favour of the gods

ArenaNet have announced that they are changing the way Favour of the Gods works. Originally, the Favour of the Gods was granted to one region of players, depending on events in the Hall of Heroes. When a team of characters defended the Hall five consecutive times, all players from that region gained the favor of the Gods.

You've probably seen the messages pop up occasionally - "so-and-so beats blah-team in the Hall of Heroes. To capture the Favour of the Gods, Europe must beat the US 3 more times"

Once your region had the Favour of the Gods, you got two things: