Curse

Whatway · Apr 01, 2012, 07:04 AM // 07:04

Confirmed, original plus a new one. Moahawk is lv0 now. >:O

Da Kenster · Apr 01, 2012, 07:10 AM // 07:10

Hehe, Terminator 2 abound. Quotes, and it morphs!

Da Kenster · Apr 01, 2012, 07:30 AM // 07:30

Notes are up

Update - Sunday, April 1, 2012
Profession Updates

Assassin

Daggers are now ranged weapons.
Shadow Step skills can now be used only when standing in a shaded area.
Shadow Form: added the following functionality: "Deletes all characters on your account when Shadow Form ends."
New skill: One Last Breath: "When striking a foe with arms wide open, this skill knocks target foe back by six feet."

Dervish

Onslaught: decreased attack and movement speed bonuses to 10%.
Onslaught (PvP): increased attack and movement speed bonuses to 33%.

Elementalist

Elementalists have been renamed to "Sorcerers."
Removed the Fire Magic attribute.
All magic damage is now based on rank in the Friendship attribute.
p
Magnetic Aura: How does it work?
Thunderclap: changed skill type to shout. Renamed to "Thunder, Thunder, Thunderclap! HOOOOOOOO!"

Mesmer

Male Canthan Mesmers have 20 additional attribute points.
Mesmer skills now scale with the flamboyance of your armor.

Monk

Monks can now wear heavy armor.
New skill: Salma's Hospitality: "Any doors or gates barring the enemy from reaching you are opened."

Necromancer

Minions have formed a union; you now pay 1 gold per second per animated minion.
Life Siphon: removed Health degeneration and regeneration; now affects your and target foe's maximum Health.

Paragon

No changes.

Ranger

Added the secondary attribute "Bee Mastery;" Rangers may only use this attribute in pre-Searing.
Activated traps now cause the player character to shout, "You've activated my trap!"
Due to regional laws regarding the treatment of endangered species, panda pets are now invincible.
Charm Animal: added the functionality to charm other players' minipets.

Ritualist

Dragon Empire Rage is now available to players who purchased the Bonus Mission Pack.
Spirits are now mobile.
New skill: Bald was Togo: "While you hold Togo's ashes, foes striking you are blinded, but your voice sounds funny."

Summoner

New profession: Summoner; only seven players at a time are able to play as Summoners.

Warrior

Warriors can now equip spears as an off-hand weapon.
Added new shouts: "Objection!" "Take that!" and "Hold it!"
Healing Signet: now only recharges if you get a morale boost.
"None Shall Pass!": added the following functionality: "You and target enemy fall...through fire and water."
"Watch Yourself!": renamed to "Check Yourself!"; added the following functionality: "All allies lose the Wrecked condition."

General

In preparation for the launch of Guild Wars 2, all professions have been given access to the Healing Prayers attribute.

Quest Changes

Added a Hard Mode version of "Forming a Party" in Shing Jea Monastery.
Decreased difficulty of "Rally the Recruits (Tutorial)" in Island of Shehkah.
New quest: "Annihilator 2: Searing Day" in Embark Beach.
New quest: "Defending the Ascalon Settlement...Again" in Ascalon Settlement.
All quests now contain Afflicted spawns.

Miscellaneous

Fissure of Woe, the Underworld, and Chahbek Village are now PvP zones.
Changed the name of White Crabs in the Tarnished Coast and the Depths of Tyria to "Some Kind of Cave Demon."
Henchmen Kihm, Lina, and Mhenlo now use Smiting Monk skills.
Hero Keiran Thackeray's profession has been changed to Ritualist.
The intermediate cinematic for "Ice Caves of Sorrow" has been altered so that Saidra now strikes the Mursaat first. (This was always our true vision for the scene, and can now be realized with current technology.)
All loading screens have been replaced with Mhenloading screens.

Bug Fixes

Kurzick Duelists now properly send defeated foes to the Shadow Realm.
To prevent "red resign," Luxons can no longer use the /resign command.
Decreased the effects of the Lucky Aura during the Xun Rao encounter.

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As a fan of Phoenix Wright, I like this
Added new shouts: "Objection!" "Take that!" and "Hold it!"

makosi · Apr 01, 2012, 07:53 AM // 07:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orfas

I'm amazed they actually put a whole new fully voiced cut scene

! Thank you very much Anet

I don't think they did. They recycled an existing one and plopped a golem in.

Or did they? I'm doubting myself now.

