Game updates/December 2015

December 2015 updates
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Update - December 21, 2015

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused too much supply to drop for minor supply drops.
• Fixed an issue in which NPCs with set patrol paths would no longer move or respond to players. Lionguards, Seraph, dolyaks, and guild bounty targets will now resume their patrols and respond to players.
• Fixed a bug that prevented magnetite shards from being correctly awarded for failed boss attempts in the Forsaken Thicket.
• Fixed a bug that allowed multiple instances of Foxglove to be collected.
• Fixed an issue in which schematics in a guild's aetheric assembly device did not have a tooltip informing users of how long a schematic would take to process. Schematic tooltips will now report how long they take to process in the aetheric assembly device.
• Fixed an issue in which guilds could not swap decorations with the decoration UI opened by using skill 6 on the skill bar.
• Fixed an issue in which guilds could not always queue schematics into their aetheric assembly device in the guild hall workshop. Guild members with the appropriate permissions can now queue schematics in the aetheric assembly device.
• Fixed an issue in which guilds with more than 40 schematics in their aetheric assembly device could not scroll through the recipes. A scroll bar now appears if the aetheric assembly device has more than 40 schematics in its inventory.
• Updated the description for creating the Mini Munificent Gift Skritt in the Mystic Forge to correctly call out Wintersday Gifts in the recipe.

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Update - December 17, 2015

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in which UI preferences were sometimes being reset upon exiting the client.
• Fixed a remaining issue with the Ogre Lane Defender achievement.

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Update - December 16, 2015

Bug Fixes

• Gorseval's ghostly minions will now correctly pursue players during the encounter.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Preserved Queen Bee item to be replaced with the Winter's Presence upgrade. Preserved Queen Bee items have been restored.
• Fixed an issue with guild experience showing the wrong value on the Guild Panel UI.
• Fixed a bug in which players could sometimes get dishonor without leaving a PvP match.

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Update 3 - December 15, 2015

Bug Fixes

Mesmer

•   Echo of Memory: Block duration has been reduced from 2.25 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
•   Deja Vu: Block duration has been reduced from 2.25 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
•   Well of Precognition: This ability now applies distortion instead of blur and prevents capture-point contribution. Casting time has been increased from 0.25 seconds to 0.75 seconds, and aftercast delay has been reduced from 0.5 seconds to 0 seconds.

Revenant

•   Demonic Defiance: This trait's functionality now has a 5-second internal cooldown.
•   Radiant Revival: This trait's functionality has been altered to provide Infused Light for the revenant instead of the downed target. This trait now grants the revenant 10% bonus revival speed.
•   Coalescence of Ruin: This ability will no longer hit more than the maximum number of targets (5). The cascade will additionally cease its progression if it hits the maximum number of targets.

General

• Runes of Durability: Fixed a bug that granted this rune set higher boon duration than indicated.
• Spending resonance to finish assembling a guild consumable early now functions correctly.

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Update 2 - December 15, 2015

Bug Fix

• Fixed a server crash.

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Update - December 15, 2015

Wintersday 2015

Come join us in celebrating Wintersday! Earn karma by participating in the following activities: save Wintersday for the orphans spread around Divinity's Reach by giving them wrapped gifts; test your skills against other players in Snowball Mayhem; experience the joy of jumping in Winter Wonderland; defend against waves of toys in Toypocolypse[sic]; or help keep Tixx's airship, the Infinirarium, in order! Spend karma at the Wintersday Vendor! You'll also see Wintersday events appearing all around Tyria.

• Parts of Divinity's Reach and the Heart of the Mists have been decorated.
• There are all new Wintersday Gifts this year! Double-click prior dusty old Wintersday gifts into new gifts!
• Earn Personalized Wintersday Gifts by doing achievements, or buy them from a guild trader.
• Tradeable Wintersday Gifts now have a chance to drop all over Tyria.
• Keep winter around all year long by completing the new rare Winter's Presence item collection achievement, which unlocks a shoulder skin with a snow effect!
• The Wintersday Vendor found in Divinity's Reach has been updated with new items.
• There are returning and new permanent Wintersday achievements as well as new daily achievements.
• The Mini Snowman has returned. It can be found in Wintersday gifts and will now be tradeable.
• New Mystic Forge recipes have been added to make Foostivoo the Merry using Flawless Snowflakes.
• Flawless Snowflakes can be traded in to Fion in any guild hall to receive a Pile of Snow decoration for that guild.
• Scribes can use Piles of Snow to craft 5 new guild decorations.

