Guild Wars 2

See topic title.

I used to run strength runes, but stealth no longer granting might seems to make it too reactive a rune without having might unless someone hits me.

Obvious rune choices: Eagle, Scholar, perhaps thief.

Until this patch I have sworn by Valkyrie armor stats. But with precision granting more ferocity(when traited), perhaps it’s time to incorporate some zerker gear with my valk. Or even go with assassin stats.

pack.

as far as gear goes it would be better to simply min max a build for yourself then swear by a certain stat blindly.

Yea I wasn’t going to blindly follow anything real specific. Just looking for some opinions/combos or what not. Or someone to theory craft so I do not have to:)

Pack, yes. Prior to patch, vamp was the way to go, but now it doesn’t synergize at all with thief, what with thief losing stealth on 25% and withdraw getting higher cooldown :/

I switch between Pack and Scholar runes.
Admittedly, Runes of the Eagle are a great option aswell and not as expensive.
I’d advice against the Rune of the Thief since you don’t use the Condition damage as much on a D/P setup.

EDIT:
I also don’t see much benefit in Vampirism Runes in WvW roaming… whoever got you to 25% will just wait out the mist form and then kick you down regardless, in PvP this rune works because you may be able to rely on your team distracting the enemy long enough for you to reset. I don’t find this to be the case in WvW, in fact, I think this rune cripples you as much as the Last Refuge trait used to. I’d rather be able to use my skills and utilities to get out of a sticky situation.