# Game play froze in guild wars **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [April 7, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-play-froze-in-guild-wars/69448 "2021-04-07T18:36:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![mitamata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mitamata/32/10313_2.png) [@mitamata](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mitamata)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-play-froze-in-guild-wars/69448/3 "2021-04-07T19:29:12Z")
Was this yesterday? There was an issue that caused this with Essence of Evil, it was fixed yesterday. > [@Lycanthropy temporarily removed from essence of evilfrom](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/lycanthropy-temporarily-removed-from-essence-of-evilfrom/69407): > > You read that correctly! Due to the issues encountered with Lycanthropy in conjunction with essence of evil we have temporarily removed the chance for lycanthropy to trigger when using essence of evil. We are working on an overall fix for lycanthropy but it will require a client update to come into effect. We thought this was the best option for now, and when the lycanthropy fix is released essence of evil will be reverted back. This fix is being pushed now, but may take time to propagate acro… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-play-froze-in-guild-wars/69448)._