Guild Wars 2

So I got my thief to 80 and want to start wvw but have no idea how to gear him up so I don’t get my butt handed to me.. I want to play d/d build.. Just need to get gear.. Any tips?

Thx

All stealth you can get…

also, people everywhere hate on thieves, You will be unwelcome sometimes.

Now all on seriosuness, you should take a look at the Thief forum for builds. Thieves aren’t good for zerging, but they are argueable the best class for roaming due being able to stealth away from engagements and have a good mobility with all the shadowsteps and infiltration arrow,

Grats on 80,
First of, i recommend using a build calculator to determine help you determine good stats for your build. You can simply type in gw2 build calculator on google.

I’m assuming you got some karma left you may want to consider using your karma to buy some exotic(level 80) gear from the temples in Orr. If you got badges of honour and a bit of gold you can also purchase some exotic gear(level 80) gear. You can also do dungeons for some gold and gear for example citadel of flame for berserker (power precision fero)stats.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Karma_merchant,
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Historian_Vermoth for Dwayna temple
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Tactician_Deathstrider for balthazar temple
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lightbringer_Surefoot
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Keeper_Jonez_Deadrun
I think I’m forgetting some of them

Personally, I suggest having some toughness, since your new once you get a hang of the class and comfortable enough you can go more power oriented and have less toughness. for instance berserker (power, precision, ferocity) and cavalier (power toughness, ferocity)may be a good mix.

If your looking to zerg, you may want to have a shortbow to get tags, I believe your auto attack shots bounce to other targets otherwise your primarily looking to gank people and quickly retreat.

Last thing would be I recommend joining a wvw oriented guild, following a commander tag can be quite the bore, but depending on your interests guilds can really change the way you play the game. If your into roaming, then a small sized roaming guild usually a good choice for example. Joining your server’s website or teamspeak/mumble usually a good way to meet people I think

Goodluck

Welcome to the Dolyak side of othe force

Personally I have found that gear combinations that I ran in PvP were typically in the ballpark for a good WvW build. Finding matches where the other side was sticking together and try it out against multiple targets. The biggest advantage of using PvP is saving all the coin that buying the sets in WvW would run you just to try something and find out you don’t like it.

The various build calculators can be used in conjunction with this once you get a feel for how your gear holds you up.

Good hunting!