General
- The Mistfire Wolf skill will now properly unlock for existing characters on an account after upgrading to Digital Deluxe.
- Fixed blocked events and skill challenges.
- Fixed bugs that allowed players to go around map edges.
- A number of items created by using Mystic Coins are now correctly set to level 80.
Story
- Fixed a blocking bug in story chapter “Brute Force.”
- Fixed a blocking bug in story chapter “Research and Destroy.”
- Fixed bugs in story chapters “Forging the Pact,” “Battle of Fort Trinity," "The Ghost Rite,” “On Red Alert,” and “Tower Down.”
World-versus-World
- Score interval increased from 5 minutes to 15 minutes.
- Stonemist Castle points reduced to 35 points from 50.
- Bonus thresholds reduced by half to prepare for one-week matches.
- Castle lord, bodyguards, and capture point for Stonemist Castle moved to the first floor.
- “Harpy Feathers” consumable effect disabled.
- Bridges fixed to make passable for NPCs.
Professions
Ranger
- More fixes to pet commands and AI.
Elementalist
- Signet of Air: No longer has infinite range.
- Whirlpool: Now works underwater in PvE.
- Glyph of Renewal: Resurrection effects of Earth, Fire, and Water now surround the caster, not the target.
Mesmer
- Deception: Movement now allowed after casting underwater.
- Spatial Surge: Improved responsiveness.
- Mind Stab: Improved responsiveness.
Warrior
- Made several more skills usable while moving: Brutal Banner, Compassionate Banner, and Furious Rally.
- Rush: Improved the ability to hit fleeing foes.
Guardian
- Mighty Blow: Added a slight movement distance.
- Bow of Truth: Now usable while moving.
- Defender’s Shield and Honorable Shield: Merged together into the same trait.
- New trait Glacial Heart: Critical hits with a hammer have a 50% chance to chill your target for 4 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 45 seconds.
Thief
- Heartseeker: Reduced damage of the 100%-50% threshold by 20%. Damage thresholds changed. Old: 100%-66%, 66%-33%, 33%-0%. New: 100%-50%, 50%-25%, 25%-0%.
Engineer
- Disabled the “stowing” auto-attack to prevent players from getting stuck holding these kits: Bomb Kit, Elixir Gun, Flamethrower, Grenade Kit, Med Kit, and Tool Kit.
Verno wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 13:08:Trevellian wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:58:
You can do some pretty cool stuff, I particularly like comboing off myself as a Mesmer, which I can either do with Null Field/Mirror Blade or Chaos Storm/weaponswitch to greatsword/Mirror Blade. There are others but I have come to enjoy the Staff and Greatsword the most so I use whats at my disposal. If you play with the same crew it becomes easy to do combos in dungeons, I'll just weaponswitch and place Chaos Storm around people so they can get projectile combos easy (applies stacks of confusion).
I loved Mesmer in the BWEs but I feel like the change to per-target illusions really hurt my interest in the class. To be fair I didn't play it very far so I'm not sure how much it hurts them in PvP but PvE I always feel like I'm just getting them all up then I'm moving on again.
Btw I swear I'm gonna login to the PS2 beta one of these days but we keep getting hit with great games back to back, is C22 fully active already?
Dades wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:55:
I am giving up on my Elementalist, I feel like I'm getting carpal tunnel from switching elements so often and the survivability really sucks. This class never really clicked for me, the abilities are so spread out that it feels like you have 28 skills instead of 9.
Axis wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 13:01:
Try smoke screen with cluster bomb and a team![]()
Trevellian wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:58:
You can do some pretty cool stuff, I particularly like comboing off myself as a Mesmer, which I can either do with Null Field/Mirror Blade or Chaos Storm/weaponswitch to greatsword/Mirror Blade. There are others but I have come to enjoy the Staff and Greatsword the most so I use whats at my disposal. If you play with the same crew it becomes easy to do combos in dungeons, I'll just weaponswitch and place Chaos Storm around people so they can get projectile combos easy (applies stacks of confusion).