Fractals

Fractals of the Mist[sic] rewards have been adjusted. For context, please see Upcoming Fractal Changes

• From fractal scale 1 to 50, the toughness attribute of creatures will scale up with the fractal scale. Beyond fractal scale 50, the toughness stat of creatures will no longer increase with the scale of the fractal.
• Chests that spawn from completing Fractal Dungeons have had their chances to drop containers of ascended gear increased, with major improvements at higher tiers of difficulty.
• Chests that spawn from completing Fractal Dungeons also reward experience based on their difficulty. This experience can train Central Tyrian masteries.
• The average gold value of opening Cracked Fractal Encryptions has increased.
  • This increase came from changes to the Lost Homework sellable items dropped from these containers.
• With the changes to scaling past level 50, higher tiers of fractals should be faster to complete, increasing their average reward per time played in each fractal.
• Stabilizing Matrices can now be traded for Fractal Encryption Keys on a 1:1 basis.
• Some Daily Fractal Achievements now drop an increased number of Fractal Encryption Keys.
• Purchasing Fractal Encryption Keys works a bit differently now.
  • The first 30 keys a player purchases per day will be available at a cost of 20 silver and a Fractal Relic per key.
  • The next 30 keys can be purchased at a cost of 25 silver and a Fractal Relic per key.
  • After these 60 discounted keys have been purchased, players can buy an unlimited amount of keys at a cost of 30 silver and a Fractal Relic per key.
• The achievements for completing sets of 3 fractals have also had their names updated to match the chests awarded.
• Fixed a bug in the Underground Facility fractal that resulted the Rampaging Ice Elemental having the unshakable effect applied.

Balance, Bug-Fixing, Polish

World Polish

Auric Basin

• Fixed a bug with voiced line timing in the "Guard Scholar Keenwit as he translates druid markings" event.
• Scholar Keenwit will now properly say the druid ritual lines at the start of the "Destroy the vinewraths and their Mordrem infestation so Scholar Keenwit can complete the druid ritual" event.
• Fixed a bug in which an event would stall in New Skrittington when Dawkkurra's event wouldn't finish setting up correctly.
• Fixed a bug that could cause an event in Arrowhead Vale to stall.

Iron Marches

• Improved the reliability of the "Devouring the Brand" meta-event and other related events.

Tangled Depths

• Fixed an issue that was causing the chak gerents to scale too aggressively when players joined their lanes.
• Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented the Rata Novus golems from engaging the chak gerent in combat.
• Fixed a bug that would cause the Scrap Rifle Field Test adventure to end if you were imprisoned in goop.
• Fixed kill participation credit in a number of events in Tangled Depths.
• Turning in ley energy now gives participation credit for the "Power [East/West] Sentry L.O.X. with energy from the ley-line energy collectors" and "Repel the invading chak. Power up the golem for added firepower!" events in Rata Novus.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from getting the Lane Defender achievements available during the King of the Jungle meta-event.

General

• Fixed a bug with the "Escort Rustbucket to the repair station" event in Dry Top which was causing some of the German VO to be cut off.
• Fixed a bug that caused players to receive the Leader of the Pact effect from party members before they had accepted their party invitation.
• Players affected by multiple sources of Leader of the Pact will now only show the most powerful version affecting them in their effect display.
• Fixed a bug in which effects applied by player-controlled minions were not correctly prioritizing players over other minions.
• Fixed a bug that could cause vendors who were selling goods with an item cost to not update their count of the player's available items correctly.
• Scribing costs for WvW claiming and guild siege equipment have been adjusted to be less expensive.
• Fixed a bug in which knockback distance could be reduced by a change in the target's movement speed.
• Party members will now display WvW rank instead of Mastery points when in WvW.
• Fixed a bug in which inviting a squad from within the Guild Teams panel would only invite one person from the squad.
• Guild Storage has been updated to now show helpful tooltips.
• Changed guild hall decoration placement to be more permissive.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from joining parties.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from joining parties.[sic]

Personal Story

• Updated the required level messaging for "Against the Corruption," "Cathedral of Silence," "Romke's Final Voyage," and "Source of Orr" from 70 to 80.
• Updated "Against the Corruption," "Cathedral of Silence," and "Romke's Final Voyage" to give out level-appropriate rewards.

