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Ranger and Mechanist
- Activated pet skill buttons now display a cooldown while the pet is affected by hard control effects, in the same way that player skills do.
- Pet skill buttons now provide visual feedback when they are activated by the player while the pet is moving into range of the selected target. Previously there was no visual change to the button until the pet was within range and began casting the skill.
- Pets are more responsive to the Return to Me command, responding instantly rather than on the next 1-second interval on the server.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that prevented the book Smash the Dragon by Snargle Goldclaw from appearing in the Dragon Arena and Dragon Arena Survival maps.
- Fixed a server crash.
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06/07/2022—June 7 Late Notes
Raids
Special Forces Training Area
- Mushroom King's Blessing: This special action skill will now correctly reset pet skills.
- Boons cast and maintained by players are no longer periodically removed when interacting with the arena console.
- Reapplied boons no longer freeze the client while the Hero panel is open.
- The downed NPC that appears when stealing from the golem no longer grants experience when revived.
- Condition immunity and direct (striking) damage now have appropriate toggles so they can be added to or removed from the respective golems.
Strikes
- In the Kaineng Overlook Strike Mission, the challenge mode enrage timer will no longer run on normal mode.
- In the Kaineng Overlook Strike Mission, the Mech Rider will no longer sometimes turn friendly and stall progression when defeated.
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06/07/2022—June 7 Release Notes
Dragon Bash
It's time for Dragon Bash! It wouldn't be a proper celebration without your attendance. Join me in Hoelbrak for another moot for the ages! There will be tests of strength, racing, food, song, and most importantly—ale.
I'll see you there. Unless, of course, you don't enjoy fun.
—Knut Whitebear
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Join the celebration in Hoelbrak! Celebrate Tyria's resistance against the Elder Dragons while engaging in a variety of festive games:
- Dragon Arena: Show off your dragon-fighting prowess against lifelike holograms in the Dragon Arena, or tackle a more difficult gauntlet in Dragon Arena Survival.
- Hologram Stampede: The fighting continues in the Hologram Stampede, a map-wide scramble to clear the Hoelbrak countryside of deadly enemies.
- Piñata Bashing: Master the tradition of destroying dragon piñatas in the Piñata Bashing adventure.
- Dragon Bash Rally: Speed around Hoelbrak in a mounted race, the Dragon Bash Rally.
- Moa Race: Tigg's famous racing moas return in a moa race event. Put your zhaitaffy on the line and cheer on the winner!
- The festival meta-achievement, (Annual) Dragon Bash Feats, has been updated with a new reward, the Holographic Dragon Greaves. Last year's reward, the Holographic Dragon Gloves, can now be purchased from the Dragon Bash Merchant (Prizes).
- A new Dragonbone weapon set is now available! You'll receive your choice of a weapon by progressing the Dragon Bash Feats meta-achievement, and you can rarely find additional tradeable weapons in Dragon Coffers available from a new daily achievement.
- A new weekly achievement, Dragon Bash Festivities, is now available. Participate in various festival activities to earn progress and get weekly rewards!
- Three new weapons are now available as rare drops from Dragon Coffers. They can also be purchased from Sparking Stone, a Dragon Bash weapons vendor in Hoelbrak.
- New rewards have been added to the Dragon Bash rewards vendor, including two miniatures.
- New guild decorations have been added to let you give your guild hall additional holographic flavor—a new set of holographic racing track decorations, including projectors for checkpoints and power-ups!
- The party rages for three weeks, from June 7 until June 28 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7). Get bashing!
Festive Fixes
- Updated the Hologram Stampede to relax the participation required for rewards when many players are fighting a single generator's holograms.
- Added a few extra piñatas to Hoelbrak so that determined adventurers can gather the daily bonus zhaitaffy in a single trip.
Living World
· Icebrood Saga episode daily achievement categories have been combined into a single category that rotates through all the episodes.
General
- Fixed a bug that prevented Aurene from appearing in the Eye of the North for players during the "Champions" episode of the Icebrood Saga.
- Updated Mai Trin's appearance on the Aetherblade Retreat load screen.
- Cats associated with 2022 Extra Life charity donation incentives have appeared across Tyria, visible to players only while they are under the effects of the Chatoyant Elixir or Chatoyant Lens.
- The Fragment of Prismatic Shadows step of the Aurene's Facet of Shadows collection can now be completed by defeating the Risen High Wizard or successfully holding the Gates of Arah.
DirectX 11
- Cursor clipping now changes immediately when changing between full-screen and windowed modes.
- Cursor clipping is now disabled when the game window is not focused.
- Improved the clarity of the user interface when using non-native render resolution options.
- Full-screen windowed mode will now take effect on the nearest monitor instead of always using the primary monitor.
- When switching to windowed mode, the window will now shrink slightly.
- Fixed a bug in which ground-cover vegetation models (grass, flowers) were not responding to character presence.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented footstep effects from rendering correctly.
Special Forces Training Area
The Special Forces Training Area contains a variety of valuable tools that players can use to test their strengths and hone their skills. Previously, this content was accessible only through the Lion's Arch Aerodrome and Arborstone, and it required that players be in a raiding squad to enter. With this update, we're lifting these restrictions and enabling more players to utilize the training opportunities within the area.
