New update!!!

KuTeBaka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

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Elementalist

* Meteor: Lowered Energy cost to 5

* Fireball: Lowered Energy cost to 10 and recharge time to 7 seconds

* Chain Lightning: Increased cast time to 3 seconds; decreased damage to 10..85; changed recharge to 10 seconds; lowered maximum distance between targets

* Glyph of Sacrifice: Reduced recharge penalty on next spell to 90 seconds

* Mark of Rodgort: Reduced cast time to 1 second; increased duration of burning effect to 1..4 seconds

Mesmer

* Cry of Frustration: Lowered casting time to .25 second

* Mantra of Earth: Lowered Energy cost to 10

* Mantra of Flame: Lowered Energy cost to 10

* Mantra of Lightning: Lowered Energy cost to 10

* Mantra of Frost: Lowered Energy cost to 10

* Mantra of Recall: Lowered Energy cost to 10; lowered the amount of Energy you gain back to 3..28

* Signet of Humility: Changed the related attribute to Inspiration Magic; changed duration of effect to scale from 1..16 seconds based on rank in Inspiration Magic

* Shatter Hex: Reduced AOE to "nearby foes"; reduced damage to 30..120

* Hex Breaker: Reduced duration to 15..90 seconds

* Panic: Increased duration to 10..25 seconds; Increased AOE to "nearby foes"

Monk

* Healing Seed: Lowered Energy cost to 10; Decreased duration to 10 seconds

* Scourge Sacrifice: Now affects all adjacent targets

* Restore Condition: Lowered Energy to 5; reduced the amount healed to 10..70

* Healing Hands: Increased the amount healed to 5..30

* Draw Conditions: Added 1 second recharge time

* Divine Boon: Added 1 second recharge time

* Protective Bond: Energy lost per hit increased to 6..3

* Aegis: Now only affects party members

Necromancer

* Putrid Explosion: Increased recharge time to 5 seconds

* Consume Corpse: Decreased casting time to 1 second; increased Energy gained to 5..20

* Blood Renewal: Increased Health regeneration to 3..6

* Plague Signet: Decreased recharge time to 10 seconds

* Deathly Chill: Increased secondary damage to 5..50

* Dark Bond: Now affects all damage types, not just physical

* Barbed Signet: Reduced recharge time to 20 seconds

* Well of Suffering: Increased duration to 10..30 seconds; increased Health degeneration to 1..6

* Grenth's Balance: Reduced recharge time to 15 seconds

* Spinal Shivers: Increased duration to 10..40 seconds

Ranger

* Pets: Increased pets' run speed by 20%; increased pets' armor to 80 at level 20

* Crippling Shot: Decreased recharge time to 1 second; decreased duration of Cripple to 8 seconds

* Distracting Shot: Decreased attack time from .75 to .5 seconds

* Punishing Shot: Decreased attack time from .75 to .5 seconds; increased recharge time to 8 seconds

* Concussion Shot: Decreased attack time from .75 to .5 seconds

* Nature's Renewal: Modified to no longer remove all Hexes and Enchantments when cast; now doubles the Energy degeneration for maintained Enchantments

* Fertile Season: Reduced duration to 15..45 seconds

* Quickening Zephyr: Increased Energy cost to 25; reduced duration to 15..45 seconds

* All Spirits: The effects of Spirits no longer work on other Spirits (example: Fertile Season no longer adds Health and armor to other Spirits); also, when a Spirit is cast, it kills all other allied Spirits of the same type within its range

Warrior

* Dwarven Battle Stance: Increased duration to 5..11 seconds

* "I Will Survive!": Decreased recharge time to 30 seconds

* "I Will Avenge You!": Increased AOE to anywhere within your radar

All Skills

* Skills with a recharge time can no longer be reduced to 0 (example: if a spell has 1 second recharge time and you have both Quickening Zephyr and Serpent's Quickness active, the length of the recharge time will not drop below 1 second)

Note: All skill ranges are for Attribute Level 0 through 15. For example, "Fertile Season: reduced duration to 15..45 seconds" would indicate that with 0 Attribute points, the duration would be 15 seconds, and with 15 Attribute points, the duration would be 45 seconds.

Other Changes

* Improved Guild-versus-Guild matchmaking so that high-rated guilds are matched more quickly.

* Fixed spawns near closed doors in Underworld.

* Added two Resurrection Shrines in The Crag and improved respawning location so that the party respawns together at the nearest friendly shrine.

* Decreased match duration for The Crag to three minutes.

