Guild Wars 2

Played around with the Deadeye spec for a while.

Dont like it that much from the playstyle but it works for some i guess.

Would be great if Kneel would be an F-ability and not bind to the Rifle.

Rename it to ‘Perfect Aim’ or ‘Focus’ or ‘whatever’ and just make it reduce your movement speed by 50%. Give it a cooldown and not an initiative cost.

For all ranged weapons(Shortbow, pistol, rifle) it grants more range and higher damage plus a special action button when you reach max malice stack. Tadaaa! A viable choice for all ranged weapons.

Rifle gets the special bonus that it alters your rifle skills. So 5 normal skills and 5 special skills while you are in your stance + the extra interaction with malice stacks.

Would be a lot more viable. Grants more choices etc.

What do you think?

Best regards!

Shino

We all new this was coming. Not convinced by the specialization concept. Seems boring. Hope we get a spot on for every profession.

Hello again!

Had time now to read through the posts.

What i could filter out is:

• Ghost/Trapper thief should have been adressed.

• The change to Signet of agility is good.

• Pulmonary impact didn’t get any adjustments.

• The buffs to traps and caltrops made our condition build viable in a raid setting.

• Other professions got buffs. We will see how we are holding up.

Thank you all for your input on that topic.
On the matter Pulmonary impact i would have adressed it in an interesting way. My change to it would be to let it only proc on knockdowns and stuns. I would change the trait fist flurry to deliver a knockdown at the end of the chain. To activate PI you need to land the staff stealth attack, fist flurry, scorpion wire, basilik venom or the knockdown trap and interupt someone. This would make it a lot better. The damage could be raised aswell because it cant be spammed anymore.

What you think?

Best regards!

Shino

Oh yes i like the signet of agility buff a lot aswell.

Was hoping for a class specific raid buff like engineer got and some
interesting additions to our dps rotation.

Improvements to underused utilities etc.

I was really hoping for more. This micro adjustments every few month don´t cut it for me.

Best regards!

Shino

Hello everyone!

Lets get to the point, i want to ask you if you are happy with the adjustments we got in this balance update ?

Do you think it improved the gameplay in PvE /PvP /WvWvW ?

If you are happy tell us why.

If you are not tell us what you expected from the balance adjustments.

I am curious how the thief mains and thief twinks feel about the current situation we are in. Do you like the direction we are heading?

My two cents:

PvE:

• DpS rotation is still super boring (Raids etc.)
• no awesome group support option (Venoms…meh)

PvP:

• Adressing the dodge spam problem is a good thing

WvWvW:

• Can´t say much about wvwvw, lost interest in that gamemode long time ago.

Looking forward to your answers!

Best regards!

Shino

Easy solution. Make a minimum amount of games played required to get a shot at the title. Something around 150 games played seems reasonable for me.

In short:

• Boring to watch.
• Aoe everywhere.
• Passive Procs and AI
• Boon and Condition spam.
• 5v5 Conquest instead of 2v2 or 3v3 Arena.

Best regards!

You get one from the ley energy matter converter too:

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ley-Energy_Matter_Converter#vendor4

Best regards!

Shino

In my oppinion it doesnt look that good at all. Cant say that they outdid themself.
Its not bad, it just doesnt fit the shortbow or the tiger theme.
For a tiger themed bow i expected something way more feline. Its too bulky in my oppinion.
Please dont release this skin as the new legendary short bow.

Here is a better tiger bow.

Hiho!

RAHCUL on the enemy team had the highest personal score.

Win goes to his team.

Best regards!

Shino

1. 15k HP base, would be around 21k with Maruder.

O.K.

2. 15 initiative baseline and make Prepardness where initiative cost for all skills is decreased by 1. (Ex. BP would be 5 initiative not 6 with this trait.)

15 Ini baseline okay, rest not.

3. Add F2 blinding powder skill. Why does Thief not have this? I’m surprised this isn’t even in the game considering Theives are “master of stealth”

Could agree with that on a 60 sec. CD.

4. Replace blinding powder utility skill with “Evasion” – evade all attacks for 6s

Would make thieves way too strong. 6s to freely rampage … hell no

5. Deadly Arts: Executioner trait rework – all attacks ignore armor and protection from targets below 75%, damage is increased by 20% when target is below 25%

So you want to ignore 967/1118/1271 armor rating depending on the class and on top of that the reduction from protection + 20% increased dmg at 25% health. Sounds completely broken.

