Guild Wars 2

I kinda left GW2 back when HoT was first announced during PAX. I was a thief main, play either D/P or S/D. I do a bit of PVP and Dungeon runs every day to build up gold and legendary mats (Other than that, there’s really nothing for me to work towards).

I got bored, quit, then picked up some other games, and so on. Now that I want to come back to GW2 again, not sure what should I expect or if I can even pick up at where I left off.

I haven’t purchased HoT yet, want to just warm up with the vanilla game. How different is the game now? particular the pvp meta. When I left, it was mostly Ham/bow warrior, meditation guardians, D/D ele etc. Has thief changed much? how balanced is the new elite specialization compared to the base game builds?

looooool.
hot changed everything, and the elite specs have made a lot of people complain that its a p2w mechanic because theyre so strong. honestly its annoying, anet did great work and deserve some compensation, but it is mandatory to have hot to be competitive.

dungeons are dead, the gold from them was nerfed. there is another thread in this subforum regarding ways to make monies.
actually upon reading in the dungeon forum they give decent gold via salvaging but you cant repeat paths anymore cuz of less rewards.

thief has some really op stuff that’s carrying it atm. that’s true for basically every hot spec though. look at the current build editor to see what I mean. sadly s/d is dead, although if youre good enough you can do whatever you want I guess.

tldr;
hot or bust
ps
that sounded a bit off
psps
again, ugh

I left just before HoT release and came back in November 16, because it was on sale and thought I should take a look. I am not disappointed at all. New things to learn, explore and new things to kill. The living world is great with some new areas to explore. Come on back and explore the new world, I am sure you won’t be disappointed