Guild Wars 2

So I’m a lvl 20 Sylvari thief. Through my questing I’ve tried almost every conceivable weapons combination and in all of them I still run into the same problem:

Mobs

D/D, P/D, D/P, P/P, D, Sb, all of them work swimmingly against 1-2 opponents, maybe 3 if you’re really on your game, but any more than that and I simply can’t survive it. And it’s not that I’m Death Blossoming like a kitten , it’s simply that my Cooldowns aren’t fast enough to keep up with the DPS my enemies are doing to me.

Furthermore my frustration is compounded when I’m panting in a corner, forked as Zabuza, and some warrior just breezes through the camp killing the entire thing and the boss to boot without breaking stride. I mean…wha?How?What am I doing wrong here?

I’m not engaging more than one enemy at a time. I’ve tried spinning both condition as well as burst builds, I’ve tried range as well as melee, and yet still I find myself being swarmed over and murdered by 3+ enemies on the regular.

Generally speaking my two main methods of attack are:

Ranged: Pistol them up with bleeds using an offhand dagger to slow them and then shadowstepping away when they get too close

Melee: Pull them in with the Scorpion tether, then Stealth/Backstab/Heartseeker/Heartseeker.

I mean are respawn timers that short? Is there a magic thief trick I’m missing? Is it a level thing and after a certain level threshold things improve? Or do we really take hits like wet noodles? Is there anything I can do that will boost my survivability?

And yes, I’ve been religiously buying new gear from the Auction House as I level up. Every 3-4 levels I buy new gear to try and keep myself not quite as dead as often.

Anyway, whatever help you’re willing to offer to a very beleaguered Sylvari trying to make her way in Tyria is appreciated.

I’ve been wondering this a while now, what with all the leafy bits sticking out all over the skin of a lot of Sylvari. I mean it stands to reason that sooner or later one of the leafy bits would catch, maybe rip a little or something, and I find myself wondering if it would hurt or if you’d simply shrug it off and grow a new leaf over the injured area? Or maybe the leafy bits that stick out are like sloughing skin? Maybe they need to come off?

I dunno, whatever the case it’d be awesome to have an official lore explanation for it.

10/10: It’s a very flora name, like it could’ve come from a botanical book. I like it

Nyvari Eloquen (female/night/thief)

I keep feeling like the name is too basic, but then I say it and it just dances off my tongue in a way that I can’t hate.