Guild Wars 2

Chicago Jack.5647:

Sceinna.3561:

Low risk high reward, it shouldn’t be like that.

it costs 9 init to stealth , projectile blind, aoe pulsing blind, gap close, and dmg with d/p.

Sceinna.3561:

I run into D/P thieves more and more, I guess people started to realise the “nerf” was a pure joke and it affected no one. I still permastealth everyday (without being traited for it) and solo cap keeps. (source=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1jnqaW5BK4&feature=youtu.be)

The only reason I dislike D/P and think it’s OP, not so much because they can Stealth out of thin air and have a massive gapcloser by doing so + perma blind you at the same time.. that’s not really the reason I think this build is OP and should be looked at.

The real reason is the CONSTANT dazes whenever they realise they cannot kill you. You WILL die due to dazes. It happens about every encounter I have with D/P thieves in WvW.

This is if they are unskilled players, someone that is fairly decent at D/P is like a god and won’t die unless they overextend big time. I’m not entirely sure why Pistol offhand is superior over dagger, when dagger actually requires skill to stealth with? Hell it even costs the same amount of initiative. Of course this post is aimed at the build and no one specific, you have the full right to use something that works good, perhaps too good. Why wouldn’t you?

As D/D or P/D running with no stealth utilities, it’s a complete nightmare to play against D/P, because cowardly gameplay is rewarded so much ugh.

Source: I started out as a D/P thief, gained most of my “fame” doing so. (=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZOl-e8KCkY) I know what I’m talking about. This build has been OP since start and still is far superior. Defo the blinds on Black Powder are too much.

If this post feels like a rant, it is.
I’m on the verge of rerolling to D/P and win 1v5-10 fights as I used to in WvW.

TLDR version: I used to be good. I am not now. People have caught on to my P/D build and so I want to whine.

The toxicity of this thread is reaching biohazard levels.

I haven’t lost to a d/P thief before while running D/D. Maybe I have gotten lucky, maybe I haven’t run into enough good ones. Maybe I should test it out.

Corpse Flakes.5369:

I haven’t lost to a d/P thief before while running D/D. Maybe I have gotten lucky, maybe I haven’t run into enough good ones. Maybe I should test it out.

Likewise I haven’t lost to a D/P thief while running D/P. (I have killed D/P though).. But mostly it’s the most pointless thing lol. That’s why I started running D/P, D/D.. it’s unexpected, and you can usually gain an edge over D/P with CnD+Steal.

On the flipside, I’ve had warriors come at me while I have D/D out, and literally run away when I whip out the pistol and smoke field their hammers/maces.

Sir Kaboomski.1508:

Corpse Flakes.5369:

I haven’t lost to a d/P thief before while running D/D. Maybe I have gotten lucky, maybe I haven’t run into enough good ones. Maybe I should test it out.

Likewise I haven’t lost to a D/P thief while running D/P. (I have killed D/P though).. But mostly it’s the most pointless thing lol. That’s why I started running D/P, D/D.. it’s unexpected, and you can usually gain an edge over D/P with CnD+Steal.

On the flipside, I’ve had warriors come at me while I have D/D out, and literally run away when I whip out the pistol and smoke field their hammers/maces.

When I take out about half of a warriors Health in my steal + CnD + backstab they run anyways. I barely get fights with warriors and it makes me sad since they’re supposed to be the next most OP class.