Guild Wars 2

So not a rant thread, just generally curious as what people see as the best option. So it looks like Arenanet want Heartseeker to be an execute type skill. Do you think it’s the best option as a finisher? I personally feel that right now I would only use it on a target at 25% if they were outside of melee range.

On my character right now, C/D does the exact same damage as HS tier 2 (i.e 50-25) for double the initiative, however it also stacks 3 vulnerability and enables stealth for a backstab. Backstab damage is 1643 on my character compared to 1370 tier 3 HS.

Do you think that for a player with a higher skill cap C/D followed by backstab is always superior to HS unless target is outside melee range? (not that I think this actually requires a high skill cap btw :p)

The worst thing that happens is we use a variety of keys rather than spamming one button. I’ve been wondering why ANet didn’t make Thief more like the Assassin, where attacks combo into each other (to cut down on repetitive play), but by trimming down the excessively OP abilities, it gives players the chance to…hit other buttons! You can still be a Heartseeker Thief, but don’t expect to just hit 2,2,2,2,2,2.

I think that if you consider C&D+BS combo,you must have the trait for 2 point back on a skill that stealths you.This make the whole combo worth 4 points with better damage vs 2 HS for 6 points with much easier delivery.It all goes down to what you want to do.
If you are willing to spend a lot of time in stealth and thus putting yourself in a safer position in expense of much harder delivery of BS then you go CD+BS.If you are easier to spam two HS then you go HS.