurzick defense map, Grenz Frontier, Luxon players will receive Luxon faction points equal to their score.
• In the Kurzick defense map, The Ancestral Lands, Luxon players will receive Luxon faction points equal to twice their score.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a stacking bug in the Assassin skill Hidden Caltrops.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Alliance Battles from beginning if a party failed to load.

Miscellaneous

• Deaths in the Dragon Arena no longer affect the Survivor title track.
• Added Xunlai Storage and faction reward NPCs to Alliance Battle outposts.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• Shing Jea Monastery and Kaineng Center were redecorated.