Updated Zaishen Rewards
* Updated the Zaishen Chest drops to replace the Skeletonic with a new tonic for the month of November. More information on Zaishen Rewards can be found here.
Automated Tournaments
* Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.
Skill Updates
For more information on these changes, please see the Developer Updates page.
PvE and PvP
Necromancer
* Angorodon's Gaze: recharge time increased to 10 seconds, Energy gain increased to 1..13.
* Vampiric Gaze: recharge time increased to 8 seconds.
* Vampiric Spirit: recharge time increased to 8 seconds.
PvP
Ranger
* Expert's Dexterity: attack speed increase reduced to 15%, Marksmanship attribute adjustment reduced to +1.
Bug Fixes
* Fixed a bug that caused Inner Fire to heal Health instead of gaining Health.
* Fixed a bug that caused "It's Just a Flesh Wound!" to gain no Energy from Leadership.
* Fixed a bug that caused Spirit Channeling to give Health gain per Spirit.
* Fixed a but that caused Consume Soul to not work on minions.
* Fixed a bug that caused Avatar of Grenth to not deal cold damage.
* Fixed a bug that caused "Retreat" to count dead allies in the area instead of within earshot.
* Fixed a bug that prevented Tryptophan Signet from affecting adjacent foes.
* Fixed a bug that caused Healer's Covenant to affect Healing Prayer skills that were not spells.
* Fixed a bug that caused Reclaim Essence to only affect Spirits within earshot.
Miscellaneous
* Expanded the /report system to allow players to choose "scamming" as a reason for their report.
* Adjusted text for Destructive Was Glaive.
Update - Thursday November 6
A11Eur0
therangereminem
scamming whats woul d make me want to use that whats a scam to them anyways
buying ecto for 100g to me if i say i want to buy for 100g then im not scamming
buying ecto for 100g to me if i say i want to buy for 100g then im not scamming
Arkantos
Nerfing these skills for PvE is pretty useless, seeing as they weren't even used. Not as useless as the scamming report function, though. Player A scams player B, player B reports player A, but the report fails because player A has already left the district. I guess it's not that useless, really idiotic scammers will get busted.
slowerpoke
lol is that it? what an update 
Apok Omen
I swear to god, if anyone cries about the Experts Dex nerf, I will kill them.
Puddin Cheeks
Are you kidding me, they still haven't fixed RaO or other noob skillz, i quit.
Nessar
Waited all day for this? And reporting for scamming, thats a chuckle
IronSheik
Yet you still can't report for PvE Leeching, Sigh
FlamingMetroid
If this update had a 1:30 hour delay, then I don't have high expectations that next week's update will be on Thursday :|
IamI
If I recall, you were able to do /report (player name here). Not sure if that function works anymore, but if it does, it sort of fixes the problem about scamming. The report system is still quite flawed though.
Sankt Hallvard
Lindsey was right, this was a monster update. Totally on par with the sorrow's furnace update I'm sure, if not bigger.
I totally forgive the delays to this and the next update, especially in view of the raw size of the update. Careful skill balancing is an art, I can only imagine the hardships Lindsey's gone through for this one. GG! Really.
I'm so happy I delayed my nap-time by a few hours, this update was well worth a little wait. Can't wait to test out all the changes tomorrow, my mind is already toying with all sorts of ideas for new builds. Once again, awesome!
I totally forgive the delays to this and the next update, especially in view of the raw size of the update. Careful skill balancing is an art, I can only imagine the hardships Lindsey's gone through for this one. GG! Really.
I'm so happy I delayed my nap-time by a few hours, this update was well worth a little wait. Can't wait to test out all the changes tomorrow, my mind is already toying with all sorts of ideas for new builds. Once again, awesome!
Puddin Cheeks
Officially at this point in time beyond all other reasons GW has now finally become epic failed-up beyond all recognition.
E-FUBAR.
E-FUBAR.
Arkantos
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Nessar
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Lindsey was right, this was a monster update. Totally on par with the sorrow's furnace update I'm sure, if not bigger.
I totally forgive the delays to this and the next update, especially in view of the raw size of the update. Careful skill balancing is an art, I can only imagine the hardships Lindsey's gone through for this one. GG! Really. I'm so happy I delayed my nap-time by a few hours, this update was well worth a little wait. Can't wait to test out all the changes tomorrow, my mind is already toying with all sorts of ideas for new builds. Once again, awesome! |
Mammoth
I'm glad I got all those Cloths of the Brotherhood I needed last weekend after seeing this. 
A11Eur0
Stealth update...new Essence of Celerity only increases skill recharge/activation time 20%.
or so I hear.
Hope that's a bug.
EDIT: tested....25% in item description, 20% in practice. GG anet, super fail....gtfo.
or so I hear.
Hope that's a bug.
EDIT: tested....25% in item description, 20% in practice. GG anet, super fail....gtfo.
I Ithorian I
WHERE ARE THE BUFFS !
izzy start using your brain and not just adjusting skills people on your private forum tell you to adjust .. meta shifting is the one and only thing pvp players look forward to , and simply reverting skills to there original unuseable form and not offering anything 'new' , you should be focusing on bringing some of the 90% of skills not used in pvp into play. Im not going to bother playing this mAT in yet another boring , stale and utterly crap metagame , heys guys heres a skill update welcome to 2 month ago ...
