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Been seeing a lot more of them also. Generally an easy kill though it takes too long. Try NOT to 1v1 in conquest. They have weaker chase, and you on dash d/p thief will be more mobile. Out rotate, and play to your builds strengths. When you find them in a group fight, be patient and wait for when their initiative is low and they are very vulnerable. Most thieves can tell when another thief is in trouble. Basi and burst as you would any +1.

If you absolutely have to 1v1, play patiently, they have low stealth access, so use that to your advantage. Stealth burst and disengage, restealth and repeat. When they are low, basi then steal to secure kill. It is hard to explain but you will feel the right rhythm for fighting them. Whatever you do don’t over commit and go ham, you will die that way.

If condi’s are still a problem, try EA, or Acro PR, or even trickster (withdraw, haste, RFI with shadowstep) until you get the hang of it.

best of luck.

Best advice to the OP is to just keep at it. It takes a lot longer than 3 weeks to get fully proficient with thief, but it will happen and you will be glad you stuck with it. Don’t go condi or staff, no matter the temptation. If possible find another player to duo with like mesmer who knows what they are doing (or who is at least eager to improve) and practice coordinating your bursts and rotations to play off your strengths. And keep learning from Sind. His videos have so much good advice, they are really a godsend for learning thieves. Best of luck.

didn’t know about /stuck, thanks for this! happened to me the other day at keep doing shadowstep stomp.

worked thanks!

/Applications/Guild\ Wars\ 2.app/Contents/MacOS/cider -use-dos-cwd C:Gw2 -- C:\\GW2\\GW2.exe -assetsrv 64.25.41.3

(note the 64.25.41.2 didnt work but 64.25.41.3 did!)

same. regular mac client wont open for me either.

the ICD on stealth attacks was awkward at first but now it feels normal. It made me better at making sure I land them correctly the first time. If I miss I feel like I deserved the ICD now. If I’m really impatient after a failed backstab and have the upper hand in a fight I will usually just break stealth with a heart seeker/Headshot PI/ or shadow shot to keep the pressure up.

I had a lot of success with these two builds before I broke down and got HoT.

This one is as close to the D/P daredevil meta as you can get with Core Thief I think:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoaVl0MhSnYhTw8Jw/EHwEkOBBY39Cnkq4TzZaDA-TpBFABJcEAA4BA0whAom9HEvMgAnAAA

This one I prefer vs a heavy condition comp/CC comp and is my personal fav core build:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoaVl0MhSnYxTw3Jw/EHwEUvwJpK6EEgd7TTcaDA-TpBFAB1s/QDHCAAeAACcCAEvMQCHBAA

Best of luck

No quarter + practiced tolerance in the critical strikes line. the +250 ferocity with fury with valk amulet helps reach those higher numbers. with DD runes you bound into steal, securing fury and 250 ferocity and 100% crit then vault. try that. give up either DA or Trick.

Ah- just read above, NM. glad it got figured out.

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wardspratlin.9107:

The game NEEDS automated tourneys

+1

My gripe with solo/duo is that there is no skill progression.

In a 5s team when you lose you can look back at your team’s mistakes and make corrections. In pugs you often lose match after match for the same reasons because flipping pugs.

The last time I queued I lost 3 matches in a row, all because of team’s inability to adjust to enemy thief. If it where a 5s team we could have made adjustments so that that streak wouldn’t have happened.

A+. there is only so far you can improve as a player with pugs. There is a lot of strategy that just can’t be implemented unless you have a dedicated team.

Hey Barbie,

Those are normal vault numbers, esp if the thief is running critical strikes traitline which some do. It is also possible he was using force/bloodlust considering no air/blood/fire in the combat log, though I rarely see that. Some do bloodlust on their shortbow.

When fighting them you wanna interrupt on the downward drop part of the animation with cc then burst. Of the 3/4th cast time, the first 1/2 is evade, the last 1/4 is interruptible. Once you learn the animation window they are a little easier to counter (or dodge). best of luck.

I would love to see tpvp come back somehow, but it needs an overhaul and should stay separate from solo/duo ranked/unranked. No rewards just bragging rights/leaderboards. I would love to see the “team” aspect really pushed. What if anet made a guild-like feature where you join, name it, have a roster etc, but it is called a Team instead of guild and only pertains to Tpvp. Then you select who on your roster is ready to queue up to a 5man, and your team appears on a list with your average MMR. Any other teams who are queued up can see other teams and attempt to challenge them. Simple, remove the randomness and you let the players take control of who they get to fight.

