Guild Wars 2

Ello people of the Engi forums. I’ve run into a kitten annoying problem while playing WvW. Any time a geared D/P thief comes around, it’s just so easy for them to turn me to swiss cheese.

Mainly it’s through just repeated stealths and backstabs, with little in between, sometimes it’s just those annoying permastealth thieves.

Anyone know any little tidbits of information to make burning them alive a bit easier?

Depends a lot on what utilities you’re running I guess. From my POV as power rifle:

• If you’re caught completely unawares (and you shouldn’t be), that’s what elixir S is for.
• When you see a D/P thief starting his blinding powder/heartseeker combo, try interrupting it with OCS or a well-timed magnet.
• Something that catches a lot of thieves out is flash shell (mortar 4). When you see a D/P going into stealth, toss this at your feet. Most of the time thieves seem to assume they can ignore/out-damage your fields and will start their attack sequence. They’ll do you no damage; unload your full barrage/jump-shot/etc.
• For permastealth thieves, I just drop a stealth disruptor. If they’re going to use a cheesy troll build, I’m going to use a cheesy counter.

I’m running the Juggernaut build I found on Wolfineer’s site.

http://wolfineer.com/thejuggernaut/

I hadn’t thought about the flash shell before, probably because I get a bit short sighted when fighting a thief. Thanks, Tyr!

equip flamethrower, equip autogoggles, equip bombs.

congratulations that thief is now very, very angry