For those who know me. It’s been a long time since I put out a new video (roughly two months), I apologize for that but I don’t think it’ll get “better” in the future, I always try to make my videos better and better but I hit a ceiling editing-wise. This is as far as my capabilities go tbh. ;p The intro took me hours to make, a good editer could probably do this in a matter of minutes.
As for the video, I deliberately picked actions where I fight 1v5+ and end up dying as I feel those reflect like 90% of the fights I have in WvW. I could have easily put in a bunch of 1v3’s against upscales or people that obviously have no clue what they’re doing but this isn’t realistic to what WvW looks like from my perspective.
I have 3 harddrives filled with footage, possibly better stuff than what I have in the video.. but it’s time to wipe my harddrives clean so I can start with fresh footage. Not everything fits in one video sadly, it’s hours of gameplay so I didn’t browse throught all of it. :/ Either way I’m satisfied with the result and I hope you’ll be aswell.
That charr ranger at 9:24 is genius- cast barrage on you and fear you out of it with his pet
Oh and I approve music choice at that part!
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(3600 seconds between posts?really?!)
Dude you put video of me using foul language in map chat! Might get banned again now even though I’m not actually playing for a long time now:D
Although what I said in party chat about stomp/ress speed is golden truth.
Edit Nr.2: And my Valentine pvp hero signature is gone again :/ kitten corruption.
We rant on /whisper everyday and somehow I didn’t make it to the clip. Shame on you
I really enjoyed your vid.
Karolis, come back to gw2 so I can pwn you two again <3
I had a guy (and if you happen to read this, you’re awesome) pm me he’d pay me 50g a hour to become better at thief. I’m still overwhelmed lol. xD (I’m an OK player, but there’s definitely more talented guys out there to ask)
Had some great responses from people, this is what I do it for, money I can’t make from the videos since I use copyrighted music but the kindness of people is awesome. <3
Mind sharing what build(s) you use? I am curious, I have a thief and I am looking to get better at roaming so I have been looking at various ways I could improve my own gameplay.
Tarnished Coast since Beta, now Banished forever to the Megaservers…
I can take critism but I’m always afraid of responses when I put out a video, thinking people will not like it.. it’s been overwhelming. I’m thinking I might do more videos again and not just 1 every 2 months or so. ;p
Mind sharing what build(s) you use? I am curious, I have a thief and I am looking to get better at roaming so I have been looking at various ways I could improve my own gameplay.
Change Traveler runes to Centaur runes though, made this template pre patch. Centaur runes are way better for D/D (if you run Withdraw), if you run HiS, go with Strength.
Also replace “Sigil of Force” to Fire, sorta fixes the damage loss from last patch since the sigils proc way better now.
I can take critism but I’m always afraid of responses when I put out a video, thinking people will not like it.. it’s been overwhelming. I’m thinking I might do more videos again and not just 1 every 2 months or so. ;p
I think you should, it’s an inspiration to watch :-)
I don’t want to turn this into a p/d discussion but I don’t really understand why you’re saying it’s so easymode. I still have to go in for CnDs (infact it’s harder to cleanse blinds/aegis with it than dagger main hand ;p). The only thing that benefits me is I can run a lot tankier (dire), have seamlessly endly dodges and I can create a gap (thus take less damage) between me and my opponents.
But there are so many cheesy builds in WvW nowadays, you almost have to run something cheesy yourself to keep up with it.
I’m a real “winner”, trust me that I was kittened after losing those outnumbered fights, I often go head on 1v10 and I’ll end up being kittened dying, it’s dumb.. but hey. :P My point is though, almost everyone is running some sort of cheesy build right now in WvW, don’t see why I couldn’t run p/d then.. because I will still run P/D as well as D/D. :P
I don’t want to turn this into a p/d discussion but I don’t really understand why you’re saying it’s so easymode. I still have to go in for CnDs (infact it’s harder to cleanse blinds/aegis with it than dagger main hand ;p). The only thing that benefits me is I can run a lot tankier (dire), have seamlessly endly dodges and I can create a gap (thus take less damage) between me and my opponents.
But there are so many cheesy builds in WvW nowadays, you almost have to run something cheesy yourself to keep up with it.
I’m a real “winner”, trust me that I was kittened after losing those outnumbered fights, I often go head on 1v10 and I’ll end up being kittened dying, it’s dumb.. but hey. :P My point is though, almost everyone is running some sort of cheesy build right now in WvW, don’t see why I couldn’t run p/d then.. because I will still run P/D as well as D/D. :P
true true I agree pd isn’t really easier to play than other weapons sets. Its perplex runes and dire gear thats the problem just make things far to easy. Though thats not a thief specific problem.
Shikamaru X Thief, Warrior, Mesmer, Engi(FT leader)
Highest ranked reached 28 soloq
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Regarding your video, I am really surprised. I was looking for some p/d action, because some of my guild members are playing p/d and I only know your condi vids.
But your d/d gameplay was really good and entertaining. Thanks for uploading such great fights, even if you could not achieve something in some fights. You have some great movement that doesn’t shine when you play p/d.
One of the best vids I have seen in a while.