-ktrained my alts
-played the stanley parable on steam and had my mind screwed with by a british narrator.
-got some sun

If there is no future in WvW what game should we play? Thats my issue. Im tired of all the frustration just like everyone but having a hard time finding a decent replacement to gw2 wvw. Eso AvA and archeage pvp were huge letdowns.

+1. would be great. I don’t even want ecto’s or anything, I just to be able to get my runes out if i want to switch builds.

you are being silly Energy sigils are great, sigils of momentum are not worth the extra armor when you already have 3k compared to condition clear.

From my understanding energy sigils conflict with cleansing sigils because they are both weapon swap sigils. So running both energy and cleansing on both weapon sets would render one of those sigils useless. Anybody know for sure?

sw/t and staff can definitely work great, especially if it is your preferred weapon set and you feel comfortable evading with it already. You can pull off some great evasion combos with that set for sure. I chose scepter/torch for the mobile block. Often in drawn out chases when you have several people behind you if you stop for even a second or two from the sword #2 root it allows them to catchup to you and begin their chain stuns/cc’s. From my experience, in an outnumbered chase you have to constantly keep moving to prevent group lockdowns. I prefer sword#2/#3 as a last resort for group focus, following with temporal curtain for speed/cripple and literally pulling them off. I can see for sure how the staff could essentially do the same thing. I just love the focus so much for moving around the map. With speed runes you have only 5 seconds without swiftness from TC. (and if you proc swiftness from stealth you have near perma swiftness when running across a map)

And as for energy sigils vs. cleansing sigils on land weapons, both work well. Energy sigils are more multipurpose as they can help evade both condi/power as well as incoming stuns, while cleansing sigil can really come in handy when condi clears are on CD and you get hit with a cripple or immobalize for sure. Both have their pros/cons.

F1-F4 abilities F1-F2 arent really that usefull. The interrupt shatter is good situationally if you are desperate and F4 is on CD. F4 is awesome, its an on demand invulnerability when you have clones up. Just remember to dodge for deceptive evasion clones. Use this shatter when either your scepter block is on cd and you really need the damage mitigation or your are getting zerg focused hard, 10+ people beating on you in a clump.

Underwater weapons I use double soldier’s spears with cleansing sigils. Spear #2 and #4 creates insane distance and will make you immortal in bay. #5 use before leaving the water to by you some time if someone is chasing you. Aso dont forget #5/#2 chaos armor combo. Swapping spears is your underwater condi removal. Also note you will lose a condi every time you jump in the water (9sec cd). Spear #3 should be used when getting chased and you have your enemy in range, combine it to pull off a F3 daze shatter And dont forget to have a rune of speed on your aqua breather for the #6 +25% movement increase underwater

Underwater utilities Signet of midnight, Decoy, Portal, Mass Invis. Decoy for jukes and stun breaks, Signet of midnight for stuns/blinds and when getting group focused, and portal for crowd separation and jukes. Mass invis as a last resort.

Traits:

Just a couple points, fall damage is CRUCIAL. To properly execute various jukes and distractions, you will be jumping off a lot of things repeatedly. Very important to have fall damage on, or you will die. Your condi cleanse is from torch, which sucks in the condi meta, but joined with anti condi food (lemongrass or poultry variants) you are ok. Really save torch condi clear for immobalizes/cripples if you can or huge bleed stacks, let your heals mitigate the lesser condi damage.

Anyway, thats the build. However, most of your survival will depend on your environment and how you use it. This build will ensure your survival in order to allow you to get really creative with your outnumbered juke play.

Have fun!
(and try not to troll toooo hard lol)
Golden Mirage

Gear
This build runs full exotic nomad gear (lol i know)and ascended PTV trinkets. Full soldiers gear/trinkets also works really well. The nomads are easily craftable surprisingly. Took me all of an hour, so not as hard as you might think, and i hate Dry Top/pve. The PTV trinkets, i figure most everybody has a set of those. The runes are Superior Runes of Speed which are cheap and keep you very very mobile. ***Please note get an aqua breather lvl60+ and put a superior rune of speed in it or you will be dead when hiding in bay, very important. With full stacks you can see 3.1k Armor and 28k HP, which is insane.