StormDragonZ · Apr 01, 2012, 07:55 AM // 07:55

- Gwen is now an Elementalist Hero. Whenever she gets mad in combat, her skill bar changes to all Meteor Shower spells at 24 Fire Magic.
- Any foes Lv5 or under now drop Ectoplasm. The rate it can drop is doubled for each campaign you have bought.
- Added new symbols for guild capes: Corn Stalk, Yakkington Smiling, Happy Face With an Eyepatch & Ice Cube.
- Heroes can now use PvE-only skills. After all, do you use them in PvP?
- You may now create a character with GM as the first two letters. After six seconds, Dhuum asks you to change your name or he'll kick a puppy. If he kicks a puppy, your name is automatically changed to "I Let Dhuum Kick A Puppy".
- Panaku [Cutthroat Henchman] has been renamed to Panaku [Useless Henchman].
- In all cutscenes featuring Prince Rurik, his voice actor has been changed to Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 2.
- The Master's Reward for Imperial Sanctum now requires to wait 20 minutes before dealing the finishing blow to Shiro Tagachi.
- Beast Mastery & Wilderness Survival has been merged into one attribute: Animal Care. Also, whenever your pet dies, you suffer a 1% Death Penalty for being careless and a bad owner.

Seriously, ANet, I like the silliness, but yeah, let me write them next year. :P

**cosyfiep** · Apr 01, 2012, 08:04 AM // 08:04

INVINCIBLE PANDA!!!! Wooot!! (and they rename them all oink?)
gotta love the silliness of these sometimes.

yitjuan · Apr 01, 2012, 08:11 AM // 08:11

alextheprecise · Apr 01, 2012, 08:13 AM // 08:13

anyone found the wurm queen yet?

tealspikes · Apr 01, 2012, 08:24 AM // 08:24

Update - Sunday, April 1, 2012

Quote:

Profession Updates

Assassin

Daggers are now ranged weapons.

Shadow Step skills can now be used only when standing in a shaded area.

Shadow Form: added the following functionality: "Deletes all characters on your account when Shadow Form ends."

New skill: One Last Breath: "When striking a foe with arms wide open, this skill knocks target foe back by six feet."

Dervish

Onslaught: decreased attack and movement speed bonuses to 10%.

Onslaught (PvP): increased attack and movement speed bonuses to 33%.

Elementalist

Elementalists have been renamed to "Sorcerers."

Removed the Fire Magic attribute.

All magic damage is now based on rank in the Friendship attribute.
p

Magnetic Aura: How does it work?

Thunderclap: changed skill type to shout. Renamed to "Thunder, Thunder, Thunderclap! HOOOOOOOO!"

Mesmer

Male Canthan Mesmers have 20 additional attribute points.

Mesmer skills now scale with the flamboyance of your armor.

Monk

Monks can now wear heavy armor.

New skill: Salma's Hospitality: "Any doors or gates barring the enemy from reaching you are opened."

Necromancer

Minions have formed a union; you now pay 1 gold per second per animated minion.

Life Siphon: removed Health degeneration and regeneration; now affects your and target foe's maximum Health.

Paragon

No changes.

Ranger

Added the secondary attribute "Bee Mastery;" Rangers may only use this attribute in pre-Searing.

Activated traps now cause the player character to shout, "You've activated my trap!"

Due to regional laws regarding the treatment of endangered species, panda pets are now invincible.

Charm Animal: added the functionality to charm other players' minipets.

Ritualist

Dragon Empire Rage is now available to players who purchased the Bonus Mission Pack.

Spirits are now mobile.

New skill: Bald was Togo: "While you hold Togo's ashes, foes striking you are blinded, but your voice sounds funny."

Summoner

New profession: Summoner; only seven players at a time are able to play as Summoners.

Warrior

Warriors can now equip spears as an off-hand weapon.

Added new shouts: "Objection!" "Take that!" and "Hold it!"

Healing Signet: now only recharges if you get a morale boost.

"None Shall Pass!": added the following functionality: "You and target enemy fall...through fire and water."

"Watch Yourself!": renamed to "Check Yourself!"; added the following functionality: "All allies lose the Wrecked condition."

General

In preparation for the launch of Guild Wars 2, all professions have been given access to the Healing Prayers attribute.

Quest Changes

Added a Hard Mode version of "Forming a Party" in Shing Jea Monastery.

Decreased difficulty of "Rally the Recruits (Tutorial)" in Island of Shehkah.

New quest: "Annihilator 2: Searing Day" in Embark Beach.

