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Update 2 - October 30, 2018[edit]

Bug Fixes[edit]

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

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Late Notes - October 30, 2018[edit]

Items[edit]

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store[edit]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Fixed an issue that caused the day/night effects on the Nightfang Griffon Skin to lose all of their dye colors with certain settings.

Update - October 30, 2018[edit]

World Polish[edit]

  • Fixed a bug that caused several hero challenge events to remain active while the issuing NPC was not accepting challengers.

Personal Story[edit]

  • Tower Down: Fixed a bug in which the marmox could refuse to progress through the cave.
  • Tower Down: Tonn will now move to destroy the towers, even if he's out of position.

Items[edit]

Profession Skills[edit]

Revenant[edit]

  • Targeted Destruction.png Targeted Destruction: Corrected how damage increases are displayed so that they now show 7% in PvP and 10% in PvE and WvW game modes.

Engineer[edit]

  • Overheat.png Overheat: The holosmith now takes a small amount of damage before the main explosion in order to prevent exploits that use out-of-combat actions.

Thief[edit]

  • Stolen Skills: Stealth that is applied by these deadeye skills now occurs earlier to prevent players from accidentally attacking without it. Slightly increased the aftercast so that queued skills don't interfere with the stealth aspect of these skills. Adjusted the animation timing to fix a bug that caused these skills to show no animation while under the effects of quickness; this adjustment does not alter the skill activation timing.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store[edit]

New Items and Promotions[edit]

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

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  • Added ability to swap sigils on legendary weapons.
  • Up to 4 reward chests can be seen hovering on the user interface now, instead of 3.

Update - October 17, 2018[edit]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Relaxed the challenge time for achievements in Mad King's Raceway from 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds.
  • Added a labyrinth door to the Mad King's Raceway to help players trying to leave or trying to locate the Lunatic Boatmaster.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the Lunatic Boatmaster to refuse to return low-level players to the realm of the living.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

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  • The text for the Raceway achievements has not been updated to reflect the change.

Update 2 - October 16, 2018[edit]

Bug Fix[edit]

  • Fixed a server crash.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

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Late Notes - October 16, 2018[edit]

Profession Skills[edit]

General[edit]

Update - October 16, 2018[edit]

Living World[edit]

Halloween[edit]

Once again, the gates of the Mad Realm have opened, and Kryta's most infamous monarch, Mad King Thorn, has returned to hold court in Lion's Arch! Loyal vassals of the king are strongly encouraged to enjoy the festivities: meet the habitantes of the Mad Realm in events across Kryta; tour the Mad Realm itself in the Mad King's Labyrinth and the fearsome Mad King's Clock Tower; compete with your fellow mortals in Lunatic Inquisition, Reaper's Rumble, and the Mad King's Raceway; attend to the king's whims in his notorious pastime of Mad King Says; or match wits and blades against royalty in Ascent to Madness.

Willing adventurers are encouraged to meet with Magister Tassi of the Durmand Priory in Lion's Arch for an exciting research opportunity. The Lunatic Court is also seeking to confirm disturbing rumors from Elona—adventurers who have met Palawa Joko face-to-face in the episode "Long Live the Lich" may debrief with Brigadier General Kernel in Lion's Arch.

The Lion's Arch Captain's Council wishes to remind its populace that they are not affiliated with the Krytan monarchy and cannot guarantee the safety of any citizens who choose to dabble in dangerous realms, mad or otherwise.

