Game updates/September 2020

September 2020 updates
Wednesday, 30 September 2020 Tuesday, 29 September 2020 Wednesday, 16 September 2020 Tuesday, 15 September 2020
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Update - September 30, 2020

Bug Fix

• Fixed issues with the special event UI for the upcoming PvP tournament week.

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Update 2 - September 29, 2020

Bug Fix:

• Fixed a server error.

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Late Notes - September 29, 2020

General

• Items can now be marked as favorites in the Black Lion Trading Post.

Fractals

• Fixed an issue that prevented party member locations from syncing correctly in the Sunqua Peak fractal.

Update - September 29, 2020

General

• Depositing materials from the inventory will now automatically move overflow items into any slots that are freed up.

Fractals

Fractal Rush begins today, September 29, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7), and runs until October 6 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7). Help stabilize the Fractals of the Mists to earn Sense of Community Trophies, which can be traded to fractal researchers just outside the Mistlock Observatory asura gates for rewards and community goal progress! This is an excellent opportunity for both seasoned fractal stabilizers and those who have never run fractals before to lend aid and earn rewards.

General

• A new mistlock instability, Toxic Sickness, has been added. This instability will appear in select fractals starting at tier 3.
• Simon's taste buds have evolved, and the cat now accepts 40 Unstable Fractal Essences instead of 1 Unstable Cosmic Essence.

Sunqua Peak

• Mistlock Instability: Vengeance has been removed from the list of instabilities for Sunqua Peak.
• Sunqua Peak will now correctly cycle through instabilities on daily reset.
  • The following instabilities will appear starting at tier 3:
  • Mistlock Instability: Frailty
  • Mistlock Instability: Afflicted
  • Mistlock Instability: Toxic Sickness
  • The following instabilities will appear starting at tier 4:
  • Mistlock Instability: Stick Together
  • Mistlock Instability: Hamstrung
  • Mistlock Instability: Fractal Vindicators
• Voltaic Expulsion will now repeat after a short cooldown if all storm clouds have not been dispersed.
• Tidal Bargain: Fixed a bug that prevented players from intercepting tethers to orbs on tiers 1, 2, and 3.
• Tidal Bargain now prioritizes players who are not affected by a Tidal Bargain tether and are not downed.
  • If no active targets match this priority, Tidal Bargain can target downed players.
• Tidal Bargain now persists through the downed state until the target is defeated or the tether is intercepted by another player.
  • Tidal Bargain will not continue to stack on downed players, but will instead deal a flat 10% damage to the affected player per tick.
  • Tidal Bargain will continue to periodically damage nearby players when affecting a downed player.
  • This damage is less potent than the initial tick for reaching 10 stacks.
  • Upon revival from the downed state, Tidal Bargain stacks are reset.
• Negative Burst now floats the target for 1 second.
• Overwhelming Sorrow now dazes for 1 second. It also now deals increased damage.
• The damage inflicted by Crushing Guilt has been increased. The damage is now tracked in the combat log.
• Focused Wrath can no longer be avoided by jumping.
• Empathic Manipulation's pulsing damage has been increased.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which the Sorrowful Spellcaster would not appropriately exit her Whirlwind Shield after all the storm clouds were dispersed.
• Fixed an issue in which Sorrow, Guilt, and Fear would not disappear after resetting the encounter.
• Fixed an issue in which Negative Burst was able to hit players multiple times from one attack.

Items

• Tonics: Added text for some tonics that were missing descriptions.
•  Mariner's Horn[sic]: This item can no longer be used in combat or while transformed.
• Super Boom Boxes: These items can no longer be used while in combat.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Tonics of Icebrood Corruption from properly progressing the End of the Road achievement.
• Fixed an issue with the Fractal Fighter achievements.

Profession Skills

General

•  Spectral Agony: This skill has been renamed Channeled Agony, and it has been significantly reworked. Its base damage has been increased by 77%, from 0.9 to 1.6 multiplier. The baseline damage over time from agony has been increased by 100%, from 500 per second to 1,000 per second at level 80. This skill no longer inflicts confusion or cripple. The duration of torment has been increased from 3 seconds to 6 seconds. It now grants 3 stacks of stability for 3 seconds when the skill is activated. The visual effect has been sped up to better match with the filling circle, and the animation length has been aligned to match that, reducing the casting time from 3 seconds to 2 seconds. The tooltip description of this skill has been fixed.

Guardian

•  Wrath: Fixed a bug that caused the beam's visual effects timing to not match the actual skill effect.

Mesmer

•  Jaunt: Fixed an issue in which the tooltip of the skill displayed an incorrect maximum count in PvP and WvW.

Revenant

•  Bloodbane Path: Fixed a bug that could cause this skill to have difficulty striking moving targets.

Thief

•  Infiltrator's Arrow: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to be able to be reflected in a disorienting fashion. When the projectile from this skill is reflected, it will now be destroyed instead.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

New Items and Promotions

• The new Stained Glass Wings Backpack and Glider Combo is now available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
• For a limited time, the Devil Horns, Wizard's Hat, and Bunny Ears are available on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 140 gems each, a savings of 30%.
• For a limited time, the Furrocious Cat Ears are available on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 280 gems, a savings of 30%.
• For a limited time, the Warclaw Frontline Mount Pack returns to the Style category of the Gem Store for 2,000 gems.
• For a limited time, the Mist Stranger Axe Skin, Mist Stranger Shield Skin, and Suntouched Scythe Staff Skin return to the Style category of the Gem Store for 600 gems each.

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• The vendor Roy, who sells the Endless Potion of Ascalonian Mages, was added to the northwest arena in the Obsidian Sanctum.

Update - September 16, 2020

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which one of the new community achievements was being incorrectly awarded depending on game type.

