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> @"Knudge.5048" said:
> im running into this exact same issue when i click the upgrade now it takes me to a dead page
> https://buy.guildwars2.com/?cid=104:5::::Global:40:::
Did you get this sorted? If not, have you cleared your cache? What browser were you using, and were you on desktop or mobile?
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Just wanted to let you all know that I've passed this on to the development team to make sure they're aware. They're taking a look at it. Thank you all for calling it out.
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**Bug fixes:**
- Fixed an issue that caused enemy forces in the Lake Doric Dragon Response Mission's opening event to have excessive increases to their health.
- Fixed a bug in which the Shooting Stars and Killer Waves achievements were not properly awarding completion progress.
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**Bug Fixes:**
- Fixed a bug in which the No More Sacrifices achievement was awarded only to the first player to qualify for it in an instance. This fix does not affect issues with the Shooting Stars and Killer Waves achievements, which will be fixed in a later update.
- Fixed a bug in which the Incinerating Shock Wave effect applied by the Destroyer of the Third Fortress inflicted 20 times the player's health in damage rather than the intended 20% of the player's health in damage.
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# 01/19/2021—January 19 Release Notes
## New Release: _Champions_ Chapter 2—Power
Beset by the rampaging forces of Primordus, Tyria's defenders face an uneasy ceasefire with Jormag. As the conflict grows, makeshift alliances will be tested as the Elder Dragons gather their strength. Face the conflict head-on and become the champion Tyria needs in the second chapter of _The Icebrood Saga_'s climactic finale.
- Four new Dragon Response Missions are now available. Note that these missions will contain spoilers for the _Champions_ story if you play them before they occur in your Story Journal.
- As the war in the depths crashes to the surface, old allies return to welcome new heroes to their fight. The Deldrimor dwarves, stone-formed enemy of the destroyers, are marshaling in the Eye of the North. Complete daily achievements on their behalf to aid their efforts and earn rewards. As the world completes tiers of progress, everyone who helped will earn extra rewards from their representative, Ogden Stonehealer.
- Completing all 3 initial objectives in a Dragon Response Mission will now immediately progress the mission to the next event.
- Dragon Response Missions will no longer close when the party leader leaves the instance.
- As a side effect, the quest log is currently not shown in private instances of Dragon Response Missions. Quest progress is still gained on completion, and the display issue is under investigation.
- Dragon Response Mission boundaries will now uniformly push players back rather than eject players if they were in a private mission.
- The baseline health for champion-level enemies in Dragon Response Missions has been standardized to set a more even experience across the missions. Some champions will have slightly lower health, and some will have slightly more or be unchanged.
- The health scaling and damage reduction modifiers granted by the Challenging effect in Dragon Response Missions have been adjusted. With the relevant challenge modes active, groups of 5 players will see a small decrease in enemy durability, while smaller groups will see a more pronounced decrease and more consistent curve in difficulty based on party size.
## General
Spirit shards were designed as an end-game currency that fuels player interactions with the Mystic Forge. Whether this is for promoting materials, generating unique equipment, or working toward a Legendary item, the spirit shard cost reflects a time investment spent engaging in gameplay. Over the years we have monitored the acquisition of spirit shards, and we have come to a determination that allowing them to drop from champion loot bags has both devalued them as a currency and also created restrictions on how we use champions in encounters. For these reasons, we have made the decision to remove spirit shards from the drop tables of champion loot bags. They will still be available from every other existing source, and we will be closely monitoring how this change affects the game's economy.
- Removed spirit shards as a potential drop from champion loot bags.
- The item filters in the Trading Post now support attribute filtering for Concentration and Expertise.
## Items
Some items are becoming tradable. For the following notes regarding items becoming tradable, existing account-bound items will remain bound, but items acquired after updating the client will be unbound. Updated materials can be unbound by depositing them into material storage.
- Crafted exotic equipment with the following attribute prefixes is now tradable:
- Celestial
- Commander's
- Crusader
- Grieving (trinkets only, as there are no crafted exotic weapons or armor with this attribute prefix)
- Marauder
- Minstrel's
- Nomad's
- Seraph (armor and weapons only, as there are no crafted exotic trinkets with this attribute prefix)
- Sinister
- Trailblazer's
- Vigilant
- Viper's
- Wanderer's
- Zealot's
- Many account-bound non-ascended food consumables are now tradable.
