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filter · May 26, 2005, 03:52 AM // 03:52

http://www.guildwars.com/news/gameupdates.html

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Update – Wednesday, May 25

* Increased drops of Celestial Sigils in the Hall of Heroes.

* Broadened the variety of items found in the chest in the Hall of Heroes; it can now contain rare shields or salvageable armor.

* Improved the Sigil Trader so that prices will more accurately track supply and demand.

* Removed the "/roll" command from towns and outposts.

* Updated European and Korean translations.

* Made minor balance changes to Majesty's Rest explorable area.

* Fixed issue with Balthazar's Aura skill, so that when multiple copies of the buff are cast on the same ally, only the most powerful is active.

* Fixed door on Isle of the Dead guild battle map.

* Fixed miscellaneous rare crash bugs.

* "Broadened the variety of items found in the chest in the Hall of Heroes; it can now contain rare shields or salvageable armor."

Hopefully alleviate PVP grind concerns.

Ramus · May 26, 2005, 03:53 AM // 03:53

There we go, "* Removed the "/roll" command from towns and outposts." Hurt the many to punish the few. Didn't see that coming.

Aside from that, great update.

thejynxed · May 26, 2005, 03:54 AM // 03:54

Praise be to the heavens for the removal of the /roll command!

The rest of the stuff is goodness too.

gwden · May 26, 2005, 04:05 AM // 04:05

woot, no more /roll and casino spam!

ManadartheHealer · May 26, 2005, 04:08 AM // 04:08

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Originally Posted by gwden

woot, no more /roll and casino spam!

Yeah, now instead we have "rock paper scissors" casino spam

Deadroot · May 26, 2005, 04:10 AM // 04:10

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Originally Posted by ManadartheHealer

Yeah, now instead we have "rock paper scissors" casino spam

Think this would be harder to pull off, and the odds are much different.

Awol Duteq · May 26, 2005, 04:10 AM // 04:10

It's only /roll in towns, you can still roll outside for loot as it's intended purpose.

ManadartheHealer · May 26, 2005, 04:12 AM // 04:12

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Originally Posted by Awol Duteq

It's only /roll in towns, you can still roll outside for loot as it's intended purpose.

As long as the spam in towns stops. Whatever happens behind closed doors (or portals

) is none of my business

Slade xTekno · May 26, 2005, 04:21 AM // 04:21

I knew they'd deal with casinos, but I didn't think they'd do something as extreme as getting rid of dice in towns.
Actually, if you think about it, dice were never important, so it wasn't an extreme change.

Xellos · May 26, 2005, 04:25 AM // 04:25

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* Fixed issue with Balthazar's Aura skill, so that when multiple copies of the buff are cast on the same ally, only the most powerful is active.

Heh, just when people started to figure out how to counter it.

DrSLUGFly · May 26, 2005, 04:37 AM // 04:37

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Originally Posted by Ramus

There we go, "* Removed the "/roll" command from towns and outposts." Hurt the many to punish the few. Didn't see that coming.

Aside from that, great update.

doesn't hurt me or punish me...

and casinos never bothered me either since I never bothered with them. glad they're gone just to cut down on spam.

Witt78 · May 26, 2005, 08:26 AM // 08:26

As a 5 year Everquest 1 veteran, I guess I was used to those casino's

I was kinda suprised to see the powers that be, step in like that... They kinda put thier foot down.

Don't bother me either way, cuz I never gamble in GW or EQ, but...

I don't see how the /roll change kills casino's. Seems like you could just group with your gambling partners and do your dirty work in the privacy of your own instanced zone.

If I were "The Powers That Be" I would do things a little differently I think.

First I would make all sorts of silly little "Rule Sets" for the game. These rule sets would be many in number and known only by the server it's self...

For Example... If you log in and use the word "Casino" or "Gamble" and then people start using the /roll command in your general area... BOOM! A lighting bolt drops from the sky killing you instantly.

I think you get the point. =P

-Witt78

Stur · May 26, 2005, 12:05 PM // 12:05

If you ask me they keep making a great game better. Best dev team in a while.

P.S. Knock on wood that I say that and next month they make an unlock all skills botten. lol

Light Chi · May 26, 2005, 12:22 PM // 12:22

"Seems like you could just group with your gambling partners and do your dirty work in the privacy of your own instanced zone."

Exactly...

Mr. Matt · May 26, 2005, 12:27 PM // 12:27

Heh, I wondered why GW took a little longer to load earlier. Best patching system I've ever seen...

Garias Whitanian · May 26, 2005, 12:44 PM // 12:44

Yeah.... great update, really has fixed the All-in-one euro servers, the flooding of the trade channel, the mish mash of the chat system, the fact that you spend half the game getting 0xp from the hordes of creatures your forced to kill................ pfft what a waste of time.

Theus · May 26, 2005, 12:46 PM // 12:46

Hazzah!

No more roll spammers in town.I can finally turn the Emote Filter off.

Madjik · May 26, 2005, 12:58 PM // 12:58

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Originally Posted by Ramus

There we go, "* Removed the "/roll" command from towns and outposts." Hurt the many to punish the few. Didn't see that coming.

Aside from that, great update.

I dont belive there are near as many as you think. I started a thread in the sanitarim yesterday for gamblers to voice thier ideas for an NPC based gambling system and ya know what?

125 views and only 5 of those were replys. 1 of those were from me and another 1 of those was from someone who felt it neccesary to defend those "many" despite not agreeing with the idea himself. No, I belive much of the uproar is from people that were upset about not being able to scam people anymore or people who got thier favorite way of making money taken away from them.

GraceAlone · May 26, 2005, 01:00 PM // 13:00

Yeah! Now they just need to get the ignore fixed and life would be complete

Linkie · May 26, 2005, 01:13 PM // 13:13

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Originally Posted by filter

* "Broadened the variety of items found in the chest in the Hall of Heroes; it can now contain rare shields or salvageable armor."

Hopefully alleviate PVP grind concerns.

Well, yes, that's finally a way to unlock runes through PvP too. But it will still take quite some time to be able to unlock everything you need through PvP. 8 players a team, one rare dropping each time.. you can probably figure it out.

On the other hand though, I'm glad to see Anet is atleast showing some reaction to the complaints.