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Update - Thursday, August 7, 2008
[edit] Updated Zaishen Rewards

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

[edit] Automated Tournaments

* Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.

[edit] Guild Battle Changes

* There is no longer any Victory or Death effect.
* There is no longer any Victory is Ours effect.
* The Guild Battle NPCs no longer walk to the flag stand.
* The Guild Lord’s Health has been reduced to 1680.
* Removed all skills on the Bodyguard except Oath of Healing.
* Removed Precision Shot from the Archers.
* Whenever a team gets a moral boost that team’s Guild Lord gets an additional +300 maximum Health for the rest of the game.
* The final, 28-minute tie-breaker is determined by the team that did the most damage to the enemy Guild Lord. This tie-breaker is now effective in all GvG matches.
* Amulet of Protection: reduced the amount of damage the Guild Lord can take to 25 per second at the beginning of a match, scaling up to 300 damage per second later in the match.

[edit] Skill Updates

For more information on these changes, please see the Developer Updates page.
[edit] PvE and PvP
[edit] Assassin

* Flashing Blades: functionality changed to: "(5..30 seconds.) You have 75% chance to block while attacking. Block effect: 5..20 damage to your attacker."
* Golden Skull Strike: this skill no longer requires a lead attack; reduced Dazed duration to 1..5 seconds.
* Hidden Caltrops: increased recharge to 12 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(10 seconds.) Causes 50% slower movement. End effect: inflicts Crippled condition (3..15 seconds)."
* Shadow Form: reduced the damage penalty to 33%.
* Way of the Assassin: functionality changed to: "(20 seconds.) You attack 5..35% faster and have +5..35% chance to land a critical hit."

[edit] Dervish

* Onslaught: increased Energy cost to 10. Functionality changed to: "(5..20 seconds.) You attack and move 25% faster."
* Vow of Strength: functionality changed to: "(20 seconds.) Adds +5..35% damage to your attacks against foes not suffering from any conditions."
* Zealous Vow: increased Energy gained per hit to 1..7; decreased to -3 Energy degeneration.

[edit] Elementalist

* Glimmering Mark: decreased casting time to 1 second; increased recharge time to 10 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(10 seconds.) Deals 5..25 lightning damage per second. Ends if you cast a spell that targets this foe."
* Master of Magic: decreased Energy cost to 5; decreased recharge to 20 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(1..61 seconds.) Your elemental attributes are set to 12 and you gain +0..2 Energy regeneration."
* Mirror of Ice: increased casting time to 1 second; increased recharge to 30 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(60 seconds.) You deal 5..35 cold damage whenever you cast a Water Magic hex."
* Thunderclap: decreased casting time to 1 second; increased recharge to 20 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Deals 15..75 damage. After 3 seconds, inflicts Dazed condition (1..10 seconds) to target and adjacent foes. 25% armor penetration."

[edit] Mesmer

* Air of Disenchantment: functionality changed to: "Also hexes foes near your target (5..20 seconds). Remove one enchantment from target and nearby foes. Enchantments expire 150..300% faster on those foes."
* Extend Conditions: functionality changed to: "Spread all conditions from target foe to all foes near your target. The durations of those conditions are increased by 5..100% (maximum 30 seconds)."
* Lyssa's Aura: increased recharge to 30 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(10 seconds.) You have 0..4 Energy regeneration. Renewal: every time you cast a spell on an enemy."
* Signet of Midnight: increased casting time to 2 seconds.
* Tease: decreased casting time to .25 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Interrupts a skill. Interruption effect: also interrupts all foes in the area and you steal 0..5 Energy from each interrupted foe."
* Visions of Regret: functionality changed to: "Also hexes foes adjacent to target (10 seconds). These foes take 15..90 damage whenever they use a skill."

[edit] Monk

* Aura of Faith: this skill is now in the Protection Prayers attribute line; decreased Energy cost to 5; decreased casting time to .25; decreased recharge time to 8 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(3 seconds.) Target ally gains 50..100% more Health when healed and takes 5..50% less damage."
* Empathic Removal: functionality changed to: "Removes one condition and hex from target ally and yourself, and heals for 50. Cannot self-target."
* Healing Burst: decreased recharge time to 4 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Heals for 5..130. Also heals party members for 5..20 in area of your target."
* Signet of Rage: increased non-conditional damage to 5..50; decreased conditional damage to 5..10.

