Game updates/20080612

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== Update - Thursday, June 12, 2008 ==
=== Skill Updates ===
In this update, we are again changing a few key skills for PvP only or for PvE only. However, most of the skill balances are the same for both the PvP and PvE aspects of the game.

==== PvE and PvP ====
Most of these changes improve upon existing skills. A few are power reductions that are not expected to be detrimental to PvE play. Three skills ([[Soul Bind]], [[Rust]], and [[Lightning Touch]]) are having their core function changed to make them more useful outside of niche circumstances. The following skills will change in both PvE and PvP:

===== Elementalist =====
* {{Skill icon|Rust}}: increased Energy cost to 10; decreased casting time to 1 second; functionality changed to: "Deals {{gr|10|70}} cold damage. For {{gr|5|20}} seconds, target foe and all adjacent foes take twice as long to activate signets."
* {{Skill icon|Lightning Touch}}: functionality changed to: "Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for {{gr|10|60}} lightning damage. Foes suffering from a Water Magic hex are Blinded for {{gr|3|8}} seconds. This skill has 25% armor penetration."
* {{Skill icon|Arc Lightning}}: increased conditional damage to {{gr|15|75}}.

===== Mesmer =====
* {{Skill icon|Drain Enchantment}}: increased Energy gained to {{gr|8|17}}.
* {{Skill icon|Drain Delusions}}: increased multiplier for Energy gained to 4; increased recharge to 12 seconds.
* {{Skill icon|Wastrel's Worry}}: increased damage to {{gr|20|100}}.

===== Monk =====
* {{Skill icon|Strength of Honor}}: increased recharge to 15 seconds.
* {{Skill icon|Holy Wrath}}: increased recharge to 10 seconds.
* {{Skill icon|Aura of Stability}}: decreased duration to {{gr|3|8}} seconds.
* {{Skill icon|Balthazar's Pendulum}}: decreased duration to {{gr|5|10}} seconds.

===== Necromancer =====
* {{Skill icon|Fetid Ground}}: decreased Energy cost to 5.
* {{Skill icon|Suffering}}: increased Health degeneration to -{{gr|1|3}}.
* {{Skill icon|Vile Miasma}}: increased Health degeneration to -{{gr|1|5}}.
* {{Skill icon|Soul Bind}}: decreased casting time to 1 second; functionality changed to: "For 30 seconds, every time target foe is healed, the healer takes {{gr|20|80}} damage. This hex ends if target is suffering from a Smiting Prayers hex."

===== Paragon =====
* {{Skill icon|"Can't Touch This!"}}: decreased Energy cost to 5.
* {{Skill icon|Barbed Spear}}: increased Bleeding duration to {{gr|5|20}} seconds.

===== Ranger =====
* {{Skill icon|Antidote Signet}}: functionality changed to: "Cleanse yourself of Poison, Disease, Blindness, and one additional condition."
* {{Skill icon|Barbed Arrows}}: increased duration to 24 seconds; removed easily interruptible; you now have -40 armor while activating this skill.

===== Warrior =====
* {{Skill icon|Bull's Charge}}: increased movement speed to +33%.
* {{Skill icon|"Charge!"}}: increased duration to {{gr|5|13}} seconds.
* {{Skill icon|Symbolic Strike}}: increased conditional damage to 12.

==== PvE Changes ====
The improvements here are appropriate for PvE but would not benefit PvP play balance. The following skills will change in PvE:

===== Dervish =====
* {{Skill icon|Mystic Regeneration}}: decreased recharge to 5 seconds; increased the maximum number of enchantments counted to 8.

===== Mesmer =====
* {{Skill icon|Energy Drain}}: increased multiplier for Energy gained to 3.

==== PvP Changes ====
The significant power reductions here are important to address current PvP play balance but are not necessary for PvE. The following skills will change in PvP:

===== Mesmer =====
* {{Skill icon|Mantra of Inscriptions (PvP)}}: decreased the recharge of signets to {{gr|5|35}}% faster.

===== Ritualist =====
* {{Skill icon|Ancestors' Rage (PvP)}}: increased duration to 2 seconds; decreased damage to {{gr|5|50}}; functionality changed to: "For 2 seconds all foes adjacent to target ally are struck for {{gr|5|50}} lightning damage each second."
* {{Skill icon|Splinter Weapon (PvP)}}: decreased damage to {{gr|5|30}}.

===== Warrior =====
* {{Skill icon|"For Great Justice!" (PvP)}}: functionality changed to: "For 20 seconds, when you hit with an attack, you gain 1 additional strike of adrenaline."

=== Bug Fixes ===
* [[Rift Warden]]s in the [[Underworld]] now only teleport the player speaking to them if the [[Underworld Chest]] has appeared.
* Fixed a missing player name in [[Norgu]]’s dialog in the [[Throne of Secrets]].
* Fixed a bug that caused [[Hero]]es and [[henchmen]] to occasionally respond improperly to placed flags when fighting enemy [[Spirits]].
* Fixed a bug that caused some catapults to hit the area around themselves with their attack.
* Fixed a bug that caused [[Siege Devourer]]s in [[Assault on the Stronghold|Assault the Shaman]] {{sic}} to occasionally not hit enemy [[Charr]] they were targeting.

===Guild Wars Wiki notes===

* Added [[Automated tournament|Xunlai Tournament]] rewards.
* The reward points earned from the Xunlai Tournament rewards are different than as listed on the website.
* The recharge time of [[Rust]] was changed to 8 seconds
<noinclude>[[Category:June 2008 updates]] [[Category:Balance updates]]</noinclude>

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