Fyi they did this in the first gw game with their updates on april fools. Fake patch notes would become a tradition in later years, and were usually full of inside jokes. Since april fools day 20, the two annihilator quests are available and no prank developer update notes are published. For april fools day 2018, anet released an april fools patch with humorous fixes such as adding a clear browser history mode to the trading post, and locking revenant abilities to only be usable in the mists. The sunbeam throne reaches out to the heroes of tyria. Chairbased audio can be adjusted using the unique audio dropdowns in the options menu cloud movement in shaemoor has been corrected to match tyrian wind patterns fixed a visual bug in which some dredge did not appear to be ghosts in dredgehaunt cliffs the commanders communicator has been upgraded to include a virtual assistant. April fools day is a special event that occurs annually from april 1, 07. Update april 1, 2017 general alacrity now grants 200 to all stats, and speeds up skill recharge by 150%.
In the histroy of the guild wars franchise, april fools day has always been a major event with. Gw2 game update notes for the april 1st special game update. History of april fools day in the guild wars franchise. Chairbased audio can be adjusted using the unique audio dropdowns in the options menu.
Check the profession skills section of the release notes for. Those are listed on the respective article for each year. The discord server service bot gw2bot posted a fake news update that guild wars 2 would be going into maintenance mode, with a link that. The release came with an appropriately themed backdrop, titles, and floating bubbles. The guild wars wiki has an article on april fools day. April fools patch notes, akin to last years and a jolly good read. Fixed a visual bug in which some dredge did not appear to be ghosts in dredgehaunt cliffs. They shouldve at least make it interesting like blizzard did with april fools patch notes for wow, at first it seems like a real patch notes then cringy at the end. Game updates2018 april fools guild wars 2 wiki gw2w. Gw2 april fools 2015 airplane mode and special death. Alacrity now grants 200 to all stats, and speeds up skill recharge by 150%. Cloud movement in shaemoor has been corrected to match tyrian wind patterns. All fine and masterwork gear now comes in blister packs. Gw2 april fools 2015 airplane mode, special filters, and death music.
The guild wars 2 wiki has an article on april fools day. Blister packs must be tripleclicked to open and have a chance to inflict bleeding. Game updates2017 april fools guild wars 2 wiki gw2w. For april fools day 2020, arenanet released, just as years before, a fake set of april fools game update notes with humorous updates such. Corresponding birds will be applied to all party members based on their profession. On april fools day arenanet and several guild wars 2 communities usually prepare april fools. Fully customizable ui has been added, with scripting support for ada, cobol, and fortran.