I cant comment on condi builds as i have little xp with them. If your looking to go down the power route d/p is probably the best “training wheels” set to start. Do a 0/30/30/0/0 build last ten points to whatever tickles your fancy. For gear since you want training wheels look into valk gear (trait hidden killer for BS crit) or swapping in soilders and such for zerk pieces. I ran all valk then as i became better i now use all zerk gear and went from d/p to d/d.
Basic fight with d/p
- wars/gaurds/melee in general keep that blind field up when there about to open
- stand in the field as long as possible before HS for stealth, there blind and it helps ini regen
- ANY class goes to put a hand above there head reaching up headshot them
Kinda hard to comment on gear and all seeming as its all changing soon, but i run chill on crit (helps me stick to my target, and ppl dont expect it) and +5% dmg. I also run travler runes but there super pricey runes are kinda optional though, before i just ran scholar.
popular utilities are as follows
-shadows refuge
-sig of shadow
-infiltrators sig
-shadowstep
-blinding powder
-scorpion wire
I’ve still only got less than 200 hours on my Thief and I crafted to 80. Though, I jumped straight in with full Zerk gear (and still use it to this day). Because of all the evades and stealth it’s really easy to play effectively.
Even then I barely died. You only really die to signet burst Thieves or zergs if I’m honest.
Might aswell enjoy it while it lasts.
I’ll get a link for what I started with in a sec.
This is what I used to begin with. You can also use Pistol offhand. It’s arguably better but not as enjoyable in my opinion.
Yes, the health looks low.. but honestly you can stealth every few seconds and heal around 600/second in stealth, you’ll be bouncing up to full health tons.
