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I’ve been having ping spikes up to 3,000 at times this past week, but when ping does not spike I run on an average of 270 ping. The ping is super moody and goes to a good enough 240 and a terrible 350 with the occasional unplayable 3000 ping.
I’ve run a tracert and here are my results, I’ve also sent a support ticket so hopefully I’ll get some help. But I thought of sharing this to see if I can get any quicker info on the forums
Been thinking of what a thief could move on to in a typical specialization. And I was thinking.. BARD. If we go by the Dragon Age view of a bard, it is basically an assassin who poses as a muscial mastermind(Which they are) while assasinating their target through poison, seduction or just plain stabbing.
So what weapon? I believe they should get a Focus (Mainly do the legendary Harp theme) and their main focus is giving the rest of the party buffs. Like Vigor and Fury mainly. Also have a “Harp weapon kit” which is a long range, music weapon. That does strong auto attack and other support theme utilites in form of drums and other instrument and would work similar to Spirits of the Ranger but give like a small buff(Like the turrets if traited on a Engineer)
But the F1-F4 could be even more fun. You could have 3 instruments. Trumpet of War, Drums of War and Harp of Harmony. Which are generally Trumpet = Power boosts, Drums = Vigor, Harp = Healing and then you can combo them together andthen use F4 to clear the finish. So sort of like building up clones as a mesmer then shatter them with your F4 ability, but instead of having 4 different shatters. You just have 1 Shatter that you can combo into several different things.
Thieves already possess the use of initiative, which gives an advantage over other classes’ cool-down weapon skills, they also possess a steal (which bare in mind does not only provide you with an extra skill) but also a teleport. To add 3 more skills (F2, F3, F4) to that would be buffing thieves to an extent unlikely by Anet.
About the focus, thieves are related to dark arts, shadows, stealing, back-stabs, trickery, etc. They care about their own means and their own survivability. Although it would be quite satisfying to give allies boons on my main just how a warrior or a guardian can, I never and will never expect that from the Thief class. The only sharing a thief does is through the traited boons-on-steal and venom-sharing. A thief that buffs allies seems very unlikely and does not quite fit with the lore of Guild Wars 2 so far, imo.
I personally would love a rifle, with weapon skills to imitate a sniper rifle. Sniper rifles, although a heavy weapon, are silent and deadly. I think Thieves fit the description of ‘silent and deadly’ too. I’d expect a 800-1000 range on most of the rifle skills. The auto attack dealing moderate damage (850-1200), a cc (possibly a knockback) or immobilize, a shoot-and-stealth skill similar to the ranger’s, aoe poison or blind is an option as well.
Longbow seems unnecessary, we already have a short bow.
Offhand sword, yes please for obvious death blossom reasons.
Greatsword, too bulky I believe. Lots of people have compared a greatsword to a Katana while it really isn’t. Ya greatswords are two handed huge kitten swords, so are Katanas but they serve different purposes and are used through completely different fighting techniques in which I don’t see a thief slashing at their foe with a two handed Twilight.
Axe, oh I’d love to see that. Double handed axe, like a warrior would be terrific. I can already see the crits on my screen
Mace, hammer, horn, seem too loud and heavy.
Staff is mostly used with magic which thieves don’t portray, I can’t think of skills for a melee staff either.
I just recently bought gems to get an extra character slot JUST to get a cute pink-haired Asuran Engi. So I get in, go through my wardrobe and find that not so many drop and crafted wardrobe items fit Toshiko Chan. In PvP, I notice the hobosack (this name made my day btw) which completely ruined my painstakingly crafted Spinal Blade back piece. I completely disagree with the idea of not knowing which kit I’m running without a visible hobosack, I’ve been playing Engi everyday for almost a week now and come to think of it, I’ve never linked the appearance of hobosacks to which kit I’m running. Ever. I’d doubt anyone looks at their hobosacks to know which kit their running, same case with Eles and their floating wrist aura stuff.
So here’s a bump to this thread, love the ideas, love the hobosack name. I’m surprised this thread has been up for so long and such good ideas have not been implemented yet (especially after seeing that weird mail carrier gem store item recently). So Anet, please and again please implement a fix to this. I completely understand the fact that focusing an update revolving around ONE class can seem unfair to some but then again, Eles have their floating element wristband thing which I think is sick on my own Ele btw.
Hide/Show toggle for hobosacks seems like an easy, fair fix. Click Hobosack GONE! 
Thnx for the advice and explanation guys. Much appreciated.