New quest: "Defending the Ascalon Settlement...Again" in Ascalon Settlement.

All quests now contain Afflicted spawns.

Miscellaneous

Fissure of Woe, the Underworld, and Chahbek Village are now PvP zones.

Changed the name of White Crabs in the Tarnished Coast and the Depths of Tyria to "Some Kind of Cave Demon."

Henchmen Kihm, Lina, and Mhenlo now use Smiting Monk skills.

Hero Keiran Thackeray's profession has been changed to Ritualist.

The intermediate cinematic for "Ice Caves of Sorrow" has been altered so that Saidra now strikes the Mursaat first. (This was always our true vision for the scene, and can now be realized with current technology.)

All loading screens have been replaced with Mhenloading screens.

Bug Fixes

Kurzick Duelists now properly send defeated foes to the Shadow Realm.

To prevent "red resign," Luxons can no longer use the /resign command.

Decreased the effects of the Lucky Aura during the Xun Rao encounter.

dagrdagaz · Apr 01, 2012, 08:27 AM // 08:27

I did find an NPC ally lvl19 with my character name and Class.

He sais somthing like Flare is the best skill ever.
Oh, I found him and Prince Rurik just outside the main gate into Ascalon City

Cant seem to enter Ascalon City through the portal gate (while being a Golem)

Hmm, Map Travel to an Ascalon outpost seems to kicks u out of the quest.

keli · Apr 01, 2012, 08:41 AM // 08:41

What's wrong with you dagrdagaz? You are in an instanced quest zone, just follow the marker, it's a pre-set quest.

And since you travelled back in time that guy with your name is, you know, you are from the past...

Edit: This new quest is again amazing, I enjoyed it quite a lot

this is not as much content as it was past year, but still awesome, thanks

Avishh · Apr 01, 2012, 08:50 AM // 08:50

'Paragon
No changes.'
Made my day

Leohan · Apr 01, 2012, 08:59 AM // 08:59

What!? How can they do this! GW1 is dead! I am never playing again! ;-)
hmmm.. can't think of anything else people shout out when an update happens.

I like the idea of double throwing daggers on the assassin.

"charm other players' minipets."
Sold my good man, now how much for the soul?

Vulturion · Apr 01, 2012, 09:06 AM // 09:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by keli

Edit: This new quest is again amazing, I enjoyed it quite a lot

this is not as much content as it was past year, but still awesome, thanks

It's quite a lot of content if you scour the map for all the dialogues and the 4 hidden-or-not-so-hidden bosses - the rewards should certainly please anyone complaining about a certain picnic quest...

I rate the quest 10/10 - thank you, Anet.

keli · Apr 01, 2012, 09:08 AM // 09:08

4 hidden bosses? tell me more please

tummlykins · Apr 01, 2012, 09:14 AM // 09:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vulturion

It's quite a lot of content if you scour the map for all the dialogues and the 4 hidden-or-not-so-hidden bosses - the rewards should certainly please anyone complaining about a certain picnic quest...

I rate the quest 10/10 - thank you, Anet.

Vilaptca · Apr 01, 2012, 09:32 AM // 09:32

Wow apparently I rushed through it too fast and didn't look around. But I'm doing it on some more characters to read the silly dialogues.

I still would love to see a baton and riot shield as quest rewards.

tummlykins · Apr 01, 2012, 09:39 AM // 09:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vilaptca

Wow apparently I rushed through it too fast and didn't look around. But I'm doing it on some more characters to read the silly dialogues.

I still would love to see a baton and riot shield as quest rewards.

I like the quest but I don't want to see any of the riot stuff persisting in the game. It bothers me even just a little for this single day. I'd rather they had taken some kind of magical or more primitive theme. I certainly don't want to see riot gear running around in other parts of the game.

keli · Apr 01, 2012, 09:42 AM // 09:42

I got a pink dye from a random devourer.

And it seems trade-able, will try it later

Ayuhmii Shanbwa · Apr 01, 2012, 09:50 AM // 09:50

oww, i cant take it...... quote to "All quests now contain Afflicted spawns."

if they set those afflicted free it will be the end of all of us, NOOOOOOOO
(sry i know, bad joke)

spirits being mobile would really be fun

btw, did they change paragons, or is that no joke?

and wars with spear as offhand? if it would act like a weapon, it'd be a disaster
just imagine how slow attacking would be
swords attack faster than spears

would be funny if they would add a spear skin focus to GW after this, lol