6. Significant CD reductions to certain thief utility skills (SR, Roll for Initiative, Haste, Etc)

You can reduce the cds already when you trait for it

7. Dash dodge – gain 2.5s of quickness for every dodge.

Quickness on thief is really strong with the buffed autoattacks. Would be broken.

Bound – gain 2.5s of protection for ever dodge.

So perma protection .. nope

Lotus training – give ur opponents 5s of weakness( 20% dmg and condi reduction)

You can have permanent weakness uptime on your target already when you trait DA and DD. No need for more.

8. Steal – CD decreased by 5s

Steal is already so strong with all the enhancements. Reducing the cd even more would be crazy.

9. Reveal does not work on Thieves

Counterplay

10. And finally, fix the cluster bomb. Why does that thing defy gravity?

Agree with that kind of … its nice to set up your burst .. clusterbomb .. switch weapons … blackpowder .. heartseeker … steal .. backstab … can make it hit all at once. Fixing the travel speed would ruin this combo.

As i see it you don´t aim to balance thief you want to make it broken. We have Revenant already as an example for overtuning. Thief maybe needs minor fixes but no buffs. The other overperforming proffessions need a nerf.

Best regards!

Shino!

100% disagree .. thats hell of a constructive feedback. Thank you good sir. ^^

Yes my main is Thief. I also play Ele, Guard, Nec, Engi, War and Rev in PvP. Depends on the enemy team composition.

What changes do you think thief needs? Share your thoughts!

Thats why i wrote:

Anything else thats completely out of whack and needs finetuning?

Best regards!

Shino

Can we please have some fixes:

• No more class stacking – force 5 different professions per team – no swapping

• Leaderboards back up with a full reset for the current season so i can see how much i played and how my win loss ratio is.

Balance tweaks:

• Revenant: Riposting Shadows – 50 Endurance gained removed
• Revenant: Phase Traversal – Range reduced to 900
• Revenant: Unwavering Avoidance – Gain stability on a successful dodge
• Revenant: Enhanced Bulwark – Internal cd 3 seconds
• Revenant: Activating a skill always takes energy – no fake cast elites anymore

• Engineer: Elixir S – 2 sec immunity
• Engineer: Bunker Down – Internal cd 3 sec
• Engineer: Adaptive Armor – 10% reduced condition dmg

• Necromancer: Deathly Chill: alters your chill condition. Chill now stacks in intensity instead of duration and deals dmg to the chilled target. Damage lowered.

• Ranger: Animal companions scales with the base stats of the ranger.
• Ranger: Search and Rescue: Teleport range down to 600
• Ranger: Ancestral Grace: distance traveled down to 900

• Elementalist: Elemental Bastion: Healing lowered

• Mesmer: Signet of Humility – Cooldown 120 sec – Duration 5 seconds

That should help out a bit. I tried to not lower the dmg so it doesnt effect pve.

What you think? Anything else thats completely out of whack and needs finetuning?

Best regards!

Shino

Flanking strike has an activation time of 1/2 second and an evade duration of 1/2 second as far as i know.

What you experienced happens maybe 1 out of 100 times. He just got lucky or predicted really well what you are going to do.

Its like interupting the engie turret heal. Happens!

Best regards!

Shino

Will they come back?

Best regards!

Shino

Hiho!

I trolled around with this build: You can use Mercenarys or Viper Amulet

To apply your burst:

Its fun to play. Watch out for reflects!

Best regards!

Shino

Hello!

Here is a list of all thief traits since beta.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_historical_traits

Best regards!

Shino

• What i honestly wanted from this patch was a bunch of bugfixes and the rework of underperforming traits and weapons.

• It would be so nice if they just dedicate one big patch to clean up their game before they are adding new stuff on top of broken one.

• I understand that they wanted us to have higher dps in pve. But the way they did it was not right at all. They could have solved the dps problem with a stacking class specific debuff on the target we attack. Ramp up time is the key. With loading the damage upfront on our autoattacks they hurt our class more than they helped us.

• If you pvp a lot and you are honest than you will admit that the autoattack buff is over the top.

• We already have enough damage in pvp and the nerf to the bunker playstyle served us well.

Best regards!

Shino

I am really curious.

• Why did we get a buff to melee autoattacks?

• Why is our lack of group support not adressed?

• Why do Impairing daggers still miss two out of three times?

