Game Updates April 1

Syn²

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

i lawled =D

12chars

truemyths

truemyths

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

ok, I was taken in completely

gg

and thanks for the new avatars on guru, good one also... I thought my acct was being hacked at first

Evil Eye

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

P/Me

I found it stupid.

chowmein69

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

lol shroud of silence

Bargamer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Rt/N

I totally wouldn't mind the Rit buff, except that most of them run out after so many trigger conditions anyways, so still not buffed enough.

Shroud of Silence should come with it's own message spam: "STFU, noob!" That would be epic. XD

lewis91

lewis91

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2008

Wales

Order of the Azurelight[OA]

E/

Hahaha i believed that up until sandstorm, great job

"Introduced a new Cartographer title for the Battle Isles.
PvP players need more to do besides killing each other, so now they can explore and show off their accomplishment with this brand new title."

15 second title ftw.

oh yeh, you've missed abit, or unless i cannot see it in your quote. but anyway "Animate Flesh Golem - Removed Single Golem Limit" !!!!OMGWTFLOLZ0R that would be amazing, 10 x lvl 26 fleshies running around.

Use the edit button, don't double post.

Zodiac Meteor

Zodiac Meteor

Imma Firin Mah Rojway!

Join Date: Aug 2008

At the Mac Store laughing at people that walk out with anything.

E/Mo

Quote:
Scorpion Wire: no longer has half-range. Changed functionality to: "Target foe is teleported to your location and knocked down."
Shroud of Silence: changed functionality to: "For 5..20 seconds, target player cannot send chat messages."
Shadow Stepping has triggered complaints about how an Assassin can move instantly to a target, keep the target knocked down, and kill it before anybody has a chance to react. To address this concern without decreasing the Assassin's overall effectiveness, we're instead experimenting with allowing Assassins to teleport their foes directly to them.
LOL, my favorite, people complained that assassins teleport to them, so lets have them teleport to the assassins! Ahh, you gotta love taking a bad situations, reversing it, and getting a worse situation.

Quote:
Shroud of Silence gave us an opportunity to give players the ability to disable opposing tactics callers. Since everyone uses text to call targets, this should prove a deadly change in large battles.
WTB Elite assassin tome 100k +100 elite monk tomes.

Quote:
Mesmer

* No changes.
Just like last year

Quote:
Monk

* Ray of Judgment: Removed Burning condition, increased damage to 10..90.
Burning is worse than 90 damage

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Necromancer

* Animate Flesh Golem: removed the single-golem limit.
A usable elite MM skill? NO WAY

Quote:
On a direct hit, the Zaishen rank emote now deals minor damage based on the user's rank and knocks the target down.
WTB ZKEYS 50K EA.

LeoX

LeoX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

United Kingdom

Guildless Since 2005???

W/

Lmao I totally fell for that, I came here to see what's happening! LOL.

Rebelor

Rebelor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

really nice one, got my laugh in after being disappointed with the gwen thing

Nessar

Nessar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Gwen Has A Thing For [Pyre]

Totally awesome skill update. The searing flames & RoJ made me lol most xD.

Garreth MacLeod

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

They got me at first. Was waiting to hear the uproar in-game. Until I got to the contect sensitive ones. Very funny stuff Anet.

Gwmaster

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Canada/Quebec

N/

i was getting all excited :P

Demon Slaya Of God

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2007

R/

lmao... i love anet

Pony Slaystation

Pony Slaystation

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2008

Cardboard Box

Guilds are irrelevant. This... is...... BUILD WARS!!!

Rt/

I'm suprised that they didn't say "All clipping issues with armor/weapon combinations have been fixed", just to bother the people that complain all of the time that their 200k shield doesn't look good with their 1000k armor XD

FengShuiDove

FengShuiDove

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA]

A/

Guess they're nerfing what they buffed. Another update... what could it be this time?

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

ArenaNet has a great sense of humor, much better than that of most players.

Apollo Smile

Apollo Smile

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2008

[LORE]

E/Mo

Love how they made "The Power is Yours" even more of a Captain Planet reference. I'm loving the update. Just imagining how much it would make people rage..

Dark-NighT

Dark-NighT

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

Stygian Veil

Shoop Da Woop [Lolz]

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xeros Rex View Post
lol I loved that sandstorm one
Yeah lol.

Made me think, you never ever remove sandstorm of your ele bar when in nightfall, its one huge desert anyways xD

byteme!

byteme!

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

On Earth

W/P

Shroud of Silence would be awesome if it were true. I would echo spam that skill everywhere I go. If I don't like you I'll perma-shutyouup.

Clone

Clone

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Honestly, knowing Anet's past actions, any of them could have just as easily been real.

Momir

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2007

[SSW]

Mo/

I was all "Omg, really anet? really?" then got to the Sandstorm 'nerf' and was "Wait...April fools...you sly dogs"

shoyon456

shoyon456

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

D/

I have to say that some of the April Fool's skill function changes were almost revolutionary in they way they would interact with your camera (dazed) albeit obviously way over the top.