[edit] Necromancer

* Life Transfer: decreased recharge to 20 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Also hexes foes adjacent to target (6..12 second). Causes -3..8 Health degeneration. You have +3..8 Health regeneration."
* Order of Undeath: increased recharge to 15; decreased Energy cost to 5. Functionality changed to: "All but one of your minions die. If that minion is non-Elite, it deals +5..30 more damage, has +5..20 Health regeneration, and attacks 33% faster (20 seconds)."
* Pain of Disenchantment: decreased casting time to 1 second; increased recharge time to 15 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Target foe loses 1..3 enchantments. Removal effect: that foe and all adjacent foes lose 10..100 Health."
* Vampiric Spirit: functionality changed to: "Steal 5..50 Health from target foe. You have +5..10 Health regeneration (10 seconds)."

[edit] Paragon

* "It's just a flesh wound.": functionality changed to: "Remove all conditions from target ally. This skill fails if you have a Deep Wound. Cannot self-target."
* "The Power is Yours!": decreased recharge time to 0; decreased Energy cost to 0; increased adrenaline cost to 4 strikes. Functionality changed to: "(3 seconds.) Allies within earshot gain 0..1 Energy regeneration."
* Soldier's Fury: functionality changed to: "(10..35 seconds.) You attack 33% faster and gain 33% more adrenaline if under the effects of a shout or chant."

[edit] Ranger

* Expert's Dexterity: this skill is now a stance; decreased activation time to 0; increased recharge time to 20 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(5..20 seconds.) You attack 33% faster and you gain +2 to your Marksmanship attribute."
* Incendiary Arrows: changed skill to an attack skill; removed activation time; decreased recharge time to 3 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Hits 2 foes near your target and inflicts Burning (1..3 seconds)."
* Melandru's Shot: decreased Energy cost to 5; decreased activation time to 1 second; increased recharge time to 10 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Deals +10..25 damage. Inflicts Bleeding (5..25 seconds) and Crippled (3..15 seconds) if target foe was moving or knocked down."
* Scavenger's Focus: this skill is no longer a preparation; decreased Energy cost to 5; decreased activation time to 0; increased recharge time to 20 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(10 seconds.) You gain 3..12 Energy if you strike a foe who has condition."
* Scavenger's Strike: decreased Energy cost to 5; increased recharge time to 10 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Deals 10..25 damage. You gain 3..15 Energy if target foe has a condition."

[edit] Ritualist

* Consume Soul: increased casting time to 1 second; increased recharge time to 5 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Steal 5..60 Health. If target foe was a summoned creature, you steal all of that foe's life."
* Defiant was Xinrae: this skill is now in the Restoration Magic attribute line; decreased Energy cost to 5; increased casting time to 1 second; increased recharge time to 20 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(15..60 seconds.) You cannot lose more than 20% of your max Health from a single hit. Drop effect: steal 30..90 Health from nearby foes."
* Reclaim Essence: functionality changed to: "All your Spirits die. If a Spirit dies in this way, you gain 5..20 Energy and all of your Binding Rituals are recharged."
* Xinrae's Weapon: this skill is now in the Restoration Magic attribute line; decreased Energy cost to 5; decreased recharge time to 3 seconds. Functionality changed to: "(8 seconds.) The next time target ally takes damage from a foe, that damage is limited to 5% of target ally's max Health and that ally steals up to 20..80 Health from that foe."

[edit] Warrior

* Battle Rage: functionality changed to: "(5..20 seconds.) You move 33% faster and gain double adrenaline from your attacks. End if you use any non-adrenal skills. "
* Defy Pain: decreased adrenaline cost to 5 strikes. Functionality changed to: "(20 seconds.) You have +90..300 maximum Health, +20 armor, and take -1..10 damage."
* Quivering Blade: increased adrenaline cost to 5 strikes. Functionality changed to: "Deals +10..40 damage. Inflicts Dazed condition (5 seconds) if target foe was moving."
* Warrior's Endurance: this skill is no longer a stance.

[edit] PvP Changes
[edit] Monk

* Spirit Bond: increased recharge time to 5 seconds.

[edit] Ritualist

* Weapon of Warding: increased recharge time to 8 seconds.

[edit] PvE Changes
[edit] Monk

* Unyielding Aura: decreased casting time to .25 seconds; decreased recharge time 10 seconds. Functionality changed to: "Your Monk spells heal for +15..60% End effect: a random other party member is resurrected and teleported to your location."