- Account-bound sharpening stones, maintenance oils, and focusing crystals are now tradable.
- Exquisite Serpentite Jewels are now tradable.
- Exquisiter Serpentite Jewels now have a rare chance to drop from dragon crystal nodes in Thunderhead Peaks and the home instance.
- Increased the drop rate of Maguuma Lilies from Jungle Plants.
- Aetherblade enemies now have a chance to drop Watchwork Sprockets directly, in addition to Blade Shards.
- The Watchwork Mechanism now requires 250 Watchwork Sprockets to craft, down from 500.
- Linseed oil now requires 15 piles flax seeds to craft, down from 20.
- The Celestial Orichalcum Imbued Inscription now requires 2 Charged Quartz Crystals to craft, down from 5.
- The Celestial Intricate Gossamer Insignia now requires 2 Charged Quartz Crystals to craft, down from 5.
- The base crafting time for cloth, metal, wood, and leather refinement has been reduced to 1 second, down from 2 seconds.
- Many sources in Living World Season 4 and Icebrood Saga maps that drop Gold Doubloons now have a chance to drop Silver, Gold, or Platinum Doubloons.
- Increased the drop rate of the Charged Quartz Orichalcum Amulet, which contains the Chak Egg Sac from the Gerent's Chest.
- Increased the drop rate of the Festive Confetti Infusion from the "Stop the choya pinata before it gets away" event's bonus chest.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the aura effect of the Festive Confetti Infusion from displaying properly.
- Significantly increased the drop rate of the Heart of the Khan-Ur infusion from the "Recovered" Charr Artifact.
- Some adjustments have been made to the sorting of items in material storage to align related items more closely.
- The Wooden Plank consumable item is no longer usable in dungeons or fractals.
- The content preview of Faction Supply Boxes available from Eye of the North vendors now shows the minimum quantities of materials available.
- Prismatium Ingots are now tradeable.
## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
### New Items and Promotions
- To celebrate the next chapter of _The Icebrood Saga_, one free Primordus Dye Kit and one free Jormag Dye Kit are available for a limited time in the Style category of the Gem Store.
- The new Ice Reaver Greaves Skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 400 gems.
- For a limited time, the Sacred Pegasus Griffon Skin, War-Torn Marauder Warclaw Skin, and Infernal Horror Springer Skin are available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 1,200 gems, a savings of 40%.
- For a limited time, the Wild Trihorn Raptor Skin and Mordrem Alpha Jackal Skin are available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 960 gems each, a savings of 40%.
- The Mistlock Sanctuary Passkey has returned to the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 1,000 gems for a limited time.
- Jora's Outfit has returned to the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems for a limited time.
### Improvementsand Updates
- Glider skins can now be unlocked in PvP and raids.
### Bug Fixes
- When purchased using Miniature Claim Tickets, the Mini Aetherblade Admiral, Mini Molten Berserker, Mini Toxic Warlock, and Mini Kookoochoo the Incredulous now reward the mini itself rather than consumable items.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Unbound Harvesting Sickle, Volatile Harvesting Sickle, and Frostbitten Orichalcum Harvesting Sickle from creating bonus gathering rewards.
## MAC CLIENT
Gem purchases from the Gem Store have been disabled. Read more.
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Hello Tyrians. We want to share an update on Mac support for Guild Wars 2.
When we launched in 2012, we knew we wanted Guild Wars 2 to be available to players on Mac computers. A lot has changed in the PC space in the past eight years, and recently we've taken a fresh look at our continuing support on Mac given some hardware changes Apple has recently made.
In 2018, Apple ended support for the OpenGL graphics technology that Guild Wars 2 uses on the Mac. While games and other software that rely on OpenGL still work for now, Apple has made it clear that this will not always be the case in new OS versions. They have also stopped actively fixing problems on Mac OS related to OpenGL, including graphics hardware driver issues. Earlier in 2020, Apple announced that future Mac computers will be designed around a different chip technology than the Intel processors used today. For now, OpenGL still works, and existing Mac computers based on Intel chips still work as well. At some point in the future, however, OpenGL may simply no longer be included on Mac systems at all, and the differences in chip hardware will make it very costly and difficult for us to support both the old and new processor designs.
Starting February 18 **,** we will be discontinuing support for the Mac OS version of Guild Wars 2. This means the Mac client will no longer work after this date. We will also be turning off Gem purchases in the Mac version of the game beginning on January 19, the date of our next build in the new year.