Weapons
Weapon sets are Scepter/Torch and Sword/Focus and are all used defensively, as it is pointless to attack with nomads, you have to use your environment and skills to stay alive. Thats half the fun of this build. Use scepter block a lot as its on a 10 sec cd, and sword #2 as an evade when getting group focused. Try to stay in scepter/torch as long as possible and only switch to sword/focus if you need the extra evade from energy sigil or speed/cc from temporal curtain, or as a last resort while getting focused.

Utilities
Utilities are Blink with extended range and cool down, Decoy, Portal, and Mass invis. It goes without saying you have to abuse the hell out of PU in this build. PU offers protection aegis regen and now might (useless) but also swiftness which synergizes really well with the superior runes of speed.

Ether Feast which on a 20 sec CD excels over the signet heal. You will be able to heal a ton of HP every 20 seconds esp when you keep your clones up. Remember it heals more per clone.

Blink is on a super low cooldown and has extended range so when getting chased try to use it to its farthest as it can really save you. Remember also that you can blink up certain ledges and cliffs during a chased that forces enemies to take the long way around to reach you. Also blinking behind enemies mid chase can be just as effective/confusing.

Portal, is by far the greatest utility in keeping you alive when you are getting chased by 15-20 people. The trick is, you have to get good at thinking about hiding portals in out of the way places when getting chased. For example, in bay you jump in the water with 15 people behind you, go low a sec and drop a portal right by the rock wall, spear #2/#4/#5 away. Look behind you and make sure they are coming after you. In most mob zergs they just chase you without thinking twice, let them get closer to you until they just start to attack, then portal back at the last second. At most only one person will have seen the portal, usually nobody sees it and you now have a huge distance from your enemy, and your spear cooldowns are back up, allowing you to spear #2/#4 away creating an INSANE distance and often resetting your HP. In SM, you can drop portals on the 3rd floor, drop down, run around, get them to chase you and then portal back up to the 3rd floor. These are just a few examples of how to divide an enemy group with portals. Remember also, if most of the zerg stops chasing you, they are waiting at the portal for you to return. No sweat. Here is another juke move for you: the fakeout portal. You can drop your return portal and then use decoy (remember dont target anyone so you dont leave a clone). To the enemy it will look as if you portaled back, making them stop in their tracks, giving you more distance. Another example, in hills, use the cliffs to your advantage by dropping portals on the hight ground, dropping down, getting then to chase you down then portaling back up buys you lots of time. Anyway, lots of fun to be had here with portals. More examples than i can count.

Use Mass invis as a last resort when everything else is on CD and you are getting hunted bad and really need 6 more seconds to get your other skills off CD. I cannot stress the last resort part enough.

Hi guys,

This is a quick guide that might interest any players interested ninja gameplay, i.e sneaking into keeps or towers behind enemy zergs undetected, and if found surviving outnumbered for as long as possible in order to portal in a supporting group. Its kinda a “behind enemy lines” build as you will be severely outnumbered and outgunned most of the time. I’ve had extensive experience solo roaming with this build and with the support of havoc groups have managed to ninja every keep and tower in WvW more times than i can count. Now dont get me wrong, I love shatter mes, and have played just about every single mesmer build out there, but now Im writing this for any bored mesmers who are tired of traditional wvw roaming and looking for a very different way to play mesmer. In a nutshell you are trading traditional dps for extreme survivability while putting yourself into some seriously outnumbered situations (10v1) with the opportunity for some very high rewards.

Successful infiltrating relies on several key points:

1. Map awareness You are going to be looking at your map a lot. Swords and flipped camps are your clues on where the enemy is and most groups follow predictable behavior. SE camp flips, expect SE tower or Hills. Speldan flips, expect Mendons or Anz. You will be roaming alone and moving fast to get to keeps and towers in time to get into position.

2. Situational awareness. Your actions vary greatly depending on what the enemy is doing and the status of your target/tower/keep and how you attempt to hide or sneak in. Sometimes it is better to wait for a zerg to bust the door down first and follow them in, letting their zerg focus allow you to slip in undetected. Other times if you already own the tower and are the sole defender, you need to sneak inside without being seen so as to not arouse suspicion. So much to say on this subject, but a lot of it comes down to practice and trial and error. Also, know your hiding spots. There are tons people dont know about or rarely check.