- The Special Forces Training Area is now accessible to everyone and no longer requires a raid squad.
- Mounts are now allowed in the Special Forces Training Area.
- Added a new entrance to the Special Forces Training Area in Lion's Arch.
Dungeons
Dungeons are the first instanced group content new players can experience in Guild Wars 2, and with this update we're looking to simplify and standardize their rewards structure for a more satisfying experience.
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A new global dungeon currency, Tales of Dungeon Delving, has been introduced.
- All previous dungeon currencies have been retired.
- Completing any dungeon will now award Tales of Dungeon Delving.
- Existing dungeon currencies will be converted to the new Tales of Dungeon Delving currency upon logging in.
- To purchase rare armor from a dungeon merchant, players are required to complete the dungeon story mode associated with the armor.
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To purchase exotic armor, weapons, and legendary gifts from dungeon merchants, players are now required to complete the dungeon explorable mode associated with the item.
- Note: Accounts that have already completed any story mode or explorable path before this change are exempt from this requirement.
- The final chest awarded after completing each explorable dungeon path will now award one piece of rare equipment.
Items
- The Antique Dragon's Drape can now be infused.
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Hello everyone, we have an update from the Guild Wars 2 team. We'll be localizing this for German, French, and Spanish as soon as possible:
Hi all,
Last week we made some changes to the final encounter of the Jade Sea meta event to help improve the accessibility of the fight, and we’re happy to see that the rate of successful event completions continues to rise each day. We’ve kept a close eye on the community discussion after those updates were made, and today we have two more changes that we’d like to discuss.
First, effective immediately, we’ve reduced the frequency at which the Jade Sea Final Boss activates their 'Tail' by about ~50%. This will give players longer windows to deal damage to the boss and contend with the various other mechanics of the encounter. To be clear, this change does not require a game build to take effect.
Second, in the March 15 update, we’ll be providing players with an alternate path for acquiring the Siege Turtle Egg, which unlocks the collection required for the Siege Turtle mount. We’ll be adding a new vendor to the Jade Sea map that will sell the Siege Turtle Egg at the cost of 200 Writs of the Jade Sea. The Siege Turtle Egg will continue to be awarded to players that successfully complete the “Battle for Jade Sea” meta event, so players will have the choice to unlock the collection via a challenging meta encounter or through time investment.
We’re looking forward to seeing how today’s “tail” adjustment plays out, and we’ll continue to iterate on the fight until it achieves our goal of being a challenging yet doable encounter for most of our players. Achieving that goal will require continued attention from us, and some patience and learning from our players. This situation feels not too dissimilar to the release of Tequatl, Triple Trouble, or Dragon Stand, all of which are popular encounters in Guild Wars 2 to this day.
As always, thank you for your feedback!
We'll see you in-game,
- The Guild Wars 2 Team
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Bug Fix:
- Removed the End of Dragons Expedition Contract from the Gem Store to avoid confusion. It will return after the End of Dragons Launch Supply Drop Requisition is no longer available.
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Since late October, we have been monitoring an increase in crashes while using the Gem Store interface. It's been challenging to nail down a fix since the circumstances causing it were unusual, but we're happy to report that we've just deployed an update that should address it. The changes should also reduce the time to open the Gem Store and improve performance while navigating between pages.
Thank you for your patience while we hunted down this sneaky bug. If you encounter any more issues, please let us know using the in-game report feature.
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We're temporarily disabling the Tea Time Chair to address an issue. We'll re-enable the item as soon as it's fixed.
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Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a client crash.
- Fixed a server crash.
- Updated data for future End of Dragons launch bonuses.
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Let us know what you think about the siege turtle! What do you really like? What needs to be improved or adjusted?
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A message from the Guild Wars 2 Team:
Hi all,We’re back with an update regarding the next beta test for WvW World Restructuring. On November 10, we announced that the November 12 beta was delayed while we address an issue that emerged late in our testing. We’ve since resolved that issue and are now targeting December 3 – December 10 for the next beta.
On November 30, you’ll be able to choose which guild you’d like to matchmake with for the beta event via the WvW panel. You must make your guild selection by 11:59pm Pacific (UTC-8) on December 2 or you may be matchmade as an individual for the beta event (i.e. not with your guild). When the build goes live on November 30, WvW may be “disabled” for up to 30 minutes while we make some changes to the servers in preparation for the beta. More info on that below.
Between November 30 and December 2, we’ll be running an at-scale “in the background” pre-test of the World Restructuring system using live player data. This test should not have an impact on your WvW experience, unless things break, in which case we’d roll back the changes immediately. On the back end, during this test World Restructuring will be fully enabled and we’ll be using it to matchmake players into the exact teams they’re already assigned to in the existing World Linking system. Again, you shouldn’t notice a difference in your current match up. It’s a nifty way to test matchmaking and team assignments before the beta starts at WvW reset on Friday. When the beta begins on Friday, players will be matchmade into new teams.
