31/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

Hero AI

• Improved Hero AI for the Monk skill, Holy Veil.
• Improved Hero AI for the Elementalist skill, Vapor Blade.
• Improved Hero AI for the Mesmer skill, Drain Delusions.
• Improved Hero AI for the Assassin skill, Mark of Death.
• Improved Hero AI for the Assassin skill, Augury of Death.

Miscellaneous

• Charr Bladestorms found in Guild Wars: Eye of the North now wield swords instead of axes to match their equipped skills.
• Damned Crewmen in the Shards of Orr now have Clamor of Souls instead of Destructive Was Glaive to remedy large spike damage that occurs when these creatures disappear during final boss encounter.
• Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in Eye of the North that could allow players to accept the Smell of Titan in the Morning quest before saving Captain Langmar, thus preventing these players from turning the quest in when completed.
• Fixed a bug with some male player armor combinations involving Chaos Gloves, Glacial Gauntlets, Destroyer Gauntlets, and Stone Gauntlets that could leave a gap at the left elbow.

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31/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

Murder Za, previously October’s champion, defeated X Ekelon X to become the January Hero Battle champion. In the GvG scene, Mistral Edge [Me], a Japanese guild that finished second in November, defeated the European guild Close Encounter [cE] to seize the GvG championship.

The final match reports are now available, as are the complete tournament standings, the updated tournament rules, and the ever-popular skill usage charts. Enjoy!]]>

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30/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

The Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack is now available! To celebrate, we've uploaded the third of our Bonus Mission Pack wallpapers. This week's desktop features the assassins from Togo's mission, “The Tengu Accords”. Watch for next week's feature: the fourth and final wallpaper in the BMP series.

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28/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

• Made preparations for the Bonus Mission Pack, which is available for sale today at Noon Pacific.

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28/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

We have another designer Q&A for you today, following the first Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack interview. If you'd like to learn more, read the interview with designers Colin Johanson, Linsey Murdock, and John Stumme.

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28/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

The BMP is on sale now. With the Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack, you play through four pivotal moments in Guild Wars history and earn rare weapons—some of the best gear in the game! You can play immediately upon purchase. Buy now or browse the BMP FAQ for more information.

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24/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

[Bug Fixes

Skills

Victory or Death

• Fixed a bug that prevents the Guild Lord in GvG from charging into melee range when fighting the opposing Guild Lord.

Elementalist

• Fixed a bug that caused the Elementalist skill ‘Unsteady Ground’ to fail if its target died before the casting time completed.

Mesmer

• Fixed an incorrect error message for the Mesmer skill ‘Simple Thievery’.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Mesmer skill ‘Signet of Illusions’ from applying the user’s Illusion attribute to certain spell effects.

Monk

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Monk skill ‘Patient Spirit’ from displaying its healed amount to the caster.

Armor

• Fixed a bug that caused a visible gap at the elbow when Obsidian Armor (Necromancer male) was worn with certain combinations of other armor.

Quest

• Fixed a bug in the quest named “A New Guide” that caused the quest log to show an incorrect location for Curator Ruras.

UI

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the character-select screen to display the selected character’s home campaign incorrectly, and to falsely state that the character could not be used.
• Fixed a bug that caused distant Heroes to incorrectly display a change in Health instead of Energy when under the effects of some skills. For example, a Hero using Storm Djinn’s Haste while beyond compass range would appear to lose approximately 10 Health per second instead of the actual 1 Energy per second.

Miscellaneous

• Made preparations for the Bonus Mission Pack to be sold via the in-game store.

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24/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

Recently, we asked for some exceptional PvP Predictors to step forward and demonstrate their predictive powers. And we weren't disappointed. Click here to see the top three picks of other fans, and visit the website in February to see how these Predictors fared.

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23/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

Skill Updates

Victory or Death

• The Guild Lord will now use his axe when combating other Guild Lords.
• NPCs during Victory or Death will do 30% more damage, and an additional 10% more damage each minute after Victory or Death.

