Guild Wars 2

Initiative is vital to thief, and I think DD should have in its traits some initiative regen, maybe +1 ini on critical (3s CD)
What do you think ?

Ehhh….idk I manage initiative quite well I think DD helps a lot too bc you can time evades and dodges to help manage your Ini a lot better. I was toying with staff and I slowed down my fighting style a bit to be a bit more deliberate and I had a blast and never rlly ran out of initiative

If you mean initiative gain on evade Acro has it.

Sagat.3285:

If you mean initiative gain on evade Acro has it.

i wrote initiative gain on critical strike. no line has it, and even if it could go to CS we can say that the 2 offensive lines (DA – CS) have no ini gain, while the 3 defensive lines have it.
SA : ini gain in stealth
Trik: +3ini + ini gain on weapon swap
Acro: ini gain on evade

I think DD can be considered more difensive than offensive with all evade stuff. It’s also our elite, and having an elite that doesn’t help with ini is meh. imho

Put too many goodies into DD and you run the risk of making it a requirement instead of an option. If they manage to smooth out the dodge animations it’s already going to be very strong. I’d like to see some more baseline buffs cough HP pool cough to bring thief up to viable.