The latest Guild Wars update has gone into effect with a long laundry list of changes/enhancements/balances. Additionally, the game update also lists several changes to the official Guild Wars Wiki.

Guild vs. Guild

The Guild Battle rules which were altered in a previous update will remain in place including:

* Number of archers on Burning and Druid's Isle.
* NPC positioning on Warrior's Isle.
* Wards will continue to not protect Guild Battle NPCs.
* Certain Ritualist skills will continue to not affect or protect Guild Battle NPCs.

Skill Updates

Reverted temporary tournament changes to skills:

Assassin

* Assassin's Remedy: reverted Energy cost back to 5.

Mesmer

* Hex Breaker: reverted skill type back to skill.
* Fragility: reverted Energy cost back to 10.
* Fevered Dreams: reverted recharge back to 10 seconds.
* Chaos Storm: reverted Energy cost back to 15.
* Energy Surge: reverted Energy drained to 3..8; reverted damage per Energy to 12.
* Energy Burn: reverted Energy drained to 3..8; reverted damage per Energy to 12.

Elementalist:

* Blinding Surge: reverted recharge back to 4 seconds; reverted Blindness duration back to 3..8 seconds.
* Ward Against Melee: reverted duration back to 5..20 seconds.
* Lightning Orb: reverted skill back to applying Cracked Armor.
* Glyph of Concentration: reverted number of spells affected back to 2.
* Shockwave: reverted casting time back to .75 seconds.

Monk:

* Aegis: reverted Energy cost back to 10.

Warrior:

* Disarm: reverted time that attack skills are disabled back to 0..5 seconds; reverted recharge back to 12.

Ritualist:

* Flesh of My Flesh: reverted recharge back to 0 seconds.
* Death Pact Signet: reverted activation time back to 3 seconds.
* Ancestors' Rage: reverted casting time back to .25 seconds.
* Splinter Weapon: reverted recharge back to 5 seconds.

Dervish:

* Mystic Sweep: reverted activation time back to .75 seconds.
* Eremite's Attack: reverted activation time back to .75 seconds.

Paragon:

* Song of Restoration: reverted recharge back to 20 seconds.
* Ballad of Restoration: reverted recharge back to 20 seconds.
* Harrier's Toss: reverted activation time back to .5 seconds.

Bug Fixes

* Fixed a bug that caused interrupted attack skills to occasionally deal damage.
* Fixed a bug with skills that convert damage from one type to another, such as Stone Striker and Greater Conflagration. The converted damage was working incorrectly with armor bonuses and penalties.
* Fixed a bug that allowed characters to occasionally Shadow Step while carrying a flag.

Miscellaneous

Created wiki pages for Asian language players to report localization bugs:

* Japanese: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Japanese_Localization_Bugs
* Korean: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Korean_Localization_Bugs
* Traditional Chinese: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Traditional_Chinese_Localization_Bugs

The wiki pages for the European localization bug reports are now hosted by the European community team:

* French: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Julien_Crevits/French_Localization_Bugs
* German: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Martin_Kerstein/German_Localization_Bugs
* Italian: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Martin_Kerstein/Italian_Localization_Bugs
* Spanish: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Peter_Verhelst/Spanish_Localization_Bugs