We still would love to see you in Tyria and want to do everything we can to help--and there are a few things we want you all to know:
- We will not close any accounts based on what platform(s) you have played on. Your account remains fully independent of what computer you play on. All of your characters, progress, purchases, friends, and memories are already accessible via the Windows version of the game, and will remain so.
- For the time being, Mac users can still play Guild Wars 2 using the Nvidia GeForce Now service while streaming over the Internet. Moreover, we are interested in feedback from all of our players about such services.
- Mac players can request refunds for client or gem store purchases through the customer support portal. We will be able to refund purchases within a 30 day window of the refund request.
Thank you all for exploring and enjoying Tyria along with us.
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# Late Notes: January 5, 2021
# 01/05/2021—Late Notes
## Profession Skills
### Thief
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Bound leap finisher from functioning.
## Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash that occurred when players used the apply-all checkbox with legendary runes in the Customize panel.
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# 01/05/2021—January 5 Release Notes
## Items
- Updated the name of the Candy-Cane Hammer to Toy Candy Cane Hammer to help candy-weapon enthusiasts better distinguish it from its newer sibling, the Candy Cane Hammer.
## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
### New Items and Promotions
- The new Woodland Sprite Springer Skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 1,600 gems.
- For a limited time, the Path of Fire Preparation Pack is available on sale in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 2,800 gems, a savings of 20%.
- For a limited time, the Storm Gloves, Pyre Gloves, and Chaos Gloves are available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 500 gems each.
### Black Lion Chest
- The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Tempestuous Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.
- The new Black Lion Mastery Box is the guaranteed item for the duration of the Tempestuous Chest.
- The new Tempest Gaze Helm Skin and Woodland Sprite Springer Skin are available as uncommon drops for the duration of this chest.
- The Shimmering Aurora Cape and Glider Combo returns as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.
- The Glittering Weapon Collection and Ley Line Weapon Collection are available for the duration of this chest.
- Unused versions of the Glyph of the Forester and Glyph of the Prospector are available as rare drops for the duration of this chest.
- The items available in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes have been updated. Black Lion Statuettes are redeemable by using the statuette itself or by redeeming one at any of the Black Lion Chest Merchants located in every major city.
- The exclusive Ebon Vanguard Elite Outfit and Shoulders Package, Jeweled Scarab Package, Mini Celestial Rooster, and Springer Kit Backpack are currently available.
- The bonus collection has been updated to a selection of backpack skins including but not limited to the Daydreamer's Wings Backpack Set, Replica Job-o-Tron Backpack, and Plush Aurene Backpack Cover.
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We have seen and heard a lot of discussion recently about game security and enforcement, and we want to address a few topics that we’ve broadly been seeing from the community. We fully recognize the concerns about players hacking and botting in GW2, and we want to reiterate how we address those issues and maintain a positive game experience for players. While we can’t get into exact specifics around our reporting and security processes since that would jeopardize their effectiveness, we hope to clarify a few misunderstandings of how we steward the game.
Every report of hacking and cheating is seen and reviewed by a member of our Guild Wars 2 Operations Team. Security is an ongoing process, especially as systems change over time, and we will be introducing further improvements to make it easier to report, identify and action cheaters over the next few months. Because a reactive approach on its own is not enough, our development teams are also working on solutions to prevent and mitigate these hacks on the code level. We hope to be able to share the result of these efforts as they progress.
If you suspect you’ve found evidence of this behavior and want to report it, please use one of the two methods [outlined here](https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010187753-Reporting-a-Player-or-Guild). The support ticket option is helpful if you need to include additional context or information.
For privacy reasons, we can’t discuss individual accounts with anyone other than the account owner. That means we can’t disclose the outcome of your report. We believe in giving every player an opportunity to correct their behavior and become a positive part of the Guild Wars 2 community. Suspensions (temporary) and bans (permanent) are different actions; we only ban accounts for severe infractions or repeated offenses.
Account security is the most important way to help us prevent cheaters. Good habits on your end will make sure your account isn’t compromised and used for these purposes. This means not using the same password for your Guild Wars 2 account and others services, like email. You should also turn on two-factor authentication. We use a number of measures on our side to help keep your account secure, but you can also help reinforce security with your own efforts. If you haven’t already implemented our [recommended security measures](https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/articles/230428927-Guild-Wars-2-Account-Security), please do so.
