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Patch Update 10/29 2013
DIR By: Spirit Ritulist
Date: October 29, 2013, 3:05 pm
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October 29 Content Release Notes
LIVING WORLD
Tower of Nightmares
What happens when the evil agendas of the krait and the
Nightmare Court align? The answer can be found around Viathan
Lake in Kessex Hills, where a dreadful tower has risen to spew
poison into the sky. It’s causing hallucinations and illness in
all who breathe in the spores. The malevolent forces behind it
have Tyria’s subjugation in mind.
Story
•Track down Marjory Delaqua and Lady Kasmeer Meade in Kessex
Hills, and help them investigate the sinister nature of the
massive “Tower of Nightmares” in the waters of Viathan Lake.
•When entering Kessex Hills, players with an actual level higher
than 25 will automatically be redirected to a story instance.
•Players level 25 and under may still opt to play the story
instance by speaking to Marjory in Kessex Hills. •This solo
story instance will introduce players to the new threat of the
“Toxic Alliance” between the krait and a faction of the
Nightmare Court. Players will encounter the Toxic Alliance’s
unique and deadly skills firsthand as they battle their way to
Marjory and Kasmeer.
•Players may leave this instance without penalty, and they may
retry it at any time by speaking to Marjory in Kessex Hills
until the instance has been completed.
•Once the instance has been completed, it can be replayed by
another character.
Open World
•Kessex Hills •Kessex Hills has become even more of a war zone
than usual! The Tower of Nightmares has completely changed the
area around Viathan Lake, spewing toxic pollen and gases into
the air, turning the sky a dark and sickly hue. The Toxic
Alliance, flooding from the monolithic tower, is working to
cement a foothold in the region. Seraph forces are trying to
stem the tide, but the tower itself appears impenetrable and is
surrounded by a wall of suffocating toxic gas that prevents
entry.
•The Toxic Alliance appears to be here to stay. They’ve been
taking territory from both allies and enemies alike, from Mudbay
Digs to Greyhoof Meadows and all points in between. As players
battle through a variety of new dynamic events, they will wage
war on this new threat on multiple fronts around the base of the
Tower of Nightmares.
•The Tower of Nightmares is also creating smaller offshoots of
itself at several locations around the map. Players must aid the
Vigil, the Order of Whispers, and the Durmand Priory as they
attempt to destroy these toxic offshoots with siege weapons.
•Marjory Delaqua, an expert in poisons, is working hard to
formulate an antitoxin from a camp at Thunder Ridge so that the
heroes of Tyria can enter the tower and take the fight to the
Toxic Alliance on their own turf. Players can help Marjory’s
research efforts by bringing her Pristine Toxic Spore Samples,
which can be found by completing related events and destroying
Toxic Alliance enemies.
•The Toxic Offshoots aren’t just limited to Kessex Hills. The
wind has carried these vile blooms into the neighboring zones of
Caledon Forest, Metrica Province, Brisban Wildlands, Queensdale,
and Gendarran Fields. They have even been spotted in the Eternal
Battlegrounds!
•The Durmand Priory has been investigating the involvement of
the krait, a normally xenophobic and hostile force. They are
convinced that the krait have been gifted with something very
important to their culture: shards of one of their great
obelisks. Krait obelisks factor heavily into the krait religion,
so Priory Arcanist Dolja will task players to find and
transcribe the energy signatures of 24 of these obelisk shards
across Tyria.
•The Toxic Alliance is the toughest force yet, and their arrival
brings with it the debut of the elite species type. With its
difficulty level situated between a veteran and a champion,
elite enemies are designed to challenge small groups of players
outside of group instances.
•Blood and Madness content and achievements will still be
available to play until November 11, including decorations,
activities, Haunted Door events, and story instances. Also, a
single Halloween-themed daily achievement will be available.
•Mad King Thorn will visit Lion’s Arch between 9 a.m. PDT on
October 30 through 9 a.m. PDT on November 1. During that period,
the Mad King will tell jokes as he wanders the Mystic Plaza and
play Mad King Says in the Grand Piazza. This is the only time
players can gain the A Royal Tradition achievement, which awards
successful players with the Mask of the Night Skin.
Rewards
•Finishing the Tower of Nightmares meta-achievement will reward
the player with a personal Krait Obelisk Shard, a place of power
for their home instance. It can be used to obtain a skill point
and to charge Quartz Crystals once per day.
•Finishing the Toxic Krait Historian achievement will reward
players with a Scroll of Knowledge, which allows them to obtain
five skill points.