[edit] Asura

* Air of Superiority: increased duration to 20..30 seconds.
* Asuran Scan: increased duration to 9..12 seconds; increased damage bonus to 45..75%; decreased casting time to 0.
* Mental Block: increased duration to 5..11 seconds.
* Mindbender: increased duration to 10..16 seconds.
* Pain Inverter: increased damage bonus to 100..140%.
* Radiation Field: increased duration to 4..6 seconds; increased Disease duration to 12..20 seconds.
* Smooth Criminal: increased duration to 14..20 seconds; increased Energy gained to 7..10.
* Summon Ice Imp: increased level to 14..20; increased duration to 40..60 seconds.
* Summon Mursaat: increased level to 14..20; increased duration to 40..60 seconds.
* Summon Naga Shaman: increased level to 14..20; increased duration to 40..60 seconds.
* Summon Ruby Djinn: increased level to 14..20; increased duration to 40..60 seconds.
* Technobabble: decreased Energy cost to 10; decreased recharge to 10; decreased Dazed duration to 3..5 seconds.

[edit] Dwarf

* "By Ural's Hammer!": functionality changed to: "(7..10 seconds.) You have +2 Health regeneration and do +25% damage. Lasts 7..10 more seconds for each ally in earshot under 50% Health."
* "Don't Trip!": decreased Energy cost 5.
* Alkar's Alchemical Acid: increased damage to 40..50; increased conditional damage to 45..70; increased conditional duration to 14..20 seconds.
* Black Powder Mine: increased damage to 20..30; increased Blind and Bleeding duration to 7..10 seconds.
* Brawling Headbutt: increased damage to 45..70.
* Breath of the Great Dwarf: increased Health gained to 50..60.
* Drunken Master: increased duration to 72..90.
* Dwarven Stability: increased duration to 24..30; increased Health gained to 55..100.
* Ear Bite: functionality changed to: "Deals 50..70 piercing damage and inflicts Bleeding condition (10..25 seconds)."
* Great Dwarf Armor: increased duration to 22..40.
* Great Dwarf Weapon: increased damage to 15..20; increased knockdown chance to 28..40%.
* Light of Deldrimor: increased damage to 55..80.
* Low Blow: increased damage to 45..70.
* Snow Storm: decreased Energy cost to 10; increased damage to 30..40.

[edit] Ebon Vanguard

* Deft Strike: increased damage to 18..30; increased Bleeding duration to 18..30 seconds.
* Ebon Battle Standard of Courage: increased duration to 14..20 seconds.
* Ebon Battle Standard of Honor: increased duration to 14..20 seconds; increased damage to 8..15; increased damage against Charr to 7..10.
* Ebon Battle Standard of Wisdom: increased duration to 14..20 seconds; increased recharge reduction to 44..60%.
* Ebon Escape: increased Health healed to 70..110.
* Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support: increased level to 14..20; increased conditional duration to 24..30 increased non-conditional duration to 12..15.
* Ebon Vanguard Sniper Support: functionality changed to: "Deals 54..90 piercing damage and inflicts Bleeding condition (25 seconds). 10% chance of +540..900 piercing damage. 25% chance of +540..900 piercing damage if target foe is a Charr."
* Signet of Infection: increased Disease duration to 13..20.
* Sneak Attack: increased Blind duration to 5..8.
* Tryptophan Signet: increased duration to 14..20; increased movement speed reduction to 23..40%.
* Weakness Trap: increased Weakness duration to 10..20 seconds; increased lightning damage to 24..50.
* Winds: increased Spirit level to 4..10; increased duration to 54..90 seconds.

[edit] Lightbringer

* Lightbringer Signet: this is no longer elite. Functionality changed to: "You gain 3..5 strikes of adrenaline and 16..24 Energy if you are within the area of a demonic servant of Abaddon."

[edit] Luxon/Kurzick

* "Save Yourselves!": increased duration to 4..6 seconds.
* Aura of Holy Might: increased holy damage to 40..50.
* Elemental Lord: increased duration to 40..60 seconds.
* Ether Nightmare: increased Energy lost to 5..8.
* Selfless Spirit: increased duration to 15..20 seconds.
* Shadow Sanctuary: increased Health regeneration to 7..10
* Signet of Corruption: increased damage to 20..30.
* Spear of Fury: increased damage to 30..40; increased adrenaline gained to 3..6.
* Summon Spirit: increased Health gained to 60..100.
* Triple Shot: decreased damage reduction to 40..25%.

