- Glory will be completely phased out and unable to be obtained.
- The 8v8 custom arenas hosted by ArenaNet have been removed.
- Custom arena owners must now have the Autobalance option enabled or the arena will be marked as No Progression.
- Ranks have been changed to be easier to obtain for all players.
- Equipment merge
- All Mystic Forge recipes for crafting PvP items have been removed along with PvP crafting materials.
- Updated achievement text to be more consistent.
- Removed the water from the PvP lobby.
- All PvP maps have had their water combat removed so we also removed the water-combat tutorial area.
- Fixed a bug in which trait selection was available on servers with skill-locking enabled.
- Fixed a bug in which players were not showing their defeated icon on the minimap.
- Fixed a bug in which rank achievement would not be calculated with rank points earned.
- Added new amulets: Cavalier and Magi
- Added a new rune: Traveler
- Added new sigils: Generosity and Renewal
- Account-bound WXP
- Players will need to load into a map with every one of their characters to have their WXP added to their account total.
- Note that WXP is summed, not ranked. (e.g., having two characters exactly at rank 10 puts the player’s account total at rank 15 and 4/5) See +http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/WXP#World_ranks+ for more information on WXP and ranks.
- All characters have the same number of World Ability Points available to spend. Spending World Ability Points on one character doesn't spend them on any other.
- Players will need to load into a map with every one of their characters to have their WXP added to their account total.
- All spent World Ability Points have been refunded to all characters.
- Getting from Rank 4 to 5 now requires 1,000 WXP instead of 2,000
- Commanders: The Commander buff is now only displayed to friendly players.
- Siege Weapons: Normalized the hit boxes of all siege gadgets.
New Items and Promotions
- Rampart heavy armor skins, Strider’s medium armor skins, and Incarnate light armor skins are now available in the Style category for 800 gems each.
- Wintersday outfits are available for one week only to celebrate the improvements to outfits with the new Wardrobe system. Pick up outfits in the Style category for 800 gems.
- Removed the delay on the first note when playing a harp or drum.
- Transmutation Charges now drop from Black Lion Chests instead of Transmutation Crystals.
- Trade history has been reduced to the most recent 90 days to improve viewing performance.