Guild Wars 2

Hi
I want opinions about either should I or shouldn’t I give up on my Thief.
First of all, I did my Thief maily for the excellent roaming class that it is. Roaming was my thing at the time and I love the “Assassin look” the Thief can get with D/D or D/P playstyle.
But after all these patches, apparently If I want to roam, I go either full condi (never really tried yet, but P/D loses the Assassin look I love about Thief, Idk feels odd) or pick another class. In sPvP, area I love too, I either go S/D or get another class. The areas I loved and wanted to play my Thief, I can’t because if I play it has I want I will either be rejected by others, or lose every single battle.
The area I’m sure I will enjoy is PvE. I love the “meta” Thief has way more than I do in my Guardian, but I sure didn’t build my thief to do just PvE and if it is for that I end up with I would rather stay with my Guardian.

My fear is investing in a spec I might end up not enjoying at all.
After all the changes, does D/D or D/P still has some hope in WvW? Is D/P still viable in sPvP? Also I’m start to seeing some P/D Thief in sPvP. is that a thing now too?

Is there some hope for this class in the future to allow some variaty of viable specs again?

D/D and D/P is still viable in WvW.

Karolis.4261:

D/D and D/P is still viable in WvW.

Okay but that not all. sPvP nowadays it’s either S/D or GTFO. At least this is was I’ve seen in the lastest games I’ve done when trying condi P/D there (I saw some Thief with this, one was quite good).

Before D/P was already the most difficult from the 3 available (D/P, S/P and S/D), now doesn«t seem even worth with the recent changes …

mPascoal.4258:

Karolis.4261:

D/D and D/P is still viable in WvW.

Okay but that not all. sPvP nowadays it’s either S/D or GTFO. At least this is was I’ve seen in the lastest games I’ve done when trying condi P/D there (I saw some Thief with this, one was quite good).

Before D/P was already the most difficult from the 3 available (D/P, S/P and S/D), now doesn«t seem even worth with the recent changes …

D/P is 100% worthwhile, it’s quite fun too!
Check the video in my signature. The spike in team fights or general 1v1s gives this set-up, for me anyway, a strong impact feel.

i totaly agree with you the ninja moves on d/d and d/p are awsome i also like s/d and there builds are still viable but you need to be pretty good . p/d condi or hybrid is op and kinda fun but its cheap and cheesy and you lose that thief / assassin immersion and ppl hate on it . i wish anet would add new attack skills for each weapons

I’ve been playing Ranger/Thief in PvP since Closed Beta, and after coming back from about a year break, I can’t use my old PvP Thief build.

I went into a sPvP game, and couldn’t even 1v1 a 2h Ranger. I’m not sure what has happened to the class, it’s been nerfed so many times, but I’m looking for a semi-viable build to use on mine.

What is strong now? Or does anything work anymore?

D/P difficult? What are you talking about? o.O

From what I can see base camping with Warrior/Mes is popular, and the chain cc is literally unbreakable.

Slowly remembering why I quit Gw2 PvP in the first place.

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Gecko.1962:

I’ve been playing Ranger/Thief in PvP since Closed Beta, and after coming back from about a year break, I can’t use my old PvP Thief build.

I went into a sPvP game, and couldn’t even 1v1 a 2h Ranger. I’m not sure what has happened to the class, it’s been nerfed so many times, but I’m looking for a semi-viable build to use on mine.

What is strong now? Or does anything work anymore?

something is wrong with the class right now, started with recent patch and the mug+hidden thief problem. timing is all screwed, Ive been playing thief since launch also mainly as d/p.