[edit] Norn

* "Dodge This!": increased duration to 16..20 seconds; increased damage to 14..20.
* "Finish Him!": increased damage to 44..80; increased duration to 12..20.
* "I am the Strongest!": increased number of attacks to 5..8; increased damage to 14..20.
* "I am Unstoppable!": increased duration to 16..20 seconds.
* "You are All Weaklings!": increased Weakness duration to 8..12 seconds; decreased Energy cost to 5.
* "You Move Like a Dwarf!": increased damage to 44..80; increased duration to 8..15 seconds.
* A Touch of Guile: increased damage to 44..80; increased duration to 5..8 seconds.
* Club of a Thousand Bears: increased damage to 6..9.
* Feel No Pain: increased duration to 30 seconds; decreased Health regeneration to 1..3; increased recharge time to 20 seconds.
* Raven Blessing: functionality changed to: "You lose all effects and take on the aspect of the raven (60 seconds). All your attributes are set to 0 and raven attacks replace your skills, and you have 80 armor, 660..700 Health, and a 20..30% block chance."
* Raven Talons: functionality changed to: "Deals 20..35 piercing damage. Inflicts Bleeding and Cripple conditions (4..10 seconds)."
* Ursan Blessing: functionality changed to: "You lose all effects and take on the aspect of the bear (60 seconds). All your attributes are set to 0 and bear attacks replace your skills, and you have 100 armor and 750..800 Health."
* Ursan Strike: functionality changed to: “Deals 40..75 damage and 40..75 slashing damage.”
* Ursan Rage: this skill is now touch range.
* Volfen Blessing: functionality changed to: "You lose all effects and take on the aspect of the wolf (60 seconds). All your attributes are set to 0 and wolf attacks replace your skills, and you have 80 armor, 660..700 Health, and 2..4 Health regeneration."
* Volfen Bloodlust: this skill now affects all nearby allies.
* Volfen Pounce: this skill is now a stance.

[edit] Sunspear

* "There's Nothing to Fear!": increased damage reduction to 20..35%.
* Critical Agility: increased armor to 15..25.
* Cry of Pain: increased damage to 65..100.
* Eternal Aura: increased holy damage to 65..100.
* Necrosis: increased damage to 60..90.
* Never Rampage Alone: decreased Energy cost to 15; increased duration to 18..25 seconds.
* Seed of Life: increased duration to 2..5 seconds.
* Vampirism: increased level to 4..10; increased duration to 75..150 seconds.
* Whirlwind Attack: increased damage to 13..20.

[edit] PvE Creature changes

* Updated the skill sets of the bosses Edibbo Pekpek and Alana Pekpek to work with the new Glimmering Mark. They now have Conjure Lightning and Whirlwind instead of Lightning Strike and Lightning Javelin.
* Skeleton Monks in Hard Mode will now use Vengeance instead of Unyielding Aura.
* Kisai will now use Blinding Surge instead of Glimmering Mark when encountered in the Norn Tournament.
* Reduced the armor of the following bosses: Demetrios the Enduring, Coventina the Matron, and Willa the Unpleasant.

[edit] Underworld changes

* Reapers now become invulnerable once all quests have been completed in the Underworld.
* Replaced Cursed Dream Riders with Banished Dream Riders.
* Shortened the distance Banished Dream Riders will follow a player.
* Banished Dream Riders now stand stationary and overlook a small complement of added Wailing Lords.
* Mindblade Spectres' base attack is now ranged.
* Increased the Health of Mindblade Spectres by 500.
* Reduced the run speed of Mindblade Spectres.

[edit] AI Updates

The following AI updates apply to Heroes and Hard Mode NPCs.
[edit] Assassin

* Heroes now use Dark Escape less frequently when about to engage in combat.
* Heroes are less likely to use Signet of Shadows on a non-Blinded target.

[edit] Dervish

* Heroes are less likely to use Chilling Victory on a target when the target’s Health is greater than theirs.
* Heroes will be less likely to use Lyssa's Assault without an enchantment active.
* Heroes are less likely to use Crippling Victory when a target has more Health then them or is already Crippled.

