Guild Wars 2

Greetings fellow thieves,
I hit 80 recentrly and I would appreciate your advice about my build choice and gearing for generic purpose (WvW, instances, sPVP).
First of all, I like D/D as weapon and Shortbow for secondary.

A. Build:
I like the damage from Critical line, the buffs, support and extra initiative from Trickery and survivability from Acrobatics. What is your evaluation of this build?

http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fYAQNAoYVlcmyN3dy9E95Ex2jdmTe6pgsjtTxV1KA

Issues:
Combo Crit Chance or Critical Hast from Critical Strikes?
Assasin’s Reward or Pain Response from Acrobatics?

I still can’t decide between Signet of malice and Hide in shadows for Heal. As for the other utilities, except the ones in the build, Im thinking of Signet of Shadows and Caltrops.

What do you consider the best build for a “Death Blossom”/“Heartseeker under 25%” playstyle?

B. Gearing:
What are the gearing options for a fresh 80 level thief?
I know that you can get nice gear from crafting, Karma vendors (what do you think about the whispering set?) and instances runs (what instance gives the best set for my build?)
And final, what about runes and sigils?

Thanks for your time for reading this and even more if you post your thoughts.

Use this site (www.guildwars2guru.com) to look up thief pve and pvp builds in their forums. I would link you directly to em, but for some reason that site is blocked at me work.
As for gear it more depends on your build and what you want to focus on. Seems like your trying a crit/evade build so I would look up which armor sets compliment that.

For one, your build won’t function well at WvW, dungeons AND solo PvE. Second, signet of malice is generally more useful than everything else in PvE unelss you’re exploring/farming. It’s useless in WvW and you should run Withdraw or HiS.

The karma set with toughness/precision/condition damage sounds like it’d fit you best. More crits to make use of Critical Strikes traits and some durability.

Assassin’s reward is pretty bad in PvP compared to initiative regen or removing cripple on dodge.

sPvP uses a different gear/trait set and I can’t be bothered with it.

Thanks for your suggestions=