Guild Wars 2

What do you guys think about the last Game Update – July 26, 2016?

Should we change to D/D or stick with staff?

Neither… the ICD killed D/D. The AA nerf and ICD on Hook Strike was a blow to Staff as well. Basically D/P is the only weapon set a thief has that is still “meta”. Even it felt the ICD Backstab change pretty hard.

There are variants of condi P/P, non-stealth S/P (lots of practice) and a couple others but they are like the unicorn… often heard about but rarely seen. At this point the best weapon set a thief has is to log out their thief and log in a Mesmer or Warrior.

Latest update nuked my build. As a thief I’m designed to get in, punch someone in the throat and get out… now it’s more like, run in…fist bump someone, and then get punted out.

I can’t wait till in can stop using D/P and maybe join the condi meta, but that’s not gonna happen. ANet doesn’t read the Thief forums vs the others at all.

Straegen.2938:

There are variants of condi P/P, non-stealth S/P (lots of practice) and a couple others but they are like the unicorn… often heard about but rarely seen.

I, for one, welcome our new Bounding Dodger Trap CC Improv Condi P/P overlords.