Game updates/20060427

Update - Thursday, April 27, 2006
Pahbahzhen, Brother Mhenlo,

Our worst fears have been realized. A plague is spreading across Cantha the likes of which I have never seen nor even imagined. Our healers have found no way to combat this affliction, and all our attempts to learn of previous outbreaks in the imperial archives or through consultation with the spirits of the dead have proven fruitless.

Truly, Mhenlo, I have never known a monk with a greater gift for healing, and though you are young, you have traveled far and wide. I would not ask this of you for myself, for I know full well that the last few years have shown you more than enough misery and strife, yet I do ask. I ask you to come and lend us your insight.

I ask in the name of all you love and remember about Cantha. The sweeping grandeur of Shing Jea Isle. The towering spectacle of Kaineng City. The breathtaking majesty of the Jade Sea. The dark beauty of the Echovald Forest. And, of course, all of us who have been proud to call you friend these many years. Return to us, Brother Mhenlo. We need you.

Master Togo

27 Suzhen, 1582

CANTHA AWAITS
The great continent of Cantha is now open to all accounts that have an active Guild Wars Factions key.


 * New Canthan characters may now be created using any of the six core professions or the two unique Factions professions, the Assassin and Ritualist.
 * Factions characters created for the Factions Preview Event may be used once again, though they have had their items, skills and levels reset.
 * Factions skills may be used in PvP once again and may be unlocked on the Priest of Balthazar.

On accounts with both Guild Wars Factions and Guild Wars Prophecies, players may take characters back and forth between the continents of Cantha and Tyria. The first journey to a new continent must be done through a quest. After that, characters may travel quickly and easily using the Ship Travel icon on the world map.


 * Factions characters wishing to travel to Tyria for the first time should seek out Guardsman Chienpo in Kaineng Center and take the "Chaos in Kryta" quest.
 * Prophecies characters may travel to Cantha using the quest "Mhenlo's Request," which is offered by Firstwatch Sergio in Lion's Arch.

UPDATES

 * The Day of the Tengu event has come to a close.
 * Fixed a bug that prevented guild scrimmages while a guild battle or another guild scrimmage was underway. There is no limit to the number of guild scrimmages a guild may conduct at one time. Guild scrimmages do not prevent a guild from participating in a guild battle.
 * Ensured that all monster-dropped uncommon and rare armor pieces have the appropriate runes.
 * Introduced a new command: /resign. This command allows a team to forfeit a mission as a group. All party members must type "/resign" for it to take effect.

GuildWiki notes

 * There was a significant problem with the Alliance and faction system, therefore that feature was disabled until a solution was found. It has since been fixed.