Guild Wars 2

LtTiger.4568:

Ehh.. Okay.. So why does the first page of this thread have several female chars with this problem then..?

Because the thread has been merged with the previous bug from 3 months ago which affected both males and females.

The current iteration of the glitch is only effecting males. Check the post dates before making stupid comments in the future.

Lets get a fix for this. Just push a quick patch out that repairs the portal.

Can we at least get a, “We’re still looking into this.”?

And with the Coat. I find this to be incredibly annoying and it makes me want to just strip off the chest piece for good =(

Just logged in today after the patch and noticed that my Whisper Coat now only has 3 color slots instead of its original 4, and that the 4th slot is not permanently occupied by a disgusting orange-red that cannot be recolored. Was this intentional? Because I didn’t see any mention in the patch notes about it and I’m really not keen on wearing the piece with such an ugly color smeared on it.

Madjack.4598:

mind sharing your boots gloves and shoulders, your set is my absolute favorite i’ve seen on this thread.

You might want to try reading the last few pages before asking questions like this. It’s highly unlikely that the poster will come back to the thread to answer, so PMing might be a better option.

The gloves in particular were already asked about, being identified as the Heritage Gloves from the HoM. The shoulders are from the Falconer’s Set(Human Tier 2) and the boots are available from the Order of Whispers vendor once you join them on any given character. Shoulders will run you a gold, and are only available if you’re human, and the boots are 1.24g

Hermes.7014:

Unfortunately, they recently changed ruined this by turning transmuted items soulbound instead of account bound.

Actually, it just says that when you do it for most items. I do it pretty frequently to get OoW items onto my Priory and Vigil characters so I know it works.

TheAltarBoy.3176:

Turning off the auto attack helps. I find even with it off many times after getting the finishing blow my character will still leap forward, often jumping off ledges or into new mobs.

That only happens if you’re spamming the attack key. It queues up the 1 skill, so even after you’ve finished pressing it, the game will still try to execute the command.

Gerke.7695:

How does this guy get these vigil shoulders and a whispers head?

You apply the same steps used to get your starter hood back: Buy some common(white rarity) shoulders, or whatever slot/item you want to transfer to another character, transmute the Vigil shoulders onto the common piece and then put it in your bank. It’s even been changed to show that the piece becomes “Account Bound.” You’ll lose out on the stats, but that’s not important. Also, this will work for any “Character Bound” equipment options like ones from the story that you want on a different character or class of the same armor type.

Still have spots. Top floor Demo team.

Join my username. We’re on the Demo team top floor.

If you look at the skill description for Stage 2 and even the animation, you’ll notice why you’re rooted.

2: Kick ¼ Kick your foe, crippling them for a short time.

Kicking someone requires the use of a foot, which means you are no longer using both feet to run around. It also chains into…

3: Pounce ¾ Leap at your foe, striking them. Your pet gains might.

Meaning that the ground you lost while rooted for a ¼ of a second will be more than made up by the leap, which has SUBSTANTIAL range by the way.

I’ve noticed that the Sword is more of a single-target weapon specialized in chasing down enemies. It can be wonky in big fights when a kick kills a target and you go FLYING in the direction you’re facing, but it does some good damage and is great for killing singular mobs.

I would recommend turning off your Auto-Attack(ctrl+right click) so you can have more control over when you’re kicking, and in turn getting rooted, and when you’re leaping.

Ventus Jykoor:

Ranger alt-in-progress.

If you’re not under-leveled then its impossible for the story rewards to be “unusable,” considering they are tailored to each and every class.

nullixin.9462:

What gloves do Asum and Alice wear? I rarely see them.

Those are the Heritage Gloves from the Hall of Monuments. You can earn them once your GW1 and GW2 accounts are linked together by getting 4 points(3 for linking the accounts +1 other achieve).

HykCraft.4610:

Wow.. that was a pretty low blow.

Must’ve been a pretty obscure reference or joke…how was that a low blow?

Krathalos.3461:

I’d like to see axes on the thief; it would fit the whole pirate theme a lot of the armor wants to go to.

You seem to be forgetting that the Medium armor is meant for more than just the Thief class. Rangers already have use of axes and it wouldn’t be too far fetched for a Pirate to have a really close animal companion/slave.

Krathalos.3461:

It’d also give us a nice melee AoE option, since we severely lack one.

And no melee AoE? My MH Sword would like a word with you. Oh and lets not forget about his best buddy, a trusty old flintlock, who has some choice verbs to describe your lack of knowledge.