3. Utilizing your build strengths to hide/survive. Chaining stealths and blinks to get into position undetected is key. The survivability options of mesmers should be pretty straightforward to any mesmer.

4. Communicating with your havoc group/map roamers to cap the objective. Know who your active groups are and be in touch with them. After a few successful caps they will know to look out for you and will respond very quickly.

Infiltrator Build

after almost 2 years of rangers being the running joke of wvw, can’t we just let em have it? they’ve earned it.

yeah can’t stomp in WvW also. Lots of people having this problem.

Plenty other people have mentioned the tight-knit community, the fun attitude, the numberous event nights, the “post pictures of your cat playing guildwars flickr page,” the copious amounts of hottie cleavage posted by all the DR ladies, the infamous Zerg Drinking Game that ends with literally our whole zerg playing/ taking shots till they pass out (if you wiped us around 2am EST -you are welcome), so ill try to talk about something no one else has mentioned about DR, its best kept secret i guess.

…..ehh actually. I dont think I can talk about that one really cool thing without getting this thread banned… darn. You will just have to move to DR to find out. Kinda raunchy, funny, hawt and shocking all at once. kitten , really wish i could post this here.

Well, then ill just continue on with what everyone else is saying then. DR has a slow and steady momentum with really amazing leaders on its shoulders. We used to be that server that people said, “awwww that sucks all your guilds left and you are rank 24…sucks to be you, but someday you will climb back” This is that time. We aren’t trying to rebuild our server anymore. Our server is already rebuilt into something we can all be proud of, the server that we would want to be apart of, thats not full of kittenheads or emotionally handicapped sociopaths or any other WTFs?

DR is looking to be THE server that has ALL of the chillest, most fun, most drama free guilds we can aquire. We like to have fun, and we like to win obviously, but most importantly we like to breathe fresh air into the often stale monotony that can be WvW by surrounding ourselves with the best possible people. Please, seriously, consider joining the party over in DR. We are definitely having way way more fun on this server than yours, respectfully.

Devonas Rest’s own Tony Hawks of Tyria, [BoD] Brooms of Doom, the worst pve guild in Tyria is recruiting broomers in search of gnarly wipe outs. We meet up most nights at Vigil keep and just go on rides. Thats it. Guild missions? nah. Pvp? wut? Ramp’age? Hell yeah dude!

Join us as we go out riding brooms en masse to the far corners of Tyria, looking for sick cliffs to jump, AFK asurans to hop over, jp’s to master, pugs to swarm. Maybe we will kill a champ or two to keep the vibes extreme. But overall, us broomers like to chillax and keep our mondo mellows ultimately unharshed!

Themed nights include but are not limited to:
*Asuran hop, how many asurans can you hop over?

*Wasted Wipe Outs (take a drink everytime you get knocked off your broom)

*Last Brah Broomin’ -Ride through dangerous areas and try not to get knocked off. Last man standing wins!

Nothin quite like seeing 10 broomers swarmin and destroyin. Crit fast, ride slow. Now get out there and sweep that map brah!

whisper Golden Mirage for more info. Rep only required during rides. Broom required.

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JustTrogdor.7892:

Hi Sarah,

Thanks for stopping by to update us but just to clarify… Does this mean it is being worked on as we speak or meaning worked on during normal business hours continuing on Monday?

Yes, there is a team of us that have been working on this today.

TY guys for putting in the extra time, very much appreciated.

yeah i appreciate all that anet is doing to try to fix this but my guess is no TP for mac till tuesday :/ not the end of the world, just a little annoying. ty anet for working on this

Just wanted to say thank you. Very much appreciated.

Is [krew] a big guild? never noticed you all.

Congrats thats great!!!!!!!!!

Since this is a recruitment thread for AR and not a place to air out any dirty laundry, let me say that AR is a solid group of good fighters in the Bronze league. If you are making the move to AR you will be in good company as they are incredibly persistent, well organized and creative in open field. Coming from HoD in DR we always have a good time fighting them, and much respect to TBT, Inc, and zero to name a few. If you are already transferring to AR you will not be disappointed.

same. pretty consistently in wvw.

This also happened to me, though we lost the tower. Couldnt wp out cause i was still in combat techniquely. Went close to the walls and luckily an enemy was able to do a mercy kill so i could get out! lol.