The effort is ongoing and we appreciate your continued help and patience. Keep those reports coming!
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**Bug fix:**
- Fixed a bug in which the Black Lion Statuette Merchant offered two Fused Molten Logging Axes instead of one Fused Molten Logging Axe and one Fused Molten Sickle.
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# 12/15/2020—December 15 Release Notes
## Wintersday
Come join us in celebrating Wintersday—Toymaker Tixx has made his annual visit to Divinity's Reach to spread seasonal cheer and festivity! Bring the cheer of Wintersday to the distant north in the Secret Lair of the Snowmen, complete daily achievements to earn fanciful holiday weapons, save Wintersday for the orphans around Divinity's Reach by giving them wrapped gifts, and test your snow-throwing skills against other players in Snowball Mayhem. You can also experience the joy of jumping in Winter Wonderland, defend against waves of toys in Toypocalypse, and help keep Tixx's airship, the Infinirarium, in order! Keep an eye out for Wintersday Gifts appearing all around Tyria, too.
- The Wintersday annual meta-achievement, Wintersday Traditions, has been updated with a new armor reward: the Festive Winter Hood! Keep your head warm while enjoying the wintry fun. Last year's meta-achievement reward, the Festive Sweater, can now be purchased from festival rewards vendors.
- A new weapon set upgrade is now available! If you have added Wrapped weapons to your wardrobe by completing Wintersday daily achievements, speak with the festival rewards Charity Corp Seraph in Divinity's Reach to trade your precious Snow Diamonds for cheerful Sparkling Wrapped weaponry!
- Wintersday toymakers have completed their line of Candy Cane weaponry. The full Candy Cane weapon set is now available as a rare prize from Wintersday Gifts, and the minty Wintergreen variant is available from the final chest in the Secret Lair of the Snowmen.
- New winter-themed guild decorations have been added.
- A number of festival-related bugs have been fixed to ensure a happy holiday for all heroes.
Wintersday will be active until January 5 at noon Pacific Time (UTC-8). See you in Divinity's Reach!
## Living World
- Fixed a bug in which the final boss music would not play in the Metrica Province Dragon Response Mission.
## General
- Added local and nonlocal versions to the sound effect for leveling up. Players will continue to hear their own level-up sound the same as before, but the sound of another player leveling up will be much quieter.
## Structured Player vs. Player
The antihealing effect used in overtime in Team Deathmatch maps has been adjusted slightly in preparation for future mini-seasons:
- Any active barrier is now removed when overtime begins.
- Any barrier applied during overtime is now instantly removed.
- Illusion of Life and the self-revive component of the Glyph of Renewal (Fire) no longer revive players during overtime.
## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
### New Items and Promotions
- For a limited time, the new Shimmering Aurora Weapon Collection is available from Black Lion Weapons Specialists for 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket per weapon. Tickets can be found in Black Lion Chests. Keys are available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 125 gems each.
- The Customer Appreciation Package, with one Black Lion Chest and one Black Lion Chest Key, returns for the anniversary at no cost for one week only. Limit one per account. This is not available to players with Play for Free accounts.
- The new Plush Griffon Skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 1,600 gems.
- For a limited time, the Wintersday Wreath Backpack is available on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 300 gems, a savings of 40%.
- For a limited time, the Snowflake Gobbler Pack is available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 400 gems.
- For a limited time, the Season 1 Memory Box—Flame and Festivals and Season 1 Memory Box—Scarlet vs. Lion's Arch are available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 200 gems each.
### Black Lion Chest
- The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Shimmering Aurora Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.
- The Evon Gnashblade Wintersday Gift returns as the guaranteed item for the duration of the Shimmering Aurora Chest.
- The new Shimmering Aurora Cape and Glider Combo and the Plush Griffon Skin are available as uncommon drops for the duration of this chest.
- The Vermilion Blaze Greatsword Skin remains in the chest as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.
- The Daydreamer's and Winter's Weapon Collections are available for the duration of this chest.
- Unused versions of the Glyph of Bounty and Glyph of the Scavenger are available as rare drops for the duration of this chest.
- The items available in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes have been updated. Black Lion Statuettes are redeemable by using the statuette itself or by redeeming one at any of the Black Lion Chest Merchants located in every major city.
- The exclusive Thunderhorse Staff Skin, Watchwork Wings Package, Infinirarium Glider, and Mini Cozy Wintersday Mounts Pack are currently available.