I know you've been contemplating buffing midline shutdown roles (bsurge in particular) to try overshadow and outdo the common fc water shutdown ... well where the hell are these changes ?
izzy start using your brain and not just adjusting skills people on your private forum tell you to adjust .. meta shifting is the one and only thing pvp players look forward to , and simply reverting skills to there original unuseable form and not offering anything 'new' , you should be focusing on bringing some of the 90% of skills not used in pvp into play. Im not going to bother playing this mAT in yet another boring , stale and utterly crap metagame , heys guys heres a skill update welcome to 2 month ago ...
I know you've been contemplating buffing midline shutdown roles (bsurge in particular) to try overshadow and outdo the common fc water shutdown ... well where the hell are these changes ?
Aerial Assault
Hoping that there are upcoming skill updates still, cause that was pitiful quite frankly.
Scamming option for report? Well just hope that anet support is prepared to filter thoroughly through the frivolous QQ reports, because otherwise they'll be getting emails of unsubstantiated bans.
Scamming option for report? Well just hope that anet support is prepared to filter thoroughly through the frivolous QQ reports, because otherwise they'll be getting emails of unsubstantiated bans.
Gems
Yeah this update really sucked... Don't see what the delay was for? As for the scamming thing, Like someone else said what do they consider to be a scam?? :S
I'm also confused about reward points, people seem to think that update was suppose to be today. They'eve released the Tonic, but no points, I don't ever remember them doing that before.
I think A-net have really given up on GW1, but if they carry on messing this game up so much I for one won't be even bothering with GW2.
I'm also confused about reward points, people seem to think that update was suppose to be today. They'eve released the Tonic, but no points, I don't ever remember them doing that before.
I think A-net have really given up on GW1, but if they carry on messing this game up so much I for one won't be even bothering with GW2.
goldenwolf
celerity still says 25% but has been brought down to 20%.
uw sc nerfed
uw sc nerfed
Krill
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What utter trash of a skill update. Even Cytherea has given better balance ideas.
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Izzy is either very bad at his job or quit trying. I'm more than disapointed that PvE players are getting a massive update next week and we get this shit sandwich. Really, it took an extra week to come up with this Izzy? Unbelievable.
czfeng
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Bong Bro Zac
well..at least now its easy for runners to report scammers.. i never reported a run scammer just due to the hassle i have to go through so i like the new feature
Puddin Cheeks
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moriz
that's the new tonic.
hallomik
Most attempted scams require interaction with another player that lasts long enough that you'll be able to report.
Someone was once buying ecto's for 7k, but then put up 7 gold when you went to trade. I could easily type "/report scammerdude" before he left the district.
What scam can happen so fast the player can leave before being reported anyway? If you actually get scammed, sure, you're out of luck, but I have to believe scammers fail 90% and succeed only 10% with new or foolish players.
Sounds like a winner to me.
Someone was once buying ecto's for 7k, but then put up 7 gold when you went to trade. I could easily type "/report scammerdude" before he left the district.
What scam can happen so fast the player can leave before being reported anyway? If you actually get scammed, sure, you're out of luck, but I have to believe scammers fail 90% and succeed only 10% with new or foolish players.
Sounds like a winner to me.
Shadowmoon
Seeing how after 3 monthly skill updates have gone by, and smiter's boon is still in a unusably state. Last months "HB update" was just nerfing BB sins. Honestly I wonder why people expect any meaningful skill updates anymore?
Personally I feel after every skill breaking update that goes by leaving smiter's boon as an unusable skill is a testiment to how lazy izzy is.
Personally I feel after every skill breaking update that goes by leaving smiter's boon as an unusable skill is a testiment to how lazy izzy is.
Banane-O-Man
The skill balance was more for the blood spikers in HA, i'm happy what they did here. And the new tonic is quite funny. The report /scammer will also work for the account buyers but they switch districts fast.
SpiritThief
Can we get rid of Izzy.
Its not like he actually plays the game anymore, or at least lets say care. Bad choices, time after time again. Who the hell oks these??
Its not like he actually plays the game anymore, or at least lets say care. Bad choices, time after time again. Who the hell oks these??
FlamingMetroid
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Can we get rid of Izzy.
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Winterclaw
All those skills that needed to be reworked and they can just be bothered by 4 of them.
Anet fails again.
Anet fails again.
Zera Fang
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they're actually fairly good updates...
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FlamingMetroid
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No they aren't. Try using Dexterity. It's pointless.
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The Meth
This is definitely the skill balance we have all been waiting for.
the savage nornbear
not impressed
maraxusofk
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exactly, good balance
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Taixen
Well, this was totally worth staying up untill 3am for =/.
/sleep.
/sleep.
lishi
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so ur idea of balancing is to make a skill completely useless? u gonna be happy when every skill is nerfed so hard that mending is good in comparison?
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Puebert
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Well, this was totally worth staying up untill 3am for =/.
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The Meth
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It may be not called balancing, but a useless skill its better then a overpowered one.
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At this rate of small changes to 1 or 2 skills every month, we might have guild wars balanced by the time GW3 comes around.