Guild Wars 2

I’m just gonna be blunt about it: I’m terrible at this game.

I’m trying out a thief as my first toon, and, based on what I’ve read (and my experience) so far, I get the feeling that thieves aren’t the easiest first class to learn.

They seem pretty fragile (even when built defensively), and are very skill-heavy when it comes to being effective in PVP and PVE.

So, what would you say is the easiest class to ease one into the experience? What is considerable for PVP and PVE, yet doesn’t put too much strain on a noob like myself?

Thanks.

I’ll try to make this as blunt as I can: Does the effect of a sigil only apply to the weapon it’s attached do, or does it apply to your character, overall (no matter what weapon is used)?

For instance: If I apply an “on crit” sigil to a pistol, does that same “on crit” effect apply to, say, my daggers? Or do I have to be using that pistol it’s applied to.

With that, my second question: So sigils stack?

For instance: If I apply two “10% chance of” sigils onto a pair of weapons, does it then become “20% chance”?

Thanks for the help.

Ask a total noob question and people actually respond friendly and with useful information? Wait…what? This is not real. What did you guys do with the type of MMO community I’m used to seeing?!

YOU GUYS WILL NOT TRICK ME!!!

(thank you for the responses)

I decided to roll a thief after being spoiled by the “easy mode” that is warrior, so I’m a bit overwhelmed by how soft the thief is. I understand this is a late-game class, and that it’s highly dependent on the abilities of the player, rather than it’s class abilities.

I died by the fourth quest, which was shocking to me, and have been challenged ever since (“challenged” sounds better than “struggling”).

Any tips I should be aware of that I likely didn’t have to worry about with my warrior? Should I actually build defensively for PVE?

Black powder shot seems to be my saving grace, but I don’t want to rely on that my entire time … seems like it’d get boring after a while.