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Update Notes - June 2 / 06

• Opened alliance chat to all members of the alliance, not just guild officers.


• Fixed a bug that prevented players from sending alliance chat messages while observing a game.


• Fixed a bug that prevented players on the ignore list from being correctly ignored in guild and alliance chat.

GWFC Open Detailed

As you may know, the Guild Wars Factions Championship offers an "open" opportunity for a sixth guild to be part of the finals in Leipzig, Germany, in August. We've provided more details, both on the Rules Page for the championship and on a new GWFC Open Page, as well. Read all about it, and we hope to see your guild in Germany!

Update Notes - June 1 / 06

• Decreased the Health penalty on attribute-boosting major runes from 50 to 35. Existing runes are unaffected.


• Improved chat in alliance battles so that players can see party messages from all members of their team.


• Updated the Zin Ku Corridor outpost so that it shows who currently has the Favor of the Gods.


• Added a Xunlai Agent to Zos Shivros Channel.


• Moved the Xunlai Agent in Jade Quarry [Luxon] to a more accessible location.


• Removed the Thief from the Imperial Isle guild battle.


• Updated the inventory of the weaponsmith in Maatu Keep.


• Updated art on the following creatures: Naga Wizard, Naga Raincaller, Naga Spellblade, Naga Witch, Naga Bone Collector, and Naga Sibyl.

New Editorial - Ramifications of Factions Success

If I were to suggest that the folks over at ArenaNet had a gun to their head when developing Factions, would you believe me? Some would say yes, others no. I suppose some credence can be given to those who would say no; what does a franchise that has had so much success have to worry about? Think about it: though subscribers aren't really tracked, Guild Wars surely boasts one of the largest user bases (which I think can be partially attributed to their no-subscription model) in the business today. Alternatively, as I've eluded to in previous editorials, Factions is the first real test to the no-subscription model - this is where the gun is to ArenaNet's head - so the question then becomes thus: did the team pass the test?

New Wallpaper: Canthan Assassin!

New Editorial - Good Grief

This editorial will be a bit of a break from my usual focus on the game itself to the more general topic of the players. More specifically, I want to focus on the (seemingly large) segment of the population who are classified in one way or another as "griefers." There are many other names that these players have been called at one point or another - "n00b" would probably be one of the very few that wouldn't trigger the profanity filter - and they exist in every single facet of the game. Yet, for some reason, we continue to treat them in exactly the same manner that we have since, well, I suppose griefers have existed. But that's too large a topic for one article, so I will stick with this one particular game, how griefers manifest themselves in it, and most importantly how we can deal with them.

GWFC Highlight Movies

Match Reports, Weekly Wallpaper and Guild of the Week

Screenshot Caption Competition #20