  • Annual achievements have been added to the Halloween Rituals category. Completing every annual achievement during one year will complete the (Annual) Halloween Rituals meta-achievement, rewarding players with a spooky new miniature and a completion of the repeatable Annual Rituals achievement.
  • After a long hiatus, Reaper's Rumble has returned to the Mad Realm, with a number of bug fixes.
  • A new Halloween activity, the Mad King's Raceway, has been added to the Mad Realm. Speak with the Lunatic Boatmaster to try your skill at a challenging new mount race taking place on the fields of Reaper's Rumble.
  • King Thorn has graciously relaxed the restrictions on movement in the Mad King's Labyrinth. More of the labyrinth is now accessible, and the Mad King's Steward now provides mount rental services for a small tithe to the treasury. Adventurers attempting to explore the outer reaches of the labyrinth, stand on fragile scenery, or disturb the royal family will still be subject to appropriate punishment.
  • The spirit of Halloween has intensified in Lion's Arch, and visitors can expect more decorations and a darker atmosphere for the duration of the festival.
  • Decorated festival areas have been added to the maps outside of each race's capital city: Plains of Ashford, Queensdale, Wayfarer Foothills, Metrica Province, and Caledon Forest. Festival merchants, as well as ominous portals to the Mad Realm, are also present during the festivities.
  • The minions of the Mad King and rebels in the Mad King's Labyrinth have been slightly toughened when fighting large groups of players.
  • New Halloween daily achievements have been added, and their rotation has been updated.
  • New items have been added to the Halloween reward vendors, activity rewards, and Trick-or-Treat bags.
  • New Halloween-themed guild decorations have been added.
  • Many minor bugs have been fixed to ensure a festival that's more fun than ever for all visitors to the Mad Realm.

Halloween will be active until November 6. Your Mad King says, "Have a happy Halloween!"

A Star to Guide Us[edit]

A few changes have been made to the boss fight instance in "From the Ashes."

  • The sniper will no longer increase her firing speed after the player uses certain skills.
  • The sniper will no longer shoot gliding players more quickly.
  • The sniper will avoid shooting players who have Defiant Stance active.
  • Some elements of dynamic difficulty have been added to assist players who still struggle with the fight.

World Polish[edit]

  • Iron Legion engineers have relocated their training equipment in the Plains of Ashford in order to free some space for a festival tent. A local hoarding cat has followed them.

General[edit]

  • Players can now equip gear—except for weapons—while their inventory is full.

Profession Skills[edit]

Necromancer[edit]

  • Spiteful Spirit.png Spiteful Spirit: The area-of-effect damage inflicted by this trait has been split and will now use a 50% reduced value in PvP and WvW.

Ranger[edit]

  • Windborne Notes.png Windborne Notes: Fixed a bug that allowed the ranger to avoid certain-death scenarios.

Warrior[edit]

  • Winds of Disenchantment.png Winds of Disenchantment: This skill no longer pulses the instant the spell is cast. Instead, every second after casting, the total number of pulses is reduced by 1. The duration of this skill has been split, and it will now have a 5-second duration in WvW and PvP while retaining a 10-second duration in PvE.

Structured Player vs. Player[edit]

  • Dungeon weapon reward track boxes are now stackable.

World vs. World[edit]

General[edit]

  • Dungeon weapon reward track boxes are now stackable.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store[edit]

New Items and Promotions[edit]

Improvements[edit]

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

Update - October 3, 2018[edit]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • EngineerBlowtorch.png Blowtorch: Fixed a bug that could cause this skill to inflict more burning at very close range than intended.
  • GuardianEmpowering Might.png Empowering Might: Fixed a bug that prevented the intended changes on this skill from releasing.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

  • Disabled the following functionality on a Skimmer: if you waypoint to a location underwater while mounted, then you'll quickly rise to the surface.
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Update 2 - October 2, 2018[edit]

Bug Fixes[edit]

  • Removed two tonics from the Novelties section that the world wasn’t ready for.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Black Lion Expedition Board to send excessive mail when players traveled between maps under certain conditions.

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]

Late Notes - October 2, 2018[edit]

Living World[edit]

  • Heart of the Volcano: Fixed a bug that could cause some burning players to burn indefinitely.
  • From the Ashes: Points of interest will now appropriately unlock during the instance.

World Polish[edit]

Fractals[edit]

  • Fixed a bug that made some fractal account augmentations unattainable for some players.

