Guild Wars 2

hmm bug fix 15 char

We found an alternative way to bring down a ghost thief

Before this clip, he spent his time 99% in stealth (and his buddy, the second ghost thief dead about 10m behind me in the clip). I could look at that field for a minute and only see smoke fields popping here and there. He tried to change his tactics and not stealth in order to lure us closer. Hilarity ensued.

I’m new to WvW, and had rolled a Trapper build with my first character, not realising the stigma associated with the spec.

Indeed, it’s very possible to stay 100% in stealth, which provides its own meta-game of frantically trying to reload the smoke-screen and pistol combo while trying not to clip anything.

Instead of dropping Caltrops, I run with tripwire and ambush, as well as calling the “Thieves Guild” from stealth. Improvisation is a MUST; being able to get a refresh on skills is like mana from heaven. (bring out MOAR thieves! drop more Need Traps!) Or just being able to use Blinding Tufts twice is sweet!

I found in addition to being a stellar scouting build, I could flip camps and such easily without breaking stealth. The notoriety happens after someone’s been killed by a Trapper thief, and their friends show up in a gang to smoke out “The Ghost of Danelon Pass”. If I break stealth accidentally, it’s usually game over for my poor thief; but inevitably, I’m probably getting what I deserve.

DeceiverX.8361:

It’s tough. On one side of the fence putting in more revealed shuts down the core thief pretty much entirely, since the core profession gets its cleanses, heals, mitigation, initiative, and overall deception and viability from stealth

I think the Acro line with the recent changes are meant as an alternative. The Acro line still needs tweaking but it is under-rated. That said the vanilla thief is very limited due to the bunker and boon spam meta.

Natwinter.9234:

I found in addition to being a stellar scouting build, I could flip camps and such easily without breaking stealth.

That sounds difficult since stealthed people doesnt towards capping (cant even count the times I have laughed at a thief or two trying to “defend” a camp I am capping).