GW2: Jan 2013 Content Update: Flame and Frost Prelude

The new GW2 content patch has landed. Update notes are available at: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/news/Game-Update-Notes-January-28-2013/. To quote Martin Kerstein…”So this is how 20 pages of update notes look on the forums”.

Discussion of dungeon changes: https://guildwars2.com/en/news/robert-hrouda-on-upcoming-changes-to-dungeon-mechanics/.

Discussion of achievement changes: https://guildwars2.com/en/news/new-rewards-and-the-achievements-system/
Note: The January monthly will not award laurels – this was so that people that had already completed the Jan monthly wouldn’t be disadvantaged or need to have a special tool created to add the laurels to people that had already completed it.

WvW Rankings are going to be reset: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Coming-Soon-WvW-Rating-Reset/first#post1313585

I was going to do a summary, but the page spontaneously reloaded and I lost it (and it hadn’t autosaved this time, not sure why). Go read – guesting, fractals, the whole of Orr, dungeons, bug fixes, class fixes, achievements – particularly daily/monthly ones, the effects on some legendaries, heart quest rewards, etc, have all been updated/revised. There’s new Karma rewards available in Orr (particularly at the Temples) and new daily/monthly achievement tokens called “laurels” and a vendor to buy stuff using them. Please note that the January monthly will NOT award laurels (so that people who had already earned it were not disadvantaged).

The Flame and Frost NPCs are due to start spawning about 7am Melbourne time on the 30th (midday ArenaNet time on 28th).

I’ll leave you with a link to the new appearance/animation thread for the modified legendaries: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/17ga5c/legendary_visual_effect_changes/



The Dreamer (shortbow) animation - multi shot

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