* Killing a pet in PvP no longer rewards Faction.


PvP Extreme Weekend Changes

The following faction rewards will be in effect during the Guild Wars PvP Extreme Weekend from 12:01 AM PDT on August 26th until 11:59 PM PDT on August 28th.

Arenas

* Unique Kill: 20 in Team/Competition, 10 in Shiverpeaks, 5 in Ascalon

* Victory: 25 in Team/Competition, 10 in Shiverpeaks, 5 in Ascalon

* Bonus for Five Consecutive Victories: 25 in Team/Competition, 10 in Shiverpeaks, 5 in Ascalon

* Bonus for Flawless Victory: 25 in Team/Competition, 10 in Shiverpeaks, 5 in Ascalon

Tournament

* Unique Kill: 20

* Victory: 100 in early missions, 200 in later missions, 400 in Hall of Heroes

* Bonus for Flawless Victory: 100 (same across all missions)

Guild Battles

* Unique Kill: 20

* Victory: 500 - 2000 depending on your guild rating (500 at rating 1000, 2000 at rating 1600)

* Bonus for Flawless Victory: 100 - 400 depending on your guild rating (100 at rating 1000, 400 at rating 1600)
ps, did you know that quotes dont count for the 5 character needed for a post?

Lasareth

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

Prot bond got owned.

Red Locust

Red Locust

Site Contributor

Join Date: May 2005

As are solo monks...

Lasareth

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

ROFL. for a good time, listen to the monks in Temple D1.

KuTeBaka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

wow, almost all skills are rebalanced. nice one anet!

Calibretto_9

Calibretto_9

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Zanza Barbarians

W/

Wowsa, some cool changes in my opinion.

Sagius Truthbarron

Sagius Truthbarron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Animal Factory [ZoO]

A/

I just played the lava map. You now spawn on the opposit side of the camping enemy.

ocoini

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Moltov joss
Well my friend Spirit spam is offically dead.
yay,I might try some PVP again now..

Moltov joss

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Calibretto_9
Wowsa, some cool changes in my opinion.

Some are very well done. However they went too overboard with others. Killing this game for me.

INP

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

E/Me

I hate arena net

Axle_Fieshe

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

Mo/W

this'll stop a lot of complaining now

Mugon M. Musashi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

France (Paris)

BUG

Mo/W

so they decided to take the pretext of pvp balance in order to nerf proterctive bond
when we all know protective bond doesn't do much in pvp...

Lasareth

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

Fire seems to have been powered up.... everything else untouched. Not a good change imo as far as eles go. Instead of changing fire the others should have been buffed in some way.

Healing hands will totally replace healing seed now... it's better in almost every way.. (xpt for being an elite slot I guess)

No idea why the f they reduced spirit duration. That's not really too smart..

Other than that most of the changes are new if not good or bad

Sinbios

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

E/Me

I don't get why they're so desperate to get rid of the solo farming monk. How /else/ do they expect people to come up with the horrendous amounts of ecto and shards they set to get fissure armour?

Mystical

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Mississauga, Ontario

Inyurface Gaming [IYF]

Well it was fun with my invici-monk. For some reason I had a hunch they're change Protective Bond to the lowest you loose is 3. Time to change over to Elementalist secondary.

On a positive note, you'll be seeing alot more monks at the Fire Isles.

TideSwayer

TideSwayer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

We Farm Your [?????????s]

WTS: -50 Focus item. 5g. ***CLEARANCE***


ocoini

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

I wish they lowerd energy cost for water elementalists !

Moltov joss

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

D/

Sorry for the mutiple posts but I have one more thing to say.

It seems to me that when players become adapt in a certain respect, BOOM nerf. Why nerf putrid explosion its not even close to a broken skill dont fix it FFS!!! Bastards!!!
Sorry but this has become a game of increasing dev nerf not "skill".
I understand the nature of some of the nerfs and agree totally in some cases.

However why would the elementalist skill Meteor need to be 5 energy when eles have such huge mana pools in the first place. WOW that is really busting the bank paying 10 energy for that spell. DUDE WTF!!!!

Vermilion Okeanos

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

quickening zeph- wow... I think most team would want to kill that thing... big time. The only survivor going to be ranger with really high expertise and ele with ele attune + regular attune.

I can see it now... every team will have either QZ or EW, to either screw another team up... or save their own behinde... then try to kill the other spirit.

WAIT... on 2nd thought... think that is a typo? maybe it is 25% more instead of the old 30% more?? I would actually prefer it 25... but that sounds kind of... overpower?

