Guild Wars 2

Do you guys think it can work?
Was building my Thief today until I noticed each Pack Rune now costs more than 8g. Since now I’ve wasted my money on Transmutation Stones and I don’t feel like farm I wonder for other possibilities for my Runes. I use them in sPvP and work just fine but there my Crit rate is already above 50%.

I was thinking of something like this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoaVl0MhSnY3TwyJQ/EHwECvXsd+0nbrTEIDA-TFCEABaq+jP7PQwTAYLlgMp8rD9JIcCAA4QEQKgy1aB-w

try it out, you’ll never know if you don’t
i honestly don’t think it’ll be very good, but it’s worth a try, i could be wrong

plus everyone has a different play style, don’t souly stick to the meta, I’ve allwas had more success with my own build

I’ll try it out then, I allways like them in sPvP, there was a period where I used them in my Medi Guard and enjoyed a lot but after a while they stoped to look viable to me.

They are way cheaper, will not hurt trying

Vamp runes are overrated, I find it amusing people think that just cos top teams run these runes that they should also.

I’m actually kinda liking centaur for solo roaming atm, swapped to them from pack not long after the patch. I have 50% crit chance plus perma fury from crit strikes post patch, so the pack rune proc and extra precision seem a little redundant.

I also question the logic of relying on a proc that triggers when you’re hit when everyone’s burst just got crazy buffs. Centaur might be weaker offensively, but it’s still a power rune, it gives me perma swiftness in a controllable way, and it also works quite nicely with acro should you decide to run that. You also can’t argue with the price.

Vamp should work well though, if you can live with not having 100% swiftness uptime. It’s been a meta rune for PvP for a little while now and most thieves seem to run it. Best bet would be to play some PvP with it and see what you think. Scholar should also work, since you’re using SA you’re more likely to be on high health more of the time.

Centaur don’t seem bad either, I might try them after Vampirism

I’ve been running Vampirism since it appeared on MetaBattle, I was curious of why that option. For a week, give it or take, I’ve been playing Thief with it. Couple days ago I tried with Blood Sigil to instead of Fire and it has been working fine for me

i like vamp mostly because of duration of mist form -4 seconds almost put your withdraw off cd every time : ).

Vampirism is very strong but I would better use it on large scale battles/organized battles (gvg) than on small scale/solo roaming.

And don’t forget this won’t protect you against conditionners.

Vamp is honestly terrible for roaming lol.
The power of Vamp runes in sPvP lies in the fact that in that area, there’s always backup (that’s why they often fail in pug mathes) to pick you up from downstate.

In WvW there’s nowhere to hide and more often than not, noone to pick you up.
Not to mention it’s also a really big giveaway on your location (like those idiots that drop a smokescreen on their downed location, lol.)

I’d recommend Eagle or Centaur runes if you find Pack too expensive.

Vornollo.5182:

Vamp is honestly terrible for roaming lol.
The power of Vamp runes in sPvP lies in the fact that in that area, there’s always backup (that’s why they often fail in pug mathes) to pick you up from downstate.

In WvW there’s nowhere to hide and more often than not, noone to pick you up.
Not to mention it’s also a really big giveaway on your location (like those idiots that drop a smokescreen on their downed location, lol.)

I’d recommend Eagle or Centaur runes if you find Pack too expensive.

True
I will try a lot of things meanwhile. Pack are getting ridiculous expensive, I remember buying them for 3g and they were good at that time too (If not the best as they are now)

Tried a bit yesterday didn’t had the result I was expecting
Still choosing between Centaur or Eagle, but I think the mobility provided by the Centaur will be of greater help than the extra damage of Eagle.

But I also run Executioner instead of Improv. Maybe if I start running Improv I use Eagle instead