Items

• Fixed a bug that prevented older versions of some Infused rings from being Attuned in the Mystic Forge. These rings can now correctly be upgraded to Attuned Infused Rings.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Indigo Mushrooms from dropping for players working on the Minstrel.
• Friend of the Owl Spirit can now be earned be completing the event "Protect the owl spirits from Jormag's minions" again after collecting Friend of the Owls.
• The engineer's Grenade Barrage will once again use legendry[sic] weapon effects.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Bags of Mortar from being sold by the scribe vendors in guild halls.

Profession Skills

General

Engineer

•   Tool Kit—Magnet: Fixed a bug that was causing this skill to fail when first pulling an enemy into combat.

Necromancer

•   Signets of Suffering: Fixed an issue that caused this trait to convert boons at infinite range when used with Signet of Vampirism.

Revenant

•   Coalescence of Ruin: Updated visual effects to accurately match the combat range.
•   Renewing Wave: Fixed an issue that caused this ability to remove conditions around an enemy's position rather than the revenant's.
•   Embrace the Darkness: Fixed a bug that allowed this ability to be active while not in legendary demon stance.
•   Equilibrium: This trait now has a 10-second internal cooldown and will trigger only when in combat.

Structured PvP

• Fixed a bug in which party members of a disconnected player would receive a defeat even after winning the match.
• Fixed a bug in which the Vial of Salt had exotic attributes instead of the intended ascended attributes.
• Fixed a bug in which Mini Turai Ossa was using the incorrect model.
• Changed "Bye" results in the game history to read as "Victory" instead.
• Changed "Forfeit" results in the game history to read as "Defeat" instead.
• Fixed a bug in which the Mystic Forge Conduit and Mystic Forge Node items were unusable in the PvP lobby.
• Fixed a bug in which NPCs using stealth in Stronghold would visually desync from enemy clients when coming out of stealth.

World vs. World

• Fixed a bug that caused Guild Flame Ram build sites to become standard Flame Rams rather than Guild Flame Rams.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from reviving keep upgrade Banker Golems.

Raids

Forsaken Thicket

• Mesmer portal tracking is now removed when a raid encounter begins.

Gorseval

• Fixed issues occurring with Gorseval's Ghastly Prison mechanic.

Spirit Vale

• Fixed an issue that was causing the Vale Guardian's divisions to deal 0 damage with their punch attack.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

New Items and Promotions

• A new set of Timekeeper weapon skins is available from Black Lion Weapons Specialists for 1 ticket for a limited time.
• New winter Mist Champion skins are available as rare drops in Black Lion Chests.
• A new Mini Snow Flurry Dragon is available in the Toys category for 500 gems.
• A new Winter Solstice Outfit is available in the Style category for 700 gems.
• Three new hair styles for every race and gender are available in Total Makeover Kits and Hair Style Kits in the Services category of the Gem Store.
• A new Winter Solstice Appearance Package is available in the Style category for 2,000 gems and includes the outfit, a Mini Snow Flurry Dragon, a choice of Immortal weapon, 5 Glint's Winter Dye Kits, and a Total Makeover Kit.
• Every Black Lion Chest includes a bonus Personalized Wintersday Gift for a limited time.

Bug Fixes

• It's no longer necessary to leave a raid to activate Experience Boosts, Item Boosts, or Heroic Boosts.

Improvements

• The Wintersday Wreath Backpack has been upgraded with decorative bells and the existing lighting now pulses. It's available in the Style category for 500 gems.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

• On Wings of Gold is now open before the meta-event restarts.
• Fractal Master was repaired (previously some unlocked skins did not appear in the collection).
• If a player falls and dies in Forsaken Thicket, the whole team doesn't need to suicide anymore to get the option to rally at checkpoint.
• Night effect for Howler has been re-enabled.
• Soft Wood Plank now requires 2 Soft Wood Log instead of 4.
• The Dreamer had a new sound effect added.
• Unnamed placeholders for "Commander" hotkeys have been added to the options menu. Unless reassigned, these will block the use of number keys to activate skills while holding Alt.
• Various meta-events such as Defeat the shadow behemoth and Kill the Svanir shaman chief to break his control over the ice elemental display their status on the interface correctly again.
• Human female characters look in the direction the camera is facing again while using mouse look.
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Update - December 9, 2015

Bug Fix

• Fixed a server crash.