- The bonus collection has been updated to a selection of weapon skins including but not limited to the Chain-Whip Sword Skin, the Amethyst Aegis, and the Storm Bow.
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Hi everyone, back in October we let you know we were continuing to work on the gameplay performance issues. While our initial changes didn’t have the impact we were hoping, we’re happy to report that we’re seeing more success with our ongoing work on server-side latency. We’ll be rolling out updates over the next few weeks and into the new year and will be monitoring their success.
As we said previously, many factors large and small contribute to lag, so we are going to continue working to find and address these to continually improve your gameplay experience. Your use of the in-game reporting system for latency issues continues to be very helpful, so keep those reports coming!
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**Bug Fixes:**
- Fixed a server crash.
- Fixed a crash when selecting traits in the Hero panel.
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# Late Notes: December 1, 2020
# 12/01/2020—December 1 Late Notes
## General
- Changed the chests rewarded at the end of Dragon Response Missions to allow them to be looted via the AoE Loot on Interact and Autoloot options.
- When the boss of a Dragon Response Mission is defeated, all defeated players in the map will now be revived.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Wild Flame tornadoes created by the Destroyer of the Great Bridge's Burning Call skill to launch players into the stratosphere.
- Failing a time limit challenge in Dragon Response Missions no longer forces players to exit the mission.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the strength of bosses in Dragon Response Missions to scale based on players in the map rather than players in the event area.
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# 12/01/2020—December 1 Release Notes
## Living World
- Fixed an issue that caused objective markers to appear outside of the target map when players were in a different map during some sections of the Champions—Chapter 1: Truce story.
## General
- Added a checkbox to the General Options tab of the Options panel to disable the Compact button in the Inventory panel.
- Added additional map currencies to the bottom of the Inventory panel on many maps.
## Items
- Rune of the Golemancer: Adjusted the health of the summoned golem to be more in line with other rune summons.
## Profession Skills
### Elementalist
- Convergence: Updated the tooltip description of this skill for greater accuracy and to include the delay duration before the skill lands.
- Tempestuous Aria: This trait no longer increases the maximum number of targets of shout skills.
- Shout Skills: Increased the maximum number of targets from 5 to 10 in PvE only.
### Engineer
- Bomb (Bomb Kit Skill 1): Reduced power coefficient from 0.85 to 0.7 in WvW only.
- Freeze Grenade: Reduced power coefficient per grenade from 0.375 to 0.2 in PvP only.
- Poison Grenade: Reduced power coefficient per grenade from 0.375 to 0.2 in PvP only. Reduced poison stacks per grenade from 3 to 1 in PvP only.
- Grenade Barrage: Reduced power coefficient per grenade from 0.4 to 0.3 in PvP only.
- Lesser Grenade Barrage: Reduced power coefficient per grenade from 0.3 to 0.2 in PvP only.
- Explosive Entrance: Reduced power coefficient from 1.25 to 0.9 in PvP only.
### Guardian
- Holy Strike: Reduced power coefficient from 1.25 to 0.91 in WvW only.
- Symbol of Swiftness: Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.4 to 0.3 in WvW only.
- Symbol of Punishment: Reduced symbol power coefficient per strike from 0.45 to 0.33 in WvW only.
- Sword of Justice: Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.72 to 0.54 in WvW only.
- Zealous Scepter: Reduced might duration from 6 seconds to 4 seconds in WvW only.
- Test of Faith: Reduced passthrough strike power coefficient from 2.8 to 2.52 in WvW only.
### Necromancer
- Well of Darkness: Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.8 to 0.45 in WvW only.
- Well of Corruption: Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.45 to 0.35 in WvW only.
### Revenant
- Draconic Echo: This trait no longer increases the maximum number of targets of passive facet skills.
- Facet Passive Skills: Increased the maximum number of targets from 5 to 10 in PvE only.
- Inspiring Reinforcement: Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.0 in WvW only. Reduced stability duration from 3 seconds to 1 second in PvP only. Increased cooldown from 10 seconds to 15 seconds in PvP only.
- Incensed Response: Reduced might from 5 stacks for 8 seconds to 2 stacks for 4 seconds in WvW only.
- Coalescence of Ruin: Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 1.15 in WvW only. Reduced cooldown from 10 seconds to 8 seconds in WvW only.
- Phase Smash: Reduced power coefficient from 1.36 to 1.2 in WvW only.
- All for One: Reduced protection duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only.
