[2023] Game Update Notes: April 18, 2023

04/18/2023—April 18 Release Notes Megaserver Map Queue Beta Players can now add themselves to a queue to join party members in open-world maps that are currently at their maximum player capacity. The queue can be reached through the party and squad UI by right-clicking on a player in your party that is within the instance you wish to join and selecting "Join Instance." If that map instance is full, you will receive a new pop-up that will ask if you’d like to enter a queue for the same instance as your existing party members. Accepting this pop-up will put you into a queue, which will give you the option to travel to that map instance as soon as capacity allows. Refusing the queue will result in the same behavior as before this update. This feature is an upgrade to the megaserver system, which was first introduced in April 2014. We are introducing it as a beta while we keep a close eye on live issues and monitor your feedback. General All players have been migrated to using DirectX 11 rendering. The DirectX 9 rendering option has been removed from the Options menu. Chromium Embedded Framework has been re-enabled as a replacement to Coherent UI. This technology powers web-based UIs like the launcher and Trading Post. Please report any potential issues on the Guild Wars 2 forums. World Polish Harvest Temple Strike Mission: Fixed an issue that could cause the defiance bar for some dragon hearts to be enabled after the heart was pushed to the edge of the platform. The fishing nodes at the Celestial Pool in Gyala Delve will now appear after defeating the ravenous wanderer. Profession Skills Engineer Sneak Gyro: Reduced stealth duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second in PvP only. Reduced number of pulses from 6 to 5 in PvP only. Function Gyro: Reduced power coefficient from 1.0 to 0.5 in PvP only. Gyroscopic Acceleration: Reduced superspeed duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only. Ranger Signet of the Hunt: Increased cooldown from 20 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP only.

Bug Fix: Weaver: Fixed an issue that caused certain aspects of dual attunements to persist when changing elite specializations.

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that prevented the Shimmerwing Skyscale’s shaders from displaying properly.

Bug Fix: Fixed a rare crash that primarily affected Windows 7 systems.