The Arenanet team has presented the next patch for Guild Wars 2 in detail. Look forward to fresh story content, a fractal dungeon, a meta-event chain and new challenges for fans of convergences. And best of all: The update is free for owners of “Secrets of the Obscure” and will be released in just a few days.
What has been announced for Guild Wars 2? The new update for the current expansion “Secrets of the Obscure” is called “The Midnight King” and will be released on May 21, 2024. The contents of the patch are available free of charge to all current and future owners of the addon.
You can look forward to the following features:
You can watch the new trailer for Guild Wars 2: “The Midnight King” here:
PvP and World vs World Updates
What else has been announced? On June 14, 2024, the developers will move the world restructuring system to permanent beta status. The EU and NA regions will receive an additional rank, which will reduce the size of the queue during peak times.
The developers are also increasing the guild membership limit from five to six to give WvW players more flexibility in creating or joining world-restructuring guilds.
In the guild overview you will find a new timer under the title “Block for the next team formation”. This will make it easier to communicate when the changes to the fighting guilds will come into effect.
What about PvP? On June 25th, some improvements to convenience and PvP rewards will land on the live servers. To enable new build options, the devs are introducing two new attribute amulets: Heretic (+1,000 power, +1,000 precision, +500 healing, +500 ferocity) and Tyrant (+1,000 power, +1,000 condition damage, +500 precision). , +500 toughness). In addition, there are now runes of the ogre and torment.
Ascended armor and weapons should become more affordable in PvP. Therefore, in the future you will be able to earn more Grandmaster Tokens throughout each season. At the same time, the shard costs for purchasing ascended items are reduced.
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