- Breakrazor's Bastion: Reduced base heal from 4,529 to 3,397 in PvP only.
- Soulcleave's Summit: Reduced healing from life stealing from 328 to 262 in PvP only.
- Steadfast Rejuvenation: Reduced base heal from 40 to 33 in PvP only.
### Thief
- Infiltrator's Arrow: Increased initiative cost from 6 to 8 in PvP and WvW.
- Signet of Agility: Reduced endurance granted from 50 to 25 in PvP only.
- Essence Sap: Reduced power coefficient from 1.5 to 0.75 in PvP only.
- Consume Plasma: Boon durations have been adjusted in PvP and WvW to the following values:
- Stability and Resistance: 1 second
- Quickness: 1.5 seconds
- Aegis, Alacrity, and Protection: 2 seconds
- Regeneration, Retaliation, and Vigor: 5 seconds
- Fury, Might, and Swiftness: 10 seconds
### Warrior
- Winds of Disenchantment: This skill is no longer channeled. Instead it drops a stationary spell area that lasts for 5 seconds with a 1-second pulse interval.
- Break Enchantments: Reduced the numbers of boons removed from 4 to 2 in WvW only. Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 15 seconds in WvW only. Increased power coefficient from 0.1 to 0.5 in WvW only.
- Roaring Reveille: This trait no longer increases the maximum number of targets of warhorn skills.
- Warhorn Skills: Increased the maximum number of targets from 5 to 10 in PvE only.
- Vigorous Shouts: Reduced healing coefficient from 1.0 to 0.64 in PvP only.
- "To the Limit!": Reduced base heal from 7,735 to 6,575 in PvP only. Reduced endurance granted from 100 to 50 in PvP only.
- Might Makes Right: Increased base heal from 64 to 85 in PvP and WvW.
## Structured Player vs. Player
- Removed the Celestial Amulet from the PvP Build panel.
## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
### New Items and Promotions
- The new Herald of Aurene Outfit is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
- The new Herald of Aurene Appearance Package is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 2,000 gems.
- The new Herald of Aurene Cape is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.
- The new Aurene Dye Kit containing six exclusive colors is now available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store at a price of 1 dye for 125 gems, 5 for 500 gems, and 25 for 2,500 gems.
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**Bugs Fixes:**
- Fixed a bug in which champions in Dragon Response Missions had more health than intended.
- Fixed a bug that caused the objective marker to appear in an incorrect location if players left Eye of the North on certain steps in the "Champions—Chapter 1: Truce" story.
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And, fixed! Thanks for being patient--this has been resolved!
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**Bug Fixes:**
- Fixed a server crash.
- Fixed a bug that limited the duration of the Boon of the Deep Flame to 30 minutes instead of 60 minutes.
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We have detected an issue with the bosses in the Dragon Response Missions that is causing them to have more health than intended. We’re working on a fix and will have it to you as soon as possible.
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# 11/17/2020—November 17 Release Notes
## Living World
### New Release: _Champions_ Chapter 1—Truce
With Jormag fully awakened, Tyria slips ever closer toward calamity. But another menace lurks below the surface, and it will be up to the commander to hold the line as new threats erupt. Gather your allies and ready your weapons in the first chapter of the climactic finale of _The Icebrood Saga_.
- Rallying to the side of their champion, the Order of the Crystal Bloom are marshaling in the Eye of the North. Complete daily achievements on their behalf to aid their efforts and earn rewards. As the world completes tiers of progress, everyone who helps will earn extra rewards from the Crystal Bloom's quartermaster!
### Voice-Over Updates: No Quarter and Jormag Rising
- Episodes 3 and 4 of _The Icebrood Saga_, "No Quarter" and "Jormag Rising," have been updated to include voice-over. Two new achievements have been added for completing each episode's story chapters with voice-over added.
- An option has been added to the Scrying Pool at the Eye of the North that allows players to replay specific moments from the Confer with Bangar achievement so that they can experience those exchanges again with voice-over.
## World Polish
- Fixed a bug that caused snow trolls to inadvertently self-destruct if they were killed while charging their jump skill.
### Drizzlewood Coast
- Reduced the time required to capture control points while assaulting Dominion bases in the Battle Cry meta-event.
- Reduced the number of enemies that needs to be defeated in order to advance while escorting allies to assault Dominion bases in the Battle Cry meta-event.
