Thief or Elementalist for WvW roaming

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Posted by: Sweeet.8127

Sweeet.8127

I love both classes, but only have time to make one my main and I’m really torn between which to choose.

I play casually so will only have a couple of hours in the evenings and maybe more on the weekends. I’ll probably end up being more of a solo roamer as I can only play when it suits me. I want to be able to get in, do as much damage/harm as possible then get out hopefully without dying.

Given that scenario, which profession do you think would suit me best?

Many thanks

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Posted by: Darek.1836

Darek.1836

Do damage to a lot of people and get them all to 30% or down one, stomp him maybe? Latter would be the thief and former ele.

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Posted by: Sweeet.8127

Sweeet.8127

That’s just it, I love the play style of both! I’m leaning towards Thief for the stealth, as I’ve always loved stealth classes. Thanks for your input

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Posted by: BlackBeard.2873

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I would recommend the thief. I play ele, and I feel it is less forgiving b/c it takes forever to kill someone. I have to be constantly paranoid about other people joining in/focusing me, b/c trying to run when some key skills are on cooldown can be VERY hard. If I have mistform, lightning flash, and RTL available, I can outrun almost anyone, but if one is down or I get focused with CC’s – no shot.

Thief can quick-kill, and if things go wrong, just stealth and run. I am starting a thief tonight!

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Posted by: SmokeyNYY.7841

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Thief is better if you would like to go unnoticed for any reason, and also for escape purposes. Elementalist is better if you actually want to fight multiple people and be able to down someone amid 3-4 other people (mist form finish move).

If you like the play style of stealthing around the map and taking sentries and camps unnoticed with little resistance go thief. If you like the playstyle of running around the map fighting whoever you want and being able to usually get away if it gets tough go Ele

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Posted by: Burrid.4739

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I feel less anxious with my thief than with my elementalist. With the thief, I can just run into enemy areas and pass by their forts without worrying. With my elementalist I wouldn’t do so. Also thief has better mobility, and I like going fast.

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Posted by: Sweeet.8127

Sweeet.8127

Thanks for all your input, Thief it is

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Posted by: Gibson.4036

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With my elementalist I wouldn’t do so. Also thief has better mobility, and I like going fast.

Really!?! I have got to try thief, then.

With perma-swiftness, teleport, and RtL I feel like I’m zipping all over the place on my Ele. Thief’s gotta be insane!

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Posted by: Burrid.4739

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With my elementalist I wouldn’t do so. Also thief has better mobility, and I like going fast.

Really!?! I have got to try thief, then.

With perma-swiftness, teleport, and RtL I feel like I’m zipping all over the place on my Ele. Thief’s gotta be insane!

Yes elementalist got better speed than most, but it still feels slow when coming from my thief. Depends a bit on your build though, I like maximum speed so I build to it.
Steal and dodge rolls almost give me permanent swiftness, but it’s heartseaker that is such a great area coverer. If you spam it, you will go faster than perma speed, and I can spam it with my increased initiative, initiative recharge and initiative gain traits.
This and a shadowstep every 50 seconds give me very fast area coverage.
Also infiltrator’s arrow can sometimes bridge great distances in height.

Ha and a last thing. I can travel a great distance underwater with the roll back heal and roll back utility. It seems like a distance of 2000 and 1000.

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