Dades wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:55:
If yall are done with the other shit.. I am giving up on my Elementalist, I feel like I'm getting carpal tunnel from switching elements so often and the survivability really sucks. This class never really clicked for me, the abilities are so spread out that it feels like you have 28 skills instead of 9. PVP is a total clusterfuck, I just drop aoe everywhere and ride the lightning to avoid being gibbed by warriors and thieves.
Is engineer or ranger any good? I didnt like ranger in beta but maybe its changed.
Dades wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:55:
If yall are done with the other shit.. I am giving up on my Elementalist, I feel like I'm getting carpal tunnel from switching elements so often and the survivability really sucks. This class never really clicked for me, the abilities are so spread out that it feels like you have 28 skills instead of 9. PVP is a total clusterfuck, I just drop aoe everywhere and ride the lightning to avoid being gibbed by warriors and thieves.
Is engineer or ranger any good? I didnt like ranger in beta but maybe its changed.
sauron wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:59:
Self-combo on Thief is really fun. For example, if you use Smoke Screen or Black Powder, then Heartseeker, the combo puts you into stealth. Then you Backstab for maximum damage.![]()
I'm sure there are others but have only been messing around with them for a little while.
Dades wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:55:
Is engineer or ranger any good? I didnt like ranger in beta but maybe its changed.
NegaDeath wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:48:
Kudos to Travellian and NewMaxx for the info links without drama. As a dirty heathen newb I didn't understand how the combos worked. I had heard my guy make some verbal cues about them succeeding (by happy accident) and I saw the combo properties on my ability infocards but didn't know how they fit together. I've done purely PvE thus far and it hadn't really been necessary yet.
zombiefan wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:51:
A troll calling others trolls....only on Bluesnews. You children make me laugh.
Dades wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:43:
I don't know why you guys keep replying to Axis, he shits up every Guild Wars thread. Understanding combo fields and finishers is pretty basic stuff, he's just being a knob.
Verno wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:49:Trevellian wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:41:Creston wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:11:
2) I ask "Combo Field? So I need someone else to help?"
The information is not as difficult to find as some people would like you to believe.
http://www.shadowrefuge.com/2012/06/cross-profession-combos-closer-look.html
It isn't some mystic rare knowledge.
Yeah exactly. He asked what a combo field was and understanding the basics of that is more important than explaining to him how to create all of his individual class ones in detail. Not like this stuff was super secret hidden info either and even the most fervent players probably haven't memorized them all.Kudos to Travellian and NewMaxx for the info links without drama.
I should have just ignored him off the bat, my bad fellas.
Trevellian wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:41:Creston wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:11:
2) I ask "Combo Field? So I need someone else to help?"
The information is not as difficult to find as some people would like you to believe.
http://www.shadowrefuge.com/2012/06/cross-profession-combos-closer-look.html
It isn't some mystic rare knowledge.
Kudos to Travellian and NewMaxx for the info links without drama.
Verno wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:40:Axis wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:35:
You could have said in 5 words exactly how thiefs do it, but choose not to because you didn't know.
Transparent Verno, very.
Err, explaining what something is instead of just "you do it by pushing this button" is probably more useful hence my post but whatever you're clearly just interested in verbal sniping and vague "info" posts.
You've earned your permanent ignore little one, hasta la vista![]()
Axis wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:35:
You could have said in 5 words exactly how thiefs do it, but choose not to because you didn't know.
Transparent Verno, very.
Verno wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:40:
Err, explaining what something is instead of just "you do it by pushing this button" is probably more useful hence my post but whatever you're clearly just interested in verbal sniping and vague "info" posts.
You've earned your permanent ignore little one, hasta la vista![]()
Creston wrote on Sep 14, 2012, 12:11:
2) I ask "Combo Field? So I need someone else to help?"