Guild Wars 2

Every patch is a nerf for thieves, but does not address many of the problems we face as a class. Ok sure, backstab builds were a little nuts with the amount of raw frontloaded burst dmg.. But maybe if we had other options, we would take them… I would love a little more surviveability at the sacrifice of some burst.

/bump for truth of topic.

I was thinking of farming a set of armor from SE for the Power/Prec/Toughness stats. It is basically identical to CoF gear but you sacrifice Crit damage for toughness.

How much does toughness really help for thieves? Any of you stack it and see a noticeable difference?

Any clue on a good toughness rune for our thief armor? Or BiS toughness accessories?

Thoughts and opinions? I am thinking that we might be able to still run glass cannon builds, but have more survive ability with a little stacking of toughness.

People crying about thieves and warriors, obviously haven’t tried to kill a good mesmer or guardian.

Ok so.. you throw in 4 items into the mystic forge and hopefully it spits out a better one?

What exactly is the process of trying to obtain a legendary? I assume it has something to do with the skill point vendor ? What do you use mystic coins for?

Thanks in advance for the help, I couldn’t really find detailed information anywhere ;-(

Right now commanders mean nothing aside from some kid spent 500$ on gems and bought himself a sparkly blue dot on the map for his e- p- e- e- -n

Let’s make commanders worthwhile shall we?

Here are some ideas:

-First off, make the title EARNED and not bought, so people know a commander is someone who has PvP’d enough to know what they are doing.
-Buff siege weaponry when in the presence of a commander*
-Give a buff to everyone within radius of a commander*

*These ideas make there be a POINT to following the commander, as it is people just ignore them for the most part. Those last two ideas would bring a reason to follow the commander and do what he says as opposed to what some other scrub is saying.

Thoughts? Further ideas? Opinions?

Yes my goal here is mainly sPvP and tourneys.

I really want a lot of burst damage to take down any one target, I like frontloaded big numbers. But I definitely want to be able to escape afterwards, or have decent surviveability. So of course I can come in and kill another target…

I see a lot of people talking about pistol whip and stunlocking… What’s the deal with that exactly? I also like builds where I have a kitten load of stuns and can lock someone down. Basically, I want the best 1v1 burst spec/gear that I can attain.

From the looks of here, it’s seeming like D/D or D/P ? I do like D/P as well for she Shadow shot and head shot I feel is better than the dot or the thrown dagger. I’m just having so much trouble deciding. lolol

Thank you everyone, some really great information in here, and it looks like it is time for me to hit the field and see what works!

Please post specifics, and gearing on what you believe to be the best thief PvP build.. I am freshly 80 and unsure how I want to proceed…

D/D damage in pvp seems pretty insane, but I hear a lot of love for condition builds as well, and pistol whip builds. Please post your build and a short explanation of why you think it is the best, and how you gear for it.

Thank you !