I posted so I could +1 Magnetic’s post haha. But a reiteration like that can’t hurt, especially when I’m not being rude.

The Pact pistol is not only on the TP for about a gold, but once you finish your personal story you’ll be awarded a token that you can then spend on a pistol of your own if you’re feeling a little poor.

And the Krytan one will drop randomly in lower level zones, or is purchasable from the Human Cultural Tier 1 Weapons Vendor. I’d suggest just buying one off the TP if you really want it though, because they’re obscenely cheap.

Like Magnetic said, its the Duelist set.

You play the game.

But in all seriousness, they’re unlocked from day one. Backstab is available when you’re in stealth and replaces your normal #1 ability(Double Strike). Lotus Strike is the 3rd in a chain attached to your ‘1’ key. Basically its: Double Strike → Wild Strike → Lotus Strike. Watch the little thumbnail change as you hit the enemy with each dagger strike or enter stealth.

Yeah the lockout is a little harsh, but it works really well when paired with certain traits. I like to take Critical Haste(X) in the Critical Strikes tree for 2 seconds of quickness. Combined with the 3s from the Sigil, you’re looking at 5 seconds total if they proc back-to-back, which is pretty nice for bursting. Now imagine popping Haste when those stars align for 8s overall….Can you say broken much?

I use Sigil of Rage on my Sword to speed up those AA’s and PW’s. I swap between Sigil of Accuracy for some extra Critical Chance and Sigil of Ice for locking down an opponent, as both feel like solid choices for my OH Pistol. As for the SB, I haven’t decided whether Purity or Nullification is better. Purity would provide me with the needed condition removal for my ranged set, but Nullification is nothing to scoff at either considering the spammability and mobility of the SB skillset.

Also, read this page on the wiki. Has a list of all the Sigils and some info about how they interact.

Volrath.1473:

Nice post but as you can see by the first replay, very few ppl will understand what your saying, this forum is mainly crowded by whiners/trolls mainly… Nice effort though.

If you read it carefully, you’d notice how the entire post pertains to WoW Rogues and is barely even applicable to the GW2 Thief. “Down to 5k in 10 seconds,” is a dead giveaway here without even mentioning all of the WoW references that cannot; in any way, shape, or form; be related to the way that the classes in GW2 play.

@Cheq: Telling people to stop QQing, or why their QQ is pointless/wrong, does just about as much good as me telling you that this post is trash. Regardless of whether its true or not, neither side is going to be willing to concede their ‘point.’

Sure, complainers need to let up on posting bullkitten QQ in this forum, but will they simply because you posted an unrelated thread about WoW PvP complainers? Absolutely not. Sure, trash like this post doesn’t belong in the Thief forum, but will you delete your thread because of that? Probably not.

What’s a Rogue?

Sco.9615:

…A GW2 Thief is a burst powerhouse specializing in assassinations…

Are you high? There is a SINGLE build that plays like that. Just. One. Build. None of the other ways to build a Thief revolve around insta-gibbing an enemy. Conditions take time to run their course. Daze spec picks at a foe while essentially stun-locking them. Traps, although underwhelming at the moment, are built around playing with peoples minds to keep them on their toes; watching their step. The Backstab setup is not even CLOSE to being the only viable spec for any part of the game, so stop tunnel-visioning and calling Thieves something they are NOT.

PopeUrban.2578:

As the other posters have said, Theif has the option to play backstabby, but is actually very viable is survival and condition-centric builds that make heavy use of stealth.

I play a pistol/dagger condition theif, and I am literally incapable of killing people in seconds. What I am capable of doing is spending more than half of the fight in stealth, cackling madly while my target blows all of his cooldowns, condition removal, and dies anyway blind, poisoned, bleeding, crippled, and with whatever effects from the multiple things I stole from him.

In group PvP my job is simply that: force the target to blow condition removal or die. Then he has nothing left to escape the group with. If he runs from the main fight it is my job to track him down and make sure he dies via spammable and permanent cripples, poisons, and bleeds.

Does a non-backstab theif boast HUUUUGE damage numbers or measure kills in seconds? No. What you get in stead is the option of some of the nastiest and most reliable condition applications in the game, whenever you want them in stead of when the cooldown is ready. You get one of the most survivable characters in the game, rivalling a full tank guardian in its ability to just plain not die. The thing is, you have to choose to build the theif that way in stad of assuming that because your class says “theif” you should be picking up nothing but crit/power gear and traits.

