Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, old player returning to game here. I played GW2 more than a year ago and decided to come back.

Been reading up on the new expansion and also decided that i’ll go with a thief class (had an elementalist before). My friend told me that there has been lots of changes and so i was wondering whether the following the thief guides here will give me a good start.

Downloading the game now and theres still a couple of hours left so going to read as much as i can. Just want to be sure that i’m reading updated guides :P

Thief is dead. Do not bother. Many of us are considering walking away soon. When I say dead, we are useless/outclassed in pretty much everyway.

our only thing going for us in pvp atm is +1 and mobility/decap.

Just pick something else like revenant, or necromancer(for reaper) or anything else

Xilly.2108:

decided that i’ll go with a thief class

Bad idea…

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Lol. Not what i was expecting xD
but necro class seems to be interesting as well. Maybe I’ll check it out.
Btw is there anything important i should know about the new changes? Just in case i miss something :-P

The main change is that you have to buy expansion to get full efficiency of your class and access to new locations.

But it does not help in thief’s case.

Reading through elite specializations and it seems like chronomancer is cool as well xD 2 hours to go to i can play :-D
So excited

Xilly.2108:

Lol. Not what i was expecting xD
but necro class seems to be interesting as well. Maybe I’ll check it out.
Btw is there anything important i should know about the new changes? Just in case i miss something :-P

Reaper elite on the Necro is a beast. A well played one takes two players to bring it down slowly. Not only is it durable it has some monster burst. Slow travel though.

The thief and DareDevil has been completely slotted into the plus 1 category both in WvW and sPvP. They are fast and slippery but only scrubs and wounded players worry about them. In 1v1 it takes an exceptional player to bring down a decent opponent. Now 2+ of them can blow up a player fast and they are very difficult to catch.

It’s reply like this is what is “killing theif” that and people with a foul attitude.

Even if it is “dead” it’s still the most fun class that I personally play.

DD trait line is very good, some say it’s an acro 2.0 L. May be it is but it’s still very good. Staff is also an amazing weapon with some intresting combos to use.

The new hot pve is pretty challanging, if not hard for a thief player and most is not meant for solo (hero points for example)

Try it is all I can say.

Even though thief might be in a bad spot right now, I still find it hard to play anything else. While I feel that our base stats need a slight buff, the mobility on thief is excellent. When I play anything else I feel like running on rails chained down to the ground unable to go where I want to go. True other classes have better damage, higher health pool, and toughness, but they lack that oh so sweet shadowstep.

Give thief a try. You may regret falling in love with one of the least combat capable classes in the current meta, but you won’t regret falling in love with the coolest, most fun class in the game. Regardless of whether or not we’re viable, thief is still supremely enjoyable.

Zodryn.4216:

thief is still supremely enjoyable.

and potentially infinitely frustrating…

While I wasnt exactly for the daredevil concept in the beginning, I will say that it saved me from rerolling to a different main. If you’re returning to this game, I would recommend making this your second character but try an “easier” class first. But this class is tons of fun :P Its been my main since this game launched and I am loving it like I first played it. Also! Necro is super fun. I pvp with one and they aren’t lying about taking two hours to down. I can camp the enemy stronghold entrance and it takes almost the whole team working together to take me down, and not because im some pr0 l33t skillz either. Lol. :P

I started off with a necro and it doesn’t seem bad. At lvl 10 right now and just going with whatever weapon I like at that moment :P

Thanks all for the answers. Maybe i’ll take muffin’s advice and make thief my secondary class later on.

Since i have chosen necro, i’ll go over to the other forum cause its kind off-topic here in thief sub forum :P
Thanks again.