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Game updates

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Here are some important changes which are planned for the next update, which will take place later this week.

PvP Arenas: We’re changing the way PvP Arenas work to provide players with more variety. Previously, each Arena had a separate outpost. When you joined an Arena, you would continue playing on that same map repeatedly until you lost. In the upcoming build, many different Arenas will share a common outpost. When you enter Arena combat, each game will take place on a different map, with different victory conditions. To keep winning, you’ll need to master each of the different maps. Note that there will be different outposts for Randomly-Matched Arenas and Team Arenas.

Gold Storage: You can now store gold in your account storage vault! The vault can store up to 1000 platinum pieces. Individual characters will now be able to hold a maximum of 100 platinum pieces.

Veteran Maps: Entering “The Underworld” will now cost 1 platinum piece, the same as entering “The Fissure of Woe." Rewards in both of these maps have been significantly improved.

Quest Improvements: We’re adding new quests in “The Fissure of Woe” and Post-Searing Ascalon, and updating many of the quests in Pre-Searing Ascalon to make it more straightforward for players to gain entrance to the Academy.

Difficulty and Loot: There will also be numerous small tweaks to monster difficulty and loot distribution throughout many of the existing missions and explorable areas.

Item Scarcity: We are fixing problems which caused excessive scarcity for Fur Squares, Linen, and Silk. All of these will be significantly more common.

PvP Character Templates: We will be retiring some old PvP character templates and rotating in some new ones, including three new templates created by guilds that won our April contest. These changes will only affect newly-created characters, not existing characters that were created with one of the retired templates.
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Jab
Frost Gate Guardian
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oh now they make silk more common Dumb question , but what are veteran maps, and do you pay once to access or is it 1 platinum per visit?
Aiwahead
Aiwahead
Frost Gate Guardian
#3
Per visit as far as I know. They are only open when your 'world' holds the Favor of the Gods.
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Jab
Frost Gate Guardian
#4
ouch, simply ouch. I'm guessing they have some pretty awesome stuff in them.
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Superdan
Ascalonian Squire
#5
1 platinum??? I'd say ouch. I can get it easily enough but I'd have to sell off all my commons materials. I have to ask, are these new worlds really worth it? They aren't PvP are they? Can anyone give us a few more details on what the "favored by the Gods" areas are?
Synthos
Synthos
Lion's Arch Merchant
#6
I thought they forgot about us *sniff*
I really wish that they would work on some of the skill/spell animations. Some of the spell animations are just lame when they could have been really cool! Like Balthazars Auara or Zealots fire or Obsidian flame. Right now they have no animation and ive been disapointed over that for a while.
Manderlock
Manderlock
Wilds Pathfinder
#7
The best thing to happen to arena since sliced bread.
Sekkira
Sekkira
Forge Runner
#8
Apparently by the time you get to that level, 1p isn't much at all really.
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mee
Ascalonian Squire
#9
The reason they call them "veteran" areas is that they are quite difficult to do without a fully ascended party as the mobs range (I think) from lvl 24-30ish. The loot there was already more or less the best possible, so I assume the buffing to the loot tables they're planning on will make better (gold, purple) drops more common.

Given it's popularity, I'll assume plenty of you are familiar with WoW. FoW and the Underworld are both comparable to end-game instances in WoW in the relative difficulty and time required.

EDIT: From what I hear, 1k isn't all that much, post-ascension. I hear you can make close to ten times that in an hour.
Arran_Pellaeon
Arran_Pellaeon
Academy Page
#10
Well, I guess now we know why everyone was consistently screaming for fur squares.
Gaile Gray
Gaile Gray
ArenaNet
#11
See? Toldja we were listening.
Soul Monarch
Soul Monarch
Krytan Explorer
#12
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
See? Toldja we were listening.
No matter how many times you say it, they'll always forget.

It's okay, we love you guys anyways.
Synthos
Synthos
Lion's Arch Merchant
#13
I was wondering why everything has been so quiet the last few days
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Redfang
Frost Gate Guardian
#14
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
See? Toldja we were listening.
/huggles
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Lews
Desert Nomad
#15
How do you get to the Underworld? Lol.

I've ascended, and am almost to the Ring of Fire.
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Borealis
Krytan Explorer
#16
Very cool.
Skult
Skult
Academy Page
#17
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Originally Posted by mee

EDIT: From what I hear, 1k isn't all that much, post-ascension. I hear you can make close to ten times that in an hour.
LOL- PLEEZZEEE Tell me where and how!
Synthos
Synthos
Lion's Arch Merchant
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Im actually slightly concerned about the gold being allowed in the drop box, you could set your new charecters up for life with the amount of gold that you get later on in the game. If that really affects anything? Im not sure.
Aiwahead
Aiwahead
Frost Gate Guardian
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Originally Posted by Synthos
Im actually slightly concerned about the gold being allowed in the drop box, you could set your new charecters up for life with the amount of gold that you get later on in the game. If that really affects anything? Im not sure.
I wouldnt think so, Syn. If anything that amount of cash lessens further any grind that is in the game, making it instead a good thing.

If this were a normal MMO and items actually mattered all that much, Yes, I would agree that it could be a horrible thing, but as is there is virtually no gain for being ub0r rich because of the general balance of weapons and items.

Side note: THANKS GAILE! ^.^ You just got two new Guild Wars buyers when they saw there was actual interactivity between community and Anet
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Lews
Desert Nomad
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I think there should also be a Storage Box In Pre-Sear Ascalon.

Then I'd just drop gold in, have a new character in there buy dye off of people for cheap amounts, and then sell it to people outside, or use it myself, later.

Brilliant plan!