Guild Wars 2

I have put this newfound information on the thief subforum.

“Xirin.8593:
WvW falls under PVE. Anywhere you bring your PVE / regular gear is PVE.
Anywhere you use PVP gear is PVP.
DesertRose.2031:
Hyde.6189:
Really? Can anyone else confirm this?
Just rechecked it if it may have changed, no, W3 skill counts as PvE, so the nerfs for Thieves in W3 are:
*Dancing Dagger: This skill’s damage has been reduced by 50%.
*Tactical Strike: This skill’s damage has been increased by 10% in all formats.”

- Which basically translates that not only do your nades fly 10-15% faster in WvW and PvE, but you also throw out 8 (EIGHT!) nades with the grandmaster grenadieer trait equipped.

Also quoting a fine gentleman from these forums to confirm 8 nades:

Rengaru.4730:

With the Grenadier Grandmaster trait you will now throw eight grenades.
Assuming all grenades hit thats actually a 20% increase in PvP and a 33% increase in PvE.
Underwater you still throw 6 grenades (with horrible accuracy) though.

Enjoy bombing people from walls in WvW. :o)

As for sPvP, not interested so not commenting.

Great for WvW engineers. But flamethrowers are still horribly bugged, and our condition builds are inferior to grenades in damage. So we still have terrible build diversity.

Eastcorn.5901:

Great for WvW engineers. But flamethrowers are still horribly bugged, and our condition builds are inferior to grenades in damage. So we still have terrible build diversity.

Yep pigeonholed in pve still! and #1 still isn’t tab targeted.

For the 8 grenades only work with our belt ability.
The normal #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 abilities stil only throw 3 grenades per use.

so the 10-15% damage reduction is only for spvp? not wubwub?

Grenade: This skill’s damage has been decreased by 10% in PvP only.
Shrapnel Grenade: This skill’s damage has been decreased by 15% in PvP only.
Freeze Grenade: This skill’s damage has been decreased by 10% in PvP only.
Grenade Barrage: This skill’s damage has been decreased by 10% in PvP only.

should we consider pvp only when you have pvp armor?

pvp is sPvP
wvw is pve and engineers with crappy flamethrowers

Grenade Barrage is bugged however and throws 6, 7 or 8 grenades and not always 8. In the Mists i tried it in a PvP setup, it said 8, but i never got more then 6 grenades.

Something to keep in mind.