Guild Wars 2

So, I’ve seen a few of the Wild Bill videos, and they looked sick. I’m only level 27, but so far it’s been my favorite setup to play with. I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff on the forums about how terribad pistols are, but they all seem to reference buffs and nerfs I can’t find in patch notes. What’s up with pistols?

Also, if anyone knows of good builds, I’d really like to see a few. I’ve heard it’s mostly condition damage? But critical strikes has a few things that are pistol specific, so I’m not sure if there’s supposed to be some amount of direct damage.

Any info would be awesome. I love the thief profession, and regardless of how much they buff/nerf the class, I’ll likely play it as my main anyway.

I think when most Thieves talk about how terribad pistols, they are referencing P/P, which I tend to view as more of a direct damage weapon set that has no Stealth initiators built in. While Stealth has its quirks, I would say it is essential in PvE.

Most P/D builds are typically centered around Condition Damage.

With respect to gear, you would be looking for Carrion / Chrysocola, which focus on Condition Damage, Power, and Vitality for stats. The Might boon provides an increase to Power and subsequently, an increase to Condition Damage as well.

I think Wild Bill’s builds would be a decent starting point.

I can post my P/D build variations, however, they are focused on sPvP play.

Alrighty. Thanks for the feedback!

Below are some builds I have been playing around with (read: testing) in sPvP.

25/00/30/00/15 (offensive)
00/00/30/10/30 (in-between)
00/00/30/20/20 (defensive)

All of them share 30 points into Shadow Arts as a baseline.
(You know, because it’s so “OP”. xD)

Save for choosing some more PvE oriented traits, they should translate over to PvE with the right gear.