Guild Wars 2

I’ve been playing as various professions and have tried all of them at some point. I’ve hit level 80 on my engineer and my elementalist and decided to return to my very first character, a ranger that I left at level 40. The trouble is, the ranger is so boring, so frustrating and so broken that I’m finding it awful to play as. So, I wanted to see what the thief profession could offer me instead?

I’m not a great fan of stealth on games, but I feel I could get used to the GW2 thief stealth mechanism. I would probably run a SB and S/P build, but I wondered what you would recommend on traits and utilities? I like versatility, being able to hit powerfully (whether through power-bursts or conditions I don’t really mind so long as I can see myself making a difference!), and being able to support my allies in a meaningful way.

Most of all though, would you recommend me to re-roll as a thief? If I had no emotional attachment to my ranger I would probably of changed weeks ago, so I really need you to sell me the profession!

If S/P + SB is your chosen combo, you won’t be utilizing stealth much.
Get Critical Strikes as your primary line, then choose a secondary/tertiary, generally Acrobatics.

If you use a lot of stealth Utilities along with Hide and Shadows then sure consider the Shadow Arts tree, (Shadow Trap, Blinding Powder, Shadow Refuge).

You could just farm gold on your other professions and buy another char slot after converting to gems.

Eh…Ranger’s cool, but I too enjoy Elementalist and Engineer so if we are like-minded than you will Enjoy the thief more. If you dislike the Ranger, that likely won’t change soon.

Thank you for your reply ensoriki, its interesting that you also enjoy Elementalist and Engineer. What build do you use out of interest?

Would it make much sense to have stealth utilities with a S/P & SB build then?

I’ve never used S/P much but i’ve heard it works well with signet of malice for healing. Try to gather a couple of mobs up and pistol whip (?) to daze and chop em down. I don’t think stealth would be very important for what you want to do, I could be wrong though.

stjf.7180:

Thank you for your reply ensoriki, its interesting that you also enjoy Elementalist and Engineer. What build do you use out of interest?

Would it make much sense to have stealth utilities with a S/P & SB build then?

I like to run with S/D sets for my pve/WvW experience. 10/30/30 typically, but if I want a slower more easy-going play, I hit 30 in both SA and Acrobatics just to loligag around.

As far as throwing up stealth utils on S/P
Mmmm when I do it’s generally only Shadow Refuge for the easy group support, and grabbing chests. You’ll certainly find use if you take more than that. I just wouldn’t presume it optimal outside of party supporting with Blinding Powder on the side.