Cale Roughstar

Cale Roughstar

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Guy In Real Life [GIRL]

W/E

Cute
I lol'ed at a bunch of the justifications.

Voodoo Rage

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

"Although we were satisfied with the current effects of Lucky Aura, it unfortunately provided more of a benefit than expected to certain types of builds (especially farming)."

That's my favorite. You gotta love GW "urban legends" when it comes to farming and drop rates. The GW community tends to not be the most skeptical or scientifically minded in that regard... lol.

stargazrso

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Minnesota USA

Braveheart World Xi [any]

R/

I fell out of my frelling chair for real laughing at this. I was like, "No WAY!. Too much fun here. HUN! HEY wake UP. You gotta read this." In the end, we both were laughing so hard that tears were falling. Oo Just one day, sigh, would have been too fun.

Zapper901

Zapper901

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Fire and [ICE]

W/

Wow... it's been a while since I've played, but I wanted to see the April Fools joke, and I must say I laughed quite a bit.

Perhaps I should start playing again.

Dami

Dami

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

I looked at the nerf for ROF and thought 'wonderful'
Then i realized it was a joke and thought 'wonderful'
I almost fell for it. Almost. lol

Lourens

Lourens

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

They didnt make punishing shot instant KO if it crits

Fril Estelin

Fril Estelin

So Serious...

Join Date: Jan 2007

London

Nerfs Are [WHAK]

E/

For a few minutes, I could picture in my mind a brand new, fresh and exciting GW1. I was already looking at the shores of NF, see myself teleported by sins in AB where I wouldn't use SF anymore, and people mapping mad in RA .

Good laugh, GG

sph0nz

sph0nz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

none.

W/

Haha wow. Great update.

cataphract

cataphract

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Ashford Abbey

Hey Mallyx [icU]

Mo/Me

I'd love to see Daze implemented.

Arduin

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

Quote:
Characters suffering from Blind cannot see distant enemies.
Characters suffering from Dazed will now spin in place. The camera is locked for the duration of the effect.
These exciting new additions will improve both the PvP and PvE experience by improving the interface display of your characters state. It is now much more obvious when your character is blinded or dazed, something that benefits front line and support classes in PvP. This also provides a more realistic environment for PvE players to roleplay in. With enemies you can't see and your display spinning around, you'll get a better sense of what it's like to be a Guild Wars hero!
Quote:
Originally Posted by snaek View Post
what's sad is that similar things have been suggested in sardelac threads (as serious suggestions mind you).
Well, this is what Anet wanted to do/did with Nightfall. They wanted to reflect the conditions your character was suffering in the UI, like the Poison Traps in Fahranur turning your screen green and wobbly. I guess they abandoned the idea pretty fast.

ValaOfTheFens

ValaOfTheFens

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2006

Warrior Nation[WN]

I was gonna cry at the Ranger's pet thing. But then it reminded me of Pokemon and something smelled fishy to me.

Missmelady

Missmelady

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Wisconsin

Our Gostly Solo Caps

Mo/

I laughed so hard at the Overpowered builds that would come out. Build 1. 7 invoke lightning eles 1 paragon(you get where im going with this) that could be 7 lvl 21 invoke lightnings prolly dealing about 170 dmg each. Second build 8 warriors 8 bull strikes + zrank spam. 3rd R/a Trappers. Trap then have the enemy teleport to you. had they made these changes for one day it would have been epic. That and running 8 rits with signet of ghostly might would have brought back the best 15 minutes of HA EVER!

exploiter

exploiter

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2008

ign Punk Isnt Dead

R/

omg wtf you did Anet !!!!!!!!!1!@!! GG




(laughed at the SF and Gladiator's Defense)

Morgoth the dark

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

[CDEX]

R/

Ahahah Scropion wire should be added ingame with a little cloud over your char using it, saying : "Come over here "

Marth Reynolds

Marth Reynolds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands

The Lore Enforcers

Me/A

I read em on a wiki, and tought hmm that can't be right :O

they had me for a bit ofc :P

XxSanctusxX

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

Nl

LF HighEndPve

N/

Read some of em and thought: Ah, pretty ok update this time, but then:This skill can be activated while dead, cant send chat messages and the zrank thing..
Kinda liked the beast mastery thing (didn't see it was april fools then) and thought, that would be a pretty good nerf for iway..

maraxusofk

maraxusofk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

San Francisco, UC Berkeley

International District [id多], In Soviet Russia Altar Caps You [CCCP], LOL at [eF]

W/

I gotta admit, the sarcasm is thick in the update. They coulda added something about old school paragons too though.

Valcion

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

A/

it'd be funny if the change really happened, even if it's just for one day. Of course things like SoS and some of the Para shouts wouldn't be viable, but at least it'd break the monotony of things around here.