Monk

• Aura of Stability: decreased duration to 3..10 seconds.

Dervish

• Pious Assault: decreased activation time to .5 seconds.

Warrior

• Fear Me: increased recharge time to 6 seconds.

Ritualist

• Sight Beyond Sight: reverted duration back to 8..20 seconds.

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23/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

The Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack goes on sale Monday, January 28! Get into the mission pack spirit by decorating your desktop with our second BMP wallpaper. Go here to grab this week's featured artwork, taken from Gwen's mission, “The Flight North”, and look for the release of additional BMP-themed wallpapers in the coming weeks.

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22/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

This week we feature Lore School, a predominantly PvE guild formed at the release of Guild Wars: Factions to explore the story and replay various parts of the game. Read more about the guild here.

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21/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

During the course of one evening I had 3 different spambots lock onto just one of my accounts this is proberly due to a site being hacked for account information but could also be spyware from visiting that site.

These adverts are in breach of the user agreement and I WILL EXPOSE THEM EVEN IF I GET NEGATIVE FEEDBACK!

We are an honest group of mature players that left Diablo due to bots and hackers!!!!!!!

BUYING FROM THIS SITE WILL BREACH YOUR USER AGREEMENT AND RENDER YOUR ACCOUNT LIABLE TO BE DELETED

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20/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

THIS IS TO REMIND PEOPLE LAST YEAR I GOT SCAMMED ON AN AUCTION THROUGH ” AN OFFICIAL” SITE AND GOT NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FOR REPORTING THIS.

THE ADMIN ACTUALLY SUPPORTED THE SCAMMER

TO REMIND PEOPLE AFTER BEING SCAMMED ON A SUCCESSFUL BID ON A MINIPET DESTROYER, THE SELLER SOLD IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THIS SITE WAS SELLING POST ITEMS IN PRE SEARED ASCALON -MARKED “EXOTIC” TOO.

I WILL HAVE NO PART IN SCAMS AND WILL EXPOSE THEM EVEN IF THIS UPSETS THESE PEOPLE CRIME SHOULD NOT PAY AND VICTIMS SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO THIS INTIMIDATION!

THIS IS NOT CHILDISH BUT THE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS AND SHOWS HOW EXPLOITERS AND SCAMMERS CAN JOIN A SITE JUST TO SCAM PEOPLE AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND LEAVE THE VICTIMS NAME TARNISHED.

I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN STOPPING THE OPEN TRADING OF EXPLOITED ITEMS BUT THE GUILTY PEOPLE EXHIBIT THEIR ILL GOTTEN TITLES STILL.

MAYBE THE CHARACTERS SHOULD BE FORCED INTO POST OR DELETED (THE ITEMS WERE REMOVED)  GLITCH INFORMATION WAS SHARED AND ABUSED SINCE LAUNCH BY MEMBERS ( ALE FARMING AND BEAR CHARMING)

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17/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

Skill Updates

We will be evaluating the following changes over the course of the next week. Additional adjustments may be made during that time period.

Guild versus Guild

• Victory or Death: reduced the damage bonus to +15%; removed the maximum Health reduction. Guild Lords now prioritize other Guild Lords over players as targets.
• Archers: now have Precision Shot.
• Footmen: now have Pure Strike.
• Knights: now have Warrior’s Cunning.

Assassin

• Viper’s Defense: changed Skill type to a spell; increased casting time to .25 seconds; functionality changed to: “All adjacent foes are Poisoned for 5..20 seconds, you Shadow Step to a nearby random location.”
• Heart of Shadow: functionality changed to: “You are healed for 30..150 Health and Shadow Step to a nearby random location.”
• Scorpion Wire: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds.
• Caltrops: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds.

Dervish

• Pious Assault: increased Energy cost to 10; functionality changed to: “You lose 1 Enchantment. If this attack hits, you deal +5..20 damage and inflict a Deep Wound for 5..20 seconds.”

