Game updates/20071025

Start of Halloween Event

 * When sunlight wanes to shadow
 * And mists fill nights once clear
 * 'Tis time to think of monarchs
 * Who visit once a year.


 * Hail, Thorn, the king demented,
 * Whose laughter fills the air
 * Where cunning gifts are given
 * With wit and deadly flair!


 * And as the season passes
 * Remember what you've seen
 * In Lion's Arch and Kamadan
 * On this good Halloween.

Bug Fixes

 * Fixed a bug that caused the hunt rampage to display an incorrect duration in Hard Mode.
 * Fixed a bug that prevented the snowmen in the Secret Lair of the Snowmen from using their Hard-Mode exclusive skills.
 * Fixed an exploit that allowed players to access Account Storage in areas that have no Xunlai Agents.
 * Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented characters from receiving credit for kills in the Fissure of Woe quest "The Hunt".
 * Fixed a bug that prevented players from reporting teammates for leeching while in Random Arenas and Alliance Battles.
 * Fixed a bug that allowed players to have more siege devourers in their group than intended in some Eye of the North regions.
 * Fixed a bug that allowed players to use Spirits to kill Polymock opponents.
 * Fixed a bug that prevented Domain of Anguish bosses from spawning once the quest "Mallyx the Unyielding" had been completed.
 * Fixed a bug in the Courtyard map of Heroes' Ascent that allowed the gate levers to open and close the gates faster than intended.
 * Fixed a graphical bug that caused several character models and armor sets to appear as wireframes.

Miscellaneous

 * The Xunlai Tournament House NPC has returned to the Great Temple of Balthazar, Lion's Arch, Kaineng Center, and Kamadan to reward players with Tournament prizes.
 * To more clearly distinguish items that are outside of combat range, the names of characters and items more than 1,000 feet away now appear in a dimmer color.