If the pre-test fails, depending on the severity of the issue, we’ll either get a change in via hotfix before Friday or postpone the beta once more.
We’ll keep you up to date on any changes.
- The Guild Wars 2 Team
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Bug Fixes:
- Added a chest at the base of the Mad King's Clock Tower that can be opened in exchange for candy corn, allowing steady progression of the Court Duty: Terror of the Tower achievement between attempts at the tower.
- Fixed an issue that caused some items to display incorrect physics.
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- Fixed a server crash.
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Hello everyone!
Please use this thread to discuss Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons gameplay and the new elite specializations.
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Hello everyone!
Please use this thread to discuss the siege turtle in Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons.
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Hello everyone!
Please use this thread to discuss Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons story and lore.
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Hello everyone!
Please use this thread to discuss Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons skiffs and fishing!
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Fixed an issue in which an unintended skill could become available for use in PvP.
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We're aware that players are experiencing trouble with gem purchases, and we're investigating the issue.
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We have temporarily disabled Rune of Strength's sixth piece bonus while we address an issue. It will be re-enabled in an upcoming hotfix.
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Fill out the template below and post it in this thread to add your character to the roster! If you’d like more backstory before approaching someone in-game, search for their character name in this thread to see if they’ve added some.
Character’s in-game name:
Character’s gender/pronouns:
Character’s species:
Briefly describe their physical appearance if it differs from their character model:
Is there any place a stranger might have seen them before in passing?
Is there any gossip a stranger might have heard about them, whether true or false?
Additional info:
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Welcome to the Roleplay Connections subforum! This is a space for guilds, groups, and individuals to look for others to play with.
Tips:
· Read all the information in a recruitment post before contacting the original poster.
· If you’re posting a request for contacts, make sure your expectations are clear.
· Only include character information if other players need to know it to start roleplaying with you.
You may include age requirements in your post if you prefer to play with people in your age group. You may not recruit for guilds or storylines if the themes violate our Terms of Service or Code of Conduct, even if they are age-restricted. Posts seeking in-character romance storylines are not allowed.
Don't seek or offer roleplay in this forum that takes place outside of Guild Wars 2 and be cautious if someone you don't know asks you for personal information or wants you to move to another platform. It's always okay to leave a roleplay scene if you feel uncomfortable for any reason.
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Welcome to the Guild Wars 2 Roleplaying subforum! Use this space to discuss roleplaying and talk about your characters.
Roleplay (RP) is a type of social gameplay similar to tabletop roleplaying games, improv theatre, and collaborative writing. Roleplayers use online games like Guild Wars 2 as a setting to create characters and stories and act out scenes. In the game it looks very much like the dynamic events and NPC conversations found throughout Tyria, but real people are controlling the characters and writing their dialogue.
Subforum Rules
The forums are OOC (out of character). Please discuss topics using your own voice and not your character’s. Forum RP threads are not allowed. Posts that include creative writing from a character's perspective are fine.
Respect other players and their playstyles. Guild Wars 2 has so many players that it's impossible to create one set of roleplay rules everyone would find fun. Find a group to play with that shares your goals and preferences and remember that you never have to roleplay with anyone you don’t want to.
Real people are always more important than fictional characters. You control your characters, their behavior, and their choices. If you aren’t having fun, you can always make changes to them.
Content that violates the Code of Conduct, like arguments in favor of discrimination and insults toward other players or their characters, are not allowed even if they represent a villainous character’s perspective.
If you don’t like roleplaying, do something you enjoy instead. If you don't roleplay but you want to learn or join positive discussions, you’re welcome here!
Be patient and kind. Only reply to posts from new players or non-roleplayers if you want to help or encourage them. If you're sure someone is trolling, report their post.
Character Development Threads
If you’d like to discuss your character’s development and share art and writing about them, that’s a great topic for a thread! Even if you don't roleplay with other people, we'd love to meet your characters. Feel free to make threads for guilds and other organizations, too.
Don't offer a critique of other players' characters unless they ask for it. If they do, think about what would help them have more fun roleplaying.
• Not constructive: "Everyone hates overpowered characters. Who do you think you are, Palawa Joko?"
• Constructive: "If you make it easy for your character to fit in a cast of equals, more people will want to play with you."
All characters are welcome, whether they're woven into the official lore or bring new ideas to the setting. Character thread content and themes must follow our Terms of Service and Code of Conduct.
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Bug Fix:
- Fixed a bug that caused some skins to display incorrectly when they were previewed.
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At the end of summer, we gave you a first look at the next Guild Wars 2 expansion, Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons. We have been overwhelmed by the response. Delivering this next chapter in the Guild Wars® universe is our highest priority.
With this in mind, we’ve made the decision to put the Guild Wars 2 Steam release on hold for the time being. Our number one priority right now is crafting Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons with the high quality you expect and deserve. Additionally, we’re full speed ahead on delivering an epic climax to The Icebrood Saga that lives up to (and we hope exceeds) previous Living World finales.
In the meantime, we’re looking forward to showing you the first trailer for The Icebrood Saga: Champions next Thursday, November 5.
-The Guild Wars 2 Team
Game Update Notes: June 7, 2022
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