Game updates:2013

2013 updates

• Tuesday 10^th of December (talk)
• Tuesday 5^th of November (talk)
• Thursday 26^th of September (talk)
• Thursday 22^nd of August (talk)
• Thursday 20^th of June (talk)
• Tuesday 4^th of June (talk)
• Thursday 23^rd of May (talk)
• Thursday 16^th of May (talk)
• Thursday 9^th of May (talk)
• Wednesday 24^th of April (talk)
• Thursday 18^th of April (talk)
• Monday 15^th of April (talk)
• Thursday 4^th of April (talk)
• Friday 29^th of March (talk)
• Thursday 7^th of March (talk)
• Friday 22^nd of February (talk)
• Thursday 21^st of February (talk)
• Thursday 7^th of February (talk)
• Friday 25^th of January (talk)
• Thursday 24^th of January (talk)
• Friday 18^th of January (talk)
• Thursday 10^th of January (talk)

Update - Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Festival Updates

• Adjusted the automation schedule for Wintersday.
• Adjusted the automation schedule for Halloween.

Update - Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a discrepancy with Tolkano’s list of maps for the Monthly Automated Tournament rotation.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some Halloween NPCs from departing as scheduled.

Update - Thursday, September 26, 2013

Gameplay Changes

• Favor of the Gods is no longer required to access elite areas or receive blessings from god statues.
• When active, Favor of the Gods now increases the drop rate of rare items.
• Players are now restricted from changing the allocation of attribute points during PvP matches.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug with the Jack of All Trades Flux that permitted some attribute ranks to be set above 11.
• Fixed a bug with the Like a Boss Flux that caused henchmen to retain the Boss buff.
• Changed the text for the There Can Be Only One Flux to more accurately reflect its function.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Tolkano from displaying the correct Monthly Automated Tournament rotation.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• This update created a new bug with the Like a Boss Flux that allows more than one character to gain and retain the Boss buff.

Update - Thursday, August 22, 2013

Festival Updates

• Made preparations for the Wayfarer's Reverie.

Update - Thursday, June 20, 2013

Festival Updates

• Made preparations for the Dragon Festival.

Update - Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused the previous Flux to appear in some outposts.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• It is referring to the bug that caused Meek Shall Inherit‎, the May 2013 Flux, to still appear and function as the Flux (i.e. appearing in the effects monitor and its effects active) instead of Xinrae's Revenge, the June 2013 Flux, in districts that have not been empty of players since the June 2013 Flux started even though the arenas themselves had the proper Flux.

Update - Thursday, May 23, 2013

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Foreman the Crier to be unresponsive in post-Searing Ascalon City.
• Fixed a bug that caused some Observer Mode replays to crash partway through.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Random Arena bonus week from rewarding double Balthazar faction.

Update - Thursday, May 16, 2013

Automated Tournaments

• Automated the distribution of gold trim for the Monthly Automated Tournament.
• Automated the monthly selection of maps for the Automated Tournaments.

Weekly Bonuses

• Weekend events are now weekly bonuses, lasting a full seven days and changing on Mondays.
• PvP and PvE weekly bonuses now run on separate rotations.
• Added new PvE weekly bonuses that will appear in the coming months.

Codex Arena

• The skills in The Codex are now on a weekly schedule, changing on Mondays.

General

• Foreman the Crier has been added to all major outposts to announce currently active weekly bonuses and festival events.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• This news post has additional information about this update.
• This update also altered the time when the Flux changes from 00:00 UTC to 07:00 UTC.

Update - Thursday, May 9, 2013

Automated Tournaments

• Updated the Automated Tournament map rotation.

Update - Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Anniversary Updates

• Made preparations for 8th year birthday present distribution.

Update - Thursday, April 18, 2013

Anniversary Updates

• Made preparations for the Guild Wars 8th Anniversary Celebration.
• Elite Xunlai Bakery Agents are en route to their party destinations with a full stock of Birthday Cupcakes.
• Added birthday present vendors to Lion's Arch, Shing Jea Monestary, [sic] Kamadan, Ascalon City (pre-Searing), and the Great Temple of Balthazar.

General Updates

• Changed the name of the vendor Rosa Salvitas to Sadie Salvitas.
• Changed the name of the item Vial of Rosa’s Dye to Vial of Sadie’s Dye.
• Updated Sadie Salvitas to appear during the 8th Anniversary Celebration.

Update - Monday, April 15, 2013

Anniversary Updates

• Made preparations for the Guild Wars 8th anniversary celebration.

Update - Thursday, April 4, 2013

Automated Tournaments

• Updated the Automated Tournament map rotation.

Update - Friday, March 29, 2013

Feature Update

• Made preparations for April Fools' Day.

Update - Thursday, March 7, 2013

Automated Tournaments

• Updated the 2013 Automated Tournament Series Trophy in the Great Temple of Balthazar.
• Updated the Automated Tournament map rotation.
• Moved the Automated Tournament Series Trophy to the display dais.
• Moved Tolkano to the center of the Great Temple of Balthazar.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to purchase cape trim before acquiring a cape.

Update - Friday, February 22, 2013

Automated Tournaments

• Adjusted the guild rating requirement for earning Champion title victories to 1050.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Daily Automated Tournaments to use the same guild membership restrictions as Monthly Automated Tournaments.

Update - Thursday, February 21, 2013

Automated Tournaments

• Updated Tolkano to allow him to display a full week of Daily Automated Tournament times.

Skill Updates

• For player skills, teleportation now has the same restrictions as Shadow Stepping.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• The player teleportation skill descriptions have not been updated to reflect the change to shadow stepping.
• The Ebon Vanguard Assassin, summoned by Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support, still teleports instead of shadow stepping.

Update - Thursday, February 7, 2013

Automated Tournaments

• Updated the 2013 Automated Tournament Series Trophy in the Great Temple of Balthazar.
• Updated the Automated Tournament map rotation.

NPC Update

• Hokusai [Beetle Designs] now appears in the Zaishen Menagerie for players who have unlocked the Racing Beetle Ranger pet.

PvP Reward Updates

• Tolkano now offers permanent guild cape trims in exchange for Tournament Reward Points. This service is only available to Guild Leaders.
• Jessie Llam now offers Celestial Sigils for 3 Gold Zaishen Coins and 100 gold.
• Zaishen Strongboxes now have a small chance to drop a Celestial Sigil.

Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug where the Miniature World-Famous Racing Beetle did not increase the number of minis owned on the Hall of Monuments website.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• This update made Celestial Sigils (acquired before and after this update) sellable to merchants and salvageable.

Update - Friday, January 25, 2013

Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug bug with the appearance of some Ranger pets.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• The "bug bug" refers to a bug introduced in the January 24, 2013 update that caused some pets to appear as a Rollerbeetle Racer bug/insect.

Update - Thursday, January 24, 2013

Festival Updates

• Made further preparations for the Canthan New Year Festival.

Update - Friday, January 18, 2013

Festival Updates

• Made preparations for the Canthan New Year Festival.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• This update was released at around 3:21 PM on January 18 PST (source); however, the official Guild Wars website and Twitter page displays this update incorrectly as "January 17".

Update - Thursday, January 10, 2013

Automated Tournaments

• Updated the 2012 Automated Tournament Series Trophy in Great Temple of Balthazar.
• Updated the Automated Tournament map rotation.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• The official Guild Wars website displays this update incorrectly as "January 10, 2012".