Guild Wars 2

That list though… Ty for the laugh

If it’s well balanced, why do u think it still needs buffs?

Shaogin what are u talking about. Most power builds have to get up close & personal for them to do their dmg while their target has plenty of tools to negate that dmg. A condi person can fire from the safety of his/her living room, stack 4-5 condi’s on u, go grab a cola from the frig come back to watch u bleed out.

Also did u forget that some condi abilities apply direct dmg as well?
Conditions are out of control & need a rework in pvp & I hope the devs have a good brainstorming meeting to address it.

Oh looky another thot created a thread to tell ppl that what they experienced is a myth & his/her skill got em to legend…… I call bullkitten

Ur right OP. People made the game. People play the game. So its only right that people ruin it.

Might be a good idea if one of the experienced players posted a thread regarding pvp terminology along with tips/strategies used. I’m still new to pvp with only around 140 games played but i can tell u i still don’t know where the repair kit for the trebs on kyhlo are lol

I was just about to try a build similar to this one with a few minor adjustments (don’t have HoT). Same amulet, same rune & all but traits are DA, Trick, & Acro with a diff weap set.

nicknamenick.2437

Let the player choose the combination, and Anet can ban those that are too good (like Dire as an example)
Evident Amulet
3 stats combination:
1200 (pick a stat)
900 (pick a stat excluding #1)
900 (pick a stat excluding #1 and #2)
Distinct Amulet
4 stats combination:
1050 (pick a stat)
1050 (pick a stat excluding #1)
560 (pick a stat excluding #1 and #2)
560 (pick a stat excluding #1 and #2 and #3)
Simple! now everyone can make there combinations!
Enough of this endless amulet creating removing whatever..

Why not??

Hell no...allowing players to choose their own states won’t make things any better, it would just make things much worse.

U guys acting like the necro will just sit there & press 1 all match, get real.

Only people who wanna destroy the game is the whining kitten pvper’s

No…A-net do what u set out to do

Dude this like the 3rd topic u’ve started & in each one u just have to mention thieves, even if thats not what the topic is about. Did a thief steal ur girl or somethin?

This makes me wonder how many bunkers will give up trying to bunker & become a bunker killing thief

Patch hasn’t drop’d yet & already mesmers are scared of thieves lmao

If ur getting this kittened about what happens in a video game i think u need a new hobby

When A-net decides to make new e-specs i hope to also look into adding more weapons & utility skills. It would be a shame to get new specs only to use the exact same utilities we’ve been using sense release.

Weapons:
Polearm
Spear
Flail
Club
Javelin

Utilities:
Pilum
Whips
Boomerang
Darts
Shuriken
Marbles

These are just a few off the top of my head but I’m sure the devs & frequent forum posters can do better than me :-)

Take ur lost like a man or go play something else. Asking Anet to put in a option to single a profession out is str8 up a dumb idea.

1. Get rid of hybrids
2. Get rid of hybrids
3. Get rid of hybrids
4. Get rid of hybrids
5. Get rid of hybrids

No dev in the history of MMOdum been able to balance hybrid classes so stop trying & just say kitten it

how about adding sais & shurikens

@ twojackson

“Competition isn’t meant to be fair”
What the hell does that mean?

OP you forgot to ask
Why are venom traits in a defensive trait line
Why is daredevil the twin of acro
Why is this class not renamed jester

What is there to fix?
The only thing this class is good at is stealing your kitten and running. I mean isn’t that what thieves do?

LMAO the hate thats directed towards 1 person becuz he plays how he wants is kittening hilarious

keep up the good work

“thief can be stunned in stealth but luckily for him he has 500 teleports with low cd like shadow step or steal with 18 seconds cd cause why the kitten not”

incisorr that statement right there just proves you don’t know kitten about thief. FYI shadow step has a long cd & when the hell did steal become a teleport. You keep saying thieves are easy & you play warrior lol. Just tell the truth you want warrior to be op & all the other classes nerf’d into the ground so you can roflstomp the opposition.

@ Nova Stiker
That’s funny cuz when I went into the necro sub forum all I saw was how dhuumfire was a dissapointing trait since the 6/23 patch & wasn’t worth picking until reaper came along.
Can i ask what makes it the best trait in the game?

@incisorr
Just becuz u say u have a thief for 3 yrs doesn’t mean you know how to play one. I stop’d reading once you said thief was op & forgiving, you’re just making kitten up.

You think every thief plays the same weap set?
You think every thief is using the ghost build?
You think every thief is wearing marauder’s?

Stop assuming things. Thief is supposed to be a high risk high reward class but I’m not seeing the reward part of it. It’s clear to me that warrior is your main right now but please stop being sneaky & campaigning for a thief nerf

@Alin.2468
I find it funny that you say “try to find the best profession and enjoy it while it last” than turn around and say “nobody forces you to play anything so choose wisely” lol.
I choose to play thief & necro (core specs not elite) but guess which one feels like i gotta play a perfect game to have a chance at winning?

I guess learn to adapt means i need to just give up on thief & become a rev, dh or whatever like so many other players. Sorry i won’t do that i will just give up on pvp than jump on bandwagons

@incisorr.9502
You’re kidding right?
If I fail as a thief I am dead!!!…100% easy mode forgiving lmao
Why don’t you go play one in pvp then come back & tell me how easy it is becuz i must be smoking the wrong thing

All classes need to be fixed, and not just the elite specs the core specs also need some looking into.

