PvP Update - June 2nd, 2010

http://www.guildwars.com/gameplay/de...pvp_update.php

Features
-New account-based PvP quests are available from the Zaishen Recruiter in the Great Temple of Balthazar and all major cities.
-The Titan quests are now available as Hard Mode quests.
-Typing "/guild", "/ladder", or "/champion" in chat will now trigger an emote based on guild ladder ranking.

Arena Updates
-Codex Arena will now shift the available skills once per day.
-Zaishen Strongboxes have been added to guild vs. guild, Heroes' Ascent, Random Arena, and Codex Arena.
-Alliance spies have been spotted in Alliance PvP outposts; talking to them will transport you to the opposing outpost.
-The guild ladder has been reset.

PvP Reward Updates
-Players can now trigger previously earned Zaishen rank emotes by typing "/zaishen #" or "/zrank #" in chat.
-Players can now trigger previously earned Hero title emotes by typing "/rank #" or "/fame #" in chat.
-Alliance PvP formats now reward Imperial faction.
-Imperial Faction Converters have been placed in Alliance PvP outposts to convert Imperial faction to Luxon, Kurzick, or Balthazar faction.
-Zaishen Coins are now tradable items.
-Exchange rates with Zaishen Coin collectors have been changed for several items.
-Jessie Llam now offers new items.
-Tolkano now offers new weapon skins.

Title Updates
-The Codex Title now awards points for every consecutive win in Codex Arena, starting with the second.
-The Gladiator title now awards points for every consecutive win in Random Arena, starting with the second.

Wow, that gladiator one could cause some serious uproar.

I love how 50% of the shit I've been suggesting over the past 3 years has been put in there. GJ Anet, I only hope the GvG rewards won't get farmed by PvE guilds. (As in, you actually need to play GvG)

Many people have been suggesting these changes for a very long time. It's good they were listening/were thinking the same thing.

I wonder if the boost to 'imperial' faction really will rival VQing and such. I doubt it'll match faction SC guilds though.

Unless I completely overlooked it, I don't see some of those things in the OP mentioned on that page. Like the titan quests or Jessie Llam offering new things. Where does it say that?

Holy heck.

Well, this will certainly change a lot of things. My guild (which mostly just plays JQ) will certainly be happy.

While I'm glad I'll be able to farm points easier, I'm not sure I like the change to the glad title. It basically removes any "skill" from the title and turns it into a grind title, much like HA.

"Last Halloween, we started offering special holiday drops in GvG battles, rewarding players for killing the enemy Guild Lord instead of going to a tiebreaker. We found this to be an effective way to encourage players to play more aggressively in GvG..."

I find it hard to believe that a few ToT bags will change how people GvG when people have stacks of zkeys from winning tournaments.

Also, implementing emotes for ladder rank won't encourage people to come play again, especially when anet is killing their own game with horrible skill balances (dervs) and pointless additions such as "flux."

No scaling change to already accumulated Gladiator track progress? Interesting...

Tradable zcoins...lol.

I'm so glad about the JQ change, I was getting tired of collecting Jadeite Shards. I hope the reduced rate of Balthazar won't be too low. I'm hoping 5k Luxon/Kurzick will give 1k Balthazar or something. I can only imagine the amount of people who's going to be upset over the gladiator title.

...To compensate players who have already earned progress towards the Gladiator or Codex Title tracks using the old system, we've multiplied current title points by eight...

The one funny thing, now everyone is going to queue on Kurzick side of FA, and no-one's going to get a match...

Actually that points out a larger issue. People are still going to be biased to queue up with the "winning" side. This is already an issue with the remaining AB population, many of whom don't care about faction and switch to whomever is favored by the current map. It's a game of chicken to see which players are impatient enough with the wait times to switch to the weaker side, and it's unfortunately going to be biased towards the less serious players that do so, which makes the disadvantaged side even more likely to lose. The ability to switch sides is very much needed but it needs some failsafes to deal with these problems.

...and multiplied the tier requirements by 5.

I'm not the only one who will glance at your initial post OP and assume you summarized everything in the Dev update for the sake of brevity, but thanks.

Those were the official notes, not my summary.

strike two...

New faction to push kurz/lux/balth even further? New quests? Tradeable Zcoin? Not so bad.

...And gotta love Glad since 2nd victory.

Admitting everything is going to be implemented.

They should just make one lobby. So you don't know what side you will spawn as until you get into the game.

i dunno why we need to be able to trade coins most of the stuff we buy from people who used the coins are higher items like the 15 bag stuff. so even if we buy coins isnt it the same as just buying the item? and wth new minis?! didnt they say their wouldnt be new minis? since its why we got tonics for 6th instead of minis? xD

...the fact that items purchased with Z-Coins are themselves tradable meant that this restriction became more of a hindrance than a motivator...

reading is a great skill that can answer your questions

What a great update. Thanks for finding it, OP!

I think it's more, "we had to stop flooding the market with minis at some point." Adding 4-8 every once in a while for an event/update is fine. 14 every year though for eternity starts to put a strain on the market. 10 years from now, I don't want to have to go "now was the mini great destroyer year 12 or year 13?"

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such a good update, till i came across that.

who's responsible for this?

this better be a troll post.