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Archive for February 2008

Update - Friday February 29

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused the Ritualist skill Destructive Was Glaive to grant less armor penetration than intended against high-armor targets.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Paragon Leadership attribute to give incorrect Energy when the Eye of the North skill Ursan Roar was used.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Mesmer skill Extend Conditions to not affect Disease.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Paragon Heroes to not use the skill Aggressive Refrain when ordered to.
  • Fixed a rare bug that could cause a crash when removing a message from the Charr Battle Plans Decoder.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Nightfall quest Madness of Prophecy to not progress for some players.
  • Fixed quest text that incorrectly listed the Nightfall NPC Lonai as being located in the Command Post.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Underworld quest Terrorweb Queen to not complete if the Terrorweb Queen is killed too quickly.
  • Fixed a bug that caused clipping issues on some male Nightfall characters when wearing the Warrior Obsidian Helm.
  • Fixed a bug with the male Dreadnought Elite Platemail Gauntlets.
  • Fixed a bug with the /report function to give an error message when attempting to report a character that is no longer in the district.
  • Fixed a bug with the quest To the Rescue that prevented enemies from spawning.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused players to fail in the Fissure of Woe when an unrelated NPC died off screen.
  • Fixed a bug in the Gate of Desolation mission that caused the description of Junundu Tunnel (an Aijundu skill) to display that it had a knockdown duration of 0 seconds.
  • Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented characters from accessing two Eye of the North quests, Destructions Depths and A Time for Heroes, as well as the Heart of the Shiverpeaks dungeon.

Miscellaneous

  • Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.
  • Made the following improvements to Fort Aspendwood:
    • The green gate will no longer close behind the juggernaut, trapping him within Gunther’s area.
    • The Luxon siege turtles will no longer target spirits, minions, or pets when choosing enemy targets.
  • Updated the Journey to the North buff description to inform players that attributes cannot be modified while under the benefits of the buff.
  • In the Gate of Desolation mission, removed a redundant portion of the skill description for Queen Bite (an Aijundu skill), which stated that the skill healed for 0 life.
  • Removed health regeneration from Ilsundur, Lord of Fire to be consistent with other dungeon boss encounters and to reduce the difficulty of the encounter.

February Automated Tournament Wraps Up

Congratulations to Ice Chunk and Clan Union, first-time winners of our monthly tournament. They brought new names to the top and earned valuable prizes. Ice Chunk is the February Hero Battle tournament champion, while Clan Union captured the GvG victory.

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!

New State of the Game: PvP Guide

Veteran PvPer Mark Yu of Delta Formation [DF] offers insights into midline shutdown, starting with Mesmers, in the first article of this series. Find it here.

Guild Wars Smashes Five Million!

The Guild Wars® franchise has sold over five million copies worldwide! This landmark comes at an exciting time. ArenaNet is building an even more expansive and immersive experience in Guild Wars 2, which is sure to appeal to loyal players and newcomers alike. NCsoft and ArenaNet have issued a full press release with details. Also, this just in: our fans rock!

February PvP Predictors

This month, we bring back a PvP Predictor from last month, as well as some new ones. See what they think about the final tournament standings, and don't forget to head over to the Xunlai House and make your own predictions.

Update - Thursday February 21

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused blank text to appear when skills are called out (control-clicked).
  • Closed an exploit that allowed players with a modified client to travel directly to explorable areas.

Update - Thursday February 21

Guild Battles

  • Isle of the Dead: repositioned the outer archers.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused Wrathful Storm creatures in the Realm of Torment to use incorrect art.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a gap in the female Mesmer’s hair upon character creation.
  • Fixed a bug with the texture on Cynn’s dress.

Guild of the Week: MOON

The House of Moon, a light-hearted guild, shares many embarrassing moments, favorite parts of playing the game, and other interesting personal stories in this week's feature. Read all about them here.

Celestial Rat

This chinese new years miniature, the Celestial Rat is obtained opening fortune cookies.

On opening the Celestial Rat makes a brief appearance if you find one.gw055.jpg

Update - Friday February 15

Guild Battles

  • “Victory is Ours”: decreased damage to 10%.

Mesmer

  • Power Leak: increased Energy lost to 5..20; increased recharge time to 20 seconds.
  • Enchanter’s Conundrum: increased casting time to 2 seconds.

Elementalist

  • Storm Djinn’s Haste: decreased movement speed increase to 25%.
  • Flame Djinn’s Haste: decreased movement speed increase to 25%.

Ritualist

  • Death Pact Signet: increased casting time to 3 seconds; increased recharge time to 12 seconds.

Dervish

  • Pious Haste: decreased duration to 3..12 seconds.

Final Bonus Mission Pack Wallpaper

This week we present our Guild Wars Bonus Mission Pack wallpaper series finale, which showcases the confrontation of Turai Ossa and Palawa Joko in the legendary Battle of Jahai.

Grab this wallpaper here, and don't forget that the BMP is on sale now.

Update - Wednesday February 13

  • Fixed a rare bug that would crash the game client.

The N.GMA halt the Factions story line too! (propecies done twice)

Oh dear he never gets the message - unlike us (P.M mania is drivuing us to this?)gw103.jpg

WARNING

Do not buy from p.m’s being sent (over the las few weeks).

If you buy it is a breach of your user agreement - Yes we have a direct link pernantly on THIS SITE. >> , <<

The last screenshot also had a sexist name but hey where did it go? (event ones saved o.k).

If I print people will accuse ME of advertising?? *,..,*

The world has gone mad I wanrt OUT!

Update - Tuesday February 12

Bug Fixes

Victory or Death

  • Fixed a bug that caused Victory or Death and Victory is Ours to expire when a player dies.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Victory is Ours to not reapply after Victory or Death.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Victory or Death to not properly apply damage to some skills.

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Guild of the Week: LOD

X Legion Of Doom X is a PvE-oriented guild dedicated to keeping each of its members busy and actively enjoying the game. For pictures, profiles, and more, check out the article here.