Guild Wars 2 Dev Tracker

April 16 is the correct date. The news post had a typo--we've published a fix and a few of us MIGHT be sitting here hitting F5 every three seconds waiting for it to go live. 😄 @Krydle.7418 and @Pifil.5193, what browsers are you using? We're not able to reproduce the issue on our end.

Our new studio update is available now! Learn about the second major update to Guild Wars 2®: Secrets of the Obscure™, "The Realm of Dreams," coming February 27. This update brings new story chapters, legendary relics, expanded weapon proficiencies, the first tier of Obsidian legendary armor, new Wizard's Vault rewards, and more. Read on to learn more about what's coming to Guild Wars 2 on February 27 and beyond!

Hi, everyone, Welcome to the preview for the March 19 balance update! As always, the goal of previewing these changes is to gather your feedback before the live release. We'll be following the conversation and making further adjustments as needed. Thanks, Cal "cmc" Cohen Skills and Balance Lead General Relic of Fireworks: Fixed an issue that could prevent some projectile skills from triggering this relic's effect. Elementalist This release includes some updates to arcane skills. Arcane Blast and Arcane Wave have a bit too much overlap with each other, and we wanted to give Arcane Wave a more unique identity by adding a movement component. We've also reworked and renamed the Elemental Surge trait, giving it some more powerful bonuses to individual skills instead of all of them inflicting bonus conditions. Water Trident: Increased the power coefficient from 1.0 to 1.25 in PvP and WvW. Updraft: Fixed an issue that caused this skill to disp... Read more

Every week I send a summary list of all new suggestions and requests from that thread to the rest of the studio, so it definitely gets read and heard.

Part of what I do is keep an eye on conversations and feedback throughout the forum and pass it on to the rest of the studio. Even if a suggestion isn't workable exactly as presented, most of them* help contribute to the overall picture of the game and the community. What's working well, what are people finding frustrating, what are players asking for more of, what things are more polarizing than usual? At their core, suggestions are usually about a potential opportunity to address something in one of those categories, so even if a suggestion isn't feasible, a lot of the time there's still information to be had! *We're probably definitely not gonna delete a whole profession.

Your timing is spectacular! Here you go! This is the expanded weapon proficiencies preview and the livestream info, and I've created a thread to discuss the changes here.

Our design team has been hard at work on expanded weapon proficiencies since the beta event back in November. Combat Designer Taylor Brooks has an overview of your feedback from that event and the changes we're making to the weapons here. For more details and a preview of the March balance update, watch our Twitch livestream this Friday, February 16, at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC-8)!

We have temporarily disabled the effects of the Relic of Lyhr while we address an issue. We plan to include a fix for the issue in the next game build and will re-enable the effects at that time.

We just shipped a fix for this--grab the new build and you should see a difference!

Everyone go get your weapon skin! To get ahead of a possible question: As the release note states, the unlock is based on the Explorers of Antiquity achievement, so: No, you do not have to run the fractal another 25 times if you already have that. 😄

Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue that caused some world events to not scale properly. Last Words can be purchased from BLING-9009 if players have completed the Explorers of Antiquity achievement. If the weapon is locked for purchase, the text "Complete Silent Surf on challenge mode 25 times to purchase" will be corrected in a future release.

I'm really glad you all are liking this helm so much, and I'm making sure to pass the feedback on to the team!

We're aware of this one and looking into it. I'm sorry this is happening! Also, this is a horrifying sentence. 😄

Thank you all for your participation in the world restructuring beta event. We’ve been keeping an eye on your feedback throughout the beta and would like to follow up with some specific questions now that we're at the end of the event. If you’d like to share your thoughts, please leave answers to the following questions in this thread: Do you play on NA or EU? What team were you on during January 12-26? What team were you on during January 26-February 2? If there is a day of the week and time of day you usually play, what are they? Did your world restructuring matchups feel more or less balanced than your regular WvW Server matches? Did you select a WvW Guild for the beta? Was your guild part of a larger alliance guild? Were there usually commanders around during your normal playtime? Which week felt most balanced and enjoyable for you? What part of world restructuring felt the most well executed? What part of world re... Read more

I let people know about this bug so they can look into it!

I let people know about this bug so they can look into it!

Thank you all for continuing to share details! I want to give you a quick update that we've tracked down the source of the issue and are working on a fix. I'll keep you updated as I'm able!

Here are the worlds for EU: * Augury Rock (FR), Arborstone (FR) * Aurora Glade (EN), Fort Ranik (FR) * Baruch Bay (SP), Dzagonur (DE) * Blacktide (EN), Far Shiverpeaks (EN) * Desolation (EN), Miller's Sound (DE) * Drakkar Lake (DE), Kodash (DE) * Elona Reach (DE), Gunnar's Hold (EN) * Fissure of Woe (EN) * Gandara (EN), Jade Sea (FR) * Ring of Fire (EN), Vizunah Square (FR) * Riverside (DE), Abaddon's Mouth (DE) * Seafarer's Rest (EN) * Underworld (EN), Piken Square (EN) * Vabbi (EN), Ruins of Surmia (EN) * Whiteside Ridge (EN) Here are the worlds for NA: * Blackgate, Sorrow's Furnace * Darkhaven, Gate of Madness * Dragonbrand, Borlis Pass * Ferguson's Crossing, Anvil Rock * Fort Aspenwood, Isle of Janthir * Jade Quarry, Stormbluff Isle * Kaineng, Yak's Bend * Maguuma, Henge of Denravi * Northern Shiverpeaks, Crystal Desert * Sanctum of Rall, Ehmry Bay * Sea of Sorrows, Eredon Terrace * Tarnished Coast, Devona's Rest

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused players to become invulnerable for a short duration when entering the downed state in PvP.

Thank you for the tag! I appreciate you making sure this got in front of me and I've passed it on to the team, noting that this is a long-running issue.