Guild Wars 2

I don’t know if this has been up in the past. Search function didn’t give anything and neither did looking at the topics on the first ten pages or so. I remember the discussion about the first weapon choice around the time when ascended weapons first came out, but can’t recall much talk about choices beyond that. If it has been up and if there is already a consensus regarding this, i apologize.

First some background:
0/30/25/15/0. I run all weapon sets, but i tend to switch between D/D, D/P and S/P mostly, and always carrying SB. Always.
I play only PvE now. I frequent fractals, dungeons and the occasional world boss choo-choo. Might dig back into WvW again if i feel motivated, but not very likely.

Anyway, to the point. When i made the choice for the first weapon to craft my first thought was to maximize melee damage, and then to maximize single target damage, so dagger was the obvious choice. I’ve had my ascended dagger for about a month now and i am soon to craft my second weapon. I’ve been set on a second dagger all along really, but i’m beginning to reassess. Would an off-hand dagger really do much for my backstabs, or should i get a sword for cleaving through trash mobs faster? They die so fast anyway so it seems kind of pointless to go further into trash mob damage.

I guess what i’m looking to hear is what other peoples choices was/is for their second ascended weapon and their motivation for that choice. Obviously thief focused, but any other potential arguments that applies for all classes are welcome.

I don’t have huntsman on 500, but if you can come up with good points for taking shortbow i’m all ears. Or pistol even?

So let’s hear it, fellow thieves. What did you pick?

I don’t have an ascended weapon, but if I could get some, I would start by getting an ascended shortbow, then sword, and then dagger. Unfortunately, my Hunstman isn’t even remotely close to 500, and my weaponsmith still has another 65 or so levels to go.

Personally I made a zerk pistol to use with S/P and in case I would like to play D/P again.
Next I’ll probably make Shortbow, and whenever I feel kitten d, I’ll level weaponsmith and make daggers. But I’ll wait for ascended armors first so that I can calculate and get the desired stats.

I don’t see why you would use a Dagger over a Sword in most PvE content. I have found Sword + Pistol to be the far better weapon-set in most PvE scenarios. Exception being when you only have one target and need to move a lot.

Anyway, it’s hard to argue against the Shortbow, just because it gets so much use. That’s the reason it was my Legendary of choice, rather than your standard Daggers/Swords or Pistols.

Dee Jay.2460:

I don’t see why you would use a Dagger over a Sword in most PvE content. I have found Sword + Pistol to be the far better weapon-set in most PvE scenarios. Exception being when you only have one target and need to move a lot.

Anyway, it’s hard to argue against the Shortbow, just because it gets so much use. That’s the reason it was my Legendary of choice, rather than your standard Daggers/Swords or Pistols.

As i said, dagger for sustained damage on bosses/single target fights. I use S/P anywhere else, and i agree it’s superior for those parts. But the question is really is it worth it to craft an ascended sword just for waving through trash? Or should i get second dagger to further improve my single target damage?

Shortbow is an interesting choice. (It is after all maybe the most used weapon in terms of up time. But that’s another 200g to level huntsman, lol.