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If you missed today's livestream preview of the competitive updates coming to Guild Wars 2 on July 16, you can read the notes below and check out the VOD here!
PvP Updates
Automated Tournament Updates
The number of daily ATs has been reduced from 8 to 4
The time that daily ATs occur is now region dependent
EU: 12:00, 15:00, 18:00, 21:00 UTC
NA: 21:00, 0:00, 3:00, 9:00 UTC (2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 8:00 PM, 2:00 AM PDT)
One AT for NA is offset to accommodate OCX playerbase
A new weekly AT has been added
Will occur every Sunday, exact time is region dependent
EU: 17:00 UTC
NA: 20:00 UTC (1:00 PM PDT)
No Qualifying Point requirement to entry
Increased rewards compared to a normal daily tournament
Gold reward ranges from 150g for 1st to 25g for 9-16th place
Rewards include Ascended Shards of Glory and PvP League Tickets
A new monthly variety tournament has been added
Will occur the second Saturday of the month at 19:00 UTC (12:00 PM PDT) on both regions
Alternates between 2v2 and 3v3 modes
2v2: Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov
3v3: Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct, Dec
Rewards include a special title and permanent Champion's Rest passes for 1st
Tournament of Legends is returning
Scheduled to run every 6 months
Announcement of the first ToL coming soonTM
Will occur the third Saturday of the month at 19:00 UTC (12:00 PM PDT) on both regions
Rewards have been updated (2nd place prize is better than a precursor now)
New Colored Title for Tournament Play
Champion Brawler is now colored
This applies retroactively
A new system has been created to reward players with a colored title for high placement in mATs
1-4th place are given Proofs of Glory
1st: 30
2nd: 15
3rd-4th: 10
At 120 Proofs of Glory, you will unlock the new title through the Road of Victory achievement
The achievement is repeatable so you can keep track even after you get 120
Djinn's Dominion Changes
Objective is now a channel instead of a capture point
Channeling the objective will now grant the player a special action skill, not their team
The skills rewarded have been updated
Giant Meteor
No longer a ground target, requires a target
This skill now knocks down, is unblockable, removes boons, and applies vulnerability
Waters of Life
Replaces Disenchantment Field
Targeted AoE that revives allies and finishes enemies in its radius
Starfall
Replaces Waxing Doom
Damages and launches enemies in a raidus around the player
If used while in a capture point the enemy controls, it will neutralize the capture point
Leaving the lamp arena with apply teleport sickness with a scaling duration like Skyhammer
WvW Updates
WvW Scoring Updates
•Victory Points are now going to be weighted based on player population per skirmish, per region:
EU:
NA:
The warscore awarded from capturing objectives have been increased, and will additionally increase based on the tier of the objective when it is captured
The warscore awarded from defeating an enemy player in WvW is increasing from 2 to 3
Objective Contesting and EWP
Old system:
Objectives contest when an associated guard gets into combat, or when a gate/wall is damaged
New system:
Objectives contest when the lord/supervisor is put into combat, or when a gate/wall is damaged below 98%
EWP:
Now spawns 3 Emergency Waypoints for the duration of the tactic – only being updated for Keeps/Castles
All 3 Waypoints will be relatively near the Lord’s room of the Keep/Castle
Allow for defending groups to respond to objectives with EWP safer
Siege Updates:
Alacrity can no longer be applied to players on siege, and will be removed from players when activating siege
Boons other than swiftness can no longer be applied to Siege Golems
Flame Ram health has been lowered by 50%. Operated flame rams will have Iron Hide applied to them
Some siege supply costs have been adjusted:
Guild Siege Golem supply cost increased from 50 to 75
Arrow Cart supply cost reduced from 40 to 25
Superior Arrow Cart supply cost reduced from 50 to 35
Trebuchet supply cost reduced from 100 to 50
Superior Trebuchet supply cost reduced from 120 to 60
New Weapon Set
Corrupted Hero’s Weapons
Obtained through Mist-Hardened Lockboxes (Exotic version)
Obtained through Mystic Forge (Ascended Version)
Rare Hero Weapon from the Hero Weapon Reward Track
New Mystic Forge Ingredient purchased for WvW Currencies
Grandmaster Mark Shards
Emblems of the Avenger