Guild Wars 2

On small hitbox or moving bosses. So basically everyboss except KC and maybe Gorse, thief has the highest Dps. (I say if on Gorse b/c thief does more dps on spirits than Eles so that could possibly counter act Eles slightly higher dps on Gorse) But to my dismay, all I see on LFM for raids is Eles, eles, and more eles. Sigh. The raid community is still as ignorant as ever. Fortunately for me, I am done with raids since I have 162LI and I only want the Legendary Medium armor for my Thief. I was planning on getting 300LI to get the heavy set as well but looking at the teaser they posted changed my mind. That armor…ugly.

Ya thieves r good. Last week pug xera with 3 thieves.. one shot xera :o this week 2 hours xera q.q

Shovel Face.4512:

The raid community is still as ignorant as ever.

I think you are projecting your own ignorance a bit if you think Ele is preferred to Thief for DPS considerations.

I think you may be talking about two different things with regard to “raid community”.

Thief may have higher DPS on the golem, but that isn’t the only consideration in an actual raid. Ele has range, deals its damage in a large area, has gale song, has useful fields, gives might to teammates, applies burns for epidemic, can reflect, and generally just has a lot of extra utility. Thief situationally has higher DPS, but with permanent alacrity thief’s edge over ele is extremely small even on small hitboxes. The moving boss would be an issue except that none of the raid bosses actually move very much besides VG, and even VG can be kept stationary until the final phase.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with thief but there’s no denying the fact that ele is pretty bonkers right now. It’s also no surprise that pug groups are using meta comps for raids – at this point most players just want to get their kills done as efficiently as possible.