Guild Wars 2

I’m trying to decide between a human or Asuran thief. One thing swaying me towards the Asura is that I really like the idea of the Power Armor. Is it any good? I’ve heard mixed reviews when asking in game about it. Is it worth using over the Thief’s elite skills?

I can’t speak for power armor as I’ve no asura past 11… but overall the general theme I’ve heard is racials are okayish… but usually a class elite will do better.

It’s more like a “lol” skill than have an actual use in combat. Maybe in some roleplays or like that…

I’ve only ever found a use for it out of combat to look cool as I make my way around. Definitely looks better than always using foot power (or a broom) while running around.

I have used it in combat with several professions. It was very much a detriment to my mobility, damage output and even survivability as it would usually break quickly when AoE is popped on it…leaving you stuck in AoE for a second while it ejects you and blows up. Were I not in the unit I could have dodged the AoE before it ticked any damage. The unit prevents you from doing so for a moment after its death.

Stick with profession elites for active combat engagements and leave it as a not-so-mini minipet that you can ride inside of as you run around out of combat.

I think all skills have their place, just in general the class skills beat racials.
On my engineer it is sometimes useful to summon it out, fire a few skills and knockbacks off and then use 5 as a backup heal to help absorb some damage.
I find that if I am running a build with no condition removal, it is useful to summon the suit when conditions are stacking, jump inside and run the durations down using the heal from 5.

Its basically a very fun skill Also the Barrage attack which feels like using a machine gun is actually very strong.