April Fools

Update:

- In Hard Mode, for each level after 20, they're armor goes decreases by 8%, but health points increase by 250. For example, a Level 30 Shiro'ken Warrior now has 80% less armor, but has 2500 more HP.
- The elite skill Symbols of Inspiration has been changed to: Elite Skill. For 14...44...71 seconds, this skill becomes the Elite of target foe. Elite spells you cast use your Fast Casting and Inspiration Magic attributes combined instead of their normal attributes. So if you have 12 in each, the elite spell used has a 24 attribute level.
- The PvE-only spell Smooth Criminal allows you to steal the weapon being used by an enemy. Split for PvP: Allows you to steal an opponent's weapon or armor piece.
- The elite skill Aura of Faith is now Non-Attribute and lasts for 30 seconds.
- Whenever a Mursaat uses Spectral Agony on you, if you're not infused, you suffer an instant -60% Death Penalty and your party suffers from Deep Wound, Weakness & Cracked Armor permanently until you leave the area or party wipe.
- Added a new emote: /annoyed. When entered in a town or outpost, everyone immediately points at you and laughs.
- Added a new condition: Oblivious. Whenever you take any kind of damage, your health remains the same. When your HP would normally reach zero, you don't fall down and remain standing with a question mark over your head.
- Added a new green weapon: Stale Bread. It's a sword, but deals blunt damage. Damage +33% (if health is below 25%), Health +100 (if suffering from two or more conditions). Drops from Oola's Chest in the dungeon Oola's Lab & the Mountain Heart Chest from the dungeon Heart of the Shiverpeaks.
- Added 6 new Polymock Pieces that drop from all dungeon chests. They are: Lich Polymock Piece, Shiro Polymock Piece, Varesh Polymock Piece, Disc of Chaos Polymock Piece, Glint Polymock Piece & Gaile Gray's Halloween Frog Polymock Piece.
- All matches in Jade Quarry now go to only 3 points instead of 10. Earn 1000 Imperial Faction per point won on your side. If you win 5 matches in a row, your entire party earns 4000 instead of 3000 Faction.
- All matches in Fort Aspenwood now last 2 minutes. All gates are open and amber has been removed. Kurzicks: Earn 150 Imperial Faction for every 2 seconds Gunther is alive. Luxons: If you kill Gunther, earn 3500 Faction.
- The skill Ward Against Melee now deals 30 damage per second whenever a melee foe would enter the ward. When this skill ends, all allies with 50% or less health gain +1% Morale Boost.
- You may now challenge Dhuum inside The Underworld by only needing to complete the quest Restoring Grenth's Monuments. Any other quests completed now gives 1 Ectoplasm in the reward.
- Whenever you report a player for anything, gain 1 Imperial Faction.

- Bug Fix: This update was reverted back to before it was implemented.

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Paragon update

Most of these points would contribute to the best update we've had since sorrow furnace probably, and i'm pretty sure everyone would sign for such an update rather than everything else...

Well, the problem is that it truly has to be a joke for april fools spirit.. Last year, it was a little joke because of the commando, but it looked like content that lasted a few days, so i guess that's why many were disappointed. I think they shouldn't hesitate making things completly diferent, even in PvP, as it would last 1 day only..

everything in town is:


black and white!
Do not try to adjust your screen (ok, you can try, but it wont help much)....but the asura have tripped over the cords and the pictures going out from towns are now only in black and white!! we hope to have this issue resolved within the day

the flux better be hilarious on april 1st.

Flux: The Cake is a Lie(no description)

Essentially there will never be a winner, upon winning you and your team die and both parties are deemed losers. You also will not receive any faction, title points, strongboxes or an increase in rank.

Get a email from Anet:
Topic: "You have been selected for beta testing!"
Message: "April fools! "

According to the update build, there are preparations for April Fool's Day. I'm thinking it's going to be similar to last year. Can't imagine them throwing all that programming time away for 1 event...

Me and a friend of mine were talking about this not an hour ago. This was almost exactly what I said to him when he asked what I thought it would/could/should be

Would be a nice one to actually make the prank developer updates work for the weekend

Yesterdays update did hint about it ^^

and

Looks like we might have a new Annihilator Quest. Spoofing Terminator 2 this time maybe? Being the machine and all (1070 AE is the current time in Pre-Searing)

Friend and I were talking about that the other day: everyone gets a beta invite email, all official looking in the body, but the link to download is like a Rickroll or something (featuring Logan Thackeray). (Though, yes, Rickrolls are old hat by now.)

That's what I'm thinking. Something similar to last year's Commando quest, without being a retread. I know some people didn't like the quests, but I'm impressed the Live Team goes to the trouble for us after all these years on April Fools of all occasions.

Maybe GW2 related.

sounds like another copy of last year (gee max your asuran this year????)
guess its a good thing I am not planning on being home anyways---

Oh no, we are getting a free update for fun. Stupid ArenaNet how can you do this do us? You suck!!!!


Seriously?

usually april fools is a one day funny hahahaha thing, not an 'OHHHHH AHHHHHH' not at all funny (but way to max your title) thing.

The quests are fine--put them in for the BIRTHDAY celebration in a few weeks, leave april fools for the funny DAY.

But the thing is: Time traveling things does NOT work with the lore, as far as we know, therefor it would be rather stupid to put it in on another celebration.

As for being funny or not: That is of course a matter of opinion. Me and loads of other found last years quest very funny. And there are loads better/more efficient ways to farm rep

Full on Ranger buff so we can know how it feels for the 1st time in years to be OP. Then the standard perma-nerf to remind us that nothing good ever lasts for our kind.

O.o

We gonna be the golem this time. Terminator 2