[edit] Elementalist

* Heroes are less likely to use Lightning Bolt on stationary foes.
* Heroes use Shock Arrow more efficiently.
* Heroes use Glowstone more efficiently.
* Heroes use Glowing Gaze more efficiently.
* Heroes are more likely to use Glowing Ice on targets suffering from a water hex.
* Heroes no longer use Blinding Flash on casters or Blinded targets.
* Heroes are less likely to use Blinding Surge if only a single target will be affected.
* Heroes use Mind Blast more effectively.
* Heroes will use of Flare on targets regardless of their remaining Health.
* Heroes use Invoke Lightning more efficiently.
* Heroes use Chain Lightning more efficiently.

[edit] Mesmer

* Heroes no longer use Waste Not, Want Not with full Energy.
* Heroes use Unnatural Signet less frequently on non-Spirit enemies.
* Heroes no longer use Enchanter's Conundrum on enchanted and hexed foes.
* Heroes will now use Backfire on the Master of Healing or Master of Enchantments.
* Heroes will wait until their Energy is at an appropriate level to attempt to use Ether Signet.
* Heroes will now use Shame on NPC Monks.
* Heroes will no longer become confused when Empathy is queued on a target standing near Spirits.

[edit] Monk

* Heroes will be more likely to use Signet of Devotion in useful situations.
* Heroes will be more selective when using Supportive Spirit.
* Heroes will use Balthazar's Pendulum on targets that are under attack and have been knocked down.
* Heroes will no longer spam Vital Blessing on pets.
* Heroes use Zealous Benediction less frequently when a target's Health is above 50%.
* Heroes use Mending Touch more effectively.
* Heroes will no longer use Martyr when they are the only character suffering from a condition.
* Heroes maintain Smiter's Boon whether in combat or not.
* Heroes are less likely to use Bane Signet and Castigation Signet against targets that aren’t attacking.
* Heroes will now use Blessed Light less frequently if the character is only suffering from a condition or hex.
* Heroes use Healing Breeze and Watchful Spirit more effectively.
* Heroes will now use Purifying Veil as a condition removal.
* Heroes will now maintain Healer's Covenant during combat and remove it after combat has ended.
* Heroes will maintain Vigorous Spirit more frequently on themselves and allies.
* Heroes now cast Defender's Zeal on any attacking target.
* Heroes will now cast Patient Spirit on themselves when manually ordered to use the skill with an enemy targeted.
* Heroes are less likely to use Pensive Guardian on allies who aren’t under attack.
* Heroes are less likely to use Divine Healing and Heaven's Delight with allies outside of earshot range.
* Heroes are less likely to use Extinguish if only one ally is suffering from a condition.
* Heroes are less likely to cast protective enchantments that trigger on attack unless the party is in combat.
* Heroes will no longer become confused when Dismiss Condition is queued without a viable target.

[edit] Necromancer

* Heroes are less likely to use Enfeeble on foes that are already suffering from Weakness and are more likely to use Enfeeble on melee or ranged enemies before targeting casters.
* Heroes are less likely to use Reckless Haste on enemies that don’t use physical attacks.
* Heroes will no longer use Weaken Armor on foes who are already suffering from Cracked Armor.
* Heroes now use Soul Bind on any target that is low on Health.
* Heroes will always attempt to maintain Dark Bond on themselves.
* Heroes will always attempt to maintain Infuse Condition on themselves.
* Heroes are less likely to use Angorodon's Gaze unless they are suffering from a condition.

[edit] Paragon

* Heroes will only use Disrupting Throw on targets suffering from a condition.
* Heroes will no longer use "Brace Yourself!" on an ally when they are already under the effect of this skill.
* Heroes only use Maiming Spear on foes that are suffering from Bleeding and aren’t suffering from Deep Wound.
* Heroes will no longer use Merciless Spear on foes that have more than 50% Health or are already suffering from Deep Wound.
* Heroes will now use "Make Haste!" on allies when targeting an enemy.
* Heroes will now use Bladeturn Refrain, "Lead the Way!" and Blazing Finale skills on allies.
* Heroes will now use Burning Refrain and Enduring Harmony on allies when appropriate.
* Heroes will no longer use Natural Temper when they’re enchanted.
* Heroes will now use "Fall Back!" as a speed boost.
* Heroes are less likely to use Godspeed while stationary.