- United Legions forces have begun a campaign to raise awareness of the paratrooper airdrop locations in Drizzlewood Coast. Players entering the map will receive a mail with more information.
- Added an airdrop location over the Iron Lookout in the northern half of Drizzlewood Coast.
- One chest from each cache keeper has been moved to Wolf's Crossing. These chests will appear upon successful completion of the Battle Cry meta-event, and they still require a cache key to open.
- Two guaranteed cache keys have been added to the Magnificent Chest that appears upon successful completion of the Battle Cry meta-event.
- Increased the flow rate for the Blood of Jormag in the Assault on the Frost Citadel meta-event.
- Since winter is around the corner, the guardian elemental seems to be getting a bit tougher! Its defense has been increased in the Assault on the Frost Citadel meta-event.
## General
- Fixed a bug that blocked players from progressing the Journeyman of the Forge achievement if they unlocked a Dragonsblood weapon skin before unlocking the Journeyman of the Forge achievement. Affected players can repair their achievement progress by visiting Thunderhead Peaks or any city.
- Fixed a bug with the Medizooka that was affecting jumping puzzles and no-mount zones.
- Fixed a bug with the upgraded EMP skill in which it was improperly indicating the maximum range.
## Profession Skills
### Guardian
- Bow of Truth: Fixed a bug in which this skill would not function properly underwater.
### Necromancer
- Minions: Fixed a bug that could cause minions to fail to be resummoned when mounting and unmounting too quickly.
### Ranger
- Counterattack Kick: Fixed a bug that allowed this skill to be activated multiple times in quick succession.
### Thief
- Fixed a bug in which stolen skills would not consume ammunition when interrupted.
## World vs. World
### General
- Tactic banners (Dragon Banner, Centaur Banner, Turtle Banner) are now restricted to the general area around the objective they are spawned in. Leaving the objective area while carrying a tactic banner will display a warning message, and failing to return to the objective area within the allocated time will destroy the banner.
## BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
### New Items and Promotions
- The new Roadrunner raptor skin is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 1,600 gems.
- The new Volcanic Backpack and Glider Combo is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
- For a limited time, the new Icebrood Saga Complete Pack is available on sale in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 768 gems, a savings of 20%.
- For a limited time, the Inquest Overseer Chair Glider Combo is available on sale in the Style category of the Gem Store for 630 gems, a savings of 30%.
- For a limited time, the Raven Helm and Raven Mantle are available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 400 gems each.
- For a limited time, the Recharging Teleport to Friend is available in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 800 gems.
### Black Lion Chest
- The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Vermilion Blaze Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.
- The new Black Lion Living World Supply Bag has been added as the guaranteed item for the duration of the Vermilion Blaze Chest.
- The new Vermilion Blaze Greatsword Skin and Roadrunner raptor skin are available as uncommon drops for the duration of this chest.
- The Vermilion Throne remains in the chest as an uncommon drop for the duration of this chest.
- The Inquest Mark II and Pact Fleet Weapon collections are available for the duration of this chest.
- Unused versions of the Glyph of the Herbalist and Glyph of the Unbound are available as rare drops for the duration of this chest.
- The items available in exchange for Black Lion Statuettes have been updated. Black Lion Statuettes are redeemable by using the statuette itself or by redeeming one at any of the Black Lion Chest Merchants located in every major city.
- The exclusive Vermilion Wings Backpack and Glider Combo, Branded Relic Package, Jackal Pup Backpack, and Mini Spooky Mounts Pack are currently available.
- The bonus collection has been updated to a selection of dyes including but not limited to the Shadow Dye Kit, Toxic Dye Kit, and Mad King Dye Kit.
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[The Icebrood Saga‘s multichapter finale begins on November 17 with Chapter 1: Truce](https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/watch-the-trailer-for-the-icebrood-saga-champions-chapter-1/)!
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**Bug Fix:**
- Fixed a server crash.
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> @"Naxos.2503" said:
> Maybe related to WvW crashes ? Or is that a completely different crash inducer ? Cause it looks like using any tactic in WvW causes a crash
That's part of what we're looking into. I'm sorry it's still causing problems :(, but everyone is working on it as quickly as they can.
Deldrimor Stoneskin Infusion does not affect Facial Hair
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That is an incredibly powerful mustache. Allowing it to continue breaking out of stone unchecked could have long-reaching consequences, so I've alerted the relevant team and they're looking into it.
(Also thank you for the screenshot. It made my morning.)