Guild Wars 2

Thematically speaking, I would have thought Venom traits would be far more suited to the condition/damage traitline, that is Deadly Arts. Whereas Trap traits seem more suited to a line about ambushing and stealth, aka Shadow Arts. Can someone fill me in as to why they are in the opposite traitlines?

Before Trapper runes, traps had nothing to do with stealth. Traps are CC and utility for the Thief.

Traits were also designed to have synergy. Deadly Arts was more the line that took advantage of having conditions on people, not so much applying those conditions. Things have definitely changed since the beginning of the game, but that doesn’t necessarily mean those two ideas (or other trait/skill pairings) need to be moved around. They’re still accomplishing their intended design as they are.

Check my signature for my suggested changes to the traitlines.

I attempted to follow a theme for every traitline.

Though I did move traps to Trickery instead of Shadow Arts.