•Marjory Delaqua will accept extra Pristine Toxic Spore Samples
as trade for various new crafting recipes and a new heal skill
at the Thunder Ridge Camp in Kessex Hills. •Antitoxin Spray:
This new heal skill is usable by all professions in PvE and WvW.
Players can use the antitoxin to heal themselves and nearby
allies while also removing toxic pollen, poison, torment, and
confusion.
Achievements
•Tower of Nightmares, the meta-achievement, will task players
with bringing down Toxic Offshoots, gathering spore samples to
complete Marjory’s research, seeking out krait obelisk shards,
and destroying Toxic Alliance forces and their champions.
•During this release, completing Tower of Nightmares daily
achievements will contribute to the meta-achievement. These are
earned by participating in specific Tower of Nightmares content
each day.
BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
General
•PvP Glory and Rank rewards have been revised. Personal score no
longer grants rank. Instead, there are now flat bonuses for
playing and winning games. Games lasting less than 7 minutes
will have proportionally downscaled rewards.
•The Special Event UI has been updated to help direct players
through Living World releases.
Items
•The crafting recipe for Bolts of Silk now requires 3 Silk
Scraps.
•The crafting recipe for Cured Thick Leather Squares now
requires 3 Thick Leather Sections.
•The icon for the Scroll of Knowledge has been updated.
•The icon for the Experience Scroll has been updated.
#Post#: 676--------------------------------------------------
Re: Patch Update 10/29 2013
DIR By: Spirit Ritulist
Date: October 29, 2013, 3:08 pm
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Profession Skills
Elementalist
•Conjure Fiery Greatsword—Firestorm: Fixed the radius skill fact
and included a duration skill fact.
•Mist Form: Added a skill fact for the movement-speed increase.
•Undercurrent: Added a radius skill fact.
•Tempest Defense: This trait now lists the appropriate damage
increase to stunned and knocked-down opponents.
Engineer
•Scatter Mines: Added radius and damage skill facts.
•Reinforced Shield: This trait now indicates an increase to
toughness, rather than adrenaline.
•Low-Health Response System: Added a trait fact for the health
threshold.
•Napalm Specialist: This trait now displays its duration
increase when used with skills that apply burning.
•Elite Supplies: This trait now appropriately reduces the
recharge time of mortar abilities.
•Infused Precision: This trait now lists the chance to activate
on critical hits.
Guardian
•Smite: Added a skill fact for the number of impacts, and
removed the number of attacks from the damage skill fact.
•Protector’s Strike: Replaced the range skill fact with a
radius.
Mesmer
•Veil: Fixed the duration skill fact to properly indicate its
duration, with and without Temporal Enchanter traited.
Ranger
•Malicious Training: Updated multiple pet abilities to reflect
when this trait is equipped.
•Juvenile Brown Bear: •Shake It Off: Fixed an issue that caused
the condition-removal effects to behave erratically.
•Sword—Slash: Removed the skill fact that displayed bleeding
condition removal.
Thief
•Shadow Refuge: Added a pulses skill fact.
Warrior
•Hundred Blades: Fixed the skill fact to properly update when
traited with Slashing Power.
World vs. World
•Fixed an issue with a couple of dolyak caravans that caused
them to path to the wrong objective in some cases.
BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions
•Three new sets of armor skins are now available in the Gem
Store: Phalanx armor skins for heavy-armor wearers, Viper’s
armor skins for medium-armor wearers, and Trickster’s armor
skins for light-armor wearers. Each armor-skin pack is available
in the Style category of the Gem Store for 800 gems.
•A new permanent finisher is available for WvW and PvP combat.
The fearsome new Toxic Offshoot Finisher is available in the
Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.
•Dreamthistle weapon skins are now available from Black Lion
Weapons Specialists and cost only 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket from
now until November 25. Players can get Black Lion Claim Tickets
and Black Lion Claim Ticket Scraps from Black Lion Chests, which
can be unlocked with Black Lion Chest Keys available in the
Consumable category of the Gem Store.
ITEMS
•Some sylvari cultural armors have been upgraded to glow as was
originally intended and has been highly requested. To give the
most flexibility in the armor design, the dye masks have also
been altered so that players will have more control over the
results of the armor glow. This currently affects Medium Tier 2
(legs will be re-addressed for glow and dye alignment) and Tier
3, Light Tier 1 (female only), and Light Tier 3. The other
weights and tiers will be assessed for a similar pass to give
glow or upgrade glow results when possible
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