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Update - December 3, 2015

Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug in which Recipe: Meteorite Ingot only produced 1 bar instead of the intended 25. Players who crafted a meteorite ingot previously and did not receive all 25 may recover their missing ingots by speaking to Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion's Arch.

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Update - December 2, 2015

Bug Fixes

• Druid—Sublime Conversion: Fixed a bug that caused the targeting of this skill to use a circular decal rather than a rectangular one.
• The Guild Insignia recipe has been added to the Guild Armorer's "Guild Armor Recipes" tab.
• The crystalline ore cost for basic decorations has been removed from the Scribal Supplies vendor in the guild hall.
• Fixed a client crash when opening the leaderboard or adventure UI.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the spores in the Nuhoch lane to not respawn during the chak gerent meta-event.
• Thief—Steal: Removed this ability's target requirement. This skill will no longer attempt to fire (and go on cooldown) on enemies outside of its maximum distance.
• Tar elementals now drop tar elemental cores for players who are able to craft the Rodgort precursor.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent "Defend the skritt thieves while they steal harpy eggs" event from starting correctly.
• Dena in Shaemoor will now sell "Friend of the Rabbits" if a player is on the correct legendary collection.
• Exalted Mastery vendors now properly sell the Sheet of Aurillium collectible for the Astralaria III collection.
• The herb synthesizer now correctly spawns in the Lost Precipice once unlocked

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Update 2 - December 1, 2015

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could cause players to become stuck in place after using the druid skill Ancestral Grace.
• Fixed a server crash.

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Update - December 1, 2015

Balance, Bug-Fixing, Polish

World Polish

• Verdant Brink
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent "Help Faren train to be a swordsmaster" from ending.
• Auric Basin
  • Fixed a bug in which Sage Volaar's head would talk over Dawkkurra's voice in a cinematic.
• Tangled Depths
  • Fixed a rare bug that would prevent the egg barrel from spawning during "Collect chak eggs so the ogres can research them," blocking event progress.
  • Reduced the difficulty scaling for "Collect chak eggs so the ogres can research them," lowering the time it takes to complete with large groups of players.
  • Fixed a bug that would create too many veteran cave spiders during "Escort Nokta into the Great Tree as he looks for potential pets."
  • Fixed a bug that would cause Nokta the Tracker to exhibit strange movement patterns during "Kill the champion bat so Nokta can return his pets to camp."
  • Increased the time delay on a chak lurker ambush that would frequently disrupt events just outside of Rata Novus.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the event radius of "Kill nearby mushrooms to provide the Nuhoch's beetles with food" to be smaller than the area of the event.
• Dragon's Stand
  • Fixed a bug in which the northern lane events might continue to cycle even after the Northern Barbed Gate had opened.

General

• Fixed a bug in the Underground Facility Fractal that could block progression in the fractal when using teleport skills just before reaching the reinforced door.
• Heavy supply bags now have a chance to drop in WvW maps.
• Fixed a bug in which players were able to spend items that had been soulbound to another character at vendors.

Items

• The Gift of Fortune can now be salvaged into its base materials.
• Superior Rune of Thorns: Updated the text for the effect this rune set applies for when the wearer is struck by a poisoned enemy.
• Players are more likely to get the invisible mushroom spore for the profession they are playing as.
• Loot bags received in the Heart of Maguuma now indicate if they are affected by magic find.
• Fighting the chak gerent in Tangled Depths now has a chance to give chak eggs even if the event fails.
• Night bosses in Verdant Brink have had their rewards updated.
• Several boss events in Tangled Depths have had their rewards improved, and they now have a chance to give chak eggs.
• Updated the map completion rewards for Southsun Cove to better reflect the effort required.

Profession Skills

Elementalist

•   Rebound: Fixed a bug that allowed elementalists to revive when Vapor Form ends.
•   Lucid Singularity: Fixed an issue that caused this trait to not reduce crippled and chilled durations by 100%. Fixed a bug that caused this trait to heal in a radius when completing an overload.
•   Speedy Conduit: Fixed an issue that caused this trait to apply 5 seconds of swiftness instead of the intended 8.
•   Overload Fire: Fixed an issue that caused the effects of this ability to scale with the character's size.
•   Overload Water: Fixed an issue that caused the effects of this ability to scale with the character's size.
•   "Wash the Pain Away!": Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.
•   "Flash-Freeze!": Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.
•   "Feel the Burn!": Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.
• The following skills have had their effects replaced with a new version to reduce visual noise: Frost Aura, Magnetic Aura, Shocking Aura, and Fire Shield.
• Tempest: Updated overload-readied voice-over to not play as frequently when moving in and out of water.