[edit] Ranger

* Heroes are more likely to use preparations outside of combat.
* Heroes now use Barrage more frequently against single targets.
* Heroes now maintain Muddy Terrain during combat.
* Heroes are more likely to use Bestial Mauling when their target is knocked down.
* Heroes are more likely to use Punishing Shot and Magebane Shot as an interrupt.
* Heroes will now use Poison Tip Signet out of combat and will no longer re-apply the skill while it’s still active.
* Heroes are less likely to use Throw Dirt against enemies that don’t use physical attacks.
* Heroes use Antidote Signet when suffering from any condition.

[edit] Ritualist

* Heroes are more likely to use Xiko's ashes for Health regeneration.
* Heroes are more likely to use and maintain Ritual Lord outside of combat.
* Heroes will now use Resilient was Xiko outside of combat if they are suffering from hexes or conditions.
* Heroes will now prioritize targets more effectively when casting Weapon of Warding.
* Heroes will now assign a higher priority to allies under attack for Weapon of Remedy and Vengeful Weapon.
* Heroes will now use Gaze of Fury on enemy Spirits before selecting allied Spirits.
* Heroes will now prioritize the recipient of Weapon of Shadow to be allies under melee or physical ranged attack.

[edit] Warrior

* Heroes now use Belly Smash.
* Heroes will be less likely to use "Retreat!" when the skill is already active on the party.
* Heroes no longer use Heavy Blow on foes that have already been knocked down.
* Heroes are less likely to use Steelfang Slash on opponents that aren't knocked down.
* Heroes use Hammer Bash more efficiently.
* Heroes now use Disarm to interrupt actions.
* Heroes are less likely to use "You're All Alone!" on targets standing next to their allies.

[edit] Miscellaneous

* Heroes are less influenced by the weapon they have equipped when determining the range at which they'll engage an enemy.
* Heroes with ranged weapons equipped will no longer move into melee range when a point-blank area-of-effect skill is equipped but disabled.
* Heroes will now give up on targets that exit their combat range instead of staying locked in pursuit.
* Heroes are less likely to use shouts, echoes, and chants if another ally has just used the same skill.

[edit] Bug Fixes

* Fixed a bug that caused Air of Superiority to trigger on enemies that didn't award experience.
* Fixed a bug that prevented players from canceling their Heroes’ maintained enchantments while the player was dead.
* Fixed the warning text displayed when mousing over an attribute that the player didn't have enough points to increase.
* Fixed a bug that caused the Charrslayer Weapons to do less damage then intended.
* Fixed a bug that caused Rebel Yell to not correctly award adrenaline.
* Fixed a bug that caused Mark of Instability to incorrectly cause knockdown for target other ally’s dual attacks.

[edit] Miscellaneous

* The Xunlai Tournament House NPC now offers prizes for the July tournament and can be found in the Great Temple of Balthazar, Lion's Arch, Kaineng Center, and Kamadan.
* Based on feedback from the last Dragon Festival, Emperor Kisu will no longer trade you a festival hat if you already have a hat of that kind in your inventory for all future Dragon Festivals.
* Decreased the Elonian Elite Skill Hunter title to 140.
* Added the Master of the Isle to the Great Temple of Balthazar. This NPC allows players to enter a PvP version of the Isle of the Nameless.

Edit:
Took out the unnecessary \"Update - Thursday, July 10, 2008\" part.

-Skittle

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08/07/08 18:57

miss healing monkey

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RE: Update

perhaps now ursan wont be overused.. only downside.. elite areas takes ages to do..

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08/07/08 19:02

CorruptNinja

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RE: Update

Sweet :P
LOL I just noticed, a Pain Inverter Buff? Why in the hell?! xD wasnt it good enough already?

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08/07/08 19:03

Primal_Hunter

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RE: Update

Thats alot :o

08/07/08 19:04

Wyat_hawke

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RE: Update

You added a bit too many pages when ctrl+c-ing, since you got some stuff from the older updates.

I need to read this all through and think about it...The sheer amount of different skill updates makes my mind explode...