Items[edit]

Profession Skills[edit]

General[edit]

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the freeze effect applied by various player skills from being treated as a stun for the purposes of traits and sigils that extend stun duration.

Mesmer[edit]

  • Illusionary Counter.png Illusionary Counter: Fixed a bug that prevented the clones summoned by this skill from being equipped with the mesmer's off-hand weapon.
    • Counterspell.png Counterspell (Sequence Skill): Fixed a bug that prevented the clones summoned by this skill from being equipped with the mesmer's off-hand weapon. Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause this skill to behave incorrectly.

Update - October 2, 2018[edit]

Living World[edit]

  • New Novelties Category: Tonics
    • Transformation tonics have been added to the Novelties section of the Equipment tab in the Hero panel.
    • Over 80 endless transformation tonics can now be stored in the Novelties section.
    • A new, optional key bind has been added to the Miscellaneous section of the Control Options tab, allowing players to quickly use an equipped tonic.
  • Updated the Jahai Bluffs World Map to include the inaccessible terrain in the middle section of the map.
  • Added the ability to put the Sun's Refuge Portal Scroll into the Season 4 Portal Tome.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed some dialog to be heard across the entirety of Jahai Bluffs.
  • Changes to the "Defend the Chantry's entrances against the Branded" event in Jahai Bluffs include the following:
    • The boundary for this event now excludes the Waypoint (map icon).png Reclaimed Chantry Waypoint in order to prevent unintended enemy scaling.
    • Fixed a bug in which allied squads would sometimes keep following players after they were dropped off.
    • Killing Branded now gives increased renown credit.
    • Decreased the amount that the event scales for each player to account for players being spread out across the three entrance locations.
    • Slightly decreased the default number of enemies that appear during the event.
  • Raised the event boundary for the "Defeat the Branded generals" event in Jahai Bluffs so that it only includes players who have climbed the three garrison towers to fight the generals.
  • Changes to the deadeye priestess encounter include the following:
    • Reduced the damage of the deadeye priestess's Dagger Storm skill.
    • Slightly reduced the overall health of the deadeye priestess.
    • Once another player reaches one of the deadeye priestess's tower locations, defeated players will now be revived and moved to that tower.
    • Fixed an issue in which using Feedback and other reflect skills after the first phase of the encounter would prematurely put the deadeye priestess into the close-range phase.

General[edit]

  • Fixed a bug that caused sand portals to be unusable for a few seconds after players mounted jackals.
  • Fixed a number of bugs with the walking animations for various transformation tonics.
  • Costume Brawl Toys: Removed a duplicate Time Out skill from the skill bar when the costume brawl is active.
  • Costume Brawl Toys: Dropping a costume brawl toy bundle now properly removes players from the costume brawl.
  • Fixed an API profession classification on Continuum Shift.

Fractals[edit]

  • Fixed a bug in the Deepstone fractal that prevented the spectral flames counter from properly resetting during the encounter with the Voice.

Profession Skills[edit]

Elementalist[edit]

  • Transmute Lightning.png Transmute Lightning: The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 25 seconds to 10 seconds as originally intended.
  • Transmute Frost.png Transmute Frost: Fixed a bug in which this skill appeared when the elementalist was not attuned to water.
  • Transmute Fire.png Transmute Fire: Fixed a bug that caused this ability to appear when the elementalist was not attuned to fire.
  • Tidal Surge.png Tidal Surge: The time between casting this skill and knocking back targets has been reduced by about 0.5 seconds.
  • Heat Sync.png Heat Sync: The number of targets this skill affects has been increased from 5 to 10.
  • Overload Fire.png Overload Fire: The duration of might has been increased from 12 seconds to 16 seconds per pulse in PvE only.
  • "Flash-Freeze!".png "Flash-Freeze!": The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in PvE only.
  • "Aftershock!".png "Aftershock!": The cooldown of this skill has been reduced from 45 seconds to 35 seconds in PvE only.
  • Unravel.png Unravel: This skill now grants boons based on the primary attunement the elementalist unravels to. It grants 5 seconds of vigor for water, 5 seconds of fury for air, 5 seconds of protection for earth, and 5 stacks of might for 5 seconds for fire. In addition, using this skill now fully recharges all the weaver's attunement skills.
  • Superior Elements.png Superior Elements: The critical chance of this trait has been split between game modes and will now grant a 10% critical chance in PvE and a 15% critical chance in competitive modes.

