06/05/2018—June 5 Release Notes

General

Fixed an issue in which the Hero panel would not dynamically update when switching equipment.

Fixed a bug that caused one of the human female faces to ignore all customization options.

Raids

Bastion of the Penitent

Deimos will no longer apply permanent Revealed to all players at the start of the encounter.

Items

Queen Bee Infusion: This item's looping audio effect has been removed to address an unintended level of noise.

Ley-Line Infused Tool: This item has had its crafting recipe modified to use Orichalcum Ingots instead of the Orichalcum Mining Pick.

Profession Skills

Engineer

Spectrum Shield: The damage reduction of this skill now stacks multiplicatively with other damage-reducing effects instead of additively.

Necromancer

Sand Savant: This trait has been split between game modes. In WvW and PvE modes, it will continue to reduce cooldown by 33%. In PvP it will increase sand shade recharge by 100%.

Corrected Update Note -- Sand Savant: This trait has been split between game modes. In PvE it will continue to reduce cooldown by 33%. In PvP and WvW modes it will increase sand shade recharge by 100%.

Ranger

Grace of the Land: Fixed a bug that caused the target to apply might to themselves rather than to the druid.

Thief

Death Blossom: The tooltip for this skill has been updated to remove an inaccurate malice description that appeared if the deadeye specialization was equipped.

Structured Player vs. Player

Four weapons have been added to the Obsidian weapon set. Both the Obsidian Weapon Box and the Mistforged Obsidian Weapon Box have been updated. These new weapons have also been added to the League Weapon Vendor. The new weapon types include the greatsword, focus, longbow, and hammer.

Repeatable reward tracks can now be set to automatically restart when completed.

World vs. World

Four weapons have been added to the Obsidian weapon set. These new weapons have been added to the Skirmish Supervisor. The new weapon types include the greatsword, focus, longbow, and hammer.

Repeatable reward tracks can now be set to automatically restart when completed.

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New Items and Promotions

A new Sunspear Glider is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 400 gems.

For a limited time, the Bank Job Package and the Character Jump Start return to the Upgrades category of the Gem Store.

The Swaggering Hat, Chaos Gloves, Glowing Crimson Mask, Braham's Wolfblood Pauldrons, and Shattered Bloodstone Circlet return to the Style category of the Gem Store as part of the seasonal inventory swap, which will continue throughout this week.

The update notes above have been corrected to change one change, in the Necromancer section. You can see the previous note (with strikethrough) and the new, corrected note above.

Bug Fix:

• Fixed an issue in which fractal instabilities would not be properly applied.

Bug Fix:

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to add large amounts of improvements and tactics to guild storage.