Rubi Bayer.8493

The Searing Cauldron hero challenge in Iron Marches has been temporarily disabled so that we can address an issue. We’ll re-enable the event after the issue has been corrected.

I was out of office all last week so I am just now seeing this, but this series is so good! Thank you for sharing!

Well, okay. 😄

I just shared this thread with the team to take a look at, thank you for flagging it!

@jokke.6239 I'm glad you did! There are always people who missed the note/weren't aware for one reason or another, so mentioning it almost certainly brought it to the attention of others who missed it as well. And I've said this elsewhere: We need to hear what the community likes just as much as we need to hear what they want changed/improved/updated/fixed, and human beings in general are much less likely to spend time talking about what they like than they are talking about what they dislike. Calling out a change that you just discovered and that you love is great--thank you!

This is disappointing to read. I'd go so far as to say I am going to be disappointed about this for a l o n g time. Long. Loong. time.

04/04/2024—April Fools 2024 Heights of Glory With pretty much every secret unobscured, the commander finds themselves facing a tall new order. Even if they defeat the nefarious forces at Tyria's doorstep*, have they made their own grim bargain with higher forces looming above in the process? A long-overdue reckoning begins when Tyria's loftiest hero receives a mysterious letter. Could a heretofore overlooked asuran professor really have uncovered the truth of those events two years ago? Stand tall and shake the higherarchy of Tyria in the Heights of Glory weekly experience, starting now and extending until April 9 at noon. General Removed all gathering nodes from Tyria for polishing. Diessa Plateau: Fixed an issue that caused NPC dialogue and event text around the village of Butcher's Block in Diessa Plateau to refer to nearby activities as "meata-events." Options for the character-select background have been expanded. Players may now choose from all future character-select backgrounds, as well as current and previous backgrounds. Added hint text to clarify that Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons should not impact dragon-like creatures such as wyverns. Players can now block NPCs who send them unwanted whisper messages. Rewards from roller beetle racing events have been decreased to fund repairs to streetlamps and other objects damaged by racers. Updated the name of Duchess Chrysthansisa Chrysthsehe Chrysthansysthea Masked Duchess C during the Fashion Wars meta-event. Raids n' Strikes Lowered the rate at which achievements and items are awarded after an encounter is complete to allow for a more leisurely appreciation of each player's individual rewards. Fixed an issue that could prevent Cerus from entering the talent demonstration phase of the encounter after his health is reduced to 1% in the Temple of Febe Strike Mission challenge mode. Updated instrument assignment during Cerus's talent demonstration phase to be randomized, rather than based on players' distance from Cerus when the phase initiated. To reduce the impact of start-up times for condition damage-based characters, all boon effects remaining on a raid boss when it is defeated will be transferred to the next boss in the map, if any remain. Personal Story Characters speaking in languages that the player character has not yet learned (Canthan, Kryptis, choya, etc.) will now be subtitled or dubbed in your selected localized language to add immersion. Certain personal story instances have been rewritten and recorded as operatic performances. Items Jade bots can now be remotely paired with compatible devices after installing the latest firmware update. Master chef trainers now offer recipes that incorporate Nayosian cabbages. Unused food items in player inventories will now have a chance per item to attract various animals. Walnuts in bulk have been added to various existing recipes as a required component. Profession Skills Elemen-tall-ist The Large Hydra Collider Krewe has announced that a new element has been discovered and can be attuned to: Fermmium. Deploy Jade Sphere: This skill is now categorized as a well. Unravel: This skill can now be used on bolts of cloth to convert them into scraps. Engineer Grenade Kit: This skill has been reworked and is now named Nayosian Cabbage Kit. Turrets can now be named. Several engineer skills will now add leftover screws and bolts to the inventory when used. Those probably weren't important. We probably just gave you a few extra ones in case you dropped some. Guardian The dragonhunter elite specialization, having fulfilled a lifelong oath following the final update for Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons, has retired to a well-deserved slow life tending the old family farm. Symbols are now categorized as wells. "Hold the Line!": This skill now has 50% increased effectiveness when used in combination with Line of Warding. Mesmer Virtuoso Chaotic Persistence: This trait is unchanged. Illusions can now name themselves. Chronomancer wells are now categorized as wells. Necromancer "Rise!": Reduced the target cap from 1 to 0.9 (repeating). After saving Tyria at least seven times, social disapproval of the necromancer profession has been reduced in PvE and WvW. "You Are All Weaklings!": This skill has been renamed "Ur Weak!" to better match its casting time. Revenant The herald elite specialization is now categorized as a well. Impossible Odds: This skill is now named Improbable Odds. Ranger Soulbeast Increased longbow range to 2,000 if the winds are favorable. Soulbeasts' pets can now form and represent their own guilds. Thief Stealth: To reduce visual overlap with Steal, combat the increasing availability of stealth applied by other professions, and add new verbs to stealth gameplay, stealth has been significantly reworked: The stealth effect has been renamed and is now the obscured effect. Applying stealth as a thief is now a new gameplay verb: "secret." Well of Bounty: In addition to its current effects, this skill now increases gold find for allies within range. Lowered the number of thieves in PvP only. Warrior Fixed an issue that prevented some bladesworn projectiles from manifesting their blue sword-spirit. Banner skills are now categorized as heraldic. World vs. World Added additional purple, yellow, and silver team options. Map population caps have been temporarily removed to reduce server load. The alleged discovery of a dragon in the Mists has brought the dragonhunter elite specialization out of retirement for one last job. *Stay tuned for the final release of Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure, fearless readers!

