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I do erotic roleplay for hire. It’s not the most dignified profession, but my alts can’t feed themselves.
1. Elementalist
2. Ranger
3. Necromancer
Same here on Darkhaven, and like others I didn’t get the daily chest reward.
I have a necro that uses a life steal and have been fairly successful with it in WvWvW and PvE. I don’t have a lot of experience in s/tPvP, so I don’t know how applicable the following is to that mode.
The main trait for a dagger lifesteal build to get is Blood II – Bloodthirst. The lifesteal on every hit from the minor trait in Blood is a little underwhelming, but it can make a difference, and with 20 in Blood you can take the Vampiric Precision or Vampiric Master if you want to continue the lifesteal theme. Mark of Blood is also quite good and can get you a lot of extra regeneration. Vampiric traits alone aren’t enough to base a build around, but they are useful to increase your staying power, and you can always change the traits you’re using if the situation calls for something else (e. g. faster Wells).
Since you don’t steal a lot of life other than from Dagger 2, if you want to use lifesteal, it’s best to increase the value of the life you do take by building up Toughness on gear and/or with Death Magic. If you really build up Toughness you’re likely dealing with a lower crit %, which diminishes the value of Vampiric Precision, but I’ve had a better experience with Mark of Evasion anyway.
Also note that the Vampiric occurs on every individual strike of channeled attacks, so Axe 2 can act like a miniheal, and Dagger 2 is buffed up a little more too.
I haven’t experimented with Runes or food buffs since I’m both poor and a poor cook, so I can’t speak to their effectiveness or lack thereof. If anyone here has experimented with them, I’d be interested in knowing how the % Heal on Critical works with Vampiric Precision trait. Do they stack, proc separately, or what?