Engineer

•   Detection Pulse: Fixed a bug so that the radius of 600 is correctly displayed.

Guardian

•   Shield of Courage: The text of this ability has been updated to indicate that it blocks all attacks for allies in the area (and the guardian from the front) while leaving the guardian vulnerable from the flanks.

Mesmer

• Chronomancer—  Well of Eternity: Increased the level multiplier for the initial healing on this skill by 25% to match the intended value shown in the skill facts.
•   Illusionary Wave: Fixed a bug that caused the knockback from this skill to occasionally fail when the trait   Imagined Burden was equipped.
•   Chaos Armor: The visual effects have been replaced with a new version to reduce visual noise.

Necromancer

• Reaper—  Relentless Pursuit: Fixed a bug that caused the decreased condition reduction to not function correctly while in   Reaper's Shroud.
•   Executioner's Scythe: Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill.

Ranger

•   Ancestral Grace: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to place the player in combat upon completion.
•   Invigorating Bond: Fixed a bug with this trait that was preventing some pet F2 skills from displaying the updated skill facts.
•   Wilting Strike: Fixed a bug with this trait that was preventing some pet F2 skills from displaying the updated skill facts.
•   Go for the Eyes: Fixed an issue that allowed this ability to trigger blindness at an incredibly fast rate. This trait now has a 12-second internal cooldown.
•   Grace of the Land: Updated the skill facts from the effect granted by this trait to correctly reflect that each stack grants 3% damage instead of 2%.
• Electric Wyvern—  Lightning Assault: Updated skill facts to reflect the launch being performed.
• Bristleback: Fixed a bug causing this pet's effective health to be greater than intended.

Revenant

•   Assassin's Annihilation: Fixed an issue that prevented this trait from showing up in the combat log.
•   Coalescence of Ruin: Fixed an issue that prevented this ability from dealing damage at the very edge of its range. Updated the effects to portray its combat regions more accurately.

Thief

•   Weakening Strikes: Updated the trait facts to include the damage reduction from weakened enemies (10%).

Structured Player vs. Player

• Added game history to the PvP panel's home tab.
• Added game history to the guild panel's guild-team tab.
• Added an admin list to custom-arena customization.
• Removed rank restriction from Conquest game mode.
• Added a dismiss button to the match-ready prompt.

Forest of Niflhel

• Removed the rocks at the top of the columns at the Henge capture point.

PvP League Season Begins!

For info on leagues and the PvP Legendary Journey, visit: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-pvp-league-begins-on-december-1/

• Play in Ranked Arena to compete in the PvP League season.
• Climb tiers and divisions to prove your worth in the PvP leagues.
• Upon entering a division, players are rewarded with unique nameplate badges and PvP League tickets.

Guild Challenger League

• Play in Ranked Arena as a guild team to participate in the Guild Challenger League.
• Guild Challenger League is based off the ELO rating type.
• The top 250 teams will receive a trophy based on their placement for their guild hall.
• The top 1,000 teams receive some materials to help restore their guild arena.

PvP Legendary Journey—The Ascension

• Participating in Ranked Arena advances the journey for the Ascension.
• The Ascension is created from:
  • Gift of the Competitor: Obtained by combining the 4 pieces in the Mystic Forge.
    • Each piece is awarded from completing each of the 4 meta-achievements.
  • Gift of Skirmishing: Obtained by combining various items into the Mystic Forge.
    • 250 Shards of Glory
      • Obtained from reward tracks and PvP League.
    • 1 Perfect Mist Core
      • Obtained by combining 4 mist core fragments in the Mystic Forge.
      • 1 – 2 mist core fragments are obtained by finishing the Glorious Reward Track.
    • 5 Certificate[s] of Support
      • Purchased from the League Vendor.
    • 2 Vision Crystals
  • Gift of Fortune: Not yet available at this time.
  • Precursor: Obtained by combining all 4 tiers of Glorious Wings in the Mystic Forge.
    • The 4 tiers of Glorious Wings can be purchased from the League Vendor.

