Game updates/20080501

Guild vs. Guild
The Guild Battle rules which were altered in a previous update will remain in place including:
 * Number of archers on Burning and Druid's Isle.
 * NPC positioning on Warrior's Isle.
 * Wards will continue to not protect Guild Battle NPCs.
 * Certain Ritualist skills will continue to not affect or protect Guild Battle NPCs.

Skill Updates
Reverted temporary tournament changes to skills:

Assassin

 * Assassin's Remedy: reverted Energy cost back to 5.

Dervish

 * Eremite's Attack: reverted activation time back to .75 seconds.
 * Mystic Sweep: reverted activation time back to .75 seconds.

Elementalist

 * Blinding Surge: reverted recharge back to 4 seconds; reverted Blindness duration back to 3..8 seconds.
 * Glyph of Concentration: reverted number of spells affected back to 2.
 * Lightning Orb: reverted skill back to applying Cracked Armor.
 * Shockwave: reverted casting time back to .75 seconds.
 * Ward Against Melee: reverted duration back to 5..20 seconds

Mesmer

 * Chaos Storm: reverted Energy cost back to 15.
 * Energy Burn: reverted Energy drained to 3..8; reverted damage per Energy to 12.
 * Energy Surge: reverted Energy drained to 3..8; reverted damage per Energy to 12.
 * Fevered Dreams: reverted recharge back to 10 seconds.
 * Fragility: reverted Energy cost back to 10.
 * Hex Breaker: reverted skill type back to skill.

Monk

 * Aegis: reverted Energy cost back to 10.

Paragon

 * Ballad of Restoration: reverted recharge back to 20 seconds.
 * Harrier's Toss: reverted activation time back to .5 seconds.
 * Song of Restoration: reverted recharge back to 20 seconds.

Ritualist

 * Ancestors' Rage: reverted casting time back to .25 seconds.
 * Death Pact Signet: reverted activation time back to 3 seconds.
 * Flesh of My Flesh: reverted recharge back to 0 seconds.
 * Splinter Weapon: reverted recharge back to 5 seconds.

Warrior

 * Disarm: reverted time that attack skills are disabled back to 0..5 seconds; reverted recharge back to 12.

Bug Fixes

 * Fixed a bug that caused interrupted attack skills to occasionally deal damage.
 * Fixed a bug with skills that convert damage from one type to another, such as Stone Striker and Greater Conflagration. The converted damage was working incorrectly with armor bonuses and penalties.
 * Fixed a bug that allowed characters to occasionally Shadow Step while carrying a flag.

Miscellaneous
Created wiki pages for Asian language players to report localization bugs:
 * Japanese: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Japanese_Localization_Bugs
 * Korean: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Korean_Localization_Bugs
 * Traditional Chinese: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Jason_Yu/Traditional_Chinese_Localization_Bugs

The wiki pages for the European localization bug reports are now hosted by the European community team:


 * French: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Julien_Crevits/French_Localization_Bugs
 * German: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Martin_Kerstein/German_Localization_Bugs
 * Italian: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Martin_Kerstein/Italian_Localization_Bugs
 * Spanish: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Peter_Verhelst/Spanish_Localization_Bugs