Game updates/20090514

Update 2 - Thursday, May 14, 2009

Bug Fix

• Fixed a crash bug.

Update - Thursday, May 14, 2009

Skill Updates

PvE and PvP

Assassin

• File:Heart of Shadow.jpg Heart of Shadow: functionality changed to: "You are healed for 30...126...150, and you Shadow Step to a nearby location directly away from your target."
• File:Shadow Fang.jpg Shadow Fang: added an after-cast delay.
• File:Viper's Defense.jpg Viper's Defense: functionality changed to: "All adjacent foes are Poisoned for 5...17...20 seconds, and you Shadow Step to a nearby location, directly away from your target."

Elementalist

• Mirror of Ice: functionality changed to: "For 5 seconds, plus 3 additional seconds for every rank of Energy Storage, you deal an additional 5...29...35 cold damage whenever you cast a Water Magic hex."
• Steam: functionality changed to: "Target foe is struck for 5...41...50 cold damage. If target foe is on fire, Steam Blinds that foe for 5...9...10 seconds."

Mesmer

• File:Illusionary Weaponry.jpg Illusionary Weaponry: decreased Energy cost to 5.

Monk

• File:Castigation Signet.jpg Castigation Signet: increased recharge to 20 seconds.
• File:Peace and Harmony.jpg Peace and Harmony: decreased duration to 1...3...3 seconds; increased recharge to 12 seconds.
• File:Word of Healing.jpg Word of Healing: decreased non-conditional healing to 5...81...100; increased conditional healing to 30...98...115.

Necromancer

• File:Foul Feast.jpg Foul Feast: increased recharge to 5 seconds.
• File:Lingering Curse.jpg Lingering Curse: decreased healing reduction to 20%.

Ranger

• File:Hunter's Shot.jpg Hunter's Shot: functionality changed to: "If this attack hits, your target bleeds for 3...21...25 seconds."
• File:Melandru's Shot.jpg Melandru's Shot: functionality change to: "If this attack hits, your target bleeds for 5...21...25 seconds. If it hits a foe that is moving or knocked down, that foe takes +10...22...25 damage and is crippled for +5...13...15 seconds."
• File:Keen Arrow.jpg Keen Arrow: decreased conditional damage to 5...21...25.

Ritualist

• File:Protective Was Kaolai.jpg Protective Was Kaolai: increased recharge to 25 seconds.

PvP

Monk

• File:Strength of Honor (PvP).jpg Strength of Honor (PvP): decreased damage to 1...4...5.
• File:Aegis (PvP).jpg Aegis (PvP): reduced casting time to .25. Functionality changed to: "For 1...3...3 seconds, hostile spells and attacks against 'target other ally' fail."

Warrior

• File:Warrior's Endurance (PvP).jpg Warrior's Endurance (PvP): this skill is now a stance.

PvE

Dwarf

• File:Low Blow.jpg Low Blow: functionality changed to: "Strike target foe for 45...65...70 damage. If target foe is knocked down, that foe takes an additional 30...46...50 damage and suffers from Cracked Armor for 14..20 seconds."

Faction Skills

• Elemental Lord: functionality changed to: "For 40...56...60 seconds, your elemental attributes are boosted by 1, you gain 1 Energy for every 10 ranks of Energy Storage, and you are healed for 100...260...300% of the Energy cost each time you cast a spell."
• File:Summon Spirits.jpg Summon Spirits: decreased recharge time to 5 seconds.

Mesmer

• File:Fragility.jpg Fragility: this skill now also affects adjacent foes.

Monk

• File:Strength of Honor.jpg Strength of Honor: increased damage to 5...21...25.

Vanguard

• File:Tryptophan Signet.jpg Tryptophan Signet: this skill no longer requires touch range.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented pet names from displaying properly in some languages.

Miscellaneous

• Master Architect Gunther in Fort Aspenwood now destroys any masterless Minions within earshot.
• A Xunlai Agent and Chest has arrived in the Zaishen Menagerie.
• Ai Tei [Merchant] has arrived in the Great Temple of Balthazar.
• Moss Spiders and Black Moas now grow appropriately as they evolve.
• Adjusted the amount of dishonor points given out by the Dishonorable Combatant System.

Guild Wars Wiki notes

• A bug with Heart of Shadow disconnected everyone in the same instance when used. It was fixed in a subsequent update.
• This update also removed the activation time of Hunter's Shot and increased its' recharge time to 10 seconds.
• This update also lowered the energy cost of Aegis (PvP) from 15 to 10.
• This update also lowered the activation time of Sharpen Daggers from 2 seconds to 1 second, and changed its duration from 30 seconds to 5...25...30 seconds.
• For more information about these skill updates, see the developer update.
• Gunther destroys masterless minions with a new NPC skill, Gunther's Gaze.