08/07/08 19:23

Skittle Cody

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RE: Update

No more VoD?
Why...
why why why

Buy me a giraffe <3

08/07/08 19:31

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RE: Update

wooooot!! awesome update!

incendiary arrows and melandrues shot new effects are extremely nice, nice buff indeed.. great fun to play with that :D

master of magic is zomg too

nice nerf to signet of midnight! <3

lol @ life transfer, followed up by suffering = gg

pain of disenchantment is pretty sweet now

soldier's fury looks cool now

quivering blade is very interesting

NICE nerf with wep of ward & spirit bond<3

unyielding aura, new hb?

rofl @ all the pve buffs with heros and pve skills...
haha @ ursan nerf, inurface

very nice update, they should do this more often D:

08/07/08 19:39

Calypso_FtW

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RE: Update

that new tonic looks wicked too, everlasting is gonna be very expensive me thinks

08/07/08 19:40

smokebam_07

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RE: Update

i think some people owe IIIIII an apology

08/07/08 19:47

The_Rejected

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RE: Update

Aww they changed Unyielding Aura XD. Well there goes holding people's lives in the palm of your hand. :P

08/07/08 19:48

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RE: Update

Not done reading the updates, but this is the LARGEST update in GW since at LEAST june of 2007 (when I started getting the update RSS feeds)......it is 32KB in size, the next closest was an update of 30KB in size which consisted of the addition of HM to GW:EN, HoM changes and a large skill change.

QUOTE

master of magic is zomg too

I'm rather glad they made that change, it now allows for the TRUE meaning of elementalist......making it possibly viable to a multi-element character. Sure 16 in an attribute is better than 12, but what about 16 in your main attribute, then 12 in all your others, allowing you to effectively use snares or defensive skills along with your hard hitting fire skills?

Back to reading. :P

Update in whenever I dont feel lazy.

08/07/08 19:48

mason717

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RE: Update

Thanks for the updates, Ben.

My warrior will be fun to play owing casters and being an uber tank with 5 adr. :p

Rawr.

08/07/08 20:07

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RE: Update

QUOTE

No more VoD?
Why...
why why why

Ineptitude, Ineptitude, Water Ele midlines + the usual 3 defensive char backline (monk monk rit).

Basically if you fight a team like that and they're decent at all, they won't let you do anything until VoD anyway, at which point their build becomes exponentially stronger becaues NPCs kill themselves through clumsiness, ineptitude and wandering eye spam.

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08/07/08 20:27

Calypso_FtW

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RE: Update

ohhh nvm got it :D

btw, apply poison + incendiary arrows = overpowered

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08/07/08 20:39

Chrisworld

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RE: Update

Well i'll be damned... that skill update leak earlier was legit.

EDIT: I like the buff to Defy Pain.

Edit again.. : The PvE skills my god the PvE skills im LOVING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ursan wasn't hit that bad either lol!

Thanks for putting this up Ben

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08/07/08 21:12

Skittle Cody

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RE: Update

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No more VoD?
Why...
why why why

But thats when I always win.
:P

Oh well.
No more "wait till 18" strategies.

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08/07/08 21:30

Primal_Hunter

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RE: Update

Belly Smash for hammer warriors needs to be buffed =/

08/07/08 21:42

sleep_FTW

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RE: Update

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Ursan wasn't hit that bad either lol!

Either you were being sarcastic, or you are retarded.

I hate this update personally, Unyeilding aura is a stupid modification, HB was good enough and had no energy degen. Glimmering Mark is super lame, no more easy infinite blind, cuz i hate B-Surge. I also am not too thrilled about the change to Incendiary Arrows cuz i liked the free IAS interrupt spams, especially on all the eles and monks in RA. I did not like the ursan nerf, not cuz im a noob and its all i can use, but now GL with Vanquishing in any time that takes less than a week.

Im not going to bitch but, ANet, this ranks up there with the AoE scatter nerf.

and why did you have to go and nerf spirit bond again? as if it hasnt seen enough.

p.s. would it be that difficult to un-nerf "Incoming" so HM is at least a little practical without a 600/smite doing it for you? k

p.p.s. THANK GOD FOR THAT WARRIORS ENDURANCE BUFF! GOD KNOWS WE NEEDED THAT! ...lolnot.

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08/07/08 21:54

CorruptNinja

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RE: Update

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I did not like the ursan nerf, not cuz im a noob and its all i can use, but now GL with Vanquishing in any time that takes less than a week.

Use Sabway, way faster than Ursanoobway. :) Vanquishing wasnt meant to be easy anyway. Hence "Hard Mode"

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08/07/08 22:02

patrickvp

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RE: Update

Absolutely amazing.

Somehow, as big of an update as that is, it barely affects me with most builds I use. xD

08/07/08 22:22

Kikuta

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RE: Update

darn this. They've ruined awesome utility skills by changing them to BIGDAMAGE skills.

