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== Update - Thursday, September 17, 2009 ==
=== Automated Tournaments ===
* Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.

=== Skill Balance ===
For more information on these changes, please see the [http://gw1101.gtm.guildwars.com/gameplay/developer_updates/september_2009_skill_balances.php Developer Updates] page.

==== PvE & PvP Changes ====
===== Dervish =====
* {{skill icon|Armor of Sanctity}}: increased duration to 15 seconds; increased recharge to 15 seconds.

===== Elementalist =====
* {{skill icon|Ether Prism}}: increased recharge to 25 seconds; decreased damage reduction to 75%.
* {{skill icon|Immolate}}: increased recharge to 5 seconds.

===== Mesmer =====
* {{skill icon|Distortion}}: increased recharge to 8 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Illusion of Pain}}: changed the description to more accurately reflect its functionality.
* {{skill icon|Mantra of Resolve}}: decreased duration to 5 seconds.

===== Monk =====
* {{skill icon|Patient Spirit}}: increased recharge to 4 seconds.

===== Necromancer =====
* {{skill icon|Rip Enchantment}}: increased recharge to 15 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Vampiric Spirit}}: increased casting time to 2 seconds.

==== PvP Only Changes ====

===== Assassin =====
* {{skill icon|Death Blossom (PvP)}}: increased recharge to 6 seconds.

===== Necromancer =====
* {{skill icon|Signet of Agony (PvP)}}: increased recharge to 20 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Unholy Feast (PvP)}}: increased recharge to 20 seconds.

===== Ranger =====
* {{skill icon|Escape (PvP)}}: functionality changed to: "Elite Stance. For 1..8 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 75% chance to block attacks. Ends if you make a melee attack."

==== PvE Only Changes ====
===== Monk =====
* {{skill icon|Selfless Spirit}}: increased recharge to 45 seconds.

===== Necromancer =====
* {{skill icon|Signet of Agony}}: decreased recharge to 8 seconds.
* {{skill icon|Unholy Feast}}: decreased recharge to 8 seconds.

===== Paragon =====
* {{skill icon|Finale of Restoration}}: reverted this skill to its original behavior.

=== Bug Fixes ===
* Fixed a bug that allowed the Health gain from [["Fall Back!"]] to be affected by healing modifiers.
* Fixed a bug that allowed the Health gain from [["Incoming!"]] to be affected by healing modifiers.
* Fixed a bug that caused [[Signet of Creation]] to decrease [[Binding Ritual]] skills to 1/4 second casting times instead of making them cast instantly.
* Fixed a bug that prevented the [[Avatar of Dwayna (NPC)|Avatar of Dwayna]] from spawning in the International District versions of [[Sardelac Sanitarium]] and [[Druid's Overlook]].
* Fixed a bug that caused [[Molotov Rocktail]] to wander outside his intended area.

=== Miscellaneous ===
* Removed duplicate version of Faction Rewards NPCs in the [[Alliance Battles]] outposts.
* [[Tolkano]] [Tournament] is now in the following outposts: [[Random Arenas (outpost)|Random Arena]] {{sic}}, [[Heroes' Ascent (outpost)|Heroes' Ascent]], [[Zaishen Challenge (outpost)|Zaishen Challenge]], [[Zaishen Elite (outpost)|Zaishen Elite]], [[Jade Quarry]] (Kurzick & Luxon), and [[Fort Aspenwood]] (Kurzick & Luxon).

=== Guild Wars Wiki notes ===
*The [[Random Arena (Zaishen quest)|Random Arena Zaishen quest]] was changed to display the correct number of wins required in all text languages, excluding English and [[Bork! Bork! Bork!]] which had been corrected in previous updates.
*A bug prevented [[Escape]] from appropriately blocking melee attacks. This was fixed in the [[Game updates/20090924|following update]].
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self>Dmitri Fatkin at 22:35, 7 May 2019