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Update 2 - September 15, 2020

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in which the final boss of the Sunqua Peak fractal failed to target players with her most powerful attacks.
• Fixed a bug in which the Plea of Tides skill was not scaling damage between Tier 3, Tier 4, and Challenge Mode.
• Fixed a bug in which the final boss of the Sunqua Peak fractal became temporarily unresponsive under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug in which Charged Leap effects were not applying correctly under certain circumstances.

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Late Notes - September 15, 2020

World Polish

• Made performance improvements to the "Use oil reclamation pumps to clean up the spills!" event in Thunderhead Peaks.

Update - September 15, 2020

World Polish

• The Advanced Skimmer Course now has objective text.
• The Advanced Skimmer Course now has boundaries. Straying too far from the course will automatically reset the adventure.

General

• Fixed a client crash that occurred when changing graphics preferences while using a display with a 300 Hz or higher refresh rate.

Fractals

New Fractal: Sunqua Peak

Dessa's krewe has observed a strange disturbance unlike anything seen before. Gather your allies and embark on an adventure of wondrous discovery. But beware…the Harbinger's gaze once again falls upon you.

Scale Adjustments

To accommodate the release of Sunqua Peak, certain fractals have had their associated scales adjusted.

Achievements

• The daily fractal rotation has been adjusted to include Sunqua Peak.
• A new Sunqua Peak achievement category has been added under the Fractals of the Mists achievement category.
• Four new repeatable weekly fractal achievements have been added, one for each difficulty tier.

Rewards

• A new rewards tab for Sunqua Peak has been added to BLING-9009's inventory.
• A new currency, Unstable Fractal Essence, has been added to the wallet.
  • Unstable Fractal Essences are earned by completing fractal challenge modes and can be traded for prestigious rewards.
• Unstable Cosmic Essences can be traded to BLING-9009 in exchange for 5 Unstable Fractal Essences.
  • In accordance with this change, items purchased using Unstable Cosmic Essences can now be purchased using Unstable Fractal Essences.
  • In accordance with this change, Unstable Cosmic Essences can no longer be obtained.

Raids

Achievements

• A new achievement category, Weekly Raids, has been added to the Raids achievement category.
• A weekly raid challenge mode achievement, Top-Tiered Terror Toppler, has been added. Players must complete five challenge-mote based raid encounters on the achievement's objective list.

Items

•  Plate of Eggs Benedict: Fixed an issue in which players below level 80 could use this item. Fixed an issue in which players could not use this item in certain instances.

Structured Player vs. Player

• Living World Portal Tomes can now be used in the PvP Lobby.
• Massive Globs of Ectoplasm can now be used in the PvP Lobby.
• Potions of Ascalonian Mages can now be used in the PvP Lobby.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

New Items and Promotions

• This is the last week to purchase the 8th Anniversary Supply Drop Requisition, available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 3,000 gems. All supply drops from the previous weeks will be delivered at the time of purchase.
• The new Queensdale Academy Outfit is now available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
• The new Queensdale Academy Wand Set is now available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
• The new Queensdale Academy Package is now available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 1,500 gems.
• For a limited time, the Pirate Captain's Outfit is available on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 490 gems, a savings of 30%.
• For a limited time, Magnus's Eye Patch is available on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 240 gems, a savings of 40%.
• For a limited time, the Peg-Leg Boots Skin, Pirate Hook Skin, and Pirate Corsair Hat Skin are available on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 180 gems each, a savings of 40%.
• For a limited time, the Elite Reinforcements Package returns to the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 3,000 gems.

Black Lion Chest

• The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Dark Matter Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.
  • The new Fine Black Lion Dye Canister—Yellow has been added as the guaranteed item for the duration of the Dark Matter Chest.
  • The new Dark Matter Cape is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.
  • The Ebon Vanguard Elite Outfit and Shoulders Package and the Envoy Scythe Staff Skin return as uncommon drops for the duration of this chest.
  • The Devoted Weapon Collection and Balthazar's Weapon Collection are available as uncommon and rare drops respectively for the duration of this chest.
  • Unused versions of the Glyph of Flight and Glyph of Industry are available as rare drops for the duration of this chest.
• The items available in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes have been updated. Black Lion Statuettes are redeemable by using the statuette itself or by redeeming one at any of the Black Lion Chest Merchants located in every major city.
  • A new selection of outfits has been added, including Marjory's Shrouded Outfit, Kasmeer's Regal Outfit, and the Mursaat Robes, among others.
  • The exclusive Iron Beast Greatsword, Etherbound Package, Griffon Hatchling Package, and Mini Awakened Mounts Pack are currently available.
  • Additional items including the Mask of the Queen, Abaddon's Mask, and Aetherblade Armor Skins, have been added, among others.

Improvements and Updates

• The Black Lion Miniature Claim Ticket Vendor has been updated.
  • Minis have been recategorized and repriced.
  • Minis available in exchange for Black Lion Miniature Claim Tickets will no longer cycle. All minis will be available at all times.
  • The new Mini Corrupted Trahearne is now available in exchange for 20 Black Lion Miniature Claim Tickets.
  • The Mini Snow Troll and Mini Tsuru Whitewing are now available in exchange for Black Lion Miniature Claim Tickets.
  • The following minis have had their rarities upgraded to exotic:
    • Mini Belinda Delaqua
    • Mini Braham Eirsson
    • Mini Caithe
    • Mini Forgal
    • Mini Holographic Scarlet
    • Mini Kasmeer Meade
    • Mini Mai Trin
    • Mini Marjory Delaqua
    • Mini Southsun Faren
    • Mini Southsun Kasmeer
    • Mini Trahearne
    • Mini Vinetooth Faolain
    • Mini Sieran

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