Guild Wars 2

Hullo hullo

How’s everyone this evening… er.. morning I guess?

I had a question regarding theif traits. I’m level 47 atm, and so far I have 10 in DA and 10 in CS… I am doing mostly pve until 80, so i wanted the heavy hitting traits while I quest about.

My third trait line is current Shadow Arts at 15 points. My favorite thing about the thief is the stealth mechanics and I wanted to work with this a bit more.

My first question:

I unlocked Meld With Shadows for the extra 1 second in stealth. However, all of my tool-tips are reading the exact same as they were before i bought the trait which was normaly (3s). Is this a bug, not working, or is it a ‘hidden’ upgrade. Like, is it really lasting up to 4 seconds, instead of 3? Just seems odd that it doesn’t change the tool tips.

Second question: Is DA, CS, SA a good build for my future in pvp? I use D/D, as I love popping out a good backstab when I get the chance. I’m not so sure what would make a good build for this. Which traits do i take to max? Which one do I get away with not having a few points in?

I plan to experiment later, but was wondering if I’m on a good start or not.

Anyhow, any answers would be appreciated. Thanks!

The stealth thing would be really easy to test by yourself, but as far as i know it’s a hidden upgrade, like most traits unfortunately are.

You can make a viable build with DA, CS and SA.

The most forgiving traitline not to have as Thief is probably Trickery, while that doesn’t says a lot.

I’m honetsly not a fan of “do this and this, then you will rock because it works for me” guides/posts.
Figure out how you like to play your Thief, and grab what supports that playstyle the most.

Crafting builds is a big part of the fun in Guild Wars.

Trying to figure out that stuff by yourself instead of just copying guides is a good start indeed.

Make a build by yourself, it it works, it’s good, if not, it isn’t and you try again.
If DA – CS – SA works for you, go with it.

Sin.8174:

Hullo hullo

How’s everyone this evening… er.. morning I guess?

I had a question regarding theif traits. I’m level 47 atm, and so far I have 10 in DA and 10 in CS… I am doing mostly pve until 80, so i wanted the heavy hitting traits while I quest about.

My third trait line is current Shadow Arts at 15 points. My favorite thing about the thief is the stealth mechanics and I wanted to work with this a bit more.

My first question:

I unlocked Meld With Shadows for the extra 1 second in stealth. However, all of my tool-tips are reading the exact same as they were before i bought the trait which was normaly (3s). Is this a bug, not working, or is it a ‘hidden’ upgrade. Like, is it really lasting up to 4 seconds, instead of 3? Just seems odd that it doesn’t change the tool tips.

Second question: Is DA, CS, SA a good build for my future in pvp? I use D/D, as I love popping out a good backstab when I get the chance. I’m not so sure what would make a good build for this. Which traits do i take to max? Which one do I get away with not having a few points in?

I plan to experiment later, but was wondering if I’m on a good start or not.

Anyhow, any answers would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hello to you as well.

I actually have the same playstyle as you, and have almost exactly the same build do far. I’m planning on going 20 20 15 0 15 for 20 in the power line 20 in the critical line 15 in the stealth line like you, and 15 in the trickery line to give you 3 extra initiative, as the extra initiative is great for an extra cloak and dagger backstab. Now at first I was going to go to 20 in stealth arts to get the stealth on steal, but that was before I realized that I can ht cloak and dagger, and while the animation is going off I can hit steal and it will stealth me as I steal (thanks jinzu sp?) This build allows me some good backstab damage as well as extra initiative to get away. In trickery I took the thrill of the crime or the might on stealth. Utilities I run with: I usually swap them out, but mainly I use haste, roll for initiative and blinding powder, or I swap one out for Assasins signet of I want to hit some big backstab.

There are all kinds of great build combos for spvp. With the thief from the very beginning that I was hooked to play one, I’ve been into acrobatics and trickery. You & I probably had completely different views of what our thieves could or should play like. I enjoy being impossibly quick, evasive, and uncatchable.

In spvp I’ve found a lot of advantages to building well rounded. My favorite builds have three 20 point traits and a 10 with fairly all around stats instead of maxed out power or precision and it is doing very well in my guild team free tourneys we just started trying