Elementalist

• Elemental Flame: increased Burning duration to 3..5 seconds.
• Glyph of Essence: decreased recharge time to 20 seconds.
• Chilling Winds: increased duration to 30 seconds.

Mesmer

• Wastrel’s Worry: increased damage to 20..80.
• Mind Wrack: increased duration to 30 seconds.
• Kitah’s Burden/Ethereal Burden: reduced recharge time to 30 seconds.
• Hex Eater Vortex: decreased damage to 30..90; increased recharge to 15 seconds.

Monk

• Divine Healing/Heaven’s Delight: increased the area of effect to earshot.
• Patient Spirit: decreased duration to 2 seconds; increased healing to 30..120 Health.
• Restore Life: decreased casting time to 4 seconds.
• Renew Life: decreased casting time to 4 seconds.
• Vengeance: increased damage bonus to +25%; decreased recharge time to 30 seconds.
• Aura of Stability: decreased duration to 1..16 seconds.

Necromancer

• Signet of Agony: increased damage to 10..70.
• Wail of Doom: decreased Energy cost to 10.

Paragon

• Spear of Fury: increased adrenaline gain to 2..6 strikes.
• “We Shall Return!”: decreased Energy cost to 5.
• “Fall Back!”: decreased Energy cost to 10.

Ranger

• Power Shot: decreased activation time to 1 second.
• Precision Shot: decreased activation time to 1 second.
• Penetrating Attack/Sundering Attack: decreased activation time to 1 second.
• Magebane Shot: increased Energy cost to 10.

Ritualist

• Rejuvenation: increased Spirit’s level to 1..16.
• Sight Beyond Sight: increased duration to 12..25 seconds.
• Sundering Weapon: now affects the next 3 attacks.
• Warmonger’s Weapon: increased recharge time to 30 seconds.

Warrior

• “Coward!”: decreased adrenaline cost to 4 strikes.
• “You’re All Alone!”: increased duration to 8 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in the Eye of the North quest Kilroy Stonekin’s Punch-Out Extravaganza! that occasionally prevented players who had regained full Energy from standing up after being knocked down.
• Fixed a bug in the Eye of the North quest Leader of the Pack that prevented some players from completing it.
• Fixed a bug with the Eye of the North PvE Skill Ursan Blessing that caused it to incorrectly replace some Skills when its effect expired.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a player’s profession to appear using the wrong gender-noun on the character select screen in some languages.

Miscellaneous

• Added the option to bind keys that activate Hero Skills. These keys can be bound through the “Action: Order Hero (1-3) to use Skill (1-8)” option in the Control options panel (Menu > Options > Control).
• Updated the Hero AI for the Dervish Skill, Faithful Intervention.

Open Travel: Territory and District UI Changes

• As a continuation of last year’s “Territory and District UI Changes” that saw language district restrictions removed for America and Europe, we are now removing restrictions on travel to Asian language districts.
• In this update restrictions to Korean language districts will be removed and players of American, European and Korean districts will be able to travel back and forth between these language districts.
• Restrictions on travel to Japanese and Taiwanese language districts will be removed in a subsequent build.

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17/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

As part of our goal of supporting global player interaction, we are making changes to the Territory and District user interface. As of later today, players in Korean language districts can travel between American, European, and Korean districts. Players in Japanese and Taiwanese language districts will be able to travel to the other language districts following a subsequent game update in the coming weeks. The end result is that players in any language district will be able to travel to any other language district within Guild Wars. We will continue to offer International Districts as an additional location for players to meet one another.

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16/01/2008 by N.IGMA.

In preparation for the upcoming release of the Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack, we've created the first in a series of BMP wallpapers. This week features artwork from Saul D'Alessio's mission, “The Rise of the White Mantle”. Get it here. Enjoy, and stay tuned for additional BMP wallpapers over the next few weeks.

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