12/15 Update!

Bwsk8

Bwsk8

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/E

Its finally here!

Update - Thursday, December 15

* Added new artwork for the Necromancer's ascended Tormentor's Armor.

* Improved automatic Guild Matchmaking to better match guilds with those of nearby rating levels.

* Fixed sacrifice skills so that a player who sacrifices all of his remaining Health will die. Previously a bug allowed the player to stay alive if he had positive Health regeneration when he sacrificed all of his remaining Health.

* Fixed Whirling Defense so that it deals the correct amount of damage as shown in the skill description. Previously the amount of damage shown in the skill description updated according to the player's attribute level, but the actual damage dealt did not.

* Fixed Spiteful Spirit so that it correctly triggers on any skill use, as specified in the skill description. Previously it was failing to trigger on Stances, Shouts, and other instant-cast skills.

* Fixed Scourge Sacrifice so that it affects the target foe and his adjacent foes, as specified in the skill description. Previously it was incorrectly affecting foes adjacent to the caster.

* Fixed the text displayed when you hold down the Ctrl key to announce the use of Cyclone Axe or Crude Swing.

* Added a new player status choice in the Friends window, "Do Not Disturb," which blocks all incoming whispers.

* Added mouse wheel zooming to the Map Overlay screen.

* Added the ability to review the previous game's PvP Score Chart while in an outpost.

* Improved the Chat window so that it remembers its previous state when switching maps.

* Fixed the Skill Monitor's mouse tooltips so that they don't disappear while the skill is executing.

* Improved the Skill Bar so that it displays warnings of skills that are not compatible with your currently equipped weapon.

* Added an error message that is displayed when an attack skill is used on an invalid target.

* Changed the Customize Control dialog so that it ignores problematic keys such as Scroll Lock.

* Improved the organization of the Start Menu.

* Relocated the Customize Layout function to the Options window (F11).

* Added support for players with non-Korean accounts typing Hangul in the International Districts.

* Updated translations.

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

But wheres the X-Mas Decoration? Damn it A-Net.. don't they know that WoW players already got their stuffs last week!!

imaginary friend

imaginary friend

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

marhans grottoooo

Empires of Underworld [EoU]

R/Me

now we need some pics of the 15k tormentors

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

I need blue in the game!! wheres Blue!

Bwsk8

Bwsk8

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/E

I'm disapointed also. I was expecting a few cool additions and not just lots of minor changes. Plus I wanted christmas to come.

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

Don't tell me A-Net will tie in the x-mas decoration to the 7 days of christmas crap.. meaning before 7 days of christmas, it will than release the patch!

Loch

Loch

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

I don't get why, every update, more people complain about what ISN'T implemented yet.

This is more of bug-fix update, but at least necros FINALLY get their 15k Tormentor's armor.

Swampgirl Inez

Swampgirl Inez

"I love reading trash!"

Join Date: May 2005

Home Again

I'm probably going to get flamed, but the main thing people have been waiting for is finally released and all you can do is complain?

Andy_M

Andy_M

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Worthing, UK

(Don't fear) The Beaver

I reckon a few forum members are going to be pretty chuffed that the new necro armour is out.

Digirom

Digirom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Swampgirl Inez
I'm probably going to get flamed, but the main thing people have been waiting for is finally released and all you can do is complain?
What do you want ? Give people a hand, they want your arm, people are never happy with what they are given

Uzul

Uzul

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Arctic Tundra

Pints N Quarts [PsQs]

awesome, still no xmas haunting me in my favourite game and some nice fixes as well...
plus necros finally have their armor hope y'all like it... i should go and find someone who wears it (shouldnt be too hard to find a yay-yelling necro right now)

Bwsk8

Bwsk8

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/E

I was told this is the Tormentor's Armor.

Zobi

Zobi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Europe

FR

I am really glad better Guild matching has been implemented.

