Guild Wars 2

Hey Everyone,

New to GW2, and playing an 80 thief. Enjoy the class so far, but feel like I’m missing some needed information. The questions I’m seeking answers for are centered around PvE play, and are:

Is there a precision cap?

Is stat priority power > precision > fury

Am I supposed to have such little health points at Lvl 80? (12k currently, as much rare/exotic berserkers gear as possible)

Sincerely appreciate any input you all may have. Thank you!

Vorhees.1296:

Is there a precision cap?

Yes and no. The cap is at 100% crit chance. If I remember correctly that is 2995 precision, but you’ll never hit this number.

What most people do is get close to 2400, or 73% crit chance. Then rely on furry and the spotter buff from ranger to put them at 100%.

Various traits can reduce that number, such as side strike. There is also a sigil you can get that gives you 7%, which is worth wile on some classes.

Vorhees.1296:

Is stat priority power > precision > fury

For a power based build, you want as much power & ferocity you can get while having that 100% crit chance. For thief that means berserker armor, for some classes like necro revanant that could mean valkyrie gear, while something like dps mesmer would benefit from assassins gear.

For a condition damage build, you want condition damage and condition duration. Conveniently the best condition damage stat sets are hybrid stat which also gives you decent power and precision, just lacks in ferocity.

Vorhees.1296:

Am I supposed to have such little health points at Lvl 80? (12k currently, as much rare/exotic berserkers gear as possible)

Yes, thief the low health pool character of the medium armor class. Elementalist and guardian share similar health pools. You can mix in some marauders or valkyrie gear for some hp gains and minimal hp losses.

Greatly appreciate your feedback! Is D/D still ideal spec? Or is it time to roll with the staff? When using Daredevil talent tree, which tree should be sacrificed? Trickery?

Thanks again!

Dagger / Dagger is still viable. Staff is a much simpler weapon. There are certain encounters that make one better than the other. Realistically you should have both for pve.

As for the meta builds and when to run what, refer to this