World vs. World

• Chests of the Mists will no longer be available from bonus rank-up chests, but they can still be obtained from standard rank-up chests.
• Significantly increased the number of Proofs of Heroics awarded from Chests of the Mists.
• Slightly increased the number of Memories of Battle awarded from Chests of the Mists.
• Any new Chests of the Mists dropped are now soulbound on acquire, as well as stackable.
• Fixed a few ambient creatures to prevent players from rallying off their deaths.
• The Auto Turret upgrade now correctly activates turrets at Stonemist Castle.
• Fixed keep and castle walls such that there are no longer a few odd ranged attacks that pass through them.
• Catapult boulders are now effective against barricades.
• Fixed experience rewards for repairing metal walls using characters with a level 2 or higher Repair Master ability.
• Jerrifer and Ogrewatch guards will no longer engage ambient critters in combat.
• Fixed a bug in which wood, stone, and metal walls would be visible, stacked on top of each other, right after a new build or reset.
• Fixed a bug that allowed contestable keep waypoints to be available for a few seconds in between repel events.

Guild

• An NPC has been added to the end of guild rushes that allows guild members, with permission, to end the mission early, and grants them favor before the timer runs out.
• Fixed a bug on the Quaggan Paddle guild mission. Guilds that did not place the banner to start the race now can receive credit.
• The guild hall market's Guild Trader now always sells resonating slivers for 1 commendation each.
• Crystalline ore has been removed from the cost of basic decorations.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

New Items and Promotions

• A new Slayer's Outfit is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
• A new set of Merciless weapon skins is available at Black Lion Weapons Specialists for 1 ticket for a limited time.
• The new Winter Chimes Dye Kit brings new variety and depth to metallic colors, found in the Special category of the Gem Store.
• Wintersday finishers have returned to the Upgrades category. Finalize your opponents with a snowman, a stack of gifts, or a random snow globe.
• Winter's Bite and Wintersday weapons are available again at Black Lion Weapons Specialists for 2 tickets during the Wintersday season.

Bug Fixes

• Gifting from the Gem Store now requires a full account without economy restrictions.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

General

• The UI has had its color palette changed. Particularly visible in the Hero Panel.
• Off-hand weapons now go in your bags beside your main-hand weapon when swapping to a two-handed weapon.
• The exalted vendor now has additional text in its first tab saying: "Special items from the Forgotten City".
• Ley-Energy Matter Converter had its inventory icon changed.
• New effects have been added to several Legendary weapons.
• There's a new craftable ascended amulet with selectable stats.
• Meta events in the Heart of Maguuma seem to be more rewarding overall, more Noxious Pods spawn before the meta event is finished compared to pre-patch.
• All Guild Challenges have been fixed.
• The Gilded Hollow is now considered to be in a higher layer, from The Depths to Underground, so you don't have to switch layers on the map to see waypoints.
• Superior Rune of the Revenant recipe is now discover-able for armor crafting professions.
• Glittering weapon skins now cost 2 Black Lion Claim Tickets each.
• A trail effect has been added to Ad Infinitum.

Raids

• The break bar of the Vale Guardian will now pop after a maximum of around 10 seconds, regardless of CC. (used to be around 30 seconds pre-patch).
• The UI when entering the raid has been changed.
• An invisible wall now blocks off the Sabetha jumping puzzle. No more early 4th chest or cheesing the boss.

Legendary Collections

• Nevermore - Puppies are now at the appropriate vendor. Bunnies are still broken.
• The Predator Vol. 1 - Players who have already completed the Quandry Scratch heart can now interact with the weapon rack to obtain the Asuran Experimental Weapon.
• Thegren Topjaw in Plains of Ashford now sells Black Powder needed for Quip and Hunter legendary collections.
• The Snowy Owl Feather is now obtainable.

Auric Basin

• The rewards for doing the meta seem to be increased.
• You now get Exalted Keys from completing the Tarir defense event.
• Exalted Chests have a small chance to give keys back.
• Toxin-Cured Hog Hero Point south of Tarnished Treetop has been re-enabled.

Tangled Depths

• Hivemaster collection updated.

WvW

• Objective Auras now work.
• Proof of Heroics can no longer be used by other characters if it is in the bank.

Profession changes

Thief:

•   Steal now requires a target. Cannot steal for boons only.

Ranger:

• Spirits now prioritize players over pets, themselves, and phantasms.

Necromancer:

• You can no longer summon minions and kill them for life force outside combat.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes

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