Guild Wars 2

Ok lets move forward. I am one of those glass half full people.

Lets try to keep this thread positive.

What build are you going with now?

I am looking at switching from d/d to a s/d more conditional build.

What say you?

I was 10/30/30 d/d.

Now I’m looking at 25/30/0/0/15 instagib build.

… wish they hadn’t nerfed the build I use so hard.

Well I don’t plan on changing anything. From what I can tell I’m going to drop a bit of damage for a bit of defense and stick with the D/D hidden killer style. (I know Hidden killer is bugged right now, thats fine for the time being as its a bug and probably will be fixed) If that is completely broken then I’m going to find a new D/D or D/P build. I love D/D so I’ll find a way to make it work with the way I want to play.

Same 25/30/0/0/15. Tried acrobatics.
Tried Trickery.
Either way I’ve lost a lot of damage.

It’s probably best to go 30 arcana/30 water if you’re going to switch.

@ensoriki.5789
That build doesn’t work either, the hidden thief trait is broken after the patch. There is no 100% crit chance from stealth. Even it it was working you can’t kill bunkers and unfortunately bunkers are all there is in spvp.
So pointless to go GC. the self heal build is also not viable due to the reveled nerf and condi is the easiest build to counter.
All it’s left for thieves is take a brake and come back in a few months or reroll.

GJ anet!

I most likely won’t change my PvE build much, the caltrops change hit it a bit but mostly its still functional and can still pull out some fancy tricks.

The change they went with hasn’t limited my bag o’ tricks as much as the one they first intended to do.

In pvp, who knows theres lots of options that still work, albeit not many of them “thief” like.

I think the best build its create a ele now xD

Volrath.1473:

@ensoriki.5789
That build doesn’t work either, the hidden thief trait is broken after the patch. There is no 100% crit chance from stealth. Even it it was working you can’t kill bunkers and unfortunately bunkers are all there is in spvp.
So pointless to go GC. the self heal build is also not viable due to the reveled nerf and condi is the easiest build to counter.
All it’s left for thieves is take a brake and come back in a few months or reroll.

GJ anet!

Cmon man.

I have a 80 warrior, mesmer, and ranger on the same account. Even with the way it is now I have a lot more fun with the Theif.

Pick a different class if you want.

But for those interested in moving on I would like to hear what you are doing.

I don’t think the nerf is going to make me switch builds permanently. I’m mostly annoyed by the fact that my PvE rotation got screwed up, although I’m pretty sure I’ll get used to that. Because hidden killer is bugged I switched to 0/10/30/30/0 D/P for WvW, although I’m thinking about going all-out burst for a while…

I’m still running 0/30/30/10 in PvE for now and won’t switch any time soon, just hoping that stupid bug is fixed soon, it’s hitting my dungeon dps far more than the actual nerf.

You do the same thing that in that video but you switch the classes. Also work by switching thieves with warriors.

Well more seriously, since i realized a long time ago this class was subpar i decided to go with some random builds with it, might aswell have some fun.

Since i like s/p and honestly find stealthless builds more entertaining, i’m trying builds with that in mind, today i tried a 0/30/0/25/15 pw+sb build, sigil of energy everywhere, vigor on healing, whithdraw, signet of agility, could’ve used roll for initiative but i like shadow step and sr far better. Elite i switch for whatever i feel like.
Was fun to use as long as the target wasn’t a bunker.

For a real class i already switched to the sadly underrated necro.

I wouldn’t switch to S/D right now.

The revealed nerf significantly hoses your stun uptime, which is really the focus of that build.
The #3 skill is still really erratic.

I’ve switched from S/D to D/P myself, because the recent Shadow Shot fix did a lot to improve D/P’s gameplay.

ASP.8093:

I wouldn’t switch to S/D right now.

The revealed nerf significantly hoses your stun uptime, which is really the focus of that build.
The #3 skill is still really erratic.

I’ve switched from S/D to D/P myself, because the recent Shadow Shot fix did a lot to improve D/P’s gameplay.

Interesting anyone have a link to a good d/p build skill set wise?

Does it seem like there are more pistol skills then anything (skill tree)

s/d 10/10/30/20 life steal build to op.

I play primarily WvW with some sPvP when I get a group for tourney. I ran with a D/D 10/30/30/0/0 in WvW and I liked it. With revealed at 4 seconds, I’m testing D/D 10/30/15/15/0 now. Seeing if Feline Grace can help me compensate for less stealthing.

BTW, the recent patch did not fix Hidden Killer.

running a 10/30/0/15/15 s/p & p/p for now. may try out a hidden killer build after they fix the bug.

avilo.1942:

It’s probably best to go 30 arcana/30 water if you’re going to switch.

I think everyone should be a bunker Ele/Gaurdian. The match would never end until the timer ran out, cause no one would die and we could all just sit on points and twiddle our thumbs.

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Or atleast that’s how it’s starting to look…

Volrath.1473:

@ensoriki.5789
That build doesn’t work either, the hidden thief trait is broken after the patch. There is no 100% crit chance from stealth. Even it it was working you can’t kill bunkers and unfortunately bunkers are all there is in spvp.
So pointless to go GC. the self heal build is also not viable due to the reveled nerf and condi is the easiest build to counter.
All it’s left for thieves is take a brake and come back in a few months or reroll.

GJ anet!

Im not running Hidden thief or killer.
Doesn’t work with Pistol whip and a waste on Tactical strike.

However I do believe it’s time for a brake for now.