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Update - Thursday, April 1, 2010

Note: This update was never implemented. It is a fake update in the spirit of April Fools' Day.
However, this update did cause all player characters to shrunk to the size of a miniature, and all miniatures to grow to the height of normal characters.

Skill Updates & Additions

Assassin

No changes for Assassins.

Dervish

Mysticism: this attribute now returns 1 Energy for every rank of Mysticism.
File:Avatar of Grenth.jpg Avatar of Grenth: now removes an enchantment with every attack.
File:Balthazar's Rage.jpg Balthazar's Rage, File:Grenth's Fingers.jpg Grenth's Fingers, and File:Staggering Force.jpg Staggering Force now deal their damage when removed.

Elementalist

Added friendly fire to all Elementalist area-of-effect attacks.
Conjures now work regardless of the weapon's elemental mod and can stack.
Deep Freeze, Earthquake, File:Lightning Storm.jpg Lightning Storm, and Rodgort's Invocation now affect foes within radar range.

Mesmer

File:Blackout.jpg Blackout: now a ranged skill; doesn't blackout the caster.
File:Distortion.jpg Distortion: added the following functionality: "You have +10 to your Politics and Reporting attributes."
File:Diversion.jpg Diversion: spell duration is now infinite; effect on target foe is increased to 120 seconds.
File:Price of Pride.jpg Price of Pride: now deals 5...40 damage for each title track the target foe has maxed.
File:Sympathetic Visage.jpg Sympathetic Visage: changed functionality to: "While you have this skill equipped, pick-up groups must let you join."

Monk

File:Amity.jpg Amity (PvP): increased casting time to 60 seconds. If this spell completes, the match ends in a draw.
File:Banish.jpg Banish: changed functionality to: "Target foe may not return to this map for 1...8...10 years."
File:Pacifism.jpg Pacifism: changed functionality to: "For 8...18...20 seconds, target foe cannot play Guild Wars. It has 'war' in the name."
File:Smiter's Boon (PvP).jpg Smiter's Boon (PvP): increased casting time to 5 seconds.
File:Spirit Bond.jpg Spirit Bond: removed restriction on the maximum number of hits.
File:Supportive Spirit.jpg Supportive Spirit: changed functionality to: "Create a level 1...12...15 Supportive Spirit. Whenever an ally in range has a skill fail, the Supportive Spirit casts Words of Comfort on that ally."
File:Words of Comfort.jpg Words of Comfort: now heals for 15...51...60, and removes Anguish.

Necromancer

All vampiric skills, when equipped, now cause your character to sparkle in sunlight.
File:Rigor Mortis.jpg Rigor Mortis: added the following functionality: "Must target a dead foe."
File:Rising Bile.jpg Rising Bile: added the following functionality: "Any effects from consumables are negated."

Paragon

Chants and Shouts can now be activated by voice command.
Echoes can now be cast on Ritualist spirits.

Ranger

When using a pet skill, your character will now shout out what skill the pet should use. For example, if your pet is named Moachu, and you use Bestial Pounce, your character will shout, "Moachu! Use Bestial Pounce!"
File:Apply Poison.jpg Apply Poison: this skill no longer works on bow attacks.
File:Fertile Season.jpg Fertile Season: changed functionality to: "If two or more animals of the same type, level 5 or higher, are adjacent to each other, a level 1 animal of that type is created."
File:Nature's Renewal.jpg Nature's Renewal: this skill can now be used only when standing near flowers.
File:Otyugh's Cry.jpg Otyugh's Cry: added the following functionality: "All nearby neutral pets attack the target foe."
File:Point Blank Shot.jpg Point Blank Shot: reduced to touch range.
File:Sloth Hunter's Shot.jpg Sloth Hunter's Shot: added the following functionality: "+10...25 damage vs. sloths."

Ritualist

Weapon spells can now be cast on spirits.
File:Disenchantment.jpg Disenchantment: all skills used by players in its area of effect automatically fail.
File:Mighty Was Vorizun.jpg Mighty Was Vorizun: changed functionality to: "While you hold the Ashes of Vorizun, you have 50% more 3G coverage, but you cannot use the item you really want to."
File:Vengeful Was Khanhei.jpg Vengeful Was Khanhei: changed functionality to: "While you hold Khanhei's ashes, skills used on you are interrupted, but are allowed to finish when you drop his ashes. This skill is the best item spell of all time. OF ALL TIME."

Warrior

Changed base armor to be 100, but -60 against lightning damage.
File:"For Great Justice!".jpg "For Great Justice!": added the following functionality: "Every zig takes off."
File:Disarm.jpg Disarm: now causes target foe to drop any currently equipped weapon to the ground.
File:Griffon's Sweep.jpg Griffon's Sweep: changed functionality to: "Summons a Griffon ally to your location. This ally fights for you for 30 seconds. You may have more than one Griffon ally at one time."
Healing Signet: now usable by all professions.
File:Leviathan's Sweep.jpg Leviathan's Sweep: changed functionality to: "Summons a Leviathan ally to your location. This ally fights for you for 30 seconds. You may have more than one Leviathan ally at one time."

Classic Skills

By popular demand, the Guild Wars Classic Skill Pack has been added to the Guild Wars In-Game Store. Now, players can relive the days of yore with this exciting selection of skills that function as they did when they were released. The Classic Skill Pack includes the following:

Heroes

The Great Betrayer Shiro Tagachi now joins your party as the third Assassin hero. He's been killed twice already, but he got better!

Durability

Weapons and armor now have durability. Durability decreases whenever you take damage or use a skill. When the durability for an item reaches 0, that item is destroyed. Repair Kits (100 uses) are available from the Guild Wars In-Game Store.

PvP

Added support in the PvP character-creation process for the following playable races:

Hard Mode Adjustments

Now called Hard-Core Mode.
All player deaths in Hard-Core Mode are permanent.
Permanently dead characters can still log in, but they may only visit the Underworld map and cannot trade, access account storage, or interact with merchants.

Creature AI Updates

A number of refinements have been made to more closely simulate PvP play:

Monsters now intelligently pre-kite opponents.
Monsters now retreat when hurt.
Monsters with shields will now swap shields based on player damage type.
Monsters sometimes cancel spells when fighting Mesmers and Rangers to draw out interrupts.
Many monsters now copy their builds from a wiki.
Monsters now have a chance to resign if they do not have a monk.
Several new monster-only shouts have been added.
- "Lolwut!?": used after an ally dies.
- "Noob!": used after killing any foe.
- "That's imba!": used after dying at the hands of any foe.

Miscellaneous

Enlarged the world to provide greater opportunity for exploration.
Playable characters can now swim.
Reset all players' Cartographer titles due to new world size and accessibility.
Updated Alliance Battles in Factions so the battle line is now affected by a third supportable faction: Ninjas.
Integrated some features of the Guild Wars 2 graphics engine to enhance gameplay experience:
- Updated grass texture.
- Tightened up the graphics on level 3.
- Added support to the Hall of Monuments to teleport Guild Wars characters into Guild Wars 2.