Guild Wars 2

Im gunna go for legendary for my thief. Which one should I go for?

Neither. Wait for the new Shortbow.

Go for the one you are gonna be seeing the majority of the time.

Doggie.3184:

Neither. Wait for the new Shortbow.

lol like waiting for another 10 years? the interval is probably 3 new one every 6 month to 1 year good luck waiting.

Taxidriver.2043:

Doggie.3184:

Neither. Wait for the new Shortbow.

lol like waiting for another 10 years? the interval is probably 3 new one every 6 month to 1 year good luck waiting.

Yes, like waiting for another 10 years. My personal opinion is Incinerator is the only good Thief legendary currently unless you intentionally want to look silly. Nevermore is cool if you’re a Sylvari and wanna beat people with a stick but I ended up not liking staff and going back to condi daggers.

I also dislike others using the Dreamer near me because of the sound effect,

Neither. They both look like kitten…

As someone who has both, I’d probably say Bifrost, but both have pros and cons in my eyes.

Dreamer:

Pros-
-Not as common as other legendaries,
-Has among the largest number of effects for a single legendary : Footfalls + projectile mod and sound effect + draw sound and animation + active arm auras + active pony rainbow trail + growing tassels in WvW based on kills without dying + colored glass effects on the wings
-Flashy so it won’t go unnoticed
-Trail is gorgeous with thief mobility and flips.
-Shortbow is the staple weapon of thief and has been since launch. Vanilla weapon means any spec can use it.

Cons-
-Requires you have pink, or complementary colors to pink , in your armor setup.
-Ponies do get annoying after the billionth time you’ve heard it. and with that….
-Pony noise gets culled but the projectile doesn’t, so the sound effect gets sporadic, which can add to its annoyance.
-Doesn’t work with some whirl finishers any more because reasons.
-Doesn’t have a full aura, and the amount of effects can seem like the weapon is largely an after thought

Bifrost

Pros-
-Beautiful trail and weapon effects. Just the level of detail put into the staff is impressive. -Subpoint: It has different cut prisms that rotate around the head of the staff. With higher game settings, these prisms pick up and refract the rainbow color aura if you catch a glimpse of it at the right angle.
-Aura trails extremely nicely, and the footfalls are subtle, but still very appealing.
-Staff is usable, and frankly is usually the best weapon, on WAYYYYY more professions than shortbow. Making a bifrost means all your toons get a legendary, not just your thief and your ranger (*giggle).
-Projectiles are nifty on classes that have access to them
-Aura is gorgeous with thief mobility and flips.

Cons-
-So my biggest con here for thief, is that the effects of bifrost DON’T replace the weapon effects tied to your profession skills, and is one of the only legendaries like this. What this means is that when you swing it, you have the blue/red thief staff swing effect overtop of your rainbow aura trail effect. Since isn’t a problem on caster classes, it wasnt implemented to cover up the existing effects. This muddles your effects, and is irritating if you don’t like it.
-Alot more expensive, and in demand.
-As such, very common.
-Effects can go unnoticed, some could say not flashy enough (I wouldn’t personally)
-Limits you to only daredevil, not that anet hasn’t already done that for you.
-Projectiles aren’t appealing to some people, but that is mainly a complaint of elementalists from what I’ve seen.

Hope this helps! Overall, I’d def say bifrost. You’ll get the most use out of it across your characters.

there is only one good-looking legendary and its greatsword, unfortunately everyone and their mother have it so even if you could use it, it is not a good option