Engineer[edit]

  • Fragmentation Shot.png Fragmentation Shot: Increased the duration of bleeding inflicted by this skill from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
  • Poison Dart Volley.png Poison Dart Volley: Increased the duration of poison inflicted by this skill from 6 seconds to 7 seconds.
  • Static Shot.png Static Shot: Increased the duration of confusion inflicted by this skill from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
  • Blowtorch.png Blowtorch: Increased the duration of burning inflicted by this skill from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
  • Chemical Rounds.png Chemical Rounds: Reduced the condition duration increase on pistol skills from 50% to 33%. This trait now grants +120 condition damage.
  • Juggernaut.png Juggernaut: This trait now increases the duration of all might applied to you by 20%, in addition to its previous effects. Baseline might duration applied by this trait has been reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
  • Over Shield.png Over Shield: This trait now increases the effectiveness of protection on engineers by 20%, causing protection to reduce damage by 40% instead of 33%.
  • Power Wrench.png Power Wrench: This trait no longer increases tool kit damage or turret repairs. This trait now reduces the recharge time of the engineer's elite skill by 3 seconds when they dodge, in addition to its previous 33% tool kit recharge reduction.
  • Short Fuse.png Short Fuse: This trait now grants fury when engineers strike a foe with an explosion.

Guardian[edit]

  • Sword of Wrath.png Sword of Wrath: The damage of this skill has been reduced by 18%.
  • Sword Arc.png Sword Arc: The damage of this skill has been reduced by approximately 10%.
  • Sword Wave.png Sword Wave: The aftercast of this skill has been reduced by about 0.25 seconds. Its attack point has been slightly increased.
  • Symbol of Punishment.png Symbol of Punishment: The random damage of this skill has been reduced by 25% in PvE only. Steady pulsing damage remains the same.
  • True Shot.png True Shot: This skill will now use a 4-second cooldown and a 10% higher damage value in WvW, matching the PvE version.
  • Symbol of Energy.png Symbol of Energy: The aftercast of this skill has been reduced by 0.25 seconds.
  • Zealous Blade.png Zealous Blade: This trait no longer heals the guardian when they strike while wielding a greatsword. It now heals significantly more whenever the guardian combos in a light field.
  • Soaring Devastation.png Soaring Devastation: In addition to its other effects, this trait now grants an increased 25% movement speed when Wings of Resolve is not on cooldown.
  • Mantras: Fixed a bug in which mantras were not respecting party and squad prioritization.
  • Mantra of Liberation.png Mantra of LiberationPortent of Freedom.png Portent of Freedom: Boon duration has been reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds in PvP and WvW.
  • Mantra of Liberation.png Mantra of LiberationUnhindered Delivery.png Unhindered Delivery: Boon duration has been reduced from 8 seconds to 5 seconds in PvP and WvW.
  • Empowering Might.png Empowering Might: Increased the duration of might granted by this skill from 5 seconds to 8 seconds, and increased the radius from 240 to 600.
  • Big Game Hunter.png Big Game Hunter: The damage increase this skill causes to tethered targets has been increased from 10% to 20%.