I LOVED THUNDERCLAP.

The Xinrae skills are just... they were so awesome...

You know what's better than playing Guild Wars? NOT playing Guild Wars! Who wants my account?

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08/07/08 22:44

mwpeck

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RE: Update

Hmmmmmmm.....Master of Magic isnt as good as it sounds.....if you have any runes it ignores them completely, so even your main magic type that is at 16 without it, is set to 12 with it. So basically it lowers your highest magic attribute (if it was above 12) to raise your others to 12.....if you plan on using Master of Magic, your better off leaving the superior runes behind for the extra health.......the only thing that CAN increase an attribute above 12, is your headpiece. It still lowers the attribute to 12 when you cast it, but if you remove then equip your headpiece, whatever attribute that headpiece is on will go up to 13.......I'm sure this will be fixed soon though.

Update in whenever I dont feel lazy.

08/07/08 23:15

Elendiil

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RE: Update

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I did not like the ursan nerf, not cuz im a noob and its all i can use, but now GL with Vanquishing in any time that takes less than a week.

Use Sabway, way faster than Ursanoobway. :) Vanquishing wasnt meant to be easy anyway. Hence "Hard Mode"

I agree!! Totally! I just got ursan and have only used it when asked to. I'm only rank 4 Norn anyway. Did Duncan HM today with my FS Splinter/Barrage build, and the group was awesome. My fisrt Slavers clear, didn't get an uber weapon or offhand, but was still fun. Pretty sure it will be just as fun after the update, will just take longer. I prefer it that way, anyways.

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08/08/08 00:46

Lord Veson

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RE: Update

i noticed that mindblade spectors now have ranged attacks. doesnt that kinda screw over the A/E farming or can u just agro them and get them to follow u until they get in a clup. but then if u approach them do they run? anyone try it yet?

08/08/08 02:22

Hijaru Ta

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RE: Update

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i think some people owe IIIIII an apology

I agree, seems he was right. Weird buffs though, some skills are completely changed o.O (don't get me wrong, me like)

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08/08/08 04:49

mriswith

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RE: Update

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I LOVED THUNDERCLAP.

This made me laugh; sure thunderclap was nice as it is; now it has become better; knockdown is funny, but utterly useless comparedto dazed which, on combination with whirwind attack from a tank, barrage/volley from a ranger allows you to completely shut down mobbed foes in PvE.

For PvP it has, in my opinion become better as well simply because a KD on a monk/caster works for 3secs; dazed works way longer and shuts them down.

Ss why is this undate bad in your opinion?

But anyway; if you feel GW isnt your game anymore; too bad but good luck with your ventures in other games.

necromancer all the way

08/08/08 05:18

RazoMoto

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RE: Update

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Use Sabway, way faster than Ursanoobway

This man is right, i've used Sabway longer then Ursan, and the difference isn't big at all, though one ursan + sabway ofcourse... but thats another story.

08/08/08 05:19

Cocky Rocky

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RE: Update

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Ursan wasn't hit that bad either lol!

There are so many things wrong with this statement...

Unyielding Aura is currently the best rez in the game along with affecting any source of healing weather it be from prot divine or anything.. not just healing like HB is.

Glimmering mark still isn't worth much really but I'm surprised you liked it beforehand.

Incendiary arrows is among the best ways to spread conditions now and is actually viable on a pvp or pve ranger where as the old incendiary wasn't useful in pve and the effect was easy to circumvent in pvp along with it not being maintainable.

The ursan nerf was pretty good and there are still very efficient ways of vanquishing weather it be cry-way a heavy physical team or the slightly slower but more hero-friendly sabway.

And wtf do you mean only doable with a 600/smiter monk? Vanquishing is very easy and much faster with out it.

And warriors endurcance allows warriors to spam the energy attacks and now they can use an IAS or speed boost with it. W/D with a scythe and wars endurance has proven to be one of the higher sustainable dps war bars that still has decent utility.

I'm not sure you're in a position to call someone retarded.

08/08/08 05:42

sethron

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RE: Update

only problem u may get with the new master of magic builds, is engy managment, as beffor u would take the attunment of ur element, if u use like 4 diff elements then u may need to look else were for engy managment

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08/08/08 06:34

Azn Pride

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RE: Update

Wow. Some skills are just lame now.

08/08/08 06:37

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