I couldn’t have said it better myself. When you sacrifice the gimmicky burst damage, you gain incredibly RELIABLE damage and some pretty intense control options like spammable CC and mobility.

“Some” similarities, not “a lot.” Thieves were designed to be completely different from GW1 Assassins, which I’d say they achieved with about 75% accuracy. They may have a few similarities, but they do not play the same at all.

BabelFish.7234:

Just pretend Thief=Assassin. Problem solved and from the very basic research I did before even buying GW2 I found out that the Thief didn’t play like a thief…it played like an Assassin.

Not true at all. There is a single spec, that being the gimmicky Backtab build, that plays anything like an Assassin. If you stop pretending that the BS build is the only way to play your Thief, you’ll have much more fun with the class. Try traps, a daze spec, or maybe even a condition build like Wild Bill’s.

People really need to get it into their heads that Thieves have more options at their disposal for control, deceit, and stealth than the insta-gib spec. Thieves =/= Assassin’s outside of ONE very specific build that kills people in 2-3 hits.

Pretty much any build aside from the gimmicky I-can-kill-you-every-45-seconds Backstab will play stealthy and deceptive. Have you tried out a Trap build? Or, as someone already mentioned, a S/D Daze build? Those are very Thief-like imo, and revolve more around controlling your opponent than bursting them down.

Zsymon.8457:

Someone killing (and often nearly dying to) upleveled opponents is not very impressive.. You have to disregard every fight where the opponent has a green arrow, that doesn’t leave a lot of video content.

Not only that, but it’s pretty much 90% Shortbow. The only thing he uses S/D for is C&D and an occasional Infil Strike.

Daedalus.3954:

Agemnon.4608

I’d love to know the exact item name of your Shoulders, Chest, and Gloves. They are great graphics.

They’re from the Duelist set Daedalus. The headpiece is the crafted Emblazoned Helmet if you we’re curious about that as well.

Attachment.4516:

I’m searching for this chest piece skin but I can’t figure out which one it is ! Does anyone know the name of the pve armor with that skin ? I noticed that it’s also the starting Pvp armor for thief.

Its the same model as the Divinity’s Council Chestguard(330 Caudecus Manor Tokens) as well as the Trooper Chestguard for a story mission reward around level 70 iirc. Basically, either do CM Explorable 6 times, or progress your story through Orr and you’re guaranteed to be offered this model.

I’ll second Arcadius on on this one. Come to TC!!

Grinz is correct. If you go and replace the runes in your HotM PvP gear, you’ll notice this will change. The system is a little buggy in that it accounts for all the runes attached to your character in BOTH PvE and PvP even though those two areas of the game are separate.

Map chat happens to be an excellent resource for these kind of questions. I don’t know about you, but big icons on my map attract my attention quite easily. Take the big Jack ‘o’ Lantern over the event NPC’s head? Yeah its sort of a no-brainer for that being a good place to start.

Not to irritate you more, but give them another round. See if one didn’t give you a book or maybe there’s one you accidently missed/broke off conversation with.

If I’m not mistaken, the 3rd ghost gives you the 4th book on accident. You’ve visited every one of the NPCs and have a total of 6 books?

Shooopa.5632:

When the only way to figure out how to activate an in-game item needed to take part in something, is to search the internet you know there’s something wrong with the event.

Now who actually knows how to use the thing? I can’t even find the first ghost which the NPC says is standing right next to her and I follow her instructions.

How is the internet the only option for figuring this out? She gives you CLEAR instructions on what you need to do. Not only that, but the item itself states the requirements to use it.

You need to have more patience when trying to find the ghosts and be sure that you’re using the right type of scan for each particular ghost.

<3 Dulfy. Great work as always!

Knyx.5926:

welp forums bugged, cant update OP. Got a PM in game about it.

If you make a new post, you can update your previous posts and then just delete your old post.

I would actually consider this. What servers are you considering at the moment? And what kind of name for the guild is on your mind?

My favorite weapon set is the Dagger/Dagger and Dagger/Pistol and Pistol/Dagger and Pistol/Pistol and Sword/Pistol and Sword/Dagger and Shortbow combo. See what I did there?

All cynicism aside, I’d second what Rameth said. There is no ‘most-efficient’ weapon combo as they are all very good. Situationally, you just need to pick what you think will benefit you the most. I’m a big Sword/X advocate because of its cleave, but it has a slower wind up time than Daggers and lacks the ranged advantage of Pistols or Shortbows. It’s really up to you though.