Andy_M

Andy_M

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Worthing, UK

(Don't fear) The Beaver

What is the big deal with all the christmas stuff ? I don't get it. And first reports of the new armour are.......mixed.

chippxero

chippxero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

norfolk

Super Anti Rabbit Squad [SARS]

Mo/Me

Some good fixes there and the armour should stop all the protests in *int 1*

Why do people keep saying 'Wow has xmas stuff we should too' guess what people this isn't WoW just cause one game has something doesn't mean every other game should, it will come just wait a bit.

bringer di morte

bringer di morte

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

My house

The True Oni [Oni]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bwsk8
I was told this is the Tormentor's Armor.

...They spent months upon months making THAT?! That looks like about the same thing, and for how long they've put it off...I mean come on, a little prettier. After putting off 15k glads and 15k druids for like a month or two, it looked great. It has been much longer than that for us necros and we get THAT?! (/anger)

Thy Shadow Wolf

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Erie, PA

N/

I'm pretty pleased with the 15k Tormentors, here's a pic of the Male's 15k dyed red.



This update was pretty solid I thought. The skill fixes were pretty nice, along with the added little features. I can't wait to see if next week there's an X-Mas update!

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by bringer di morte
...They spent months upon months making THAT?! That looks like about the same thing, and for how long they've put it off...I mean come on, a little prettier. After putting off 15k glads and 15k druids for like a month or two, it looked great. It has been much longer than that for us necros and we get THAT?! (/anger)
They (A-Net) did said that the 15k Tormentor look like that necro chick from pre-searing.. didn't you know?

Hope_Less

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2005

They did this also

P.S. Only happens when dead, if you are alive it is yellow.

Andy_M

Andy_M

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Worthing, UK

(Don't fear) The Beaver

Like Munne ? Surely she had more....spikes and stuff. And it's not Kasha's armour thats for sure.

Eet GnomeSmasher

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

In my head

Haha....and STILL people complain.....

{IceFire}

{IceFire}

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/

male armor punz.

Lou

Lou

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Colorado Springs colorado, denver when I'm not in school

Looking

W/

I'm happy about the guild matching seeing as the guild im in (rank 600 or so) keeps fighting guilds ranked 8000 or worse. I feel really bad when we have to play them.

Shaolin_Steve

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

ELG

W/Mo

Good update - nice tweaks - I like the Necro armor enough to plop down the 75k+!

It's wierd seeing Energy gain displayed for Bonnetis and Balth Spirit. I think that's new - I remember seeing it pre-update for Bow Shot/Axe Hit with Vampiric, but not for the Monk stuff. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

Rc The Mad

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

[RFE] Refuge From Exile

Mo/W

It seems like Anet dug themselves a huge hole with the Halloween update. Now every holliday people expect huge events. Does anyone realize how hard it is to implement updates like that? Still people complain about how they don't have their Christmas update.

Anet should have never done the Halloween update. Then people wouldn't expect holliday updates and complain about them now, and for every upcoming holliday.

Ellix Cantero

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by sir skulkcrasher
But wheres the X-Mas Decoration? Damn it A-Net.. don't they know that WoW players already got their stuffs last week!!
Frog made a brief appearance earlier and said xmas stuff is definately coming.

chippxero

chippxero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

norfolk

Super Anti Rabbit Squad [SARS]

Mo/Me

The halloween stuff was beautiful and fun but i'm glad it wasn't too long as after the first 2 days of people asking when the king was coming it go old and i started avioding lions arch and other major cities apart from to sell runes and materials.

I think keeping it short and sweet is the way to go.

Navaros

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by bringer di morte
After putting off 15k glads and 15k druids for like a month or two, it looked great.
Are you kidding? 15k glads looks terrible. I bought 15k platemail instead just because of that.

Eet GnomeSmasher

Banned

Join Date: Apr 2005

In my head

And also a LOT of people hated the 15k female druids armor.... people will always always see things differently than another.