But I don’t wanna jump on bandwagons I just wanna play my way & hope every class I don’t play gets nerf’d & my class becomes the new op class

There is no such thing as “balance”.
MMORPGs been out for quite some time & in the few yrs I’ve been playing them I’ve never heard of PvP being balanced.

@Gray.9041

those were the two venom skills i was looking at so it’s good to see someone uses them
sense thief has a trait that increase the dmg of poison & spider venom + dagger aa inflicts poison i thought this would be a good start. I was gonna use scale venom for the vuln & torm condi & shadow refuge for the heal & stealth. And i think i saw a trait that cleanses conditions while in stealth but not sure.

@Khazik
atm i’m sure i can’t hold a candle to you until i have practiced a lot & figure out what works for me. i wanna try the acro line but it just doesn’t look all that enticing to me. maybe because i’m just trying to learn how to pvp with this class but the line seems to be about more active defense and i’m not up to par in that area just yet.

Thank you guys for the advice and i do realize not taking sb can hinder my potential. When i was typing i can honestly say i totally forgot about the initiative system and i’m glad ya’ll pointed it out.

I was wondering can venom skills be used with the sb skills?

@ BlaqueFyre

Ok now i see what others have been trying to say about sb…ty

I just have a vision of how i wanna play thief & that doesn’t include sb not to mention when thieves talk about the weapon they never mention 1-4 skills it’s always sb #5 why is that?

So there is no d/d thieves running around in pvp?

@rennlc.7346 First let me say thank you for the break down on the utilities this is the advice i was hoping to receive when i started the thread. And to your point about saying thank you, I had every intentions on saying it but got caught up responding to replies that basically told me d/p-sb is thiefs only option.

But to all that replied thank you

Amante.8109
Unfortunately, running Shortbow is non-negotiable. Thief as a profession has a multitude of serious issues even WITH Shortbow. Without it, Thief brings literally nothing to the table that you couldn’t get far better from another profession.
You can try to be a beautiful, unique, meta-defying snowflake all you want, but certain things are meta for a reason. Despite Thief having what is probably the lowest build diversity in the game right now, you can still play some fun oddball stuff that no one else is… but you’re still going to want Shortbow for those builds, trust me. It’s just that essential. I’m not a fan of it either but until ArenaNet revamps Thief, it is what it is.

Here’s the thing, i’m not tryin to defy the meta because i don’t know or care what the meta is i just play but i see this was a bad move on my part to ask such questions so i will leave it be

@rennlc.7346 Sorry but I wasn’t trying to sound rude all I was saying is that I play games for fun and i didn’t enjoy the play style of certain weap sets if that came off as rude well im guilty as charged. But if s/he didn’t feel i was being rude why do you feel as though you to be the one to tell me?

I also don’t have a problem with other players saying certain weapons or skills are strong/weak. It’s all a matter of opinion

@Gray.9041 If I do win 1/10 as a inexperienced player playing a class u can’t just faceroll with than I would say thats something to build upon

@bliss.4305 When i said “I don’t play sneaky chars like a warrior” I meant i don’t treat them like a brawler. Rogues always seem to be a class that is built around offense. I’m sure some of you heard of the saying “the best defense is a great offense” and this is the way i approach this class.

Aside from the opinions on weap sets can we discuss utilities?
I’ve noticed both of you mention sb #5 but am i wrong in saying shadowstep does the same thing? Can I use deception skills to help me disengage or help me with my lack of defense?

Can venoms help me keep pressure on my opponent(s)?
What about traps and tricks, is it possible to make a build for both?

Call me odd but I play games for fun and won’t be forced into a play style I do not like. D/P is a play style i do not enjoy, in any rpg I’ve played I always make a duel dagger rogue (if the game allows it). I do not care if it’s considered viable or not I know it will be a challenge but I figure at least if i practice with it I can become decent enough in my mind.

I don’t wanna use a shortbow because I don’t wanna pew pew if i wanted to do that i would just roll a ranger. I might not use p/p as my sec set, i might use s/x depending on my mood but i know those other 2 sets wont be getting used. I was just looking for any tips about the weapon sets and the utilities i mentioned that can help me out a little.

Also I don’t play a sneaky char like a warrior. I use hit and run tactics because stealth chars are usually glass cannons.

Hello fellow thieves

I am a inexperienced thief trying to get into pvp and would like to know if you guys/gals would be willing to help a newbie understand this class a little better. First let me state that I’m not looking for fotm builds and I know pvp takes a lot of practice before I will become somewhat decent lol. I’m looking for any tips you can spare that will help ease the frustration a bit and hopefully in the near future I’ll become a pain in the kitten for the opposition :-)

I plan on using d/d as main and maybe p/p as my secondary weapon set (hate shortbow). For traits i intend to go with DA/SA/Tric. The problem for me is idk if i wanna make my thief a trickster, trapper, deception or venom thief.

Are their any synergies with these utility skills and the weapons/traits i plan on using or any tips i should be aware of? Also I haven’t read anybody talk about tricks or venom skills lately (maybe never) and was wondering is something wrong with them or people just don/t use them that often.