Guild Wars 2

Daecollo.9578:

Dual.8953:

Daecollo.9578:

Dual.8953:

Daecollo.9578:

Dual.8953:

Daecollo.9578:

Dual.8953:

Daecollo.9578:

Dual.8953:

Khenzy.9348:

Dual.8953:

That’s different because D/P and D/D have advantages beyond stealth. P/P has unload, blind and unload. P/D only has its stealth attack. Give P/P stealth and it has all of P/D’s tricks and its own. P/D would be worthless in comparison.

ensoriki.5789:

Because D/P is the generally superior option to D/D?

Honestly, with all due respect, I think I see far more possibilities than you may think.

@Dual, that’s why we are suggesting a change to Body Shot, becouse pistol has unload, blind, unload (an on demand, spammable interrupt I’d say too, but whatever), and said shot is never used. P/D when traited for it, has a highly spammable one dimensional rotation that consists on entering stealth constantly, it’s a semi-melee set as well. Adding a blast finisher to P/P wouldnt interfere in the P/D style of play in the slightest, it would even improve it. P/P would now have access to a relatively expensive way to get into stealth, but nowhere near close what P/D can achieve, I donno how this change would stop those that are playing this P/D when P/P with this would be very different.

@ensoriki, that depends, you can’t really say it’s flat out better, even in the current meta. I think it’s evident D/ kitten eeing more play as of late, and maybe even more after this patch, it has a more inititive costly rotation, but you can stack some sweet stealth duration without the risk of failing a C&D, also, a ranged interrupt.

The thing is P/P would have blind, daze, unload, stealth and condition damage and P/D would only have a slightly more budget version of stealth and condition damage.

P/D has blind.

Where? And don’t say Cloaked In Shadow.

They have a trait that blinds nearby foes when they stealth.

This can be more blinds then Black Powder.

Yeah I said don’t mention the trait. A set shouldn’t need traits to match up to a similar set.

If you don’t add traits in the mix then that is rather foolish, alone P/P has no stealth while P/D does.

Yeah and I’m arguing if you give P/P a natural stealth, P/D will be rendered obsolete.

Thief can’t just be all about stealth, every set does not need stealth. We need more then just one playstyle, we can’t all be locked down in 0/0/30/0/0

And what does P/D have without CnD and Sneak Attack? They certainly aren’t going to Shadow Strike, Body Shot or Dancing Dagger someone to death.

P/D still has that. So its fine. It is the “stealth Pistol.”.

However, P/P is the “Mobility + Non-stealth Pistol.”

What are you arguing? I’m arguing that we don’t need to change P/P into another stealth set.