Presearing Community

Congratulations Anet and Thank You!

Written by Lil Puppy
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
The Presearing Community would like to congratulate ArenaNet on 4 wonderful years of gaming excellence! We would also like to say "Thank you!" for the great additions to pre-searing in the form of Nicholas Sandford and Professor Yakkington. They couldn't have been put in a more perfect location. Several longstanding suggestions have also been implemented (as well as new stuff) - Style and Gender changes, Extra Storage, Equipment Packs, Account-wide Hall of Monuments, Nick and Yakkington in post-searing, Zaishen Challenge Quests, and the Zaishen Menagerie.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 April 2009 )

Join Our Seventh Anniversary Celebration!
To celebrate the seventh anniversary of Guild Wars, we're hosting an in-game party—and you're invited! Two weeks full of games, sugary treats, and anniversary surprises starts at noon Pacific on April 24. Check out our anniversary page for more details!
Discontinuing support for older versions of Windows

Since the launch of Guild Wars in 2005 we?ve stayed locked into our original minimum system requirements. Unfortunately, the game has reached a point where this is preventing us from deploying important features. After serious consideration, we?ve decided that Guild Wars will no longer be supported on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME beginning June 14, 2012. In order to continue to play Guild Wars after this date, we recommend upgrading to a more recent version of Windows.
Realistically, we do not expect this to impact the vast majority of Guild Wars players. Our logs indicate that...

Community News ? October 28, 2011
- Crossing Tyria and The Highland Wolves [PACK] will be having a Halloween bash on October 29 from 6:00 PM ? 8:00 PM EDT in Ascalon City International District 1. Your hosts have a ton of fun games, activities, and prizes planned, so be sure to visit their event page for all the details!
- Blade Radio is hosting what might be the last Night of the Minipets event on October 29 ? 31 in Lion's Arch International Districts 1 ? 3. They?re giving away over 1000 minipets as well as other in-game prizes to their party guests, so don't miss it! Check their event page for more information!
- Would you like to have your event, blog, or fan creation featured on Guild Wars Community News? Tell us about it by sending an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Give us at least one week's notice before your event for localization and publishing. Here's what you need to include:
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Update - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Alliance Battle Updates
- Increased Alliance Battle score multiplier for Imperial faction gain from 4 to 10.
- Decreased win bonus for Alliance Battles from 2000 Imperial faction to 1000 Imperial faction.
- Increased underdog multiplier for Alliance Battles from 100% and 200% to 300% and 500%.
- Increased Imperial faction per kill in Alliance Battles from 30 to 40.
- Increase Balthazar faction per kill in Alliance Battles from 10 to 20.
Title Change
- Decreased the title rank required to get maximum effectiveness from title-based PvE skills.
Environment Effect Update
- Stone Spores: causes a 33% reduction in outgoing damage and healing, as well as -2 to all attributes. Additionally, Stone Spores always remain active in applicable PvP areas, instead of toggling on and off.
Miscellaneous
- Added a sweets-exchange NPC to the Great Temple of Balthazar.