Archive for May, 2008

Diagnostics from within the Guild Wars client

Today’s Guild Wars game update has brought with it a nice little diagnostics tool, which gives players some functionality that has been around in other MMOs for a while. You’ll notice on the login screen is a new option – “Test My Computer”. Clicking on this will launch a new diagnostic test, which will go [...]

Deldrimor Focus

Focus items in Guild Wars are called ‘off-hand’ items. This is because your character carries them in their spare hand – their right hand wielding a weapon of some sort. Clearly this poses problems if you have a two handed weapon, which is why characters using weapons like hammers, staves, etc. can’t use a focus [...]

Guild Wars PvP and PvE skill balance changes

There’s an update from the Guild Wars developers at ArenaNet, and it’s a bit of a biggy. Starting on the 21st May, there are going to be some skill balancing changes taking place. Nothing new there, that’s a constant activity that happens each week, as the Guild Wars devs ensure no one build becomes too [...]