31/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

After five years as our dedicated Guild Wars community manager, Gaile Gray has decided to assume a new role at ArenaNet. To honor her and the commitment she has shown, we are hosting an in-game farewell party this weekend. For more information about Gaile’s new role, visit her user page on the Guild Wars wiki. We’ll have more information about our plans for the Guild Wars community team next Monday.

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28/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

This weekend, players and guilds will, once again, compete in our March Automated Tournaments, so place those last minute Xunlai Tournament House votes. Also, remember that this weekend is the deadline for claiming your February Xunlai prizes.

Next month, the automated tournament is a special event to commemorate Guild Wars's third anniversary. In this tournament, we are offering both double tournament reward points and double cash prizes. To prepare, we've posted April's schedule, map rotation, rules, and enhanced prize list here.

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27/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

Whether you watch college basketball or Guild Wars Observer Mode, all fans like to root for their favorites and predict how far they will get in the tournament. Check out our fan predictions for the March Monthly Tournaments and then, if you're feeling lucky, head over to the Xunlai House to make your own predictions.

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26/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

It is surprising the lengths some go to to harrass other players how do we /report this ?

Thes person needs to be removed for stalking ( all week) and impersonating our guild leader.

What his motives are are uncertain but he should really get a life!

The character we moved away from Reapers Avenger has copied our guild cape and always hangs about where we are .

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25/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

The Passionate Kiss of Nosferatu is a large alliance of ten guilds and more than 800 members, all sharing the KISS tag. The guild enjoys a diverse mix of activities, from PvE to PvP, and was created exclusively for Guild Wars.

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21/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

Bug Fixes

Assassin

• Shadow Walk: this skill now completely prevents the casting of enchantments. Previously the enchantment would fail immediately after activation, causing the caster to lose Energy.

Necromancer

• Dark Aura: fixed a bug that caused the caster of Dark Aura to take damage instead of losing Health.

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20/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

Skill Changes

Assassin

• Fox’s Promise: functionality changed to: For 5..20 seconds, your dagger attacks cannot be blocked. This enchantment ends the next time you fail to hit.

Dervish

• Guiding Hands: decreased number of attack skills that cannot be blocked to 0..3.

Mesmer

• Enchanter’s Conundrum: functionality changed to: For 10 seconds, target foe casts enchantments 100% slower. When this hex is applied, that foe takes 30..120 damage if not under the effects of an enchantment or hex spell.
• Mantra of Concentration: decreased duration to 1..38 seconds; increased recharge to 30 seconds.
• Hex Breaker: decreased duration to 5..80 seconds.

Necromancer

• Angorodon’s Gaze: decreased Energy cost to 5; decreased Health stolen to 10..40; decreased Energy gained to 1..9.

Warrior

• Mokele Smash: decreased adrenaline gained to 2 strikes.
• Magehunter’s Smash: increased adrenaline cost to 8 strikes; updated the animation to match Hammer Bash.

Ranger

• Sundering Attack/Penetrating Attack: decreased damage to 3..10; decreased armor penetration to 10%; increased recharge to 4 seconds.
• Power Shot: decreased damage to 5..20.
• Precision Shot: decreased damage to 3..18.

Automated Tournaments

• You now lose K value (25 for daily, 50 for monthly) rating if you sign up for a tournament and forfeit the first round.
• Tournament Reward points are now based off the number of teams who did not forfeit in the first round.
• Bonus tournament reward points are now awarded for playing in every round of a daily tournament: 5 for 1v1 daily tournaments, and 15 for GvG daily tournaments.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused the map marker on the reward NPC to not appear when the Clear the Chamber quest completed in the Underworld.

Miscellaneous

• Added new text to Kun Shao regarding the Xunlai Tournament House.

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20/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

We'd like to recognize the eight ArenaNet artists whose works were selected for publication in Spectrum 15, an annual showcase of the best fantasy, science fiction, and horror artwork created each year. Congratulations to Richard Anderson, Matthew Barrett, Daniel Dociu, Jaime Jones, Jason Juan, Kekai Kotaki, Jason Stokes, and Doug Williams.

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18/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

Real-Money Trading

Today we are taking steps to further protect the game from abuse by real-money trading (RMT) companies. Please read our Policy on Real-Money Trading for more information on how and why we block real-money trading.

