List of content updates

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question simple do you have the update of 2017 ? because on wiki they don't list those of 2017

Maybe there weren't any? The German wiki only lists two and they're server maintenance changes not game changes.

Spielupdates/2017 – GuildWiki

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Update - October 6, 2017

• Server maintenance performed.

GuildWiki note: The European servers are back and available for use in PvE. Their IPs have changed from 206.127.144.0/22 to 18.194.0.0/15, 35.156.0.0/14 and 52.28.0.0/16. The servers are now operated by Amazon's A100 ROW GmbH, presumably still in Frankfurt. The display with the /ip command is incorrect and shows the IP address of the servers on your LAN. It cannot be used in PvP.

GuildWiki note: As of October 16 at around 10:00 p.m., the European servers can also be used in PvP. The changeover happened without an update and apparently led to a server failure for a few minutes an hour and a half later.

Updated - August 9, 2017

• Server maintenance performed.

GuildWiki note: The European servers have been shut down. There are only American servers (CIDR 64.25.32.0/21). This was a temporary measure due to a major server outage.

Yes it's possible I suppose.

Since Arena Net stopped putting game updates on guildwars.com they started putting the game updates onto the main Wiki. It now relies on Arena Net updating them directly on the main Wiki for us to even know anything since there is no other source.

I saw the same comments on Reddit. If Arena Net don't record them (on the Wiki) then it is up to someone else / one of us to know and make the changes.

Great work so far, and I like the new presentation with the different categories.

A comprehensive list of the content update and precise date when the prenerf item became obtainable/unobtainable has been missing for a long time ! Glad to see someone finally took the time to do it.

I will try to post some info on the updates relative to the prenerf green, blues and runes and dyes.

Before I start digging in the prenerf green let's get a few easy one out of the way :

> In the Major Content update category I would definitively include the addition of the Tomb of the Primeval Kings (ToPK) elite area in the 19 January 2006 update. This update also created the Battle Isles (Isle of the Nameless, GToB, RA/HA outpost, Zaishen challenge etc...) and closed the high level Prophecies PvP outpost : the team Arena accessible from Droknar Forge and the Competition Arena accessible from Lion Arch. Also note that 15 new greens are linked to the addition of the ToPK bosses.

> In the Minor Content update category I would include the addition of Kepkhet Marrowfeast in the 2nd March 2006 update, this update also added the boss associated green : Kepkhet's Refuge. If you don't consider Kepkhet to be big enough to be included in the Minor content update, at least its green should be included in the Individual Item Update.

> Also in the Minor Content update : the addition the "Droknar's Forge (explorable area)", as the end-game zone of GW prophecies in the 24th April 2008 update. This update included some new dialog, NPC, the Deldrimor Talisman and something like 30 new green items.

> Some other minor content update maybe worth listing :
* UW rework the 19th november 2009 : Dhuum added, end chest updated with new items

* the Titan Quest added in the 7th September 2005 update.
* the hard mode quests added the 28th April 2011 (Galrath) and the 2th june 2011 (Titan)
* Embark beach added the 3rd March 2011
* Maybe add more detail on the 23 April 2009 update : that added Nicholas the traveler (already listed) but also the Zaishen challenge quest and the Zaishen Menagerie

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2005 May 11th new system to arena access - exploration of the arena maps no longer possible

To add a bit more info on that one. Before the update, there were no map rotation and each PvP arena was linked to a specific outpost.
The Ascalon/Shiverpeak outpost and their associated arenas are still unchanged nowadays.
The Fort Koga oupost, the Amnoon Area oupost, the d'Alesio Arena outpost and the outpost linked with the Craig Arena were all made unaccessible and everything was centralised in the Competitive Arena (4v4 random) near LA and the Team Arena (4v4 team) near Droknar. Then 6 months later those outposts were closed and replaced by the battle Isles (19 January 2006 update)

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he items added with content updates I wouldn't list - else I'd have to make a list of some hundred items for factions and the likes. I'd guess it is obvious from the relevant wiki entries which items/bosses etc were added with them - in case someone is unsure or want to read up.

Obviously, and I trust you judgement on that one.

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do you know what happened to those who had accessed the arena outposts and cartographed the arena maps? I think they can still acces the outposts and the map is still revealed (both for the outpost and the arena map) most of them being inaccessible and hence not cartographable - correct?

As far as I know when the outpost was removed everybody that was inside was moved and absolutely nobody can travel to it anymore. I know that I had access to it on my oldest character, maybe not the very old individual outpost but at least the competition arena and I definitively can't access it nowadays. Maybe some people who have account even older can also contribute but I don't thing it's accessible to anyone.

For the cartography part, well it's some extra % for them but Prophecies is notorious for having a lot of leeway in the cartography so at the end of the day some 0,1% aren't a big deal.

