Update - 17 September 2009

Automated Tournaments

Updated Automated Tournament map rotations.

Skill Updates

For more information on these changes, please see the Developer Updates page.

PvE and PvP Changes


Dervish

  • Armor of Sanctity: increased duration to 15 seconds; increased recharge to 15 seconds.

Elementalist

  • Ether Prism: increased recharge to 25 seconds; decreased damage reduction to 75%.
  • Immolate: increased recharge to 5 seconds.

Mesmer

  • Distortion: increased recharge to 8 seconds.
  • Illusion of Pain: changed the description to more accurately reflect its functionality.
  • Mantra of Resolve: decreased duration to 5 seconds.

Monk

  • Patient Spirit: increased recharge to 4 seconds.

Necromancer

  • Rip Enchantment: increased recharge to 15 seconds.
  • Vampiric Spirit: increased casting time to 2 seconds.

PvP Only Changes


Assassin

  • Death Blossom: increased recharge to 6 seconds.

Necromancer

  • Signet of Agony: increased recharge to 20 seconds.
  • Unholy Feast: increased recharge to 20 seconds.

Ranger

  • Escape: functionality changed to: “Elite Stance. For 1..8 seconds, you move 33% faster and have a 75% chance to block attacks. Ends if you make a melee attack.”

PvE Only Changes


Monk

  • Selfless Spirit: increased recharge to 45 seconds.

Necromancer

  • Signet of Agony: decreased recharge to 8 seconds.
  • Unholy Feast: decreased recharge to 8 seconds.

Paragon

  • Finale of Restoration: reverted this skill to its original behavior.

Bug Fixes


  • Fixed a bug that caused Signet of Creation to decrease Binding Ritual skills to 1/4 second casting times instead of making them cast instantly.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the Avatar of Dwayna from spawning in the International District versions of Sardelac Sanitarium and Druid’s Overlook.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Molotov Rocktail to wander outside his intended area.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed the Health gain from “Fall Back!” to be affected by healing modifiers.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed the Health gain from “Incoming!” to be affected by healing modifiers.

Miscellaneous


  • Removed duplicate version of Faction Rewards NPCs in the Alliance Battles outposts.
  • Tolkano [Tournament] is now in the following outposts: Random Arena, Heroes’ Ascent, Zaishen Challenge, Zaishen Elite, Jade Quarry (Kurzick & Luxon), and Fort Aspenwood (Kurzick & Luxon).