It’s hard to shine as D/D in outnumbered fights since all people do is spam 1 all around them. I try to run as tanky as I can while maintaining my dps but you can see how tight it is, you have to put pressure really hard and you’re running at less than half health for most of the fight. ;p
I wish dagger off hand would get some more love, it’s sad to see D/D vanish from WvW scene and condi or d/p builds take over but this has been going on for months ofc.
If Anet would only start with fixing SA5, last refuge.. that’d be a huge change for D/D. (or give us the option to blank out traits.. because I wouldn’t miss that minor one a second ;p)
Alot of wasted dodge rolls because it looks cool flip dodging. I know there is a slight distant advantage to jump dodging it’s even stated on the wiki (I think some people do it cause it looks cool). Still hate seeing wasted dodges like that usually after every CnD you would jump dodge even if there was no threat especially in your condi footage.
My point is though, almost everyone is running some sort of cheesy build right now in WvW, don’t see why I couldn’t run p/d then.. because I will still run P/D as well as D/D. :P
I completely agree with you on this one. Honestly, people should play what ever they enjoy the most, whether it’s considered cheesy or not. Either way, a lot of people consider thief being cheesy already, so it doesn’t even matter what kind of build you play as long as you play a thief, you are cheesy! :P
Very entertaining. I was watching it low res and couldn’t understand what was on your head in one of the camp battles but then I realized it was the bobblehead effect LOL.
Kinda makes me want to try S/D again, even though every time I equip a sword I fail miserably at it lol.
Alot of wasted dodge rolls because it looks cool flip dodging. I know there is a slight distant advantage to jump dodging it’s even stated on the wiki (I think some people do it cause it looks cool). Still hate seeing wasted dodges like that usually after every CnD you would jump dodge even if there was no threat especially in your condi footage.
Other than that good video.
Well with condi build dodges after CnD is done mainly to apply dodgetrops. I myself got used dodging so much straight after CnD when playing p/d with dodgetrops that it transfered to my D/D gameplay permanetly, even when using blind on stealth. But in reality in such outnumbered fights… whenever you randomly dodge you will, most likely, dodge something.
Alot of wasted dodge rolls because it looks cool flip dodging. I know there is a slight distant advantage to jump dodging it’s even stated on the wiki (I think some people do it cause it looks cool). Still hate seeing wasted dodges like that usually after every CnD you would jump dodge even if there was no threat especially in your condi footage.
Other than that good video.
Well with condi build dodges after CnD is done mainly to apply dodgetrops. I myself got used dodging so much straight after CnD when playing p/d with dodgetrops that it transfered to my D/D gameplay permanetly, even when using blind on stealth. But in reality in such outnumbered fights… whenever you randomly dodge you will, most likely, dodge something.
Also swiftness on dodge traited. Maybe not every dodge was the most effective all the time, but to each their own.
Alot of wasted dodge rolls because it looks cool flip dodging. I know there is a slight distant advantage to jump dodging it’s even stated on the wiki (I think some people do it cause it looks cool). Still hate seeing wasted dodges like that usually after every CnD you would jump dodge even if there was no threat especially in your condi footage.
Other than that good video.
Hey, kinda what Karolis said~
For me it’s more like, I’m visible a split second, I’ll dodge any damage I’ll be receiving. I always try to make sure I got atleast one extra dodge or a breaker for Hammerstuns etc tho.
“Wasting” my dodges in these fights saves me a lot of health, it’s all situational ofc.. ;p like I said, if there’s hammerstun warriors around, I wouldn’t be spamming dodges like that. ;p
Alot of wasted dodge rolls because it looks cool flip dodging. I know there is a slight distant advantage to jump dodging it’s even stated on the wiki (I think some people do it cause it looks cool). Still hate seeing wasted dodges like that usually after every CnD you would jump dodge even if there was no threat especially in your condi footage.
Other than that good video.
I do dodges just like that too, I call it a safety dodge haha.
Alot of wasted dodge rolls because it looks cool flip dodging. I know there is a slight distant advantage to jump dodging it’s even stated on the wiki (I think some people do it cause it looks cool). Still hate seeing wasted dodges like that usually after every CnD you would jump dodge even if there was no threat especially in your condi footage.
Other than that good video.
I do dodges just like that too, I call it a safety dodge haha.
Alot of wasted dodge rolls because it looks cool flip dodging. I know there is a slight distant advantage to jump dodging it’s even stated on the wiki (I think some people do it cause it looks cool). Still hate seeing wasted dodges like that usually after every CnD you would jump dodge even if there was no threat especially in your condi footage.
Other than that good video.
I do dodges just like that too, I call it a safety dodge haha.
Alot of wasted dodge rolls because it looks cool flip dodging. I know there is a slight distant advantage to jump dodging it’s even stated on the wiki (I think some people do it cause it looks cool). Still hate seeing wasted dodges like that usually after every CnD you would jump dodge even if there was no threat especially in your condi footage.
Other than that good video.
I do dodges just like that too, I call it a safety dodge haha.
That’s cause you double tap.
I also dodge as gap closer & covering up CnD (if you time it well, the animation gets screwed, harder for people to dodge it, same reason I use whirl to CnD lol.. you block out the CnD animation & break aegis & blinds)