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do you know what happened to those who had accessed the arena outposts and cartographed the arena maps? I think they can still acces the outposts and the map is still revealed (both for the outpost and the arena map) most of them being inaccessible and hence not cartographable - correct?

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As far as I know when the outpost was removed everybody that was inside was moved and absolutely nobody can travel to it anymore. I know that I had access to it on my oldest character, maybe not the very old individual outpost but at least the competition arena and I definitively can't access it nowadays. Maybe some people who have account even older can also contribute but I don't thing it's accessible to anyone.

For the cartography part, well it's some extra % for them but Prophecies is notorious for having a lot of leeway in the cartography so at the end of the day some 0,1% aren't a big deal.

From an old account, this is what I can contribute:

Account creation: May 2005 Character type: PvE Character campaign: Prophecies Arenas Rank (current): Fierce Gladiator (R2 = 1200 points)

This was the first character created on this account that was doing Arenas and PvP mainly and entered in all the arenas available in its moment.

I checked each one with Toolbox and this is how it is now in this account:

WARNING - Take this with a grain of salt, could be totally wrong since wqcefp proved that he does still have them discovered.

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do you have Tex Mod and the Cartography made easy package so you could provide us with screens of how the relevant section look now on the mentioned char? that' be beyond great!

Yes, but this character only unlocked the essentials of the game to advance to the end, it was only used for Arenas and HA, so it has the Tyrian Explorer at 67.0%

I checked this textures:

• 2009 Edition (March 6th, 2009) (2009-03-06) - Complete Collection 1 - Tyria & GWEN.tpf
• 2009 Edition (March 6th, 2009) (2009-03-06) - Complete Collection 4 - ALL MAPS MERGED.tpf
• 2017 Edition - Updated, Extended (24 june 2017) Originally Cartography Made Easy 2015 (v1.3).tpf
• Cartography Tyria + GWEN Made Easy (OLD).tpf
• Cartography Tyria + GWEN Made Easy.tpf

and only the 2017 Edition has the areas marked, but everything is cloudy again, so they reverted the map exploration and covered the zones again it seems.

I don't know if the % of map exploration was reduced from the progress bar when they covered the zones again, if anyone knows of any case in the whole GW history where a title has been reverted or reduced with an update, let us know please.

Edit: wqcefp has the map discovered, so this problem only happens in my map for some reason that I don't understand.

I remember pretty well being inside The Crag's outpost because there was a bridge similar to the one in Ember Light Camp that led to nowhere behind the lava mountain, and the outpost itself was above the fight zone like Alliance Battles, so I can assure 100% the map was registered and fully explored, but right now this is how it looks like (the notes in the picture are from the texture, not mine):

And this was the outpost.

Left : picture from the wiki

Right : my marks

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I searched inside the Black Falcon Games website and look what I've found: https://blackfalcongames.net/?p=659

GIF comparison: gallery | outpost | arena

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another point: has anyone been here on 2006 dec 15th and explored the entireity of Lions Arch map and could provide the same screens?

I don't know about this, what do you mean with "entireity"? Isn't it possible today to fully explore it? Something was different in the past?

I didnt read the whole thread, sorry, but are we saying that the now inaccessible pvp arenas got covered in clouds again?

Cause that certainly isnt the case for the second oldest char on my account. I even recently based my cartography title on those bits, so that i could save other annoying bits in the southern shiverpeaks lol

If i misunderstood then never mind this post

Ah cool, i have this area too:

So the character from my screenshots above (second oldest char) is 196 months old.

The very first character on my account is also 196 months old, but maybe an additional 1 or 2 weeks, i can not remember exactly.

Maybe that helps narrowing down a timeline of events?

Also that character has uncovered slightly more of the one pvp area:

Great addition wqcefp, I edited my message above crossing out what I said, because this proves I was wrong.

Then I don't understand what happens with my map, it's really strange. I did not mention other outposts because my memory could be wrong and perhaps I entered with another character (but it shouldn't be because I always played with the same profession), but in the case of The Crag I can assure 1000000% I was inside because that account was the only one doing PvP and with the title, so this is fucked up in some way.

I'm gonna enter with the other characters, 1 sec.

EDIT 1: nop, everything is clouded in mine in all the characters, I don't fucking understand. Red Fireball don't trust too much what I have written above (the list I mean), it could be all wrong right now. I edited with a warning message to prevent confusion.

EDIT 2: wqcefp can you try to enter the outposts using the /tp command of GW Toolbox? You have the Map ID numbers for each one in my post above.

EDIT 3: I see the LA bug, cool, I didn't know, thanks for the pictures.

Are you really sure about earning the gladiator title in the Craig Arena ?

As far as I remember the title didn't exists at the start of the game and were added later on. The 26th april 2006 update say :

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Titles

Players will now be able to earn titles, which can be shown to other players. Use the Titles tab in the Hero panel to select a title for display. Only titles toward which you have made any progress will appear in the list.

