# Guild Wars Delayed (April 24th)
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280
**Category:** Official News
**Created:** [April 7, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280 "2017-04-07T03:07:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Freakynation76](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Freakynation76)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/102 "2017-04-08T04:07:42Z")
Than wait a week to spend resources to get non exclusive mythics, usually a week’s worth of resources isn’t going to nab you a mythic anyhow. It’s much more difficult to get a mythic once its exclusive week is over. It is one week to allow people a chance to get the mythic where the week they were supposed to be able to get it is screwed up due to no fault of their own. I’ve already received Stonehammer, but I wouldn’t begrudge someone else trying to get the mythic while it is exclusive as it is no easy feat to obtain a mythic once it’s exclusive week is over. You can always spend resources in an attempt to get a random mythic, as of now there is only the one week to get a specific one (Unless it’s kingdom is in event chests).
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### Author:  [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/103 "2017-04-08T09:33:29Z")
Nimhain mentioned elsewhere that even by including runics the drop rate of the higher rewards won’t be affected. 🙂
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### Author:  [@maximuse2004](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/maximuse2004)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/104 "2017-04-08T14:16:04Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#):
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> Random traitstones will now be awarded for PVP. This means that you won’t be collecting all of the same Whitehelm traitstones!
That’s so awesome I made a thread on this not too long ago 😁😁
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### Author:  [@Annaerith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Annaerith)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/105 "2017-04-08T15:17:19Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#):
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> Nimhain mentioned elsewhere that even by including runics the drop rate of the higher rewards won’t be affected.
@Saltypatra but she didnt mention all “higher rewards”
im concerned about all mythic-generatig rewards such as glory and keys
> [@Dear devs, could you please give us runic traitstones in legendary tasks instead of minors?](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dear-devs-could-you-please-give-us-runic-traitstones-in-legendary-tasks-instead-of-minors/22000/42):
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> I don’t have the final numbers but I can confirm that we’re not decreasing your chances for Legendaries, Mythics or Gems when we add Runics.
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### Author:  [@MakoSipper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MakoSipper)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/106 "2017-04-08T19:20:12Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#):
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> Defense pools will be made bigger for PVP. This means there will be more variety in the players and teams you choose to fight.
> Random traitstones will now be awarded for PVP. This means that you won’t be collecting all of the same Whitehelm traitstones!
Are these changes coming on Monday 10th, too?
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### Author:  [@Strat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Strat)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/107 "2017-04-08T20:42:21Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#):
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> Defense pools will be made bigger for PVP. This means there will be more variety in the players and teams you choose to fight.
@Saltypatra Thanks for keeping everyone in the loop. I appreciate how frequently you’ve been posting game information, a great sign!
Hopeful this helps with increasing the diversity of the PvP pool. But something to consider for the future…
What about having a “featured Developer PvP Defend Team” thrown into the weekly pool as well. Or even as some kind of Holiday event. The developers could create a single customized Defend team for that particular weekly event and it would have an _additional_ bonus to all Skills (+25% or +50%) on top of the Event Bonuses!
It should be rare in the PvP Invade population pool (to make its appearance on the Invade selection special). Winning against this featured team would include a some type of _extra_ special reward in addition to the normal PvP gains.
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### Author:  [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/108 "2017-04-08T23:56:21Z")
I think players would be sad to see the GW troop in the game and not be able to acquire it. 😟
@Saltypatra, will we receive a free GW troop for the next 2 weeks (like this week)? 🙂
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### Author:  [@HKdirewolf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HKdirewolf)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/109 "2017-04-09T00:30:23Z")
Free troops would be nice. 😸
Although the changes they are making are nice too.
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### Author:  [@Macawi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Macawi)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/110 "2017-04-09T01:49:35Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#):
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> Defense pools will be made bigger for PVP. This means there will be more variety in the players and teams you choose to fight.
Does this also mean that our ‘rivals’ will show up less frequently @Saltypatra?
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### Author:  [@Mekkalyn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mekkalyn)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2017, 4:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/111 "2017-04-09T04:01:01Z")
@Macawi I assume so based on this question:
> [@Ozball](#):
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> I’m guessing the defense pool part means you should get more variety in people you see in pvp.
With this answer:
> [@Saltypatra](#):
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> Exactly this!
Edit: I may have misunderstood because it’s late and I’m tired. When you directly say Rivals you mean the revenge battles… which I actually assume won’t show up less since that seems like a different system
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### Author:  [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/112 "2017-04-09T05:08:52Z")
> [@Strat](#):
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> What about having a “featured Developer PvP Defend Team” thrown into the weekly pool as well.
We would like to add something like that in the future, but we are unable to do so currently.
> [@Macawi](#):
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> Does this also mean that our ‘rivals’ will show up less frequently @Saltypatra?
No, whether or not a Rival is selected is a different calculation to the Defense pool.
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### Author:  [@SoylentGreenwood](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/SoylentGreenwood)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/guild-wars-delayed-april-24th/22280/113 "2017-04-09T21:14:58Z")
Omg omg omg!
New ways to play 🙂
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