• We are adding the ability to block certain IP addresses from the game. In the coming days and weeks, we will be using this capability to block addresses of RMT companies that heavily abuse the game.
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• We are also adding code to detect and block IP addresses that are running an open proxy, so that players cannot mask their real IP address by connecting to the game through an open proxy.
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• To clarify our policy on blocking IP addresses from the game, we added the following line to section 7 of the User Agreement:
  

  NC Interactive may from time to time in its sole discretion implement various forms of filtering, blocking or monitoring of IP addresses or proxies used to use, play or access the Game(s) or the Service, including without limitation blocking or filtering measures that restrict your ability to use, play or access the Game(s) or Service outside of the territories in which NC Interactive makes the Game(s) or Service available.

• To combat a growing problem with account fraud, newly created accounts are now restricted from trading with other players within the first 24 hours after account creation. Please see today’s Dev Update for more information on this change.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in the Fissure of Woe quest The Tower of Strength that sometimes caused one of the Shadow Patrol groups to spawn inside the tower.

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18/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

We take the topic of buying and selling in-game items for real currency very seriously, as it has many consequences that affect our community as well as gameplay. To learn more about our stance on this topic and why we don't allow real-money trading, check out our real-money trading policy page.

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13/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

General

• Concise Skill Description Option
  • Guild Wars now supports two types of skill descriptions: traditional and concise. Traditional descriptions maintain the classic style and have been in place since the first campaign. Concise descriptions are a new style, and are generally shorter in length.
  • The first time you log in, you get a message asking if you’d like to keep using traditional skill descriptions or if you’d like to change to concise descriptions. Once you make your selection, login will continue normally, and you won’t see the message again. To change the skill description style while in-game, use the General tab in the Options panel. (Menu> Options> General)
  • Example of a traditional description for Defensive Stance:
    • For 1..7 seconds, you have +24 armor and you have a 75% chance to block melee and projectile attacks. Defensive Stance ends if you use a skill.
  • Example of a concise description for Defensive Stance:
    • (1..7 seconds.) You have 75% chance to block and +24 armor. Ends if you use a skill.
  • If you find any problems with the translations of the concise skill descriptions, or general translation bugs, please report them to:
    • French: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/French_Localization_Bugs
    • German: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/German_Localization_Bugs
    • Italian: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Italian_Localization_Bugs
    • Polish: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Polish_Localization_Bugs
    • Russian: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Russian_Localization_Bugs
    • Spanish: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Spanish_Localization_Bugs

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a spawn bug that prevented bosses in the Domain of Anguish from appearing if everyone in a party had already completed the Mallyx the Unyielding quest.
• Fixed a bug in Underworld that sometimes prevented mission failure if a Reaper died too quickly after spawning.
• Fixed a bug that would sometimes allow Necromancers to cast Putrid Flesh and Feast for the Dead while having no living minions for the spell to target.
• Fixed a bug in the Tower of Strength quest within the Fissure of Woe that sometimes caused the Tower Mage to become stuck and never reach the tower.
• Fixed a bug in the Dajkah Inlet challenge mission that could cause teams to crash after a long time spent in the mission.
• Fixed a bug that caused some treasure chests to not work if more than one player attempted to open the chest at the same time.
• Fixed a bug in the Moa’vu’Kaal, Awakened quest in Nightfall that caused the starting NPC to sometimes not display a quest marker even though the quest was available.
• Fixed a bug that affected various sign posts and redirectors in the Eye of the North, Sifhalla, Olafstead, and Gunner’s Hold.

Miscellaneous

• The daggers known as Dragon Scythes are now named Dragon Kamas to avoid confusion over their weapon type.
• The axe known as White Scythe is now named White Reaver to avoid confusion over its weapon type.
• The second RAWR Cup Tournament is now listed on Tolkano.
• The Xunlai Tournament House NPC now offers prizes for the February tournament and can be found in the Great Temple of Balthazar, Lion’s Arch, Kaineng Center, and Kamadan.

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13/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

This weekend players can celebrate a traditional, real-world holiday by gathering special in-game items. From Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Friday, March 14 until 11:59 PM Pacific on Monday, March 17, you can gather Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clovers throughout the many lands of Tyria. Enjoy the weekend, and remember: think green!

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12/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

By popular demand, our patron god of ice and death is ready to shroud your desktop with his darkness. Find this stylized rendition of Grenth in various ratios and resolutions here.

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10/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

Veteran PvPer Mark Yu of Delta Formation [DF] continues the discussion of midline shutdown, focusing on Rangers, in the second article of this series. Find it here.

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08/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to steal monster skills.
• Updated the models for two winning items from the Design a Weapon Contest.

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07/03/2008 by N.IGMA.

It's that time again! The Xunlai Tournament House is now accepting predictions. If you'd like a chance to be featured in this month's PvP Predictors feature, be sure to send us your winning picks. Click here for more details.

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