ArenaNet:Game updates/20080612

PvE and PvP

ElementalistElementalist

Rust

• increased Energy cost to 10; decreased casting time to 1 second; functionality changed to: "Deals 10...58...70 cold damage. For 5...17...20 seconds, target foe and all adjacent foes take twice as long to activate signets."

Lightning Touch

• functionality changed to: "Target touched foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 10...50...60 lightning damage. Foes suffering from a Water Magic hex are Blinded for 3...7...8 seconds. This skill has 25% armor penetration."

Arc Lightning

• increased conditional damage to 15...63...75

MesmerMesmer

File:Drain Enchantment.jpg Drain Enchantment

• increased Energy gained to 8...15...17

File:Drain Delusions.jpg Drain Delusions

• increased multiplier for Energy gained to 4; increased recharge to 12 seconds

File:Wastrel's Worry.jpg Wastrel's Worry

• increased damage to 20...84...100

MonkMonk

File:Strength of Honor.jpg Strength of Honor

• increased recharge to 15 seconds

File:Holy Wrath.jpg Holy Wrath

• increased recharge to 10 seconds

File:Aura of Stability.jpg Aura of Stability

• decreased duration to 3...7...8 seconds

File:Balthazar's Pendulum.jpg Balthazar's Pendulum

• decreased duration to 5...9...10 seconds

NecromancerNecromancer

File:Fetid Ground.jpg Fetid Ground

• decreased Energy cost to 5

File:Suffering.jpg Suffering

• increased Health degeneration to -1...3...3

File:Vile Miasma.jpg Vile Miasma

• increased Health degeneration to -1...4...5

File:Soul Bind.jpg Soul Bind

• decreased casting time to 1 second; functionality changed to: "For 30 seconds, every time target foe is healed, the healer takes 20...68...80 damage. This hex ends if target is suffering from a Smiting Prayers hex."

ParagonParagon

File:"Can't Touch This!".jpg "Can't Touch This!"

• decreased Energy cost to 5.

File:Barbed Spear.jpg Barbed Spear

• increased Bleeding duration to 5...17...20 seconds

RangerRanger

Punishing Shot needs additional on-interrupt bonus damage. Arshay Duskbrow 00:28, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

File:Antidote Signet.jpg Antidote Signet

• functionality changed to: "Cleanse yourself of Poison, Disease, Blindness, and one additional condition."

File:Barbed Arrows.jpg Barbed Arrows

• increased duration to 24 seconds; removed easily interruptible; you now have -40 armor while activating this skill.

WarriorWarrior

File:Bull's Charge.jpg Bull's Charge

• increased movement speed to +33%.

File:"Charge!".jpg "Charge!"

• increased duration to 5...11...13 seconds.

File:Symbolic Strike.jpg Symbolic Strike

• increased conditional damage to 12.

PvE Changes

DervishDervish

File:Mystic Regeneration.jpg Mystic Regeneration

• decreased recharge to 5 seconds; increased the maximum number of enchantments counted to 8.

MesmerMesmer

File:Energy Drain.jpg Energy Drain

• increased multiplier for Energy gained to 3.

PvP Changes

MesmerMesmer

File:Mantra of Inscriptions (PvP).jpg Mantra of Inscriptions (PvP)

• decreased the recharge of signets to 5...29...35% faster

RitualistRitualist

File:Ancestors' Rage (PvP).jpg Ancestors' Rage (PvP)

• increased duration to 2 seconds; decreased damage to 5...41...50; functionality changed to: "For 2 seconds all foes adjacent to target ally are struck for 5...41...50 lightning damage each second."

File:Splinter Weapon (PvP).jpg Splinter Weapon (PvP)

• decreased damage to 5...25...30

WarriorWarrior

File:"For Great Justice!" (PvP).jpg "For Great Justice!" (PvP)

• functionality changed to: "For 20 seconds, when you hit with an attack, you gain 1 additional strike of adrenaline."