Mesmer[edit]

  • Fixed a bug in which certain skills that break enemy targeting would stop the mesmer's autoattack.
  • Continuum Shift.png Continuum Shift: Fixed an API profession classification on this skill.
  • Signet of Inspiration.png Signet of Inspiration: Normalized the duration of boons applied by this skill to 3 seconds. Might and swiftness are exceptions to this rule and remain at durations of 20 seconds and 5 seconds respectively.
  • Illusionary Inspiration.png Illusionary Inspiration: This trait now causes mesmers to heal all nearby allies whenever they summon an illusion. Competitive-mode healing effectiveness is 50% of PvE.
  • Confounding Suggestions.png Confounding Suggestions: This trait no longer converts dazes into stuns. It now increases daze duration by 50% and stun duration by 25%. It is no longer split between game modes.
  • Well of Senility.png Well of Senility: Reduced the recharge time from 35 seconds to 30 seconds. Reduced the alacrity duration from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.
  • Protected Phantasms.png Temporal Enchanter: This trait has been removed from the game.
  • Blurred Inscriptions.png Blurred Inscriptions: This trait has been moved to the Inspiration specialization at the Grandmaster tier to replace Temporal Enchanter. Its functionality has been updated. It now grants distortion when using signets and gives all signets improved functionality when active:
  • Temporal Enchanter.png Egotism: This is a new Master tier Domination trait that replaces the slot left open by Blurred Inscriptions. It increases outgoing damage by 10% against foes with lower health than the mesmer. This trait is now split between modes and increases damage by 5% in PvP and WvW.
  • Elusive Mind.png Elusive Mind: The exhaustion duration of this trait is now split between game modes and has a 6-second duration in PvP and WvW.

Necromancer[edit]

  • Life Blast.png Life Blast: Reduced the aftercast of this skill by 0.25 seconds.
  • Dark Path.png Dark Path: The bleeding this skill inflicts has been modified from 3 stacks for 5 seconds to 2 stacks for 8 seconds.
  • Life Transfer.png Life Transfer: The damage of this skill has been increased by 70% per pulse.
  • Tainted Shackles.png Tainted Shackles: The torment duration per pulse has been increased from 10 seconds to 12 seconds. The immobilize duration has been increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds. The final impact's damage has been increased by 25% and will now inflict torment in addition to immobilize.
  • Spinal Shivers.png Spinal Shivers: The base damage and bonus damage of this skill have been increased by 50%.
  • Devouring Darkness.png Devouring Darkness: Fixed the line-of-sight check on this skill. Foes inside the area of effect can now block or evade the attack.
  • Nefarious Favor.png Nefarious Favor: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from respecting party and squad prioritization.
  • Sand Cascade.png Sand Cascade: Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from respecting party and squad prioritization.
  • Chill of Death.png Chill of DeathSpinal Shivers.png Lesser Spinal Shivers: The damage of this trait has been reduced by 30% in PvP and WvW.
  • Overflowing Thirst.png Overflowing Thirst: This trait no longer grants movement speed when the necromancer is using a dagger. It now grants increased movement speed when the necromancer's health is above 75%.

Ranger[edit]

  • Call of the Wild.png Call of the Wild: Increased the radius of this skill from 750 to 900.
  • Ambidexterity.png Ambidexterity: The condition damage gained from this trait is now split between game modes. It now grants a base of 80 condition damage (120 in PvP and WvW) and an additional 80 condition damage (120 in PvP and WvW) when the ranger wields a torch or dagger.
  • Clarion Bond.png Clarion Bond: The skill triggered by this trait, Lesser Call of the Wild, has had its radius increased from 750 to 900.
  • Honed Axes.png Honed Axes: The ferocity gained from this trait is now split. It now grants a base of 120 ferocity and an additional 120 ferocity when rangers are wielding an axe.
  • Lead the Wind.png Lead the Wind: The attack speed when using the longbow is no longer increased. Piercing is now applied to harpoon gun skills, in addition to the current piercing functionality. Gain swiftness when using a projectile combo finisher.
  • Strider's Strength.png Strider's Defense: This trait no longer requires rangers to wield a sword to gain quickness when evading.
  • Two-Handed Training.png Two-Handed Training: This trait no longer has a 50% chance to grant fury when striking with a greatsword or spear. Rangers now gain fury whenever they disable a foe.
  • Windborne Notes.png Windborne Notes: This trait now grants regeneration to allies within a radius of 900 of the ranger's target, and it heals the ranger once they've gained the regeneration effect.