Lord Yoshi.6738:

Wow, I didn’t realize I was talking to the boy who cried “troll”. Anyway, I got the answer I was looking for, so I’ll leave you to your hugbox.

Listen to Mr. High-and-Mighty over here. Scurry on back into whatever hole you came from, and remember to use your kittening brain next time before asking stupid questions in a forum that doesn’t concern you.

BrunoBRS.5178:

@cris – it’s not a useless build, it’s just a useless way of using a good build. the same build can also make for some amazing signet of malice survivability. i’d know, i use that.

I’ll meet you in the middle here. The build itself has a few advantages when used with the right combination of weapons and utility skills. It goes without saying that the damage output is lower than glass cannon builds, but damage is certainly not all this class is about. For the sake of this thread, it’s being demonstrated as a permanent stealth build which is a horrible misuse of any players time and energy, or as you said, “just a useless way of using a good build.”

I’m not adverse to ‘fun,’ but this is a ridiculous thing to post about considering its stupidity and how easy it is to achieve. Not only that, but it will only lead to more anti-thief advocates kittening and moaning in our forum.

bwillb.2165:

How do you witness someone in stealth? That’s kind of a paradox.

Don’t worry, he’s exaggerating over the rendering bug.

Your [Escape] key should do the trick.

dank.3680:

It’s not entirely useless.. A group of us thieves were doing this and getting 30 seconds of stealth stacked then going and ganking groups, retreat, repeat.

That’s pathetic. Also easier achieved by running in as a zerg with real builds that do damage and just killing them. I can see doing that for fun, but not it’s practical in any sense of the word.

Lord Yoshi.6738:

I thought it was pretty obvious that I didn’t know anything about it. I neither “troll” the thief subforums nor saw the thread that you didn’t link to. Personally I don’t care about your precious class, I am however interested in how they are doing it so that I can actually counter it.

That’s highly unlikely, considering the ‘event’ was featured in a video that was not only on the front page of this forum most of today, but is obscure enough on youtube that the only way you would be able to find it is by reading that thread or a similar one in the WvW section. Last I saw, there were several posts in that specific thread talking about the rendering bug and how it gave said thief an advantage.

How about instead of QQing in threads like this, you go read the first 3 pages in the forum and see if the answer to your question is there.

And heres a Link if you’re too lazy to go find it on the second page.

Lord Yoshi.6738:

So I just witnessed a single thief stealthing for 3 straight minutes while blocking a supply cap with 30+ people on it. And that was just one incident. I’d like to know how they are constantly stealthing, if it’s some stupid bug, and if it’s already been reported.

Thats different and you know it. If you saw the thread with the video, or do more than just troll the Thief forums, you’d be aware of the rendering bug where players don’t show up immediately after leaving stealth. The rendering bug =/= this crappy CB spam stealth build.

Dual.8953:

Chill Cris. Sometimes it’s fun to goofing off.

What I’m getting at, is that its pointless to post about stuff like this, as all it does it invite more QQer’s like Yoshi here to start more stupid anti-thief kitten. Its nothing special either, just a gimmicky and horrible build that won’t even get you anywhere in dungeons because of how you have to spec to achieve it.

If trash were THAT hard, which isn’t the case, then people would always have a thief like this for nothing more than the stealth. There’s no reason to skip trash even for speed runs, because with a poorly specced thief like this, you’re basically down a player and risk wiping and either having to re-stealth through or clear the trash like you should be doing anyways.

Have you tried testing these out in PvP(Heart of the Mists)? Numbers will vary between builds, so your best bet is to try it out yourself on target dummies/sparring bots. HotM allows for free respecs and grants level 80 while youre in there: a perfect staging area!

Not sure then, because I interrupt W.A. on a consistent basis. I don’t even bother trying to do damage with how easy it is to just stun or daze it. Maybe thats where our disconnection is coming from: I can’t speak for damage landing or not as I don’t look for it, but I know for a fact that I can interrupt it or that it’s bugged to be interruptible.

EDIT: By the way, evasion is either there or it isn’t. There is no partial evasive state. You said a “high evasiveness” in your previous post which is simply inaccurate. If a skill evades, it stops everything. If a skill doesn’t evade, then it has a different effect preventing either CC(Stability) or damage(invulnerability, protection, block, etc.).