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==Update - Thursday, August 25, 2005 ==
==== Elementalist ====
*{{Skill Icon|Meteor}}: Lowered [[Energy]] cost to 5
*{{Skill Icon|Fireball}}: Lowered Energy cost to 10 and [[recharge time]] to 7 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Chain Lightning}}: Increased cast time to 3 seconds; decreased damage to 10..85; changed recharge to 10 seconds; lowered maximum distance between targets
*{{Skill Icon|Glyph of Sacrifice}}: Reduced recharge penalty on next spell to 90 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Mark of Rodgort}}: Reduced cast time to 1 second; increased duration of burning effect to 1..4 seconds

==== Mesmer ====
*{{Skill Icon|Cry of Frustration}}: Lowered casting time to .25 second
*{{Skill Icon|Mantra of Earth}}: Lowered Energy cost to 10
*{{Skill Icon|Mantra of Flame}}: Lowered Energy cost to 10
*{{Skill Icon|Mantra of Lightning}}: Lowered Energy cost to 10
*{{Skill Icon|Mantra of Frost}}: Lowered Energy cost to 10
*{{Skill Icon|Mantra of Recall}}: Lowered Energy cost to 10; lowered the amount of Energy you gain back to 3..28
*{{Skill Icon|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
*{{Skill Icon|Shatter Hex}}: Reduced AOE to "nearby foes"; reduced damage to 30..120
*{{Skill Icon|Hex Breaker}}: Reduced duration to 15..90 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Panic}}: Increased duration to 10..25 seconds; Increased AOE to "nearby foes"

==== Monk ====
*{{Skill Icon|Healing Seed}}: Lowered Energy cost to 10; Decreased duration to 10 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Scourge Sacrifice}}: Now affects all adjacent targets
*{{Skill Icon|Restore Condition}}: Lowered Energy to 5; reduced the amount healed to 10..70
*{{Skill Icon|Healing Hands}}: Increased the amount healed to 5..30
*{{Skill Icon|Draw Conditions}}: Added 1 second recharge time
*{{Skill Icon|Divine Boon}}: Added 1 second recharge time
*{{Skill Icon|Protective Bond}}: Energy lost per hit increased to 6..3
*{{Skill Icon|Aegis}}: Now only affects party members

==== Necromancer ====
*{{Skill Icon|Putrid Explosion}}: Increased recharge time to 5 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Consume Corpse}}: Decreased casting time to 1 second; increased Energy gained to 5..20
*{{Skill Icon|Blood Renewal}}: Increased Health regeneration to 3..6
*{{Skill Icon|Plague Signet}}: Decreased recharge time to 10 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Deathly Chill}}: Increased secondary damage to 5..50
*{{Skill Icon|Dark Bond}}: Now affects all damage types, not just physical
*{{Skill Icon|Barbed Signet}}: Reduced recharge time to 20 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Well of Suffering}}: Increased duration to 10..30 seconds; increased Health degeneration to 1..6
*{{Skill Icon|Grenth's Balance}}: Reduced recharge time to 15 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Spinal Shivers}}: Increased duration to 10..40 seconds

==== Ranger ====
*[[Pet]]s: Increased pets' run speed by 20%; increased pets' armor to 80 at level 20
*{{Skill Icon|Crippling Shot}}: Decreased recharge time to 1 second; decreased duration of Cripple to 8 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Distracting Shot}}: Decreased attack time from .75 to .5 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Punishing Shot}}: Decreased attack time from .75 to .5 seconds; increased recharge time to 8 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Concussion Shot}}: Decreased attack time from .75 to .5 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Nature's Renewal}}: Modified to no longer remove all Hexes and Enchantments when cast; now doubles the Energy degeneration for maintained Enchantments
*{{Skill Icon|Fertile Season}}: Reduced duration to 15..45 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|Quickening Zephyr}}: Increased Energy cost to 25; reduced duration to 15..45 seconds
*All [[Spirit]]s: 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 ====
*{{Skill Icon|Dwarven Battle Stance}}: Increased duration to 5..11 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|"I Will Survive!"}}: Decreased recharge time to 30 seconds
*{{Skill Icon|"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 Shrine]]s 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)<noinclude>
[[Category:August 2005 updates]] [[Category:Balance updates]] [[Category:Event updates]]</noinclude>

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