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== Update - Thursday, January 17, 2008 ==
=== Skill Updates ===
We will be evaluating the following changes over the course of the next week. Additional adjustments may be made during that time period.

==== Guild versus Guild ====
* [[Archer]]s: now have [[Precision Shot]].
* [[Footman|Footmen]]: now have [[Pure Strike]].
* [[Knight]]s: now have [[Warrior's Cunning]].
* [[Victory or Death]]: reduced the damage bonus to +15%; removed the maximum [[Health]] reduction. [[Guild Lord]]s now prioritize other Guild Lords over players as targets.

==== Assassin ====
* {{skill icon|Caltrops}}: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Heart of Shadow}}: functionality changed to: "You are healed for 30..150 [[Health]] and [[Shadow Step]] to a nearby random location."
* {{skill icon|Scorpion Wire}}: decreased recharge time to 10 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Viper's Defense}}: changed Skill type to a [[spell]]; increased casting time to .25 seconds; functionality changed to: "All [[adjacent]] foes are Poisoned for 5..20 seconds, you [[Shadow Step]] to a nearby random location."

==== Dervish ====
* {{skill icon|Pious Assault}}: increased Energy cost to 10; functionality changed to: "You lose 1 Enchantment. If this attack hits, you deal +5..20 damage and inflict a [[Deep Wound]] for 5..20 seconds."

==== Elementalist ====
* {{skill icon|Chilling Winds}}: increased duration to 30 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Elemental Flame}}: increased [[Burning]] duration to 3..5 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Glyph of Essence}}: decreased recharge time to 20 seconds.

==== Mesmer ====
* {{skill icon|Hex Eater Vortex}}: decreased damage to 30..90; increased recharge to 15 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Kitah's Burden}}: reduced recharge time to 30 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Ethereal Burden}}: reduced recharge time to 30 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Mind Wrack}}: increased duration to 30 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Wastrel's Worry}}: increased damage to 20..80.

==== Monk ====
* {{skill icon|Aura of Stability}}: decreased duration to 1..16 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Divine Healing}}: increased the area of effect to [[earshot]].
* {{skill icon|Heaven's Delight}}: increased the area of effect to [[earshot]].
* {{skill icon|Patient Spirit}}: decreased duration to 2 seconds; increased healing to 30..120 Health.
* {{skill icon|Renew Life}}: decreased casting time to 4 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Restore Life}}: decreased casting time to 4 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Vengeance}}: increased damage bonus to +25%; decreased recharge time to 30 seconds.

==== Necromancer ====
* {{skill icon|Signet of Agony}}: increased damage to 10..70.
* {{skill icon|Wail of Doom}}: decreased Energy cost to 10.

==== Paragon ====
* {{skill icon|"Fall Back!"}}: decreased Energy cost to 10.
* {{skill icon|"We Shall Return!"}}: decreased Energy cost to 5.
* {{skill icon|Spear of Fury}}: increased adrenaline gain to 2..6 strikes.

==== Ranger ====
* {{skill icon|Magebane Shot}}: increased Energy cost to 10.
* {{skill icon|Penetrating Attack}}: decreased activation time to 1 second.
* {{skill icon|Sundering Attack}}: decreased activation time to 1 second.
* {{skill icon|Power Shot}}: decreased activation time to 1 second.
* {{skill icon|Precision Shot}}: decreased activation time to 1 second.

==== Ritualist ====
* {{skill icon|Rejuvenation}}: increased Spirit's level to 1..16.
* {{skill icon|Sight Beyond Sight}}: increased duration to 12..25 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Sundering Weapon}}: now affects the next 3 attacks.
* {{skill icon|Warmonger's Weapon}}: increased recharge time to 30 seconds.

==== Warrior ====
* {{skill icon|"Coward!"}}: decreased adrenaline cost to 4 strikes.
* {{skill icon|"You're All Alone!"}}: increased duration to 8 seconds.

=== Bug Fixes ===
* Fixed a bug in the Eye of the North quest [[Kilroy Stonekin's Punch-Out Extravaganza!]] that occasionally prevented players who had regained full Energy from standing up after being knocked down.
* Fixed a bug in the Eye of the North quest [[Leader of the Pack]] that prevented some players from completing it.
* Fixed a bug with the Eye of the North PvE Skill [[Ursan Blessing]] that caused it to incorrectly replace some Skills when its effect expired.
* Fixed a bug that could cause a player’s profession to appear using the wrong gender-noun on the character select screen in some languages.

=== Miscellaneous ===
* Added the option to bind keys that activate Hero Skills. These keys can be bound through the "Action: Order Hero (1-3) to use Skill (1-8)" option in the Control options panel (Menu > Options > Control).
* Updated the Hero AI for the Dervish Skill, [[Faithful Intervention]].

=== Open Travel: Territory and District UI Changes ===
* As a continuation of last year’s “Territory and District UI Changes” that saw language district restrictions removed for America and Europe, we are now removing restrictions on travel to Asian language districts.
* In this update restrictions to Korean language districts will be removed and players of American, European and Korean districts will be able to travel back and forth between these language districts.
* Restrictions on travel to Japanese and Taiwanese language districts will be removed in a subsequent build. <noinclude>
[[Category:January 2008 updates]] [[Category:Balance updates]] [[Category:Feature addition updates]] </noinclude>

=== Guild Wars Wiki Notes ===
* There were also some additional translation changes in some languages.
:Spanish:
:* Title ranks are now shown with the correct gender of the bearer, they were previously shown with the gender of the viewing character. A female character would see other characters ranks as female regardless of their genders.
:* Delver title rank was renamed from "Pensador" (Thinker) to "Excavador" (Digger).
:* Rata Sum town was incorrectly named "Bosque de Mirto" (Mirtle Forest), now it's correctly named "Rata Sum".

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self>Dmitri Fatkin at 23:27, 7 May 2019