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by ocoini
yay,I might try some PVP again now..
I second that motion!

Hmmm, warrior updates...Dwarven Battle Stance?

On an unrelated note to PvP updates, they fixed that nagging doors thing with UW.

KuTeBaka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinbios
I don't get why they're so desperate to get rid of the solo farming monk. How /else/ do they expect people to come up with the horrendous amounts of ecto and shards they set to get fissure armour?
and why do we NEED fissure armor?

Calibretto_9

Calibretto_9

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Zanza Barbarians

W/

Yeah, I agree that we don't need it. On the other hand, they shouldn't make things in the game that are going to be unattainable for all practical reasons. Unattainable goals are just frustrating, not constructive.

roy3003

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2005

NT

W/Mo

R.I.P guild wars only thing left to do now is GvG

Lasareth

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

Quote:
Originally Posted by roy3003
R.I.P guild wars only thing left to do now is GvG
Wasn't that much to do PvE anyways, GW RP has become a stagnant cesspool.

lord_shar

lord_shar

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

near SF, CA

Well, my soloing necro/mesmer survived the latest nerfs!

As an ex-EQ player, I've learned how to handle nerfs in stride

/rude SOE

Kakumei

Kakumei

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Grind is subjective

learn this please

i for one am quite happy with the changes

so there's no longer a ridiculously easy way to farm

so there's no more spirit spamming

oh no

"i quit the game because it's not ridiculously easy anymore"

go on, leave

fewer people cluttering up my districts

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Good long patch, however:

- No toggleable capes (That damn frog promised!)
- No pet commands.... but there have been improvements

Other then that I'm pleased, if a little disapponted.

Genos

Genos

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Amazon Basin

R/E

Yes, but on the other hand this incourages more groups etc..

who knows - in any case im liking the buffs, especailly the pet ones - i see more pet builds in the future... ^^;;

ocoini

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

The price of gold just went up, too bad I dont have any..grrr

Moltov joss

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

D/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kakumei
i for one am quite happy with the changes

so there's no longer a ridiculously easy way to farm

so there's no more spirit spamming

oh no

"i quit the game because it's not ridiculously easy anymore"

go on, leave

fewer people cluttering up my districts
I dont care about easy farming or SS. I want to leave for differant reasons. Is that cool?

theVariable

theVariable

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

CA, USA

Knights of the Hokuten [KotH] (hokuten.org)

Mo/Me

I like the update. Thank you ANet

00039

00039

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Me Want Snuu[Snuu]

D/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinbios
I don't get why they're so desperate to get rid of the solo farming monk. How /else/ do they expect people to come up with the horrendous amounts of ecto and shards they set to get fissure armour?
uhh everyone wasn't supposed to have fissure you know

Sinbios

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by KuTeBaka
and why do we NEED fissure armor?
We don't, but if they put something in the game, they might as well provide some method of getting it.

KuTeBaka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by roy3003
R.I.P guild wars only thing left to do now is GvG
or team arena, or tomb, or random arena.

Xeavor

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Well, I have to say that I'm disappointed in the dev's nerfing the bond build, seems lame whining and crying is what gets the changing made in this game. I'll have to think up some things to scream nerf at, and maybe get a few ally guilds to help me. Perhaps we can ruin the game for everyone else, to sorta...i dont know, return the favor. Congrats on your victory lamers.

Audhumla

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Oregon

The Shattered Hand

N/R

The invicimonk needed to be nerfed and everyone knows it. No other class can solo with such effeciency and ease.

I'm happy to see the nice buff to necs

Lasareth

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

The "I still can solo UW and u cant lol" crowd is now worse than the whiners. Jeez... it's not too hard.... just use prot spirit, take on less than 20 at a time, you'll be fine...

kbealow

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/Me

Well other than a few key spells all the others sucked to begin with and guess what they still stink...well this is just my opinion...i was hoping they would address other skills than that...but ahh well...some good improvements on some skills...all in all...they could have done better i think.

SOT

SOT

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

East Texas

Quote:
Originally Posted by INP
I hate arena net
Ya know, this is like the 3rd thread in 5 minutes I have seen you posting your one liner bullshit about hating arenanet. This site is a fansite for people who do not hate arenanet.

Shut the frog up and stop wasting our time, moron.

Ray

Ray

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Denmark

Quote:
Originally Posted by Silvergun Superman
im very please that ANet erased invincible monks. monks should have not been able to solo the uw in the first place.
Correct, and that means more healers for us xD