Guardian of the Light

Guardian of the Light

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Radicals Against Tyrants

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rc The Mad
It seems like Anet dug themselves a huge hole with the Halloween update. Now every holliday people expect huge events. Does anyone realize how hard it is to implement updates like that? Still people complain about how they don't have their Christmas update.

Anet should have never done the Halloween update. Then people wouldn't expect holliday updates and complain about them now, and for every upcoming holliday.
Well Anet made their bed now they must lay in it.

I didn't expect anything for thanksgiving because thanksgiving is an American holiday and not a lot of other countries celebrate it.

But come this ....uhhhh well (this isn't chrismas for everyone)....... Holiday Season is celebrated by a lot of religions and retailers love it . So if Anet put something in for Halloween you better bet we want something for this holiday season

chippxero

chippxero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

norfolk

Super Anti Rabbit Squad [SARS]

Mo/Me

Theres only one expensive armour i have seen that i liked i think it was a fissure necro one he had spikes coming out of his skin looked sweet.

I use a odd combination for my warrior and never plan on spending more than 1.5k for an armour unless i'd get some better stats maybe in Chapter 2.

glads chest and leggings for +5 energy
knights boots for damage reduction
Lieutenant's Helm for 50% reduce hex times
Stonefist Gauntlets for Lengthens knockdown

koneko

Site Contributor

Join Date: Sep 2005

38??16′ N 140??52′ E

Mo/Me

They've gone and broken foreign language input.

I can't input kanji or kana at all, which means that I can't very well speak in-game with friends that live back home that have characters on the American servers (who don't understand very much English at all).

Chinese/Korean input seems to be working (totally useless to me). Why?

xBakox

xBakox

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

[JF] Just Friends, [NOT] Nomads of Turmoil

Quote:
It seems like Anet dug themselves a huge hole with the Halloween update. Now every holliday people expect huge events. Does anyone realize how hard it is to implement updates like that? Still people complain about how they don't have their Christmas update.

Anet should have never done the Halloween update. Then people wouldn't expect holliday updates and complain about them now, and for every upcoming holliday.
The reason Anet had to do teh Halloween event, or some sort of event, was because they PROMISED events like this. They dug themselves in a hole from the start, so to speak, and it is good they did ro some people wouldnt be as pleased with the game. As well as Halloween, Gaile said they would definatley do something for Christmas. Your right, if they didnt do them, people wouldnt expect events. But that would alos make people like me stop playing and would leave me more frusturated with Anet than many people are now because it has not come yet. And people do not complain about not having a event for every single holiday, but this one was promised that it would come. If they didnt promise them from the start, Id agree with you.

Personally, I do not like the Tormentors, though I do appreciate that they have finally implemented it so there is more variety. Thanks Anet.

living too die

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

usa

A/

i have no problem with the update. i was getting tired of hearing necros complain about the tormentor armor, i guess thats solved gj a-net

Seef II

Seef II

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

US

R/Mo

I'd like to know what they meant by Start Menu. A jab at Windows?

boxterduke

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by imaginary friend
now we need some pics of the 15k tormentors
Funny thing is that I updated when I got home and it did not update the login screen so I left it and came back after dinner, I checked the guildwars.com site and saw that the armor was updated.

It not bad, just expected more. Maybe because we had to wait sooooo long for it

Here is mine, Darth Psp



NekoZ

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Long Island

So Goth We Crap [Bats]

Eh. I think it should of been a bit more than that after months of waiting as well. Glad I stuck with Necrotics.. but then again atleast they put SOMETHING different even though Gaile said it was going to look awesome. Oh well..

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

I like the menu changes.

Than again.... wish i got 75k and a necro for this armors!

fenix

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

W/

Nice update, it all sounds pretty good. Necro armor is done, which will finally shut up all the whining necro's. Good work Anet

Chazeah

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Dun Dun Dun

tormentors looks pretty good actually, and too bad they nerfed the sac thing, it made my life as a order nec real easy sometimes

peace