Titles apply to a single character or a whole account, as appropriate. A player can display only one title at a time but may earn any number of titles. Many titles have multiple levels, with each new level indicating an increasingly difficult level of achievement.

Sample Titles:

• Canthan Explorer. You must explore 60% of Cantha to earn the first level of this title. (Character based.)
• Skill Hunter. You must capture 90 Elite skills to earn the first level of this title. (Character based.)
• Gladiator. You must have 25 win-streaks of 10 consecutive wins in the Random Arenas maps to earn the first level title. (Account based.)
• Champion. You must win 50 high-rated GvG battles to earn the first level of title. (Account based.)

Also : I think the addition of the title could be added in the major content update imo

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Are you really sure about earning the gladiator title in the Craig Arena ?

No, no, no, the title was only to show that this character was only doing Arenas and PvP since the beginning, not that I earned it in that place in particular.

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Things to check:

green item nerfs

*The prenerf greens

First thing first the prenerf greens aren't a unified category, they result from many different updates along the years. There are 3 big categories:

1) Some greens were updated and all the existing one were retroactively changed : Rockmolder, Shiro Blade, Hassin's Shell etc.. As they don’t exist anymore, there is not really any point in listing the updates. For the people interested you can find the full list in the thread dedicated to the PN greens.

2) Some greens were the subject of individual updates and their prenerf version are still in the game :

- Wroth Holy Rod : already listed nothing to add here

- The Wayward wands : they were updated the 24th April 2008. The combo DF/heal, DF/prot, Domi/inspi Illu/inspi and SP/Resto were removed from the collector and 6 new wands with matching req and HSR were added : Heal, Prot, Inspi, Soul reaping, Fast cast and Energy Storage.

- Faith. This WoC staff initially dropped without its inherent HSR. It was most likely fixed during the 9 th February 2012 update (undocumented). This update also retroactively corrected another WoC green (Pheonix retribution) and it makes sense that faith was fixed as well. A comment on the wiki discussion page also states: Fixed by the looks of it, at least for new drops. Got one last night without the HSR (which still doesn't have it), and another one today with it.C0Zm1c 10:54, 10 February 2012 (UTC) »

- Stone herder flat bow. This one isn't really a prenerf but i will still include it here. The bow was added in the game file with all the other SF greens but it was bugged and started dropping only 18 months later, after the June 2007 update

3) And finally the greens that were affected by the color update and the HSR update :

The color update : On most of the green from Proph and Factions we can notice some difference in color between the current greens and the old greens. Most of the time the prenerf color is lighter/more vibrant and the current version is darker/duller.

Our best guess is that update happened during one of the small update preceding NF release. The 22th september 2006 update (NF world Preview event) is a very likely candidate.

The Staff HSR update : the 25th October 2006 all the existing green staves were updated and changed from a local 20% HSR to a global 20% HSR.

> Some of the low level staves : Sahan’s Staff and Ziinjuu's Sanctuarywere weren’t affected by the retroactive update (maybe Anet just forgot about them ?), the old staves still exist and still have their local HSR.
> This update also had another unintentional effect : it changed the mod order of the affected staves. All the staves that were modded : Staff wrap -> Staff head were changed to be modded Staff head -> Staff wrap.

A note on the order of update :

The vast majority of prenref staves have both a prenerf color and prenerf stats but a small percentage of them (something like 5% or so) have prenerf stats but are using the current color. This show that the color update happened before the Staff HSR update. The fact this happen on a very small % of staff show that the 2 updates were relatively close in time.
With our current timeline (color update during the NF preview and HSR update at the NF release) the interval would be about 1 month.

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how is that about the percentage: is it across all green staves that for any given individual greenie 5% are pre stat but post color? or is there specific ones that have such versions and that is 5% of the available green staves? I took it as the former but wanted to clarify

Yep I could have been more specific on that point.

All the greens from Proph and Fact were affected by the color update. The green dropped before the update remained unchanged and the green that dropped after the update are using the "new dye system". The greens that were undyed/using the default color don't show any in game difference pre/post update, but all the other show some difference (usually prenerf is lighter and post nerf is darker).

All the green staves from Proph and Fact (except for the 2 low-level one already listed) were affected by the HSR update. The green dropped after the update are using the new global HSR but this update was also retroactive and it changed all the existing green staves. The side effect of that retroactive update is that the staves modded wrap->head got "bugged" and their mod order was changed to head->wrap.

For the green staves that use a non-default color and were modded wrap->head there are 3 version :

- Current version (new color, usual mod order)

- Usual prenerf version (old color, "bugged" mod order). It's the main version that we find around 90/95% of the time.

- Rare prenerf version (new color, "bugged" mod order). It's the rare version that we find around 5/10% of the time.