Learn more about the feedback from the last WvW World Restructuring Beta and what's next!

FINE, yes, I laughed. 😄 More seriously, I've got answers! Ignaxious should be corrected now--you're right that his health was not behaving as intended. Knaelbelag's defiance bar is a different issue and we are looking into it.

Bug Fixes: Vigorous Precision: Removed the unintended internal cooldown. Fixed an issue that prevented the Artisan of Arms special objective in the Wizard's Vault from synchronizing with the Artisan of Arms achievement's progress counter. The special objective will now progress as intended when a player defeats an enemy under the conditions required for the Artisan of Arms achievement. Players affected by the synchronization issue may observe that they complete the Artisan of Arms achievement before completing the Wizard's Vault special objective, but they will complete the objective upon defeating the remaining required enemies with their new weapon. Fixed an issue that prevented Malicious Shadows from applying the Empowered effect after reaching Cerus in the Temple of Febe Strike Mission. Breakrazor's Bastion: Fixed an issue that caused this skill's effects to apply at the player's location rather than the summon's location. Fixed a server crash.

We've got a fix for this coming in later today! I'm sorry for the hiccups!

This update is live now: Grab the latest build and it should be resolved!

Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue that caused the Candy Corn Gobbler to have different randomization rates and effect durations from its previous version. Darkrazor's Daring: Fixed an issue that prevented this skill from inflicting bonus defiance damage in PvE. Symbol of Ignition: Fixed an issue that caused this skill to inflict more burning than intended in melee range.

Good morning! I've got an update from some of our designers: After extensive checking we identified an issue with the Candy Corn Gobbler - the previous version (before the March 19 update) had a bug causing the Experience Booster effect to occur as an extra double-buff more often than it should have. Additionally, there were a few small probability differences that increased the chance of a non-XP double buff and a typo causing some of the minor buffs to have extended durations in the new version. When all of this was combined it caused total buff durations to appear within standard deviation for large amounts of candy corn used in testing (300+ gobbles) but not for the Experience Booster in short gobbling sessions. We have a fix in the works that will recreate the original results precisely--this time intentionally--while preserving the improved ease of use of the updated item. We're working on getting it to you as soon as possible!

I've been talking with some of our designers about this. Any change is unintentional and they are looking into it to see if something is happening that shouldn't be.

Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue that could prevent Cerus’s Embodiments from appearing during the Temple of Febe Strike Mission challenge mode. Fixed an issue that caused the player population limit in guild halls to be lower than intended.

The maintenance is finished, thank you again for your patience!

Hi everyone, this should be resolved now! Please let me know if you still don't see it as an option.

This is something we are looking into--I'll keep you updated as I can. I'm sorry this is happening!

I collect a lot of feedback to share with the studio every week, including on new gem store items, so I can add this note. 🙂

Hey all, I did some looking into this for you. Further internal review after that blog was posted led us to limit SOTO relic effects behind SOTO access as well. We failed to communicate that before release, and we apologize for the confusion.

Congrats, and glad to hear you like it!

Game Update Notes: March 19, 2024 03/19/2024—Late Notes World Polish Amnytas Fixed an issue that allowed players to summon all six guardians before attacking Nourys, the Eyes of the Abyss, and prevented the Defense of Amnytas meta-event from progressing during the final phase. Fixed an issue that caused the Weekly Seitung Province Jade Treasury Recovery achievement to be awarded upon completing any event in the map. Inner Nayos Fixed an issue that prevented the defeat of Nereidum, Chosen of Charybda, and Vespera, Scribe of Charybda, from progressing the Envious Reprieve achievement. General As mentioned in the main release notes, players who have previously defeated Cerus in the Temple of Febe Strike Mission's challenge mode before the changes to the encounter or those who defeat him with the legendary challenge mode active will earn a new title, Legendary Conqueror of Cerus, to demonstrate this feat. Players who accomplished this before this release may appear to have lost credit for the Legendary Temple of Febe achievement, but this achievement credit will be restored the first time they enter Lion's Arch, the Temple of Febe Strike Mission, or any Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure open-world map. Fixed an issue that prevented certain French player and NPC lines from playing during the Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure story.

Game burnout is a whole thing, I think we all experience it at one point or another. I'm glad the GW2 community provided you with a nice welcome back! ...and we're gonna need some pictures of Puppy Laranthir once he's in his new home.