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As of the 22nd of October, both Team Arenas and Hero Battles have been removed from the game. Builds specific to either arena have been archived, and builds with multiple tags had their TA/HB tags removed. Obviously, this means we will not be taking any more TA or HB builds onto PvX.

But when something leaves, something often replaces it. In this case we have been given Sealed Deck, in the form of the Codex Arena. Anybody who would like to expand the following portal may do as they wish and any positive contributions towards it will be appreciated. However for this play type we will not be accepting builds due to the nature of the arena, with decks changing every day. We would like to also promote some build making in an area where creativity shines. In the next few days, an updated version of the vetting policy will be implemented. This policy will lead to a few key changes regarding how vetting works as well as the rating scale.

The main page will be updated to reflect these changes.

The primary change here will be the removal of the "Other" category and the deletion of all builds currently residing in it. As always, any of these builds can be moved or restored to the userspace per user request.

To see the new Real Vetting Policy, go here.

Contents 1 2nd birthday 2 Potential move 2.1 Babysitting 2.2 Money 2.3 Security 3 Wikia 4 FAQ 5 19.01.2009 6 Updating Skill DB 7 Breaking up with Razer

[edit] 2nd birthday

PvXwiki will soon celebrate its 2nd birthday. For me it has been very exiting years. Without money or in depth knowledge of MediaWiki we got together and started PvXwiki. And it quickly became valuable and popular source of Guild Wars builds. We did an amazing job; even few did truly believed in our Wiki.

[edit] Potential move

One of the people who recognized PvXwiki early on was Gil from Wikia. Attempts were made to discus potential move to Wikia without ever coming to a conclusion. You may ask what makes it different now?

[edit] Babysitting

First of all, my daily job as senior web-developer makes it hard for me to find time to baby-sit wiki. With cheap server, no serious backup solution and only 2 techadmins it need constant maintains. There has been a few night with phone calls to hosting company in Canada at 3 AM, and I no longer have time to do this.

[edit] Money

This leads to my second reason – money. Websites do cost money and anyone who ever tried to run one knows all about it. Taking out $50 of your pocket each month is maybe okay, but it became painful when that number grew to several hundred dollars per month. When we started I had a second job just to pay hosting bills. And after 20 month of constant bill payments – I feel that I have done my part.

[edit] Security

Third and most important reason for me is security and feature of the website. With single webserver and only backup stored on server located in same server farm it is miracle that it did survive as long as it did. Unfortunately there is no guarantee that our luck will continue for years to come. With an old server, outdated MediaWiki and code that has never been properly tested it is only matter of time before something very big and bad happens.

[edit] Wikia

In order to preserve all the knowledge stored in PvXwiki and make sure it will grow, we need stable and secure solution. Personally I believe that currently Wikia is the only company that can provide such solution. It takes out hosting problems, has finances in place and makes sure that each word of the wiki will be stored and preserved for many years to come. Wikia is buying the domain to ensure no links will be broken to the new site. For community it means people, money and server independent Wiki to enjoy. As always, the data itself is owned by the community and freely available for download at any time.

I hope everyone will see the big picture and all the benefits. I feel like we did prove that we can be strong outsiders and we did it great. Now its time to keep and safe all the hard work, money and nerves that went down building PvXwiki.

[edit] FAQ

You can find answers to most common questions in this detailed FAQ. Bugs can be reported to Wikia staff via Special:Contact. Known bugs are listed on the talk page. There has recently been a small change to our Image policy. We have implemented a "tagging" system. This means that users are required to tag any new uploads with one of the templates mentioned in the image use policy.

There is also the issue of any old images. Currently there's around 5000 images, that haven't been tagged in anyway. As such, any help tagging these images would be greatly appreciated.

It will also help, if you go through the uncategorised images, to tag any copyright images with {{copyvio}} or a {{delete}} with the reason "copyvio".

There may also be some "dead" images.These are images that show as existing, but there either isn't an image there, or it's just a white square. Tagging these with {{Delete}} with the reason "dead image" would also be of great help =).

[edit] 19.01.2009

Database is now synchronized and updated with all the latest updates. Let's keep it this way.

[edit] Updating Skill DB

Our skill DB has been outdated for quite some time. Last update was done 15.03.2008. So its kinda about time we update it. First I tried to emplement system where users could edit skill DB directly, but due its huge size its proved to be quite difficult. Just submitting an edit on it takes a few minutes. Pulling it from DB on each request was also not easy (on every builds show/generation). So I have uploaded latest Skill Database to Wikipedia where you can edit Part 1 and Part 2.

I will check it frequently in order to keep DB here up to date.

I made my best effort updating it with skill updates from December 2008, November 2008, October 2008 and September 2008. Following skills has been updated:

• Palm Strike
• Power Leech
• Aura of the Lich
• Mark of Insecurity
• Seeping Wound
• Wastrel\'s Collapse
• Onslaught
• Reaper's Sweep
• Blinding Surge
• Double Dragon
• Energy Boon
• Ether Prism
• Fevered Dreams
• Shared Burden
• Recurring Insecurity
• Symbols of Inspiration
• Boon Signet
• Life Sheath
• Peace and Harmony
• Ray of Judgment
• Aura of the Lich
• Cultist's Fervor
• Lingering Curse
• Weaken Knees
• Incoming!
• It's just a flesh wound
• Angelic Bond
• Archer's Signet
• Spike Trap
• Strike as One
• Trapper's Focus
• Clamor of Souls
• Destructive was Glaive
• Enraged Smash
• Hundred Blades
• Primal Rage
• Whirling Axe
• Hidden Caltrops
• Immolate
• Meteor
• Lyssa's Aura
• Burning Arrow
• Incendiary Arrows
• Melandru's Shot
• Backbreaker
• "For Great Justice!"
• Glowing Gaze
• Glowing Ice
• Glowstone
• Icy Shackles
• Master of Magic
• Mind Blast
• Shock Arrow
• Order of Undeath
• Glimmering Mark
• Disrupting Lunge

PS: Anyone who help update skill database will be reworded with e... :)

[edit] Breaking up with Razer

Sponsor contract with Razer has been terminated due to unpaid bills. We have hosted their banners for 2 months basically for free. And without response to any of our emails there is nothing else to do but to remove banners and terminate sponsorship contract.

We are looking for another sponsorship partner.