Guild Wars 2

Even with the feline grace buff acro is still trash compared to other lines.

apocom.3172:

Maybe I have a miscalculation but this would bring Feline Grace to pre patch endurance regeneration if you successful dodge.
Pro: All evades
cons: within 4 secs

(Math: Endurence regenaration is 5 per sec, 75% of 5 is 3.75 * 4 = 15)

No, prepatch acro had perma vigor + feline grace and the vigor was more effective than it is now.

blitzkrieg.2451:

Saiyan.1704:

Michaeas Magister.1589:

phokus.8934:

Mesmer is not getting buffed more… not sure why or how you came to that strange conclusion.

Anyways, I was surprised to see Tarcis run with Longbow and not stick with Hammer. In a new game of max damage and control, Hammer is far superior.

We’re going to see more Mesmers as part of teams/comps because now the build is basically playing for them. Mantra of Distraction and Time Warp is pretty much going to RIP teams with focus fire.

Apex should have dropped the Guardian and brought in another Ele.

Your standard comp is starting to look like Ele, Ele, Mesmer, Thief, x. Possibly Necro because they’re super tanky right now but that should be the basic comp.

Wow. To release a patch that basically makes 4 out of 8 (half) of your classes in a game unviable in sPvP.

Amazing.

At least with these early games people who want to play sPvP can see what classes to roll and train on. I wonder if they will allow the Revenant to be viable in sPvP?

Thanks.

The thing is, Thieves don’t even counter Mesmers as hard as they used to. Apex’s Thief didn’t +1 or backcap nodes like a Thief should… in fact.. that’s the only reason why people take Thieves to begin with.

If you have an Ele who’s on Home duty majority of the time, and teef can’t control the Mesmer, why bring a teef at all? They’re incredibly undervalued in 3v3+ zerg fiestas. Any other class will out perform him in this regards.

If you’re going to double up on Ele’s and grab a Mesmer, a Thief isn’t needed. Grab yourself a Warrior or Engi/Guardian/Necro for the CC and you’re set.

That’s what happens when you invite a thief to your team because it’s a girl and not because of her skill level. Apex had this one coming , not because of only the horrible playing by this thief, but they were trying weird kitten. They’ll probably tighten up their game in the future and find some unbeatable cheese bunker setup like before and win again.

Wtf? You sound bitter.
Projecting much?

Zoe is good btw.

Agreed.

Even in the weeks before the patch Acro S/D had already been pushed out of pvp by Panic Strike D/P. Panic Strike D/P had a much higher/more reliable burst, more team stealth, and the ability to consistently finish targets. Vamp runes also made D/P much easier because the mist + last refuge made it so you could always get out of a team fight. The only thing lost by going DA over Acro was some mobility but Shortbow made up for that out of combat.

So for the patch Anet decides to buff Panic Strike D/P by giving it access to SA without losing much damage and nerf Acro S/D by gutting Feline Grace. They improved the already stronger build while nerfing the set that was struggling to be relevant in the meta.

After playing around with a few builds and trait setups, any S/D build is outperformed by the same traits but with D/P. The vigor upgrade and the new Feline Grace are barely noticeable in fights. Anet should either restore Feline Grace or follow the changes that you suggested while nerfing some of the new traits in Acro. Then maybe it can compete with D/P again.

Vamp runes are meta for cele engis and panic strike thieves.

Not looking forward to the acro changes. While some of the new traits seem alright, feline grace WAS acro imo. The new acro traitline will definetly be weaker than the one we have right now but the (OP?) buffs to DA might make up for it. Oh well, at least we’ll have the new 60606 panic strike build to fall back on. As it stands right now, this is the build that will be played on every weapon set. Looking forward to infinite stealth camp -.-

A really old pic

Just some clips over the last few days.

Try out both, armor is the same/similar for both sets so it shouldn’t be too expensive to gear.

This is my Charr thief.

Helmet: Seeker Mask
Shoulder: Whisper’s Secret Shoulders
Chest: Trapper Coat
Gauntlets: Mist Walker Gloves
Pants: Rawhide Pants
Boots: Mistwalker Boots

Dyes: Black, Pitch, Icing, and Midnight Sky

You use infusions on ascended items. The magic find infusion is used on an ascended amulet with a utility infusion slot.

If you’re having a really hard time you can move the 2 points from Trickery into Shadow Arts and get Shadow’s Embrace. Then you will cleanse a Condi everytime you stealth.

They are Mist Walker Gloves.

Here are my weapons.

A quick picture of my Charr Thief. I’ll try to get a shot with the weapons when I get time.