Revenant[edit]

  • Facet of Nature.png Facet of Nature: Reduced the energy cost of this skill from 3 to 2 in PvE and WvW.
  • Incensed Response.png Incensed Response: The stacks of might that this trait grants have been reduced from 5 to 2 in PvP.
  • Targeted Destruction.png Targeted Destruction: The damage increase that this trait grants has been increased from 7% to 10% in PvE.
  • Notoriety.png Notoriety: This trait has been renamed Notoriety. In addition to its previous effect, it now causes might to grant revenants more power and less condition damage.
  • Righteous Rebel.png Righteous Rebel: The trait's condition damage reduction has been reworked. Rather than granting a 33% reduction at maximum stacks, it now grants a 7% reduction per stack. This trait now causes Orders from Above to affect up to 10 targets.
  • Vicious Lacerations.png Vicious Lacerations: This trait now grants its boon when revenants critically strike, in addition to when they strike with a sword skill. The number of maximum stacks has been reduced from 5 to 3, and the damage increase per stack has been increased from 2% to 3%.

Thief[edit]

  • Double Strike.png Double Strike: This skill is no longer split between PvP and WvW and will now use the lower 8% value in all game modes.
  • Wild Strike.png Wild Strike: This skill is no longer split between PvE and competitive modes and will now use the lower 7% value in all game modes.
  • Dagger Storm.png Dagger Storm: This skill no longer grants the thief stability.
  • Skirmisher's Shot.png Skirmisher's Shot: The aftercast of this skill has been slightly increased.
  • Double Tap.png Double Tap: The initiative cost of this skill has been increased from 4 to 6 in PvP and WvW.
  • Three Round Burst.png Three Round Burst: The initiative cost of this skill has been increased from 4 to 6 in PvP and WvW.
  • Thrill of the Crime.png Thrill of the Crime: The might applied by this trait has been increased from 1 stack for 10 seconds to 3 stacks for 10 seconds.
  • Sundering Strikes.png Sundering Shade: This trait now grants the thief 6 seconds of fury upon successful stealth-attack hits.
  • Invigorating Precision.png Invigorating Precision: The healing based on critical damage has been reduced from 15% to 10%. The healing percentage of this trait is now increased by an additional 10% when the thief is under the effects of fury.

Warrior[edit]

  • Fierce Blow.png Fierce Blow: In addition to its previous effects, this skill now deals increased damage when striking a controlled foe. Control effects include stun, daze, knock back, pull, knock down, sink, float, launch, taunt, and fear.
  • Backbreaker.png Backbreaker: In addition to its previous effects, this skill now knocks foes down for 1 additional second if the target is weakened.
  • Fan of Fire.png Fan of Fire: The burning duration of this skill has been increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds per arrow.
  • Smoldering Arrow.png Smoldering Arrow: This skill now uses the ammunition system. Maximum ammunition is set at 3 with a recharge time of 20 seconds per charge. Time between uses has been set to 0.5 seconds.
  • Mending.png Mending: This is now classified as a physical skill.
  • Impale (warrior sword skill).png Impale: The projectile velocity has been increased by 66%.
  • Rip.png Rip: The physical damage of this skill has been increased by 15%.
  • Riposte.png Riposte: The physical damage of this skill has been increased by 100%. The time to complete its attack animation and aftercast has been reduced by 0.25 seconds.

Structured Player vs. Player[edit]

  • Weapon boxes from dungeon reward tracks now stack.

World vs. World[edit]

  • Weapon boxes from dungeon reward tracks now stack.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store[edit]

New Items and Promotions[edit]

Improvements[edit]

  • Costume brawl toys have been added to the Novelties section of the Equipment tab.

Bug Fixes[edit]

Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes[edit]