Guild Wars 2 Guru: Wintersday Game Update Notes - December 16, 2014

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Enjoy! Happy Wintersday All!

Festival
A Very Merry Wintersday
The nights may be growing longer and colder, but Divinity�s Reach is merry with the warmth of the Wintersday spirit. Celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the next in this traditional winter festival!
The Wondrous Workshop

• Enter Toymaker Tixx�s workshop inside his golem-shaped airship�Tixx�s Infinirarium�to corral mischievous toys and set things to rights!

Wintersday Festivities

• Celebrate the holiday with festive traditions: leap from snowflake to snowflake in the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle, ring in the season in the Bell Choir activity, defend gift-bearing dolyaks in Toypocalypse, and store up precious presents in Snowball Mayhem!

Warming Grawnk�s Heart

• It�s your chance to save Wintersday! Grawnk has stolen ornaments from the children�s orphanage in Divinity�s Reach, and it�s up to you to track them down! If you succeed in your mission, you�ll be able to plant a beautiful Wintersday tree in your own home instance.

Wintersday Gift Tree

• The latest trend in Tyrian holiday decor, these trees provide Wintersday gifts year-round and are attractive in any home, whether it�s in the heart of the Black Citadel or the outskirts of Rata Sum. Receive yours by helping the orphans of Divinity�s Reach find their lost ornaments. Also, the Star of Gratitude provides additional rewards for those of you with empyreal fragments to spare.

Toys and Treasures

• Tixx has an assortment of new goodies for the citizens of Tyria! Complete three new collections to receive exclusive rewards, such as the Endless Gift Box Tonic.
  
• Enjoy other festive rewards like the new Magnanimous Choir Bell and the Rime-Rimmed Mariner�s Rebreather.

NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT
New Daily Achievement System

• Achievements have been divided into 3 categories: PvE, WvW, and PvP.
  
• The number of available achievements per day is based on the highest-level character on an account:
  
  • Levels 1 � 10: 1 achievement per category
    
  • Levels 11 � 30: 3 achievements per category
    
  • Levels 31 � 80: 4 achievements per category
• Completing daily achievements now awards players with items and/or experience based on their corresponding content type, such as WvW daily achievements rewarding world experience.
  
• Completing daily achievements no longer awards players with achievement points.
  
• A new Daily Completionist achievement has been added and is earned by completing any combination of daily achievements from the three categories.
  
• Completing the Daily Completionist achievement rewards players with 10 achievement points.
  
• December will be the final month to include monthly achievements.
  
• Existing daily and monthly achievement rewards have been rolled into the new log-in reward system.
  
• For more information, please see this blog post.

New Log-in Reward System

• The first time you log in each day, you�ll receive a new item from the reward track.
  
• Progress on the log-in reward track will reset only after claiming the 28th and final reward.
  
• Players logged in after 4:00 p.m. PDT on December 15 will receive their first daily log-in reward chest after 4:00 p.m. PDT on December 16.
  
• Players last logged out before 4:00 p.m. PDT on December 15 will receive their first daily log-in reward chest immediately after the update.
  
• For more information, please see this blog post.

World vs. World

• The World vs. World Sneak Attack event begins December 16. For the next month of World vs. World, the following rules will apply:
  
  • All player kills will award 1 point of world score. Using a finisher on a player while you have Borderlands Bloodlust will award 2 points.
    
  • The white crossed swords that appear when an objective is under attack have been removed from all objectives in World vs. World. Now a player must scout the objectives in order to see them being attacked.
    
  • All players will receive a Mist War Summons effect, which increases WXP gain by 15%, experience gain by 15%, and magic find by 50% while in WvW.

Structured Player vs. Player

• The PvP Ladder test season begins December 16. For the next month of Player vs. Player, the following rules will apply:
  
  • Between the dates of December 16 and January 13, enter Ranked Arena during the ladder test season and compete for the top spots on the leaderboard to earn PvP-exclusive rewards.
    
  • At the end of the season, the top 250 players on the ladder in each region will each receive a PvP-exclusive Mini Llama.
    
  • The top 20 players in each region will receive a piece of the PvP-exclusive Glorious Hero�s armor, available only through tournaments and special events.
    
  • The top five players from each region will receive an additional piece of Glorious Hero�s armor.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
General
The Contacts and LFG panel no longer resets continually when new entries are listed.
Items
Major Sigil of Leeching: Fixed a bug that occasionally caused this sigil to begin cooldown without triggering correctly.
BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions

• A new Gifts Mail Delivery mail carrier is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 350 gems.
  
• The new Arctic Explorer Outfit is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.
  
• New Wintersday weapons are available from the Black Lion Weapons Specialist for 1 ticket each.
  
• Every Black Lion Chest also includes a guaranteed Personalized Wintersday Gift (for a limited time).
  
• The Royal Pass (2 weeks) has returned to the Special category of the Gem Store for 300 gems (for a limited time)

Source: https://forum-en.gui...9290.1418758524

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