• Do you think the acrobatics traitline is worth it now?

I really try to look behind the reason why they went that route.

Best regards!

Shino

Aaahhhh they never fail to dissapoint me.
Good job Karl. Like always.

Freaking Necro gets piercing baseline on shroud and our Pistol still suck.

Best regards!

Shino

It wasn’t that bad.
Yes the meta was boring. Balance non existant.
Yes some kittens abused the system. Happens.
The guys working at Arenanet are not perfect, they do make mistakes, gave AI and passives a bit too much love etc.
But overall this game is still awesome.
Try out another mmo and come back to appreciate what you have here.
Only things you care about can make you rage.
Keep giving constructive feedback and hope for the best.

Best regards!

Shino

I solo q up to legendary.
Wanted to do it on my main – Thief (Around 5700 games played – 57 % Winrate).
Gave up on that idea when i reached ruby.
Started to switch between professions as needed (Auramancer, Scrapper, Reaper, Power -Rev).
Only played thief when the enemy comp allowed it.

Worked out for me.

Best regards!

Shino

Hello!

As i mentioned earlier i can take the role of power dps or tank if you like.
Have all the ascended stuff.

Best regards!

Shino

Not impressed …
but well …
lets wait if there will be more.

best regards!

Record it please!
Good Luck!

Shino

Regarding Thief:

• Autoattack buff … please don´t

• Acrobatics rework … yes needed

• Fix pathing issues on skills like scorpion wire, imparing daggers etc.

• More boon stealing … thief theme …. we can´t generate boons but we can steal them

Generally

• Runes and Sigils don´t proc on autoattacks anymore

• Higher internal cd on fire and air sigils

• On swap sigils like leeching and intelligence don´t have charges anymore they have an effect for a short duration on all hits.
  e.g. Sigil of intelligence – grants you 50% critchance after weaponsswap for 2 seconds.
  Buff for fast attacking or channeled skills – doesn´t last for long .. counterplay .. LoS etc.

• Oh and i like the idea someone else mentioned about sigil of energy granting vigor instead.

• Get rid of passives .. tie them to player action instead

• Reduce the aoe … smaller radius … an aoe that covers the complete node in a capture the point based pvp mode is just wrong.

All for now!

Looking forward to the balance patch!

Best regards!

Shino

I keep my Feedback simple:

Autoattack Buff?! … hell noooo!
Acrobatics rework?! … hell yeah!

The balance preview sounds a bit clueless.
Hope they dont forget about all the things that are not working. Pathing issues of skills etc.

Best regards!

Shino

Oh and can i get an invite for the guild if possible.
Just to be up to date!

Best regards!

Shino

Wargameur.6950:

Shinobi.3240:

Can help out. Full ascended Zerk (DD / SP / Saff/ SB / PP)
My Viper Set is not complete yet.
Commander Tag available.

Best regards!

Oh ! and please specify if you are NA or EU

Desolation – EU -Austria

Edit: Can record our tries/victories too

Can help out. Full ascended Zerk (DD / SP / Saff/ SB / PP)
My Viper Set is not complete yet.
Commander Tag available.

Best regards!

Hi! Yeah Pistol/Pistol is actually a lot of fun.

Here is what i am using in pvp right now.
It works quite well for my purpose. [+1 and decap]

Should work even better in w3 with buffood.
If you have a buddy to roam with you its perfect.

Watch out for reflects, projctile blocks and diamond skin [skill].

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAqaVn8lCdmiFOBmOBkmiFYCz7LcGGRzhwS4KULBEAKAA-TpxFABJcIAeb/BAeAAIcEAaqMwxnAAA

• Build:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfQxcewoxTs

• Basic Burst Setup:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXKP_KTXVy8

• Some Gameplay Clips: [still uploading]
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrdulQP4zQc&feature=youtu.be

Best regards!

Shino

Edit: If you want it way more bursty … Get some Viper gear. You get some exotic viper gear boxes from the hot story.

From the GW2 Leaderboards:

It doesnt include lifrtime stats because of the reset.

Best regards!

Shino

SenthRawr.7843:

Shinobi.3240:

Update:

Still only playing thief in ranked arena.
Winrate dropped down to around 53%.
150 games played by now – Sapphire Tier 4

If your teammates know what to do you are still effective as a thief.
It´s just not as forgiving as most of the other classes.
A good ping is also neccesary to make it playable.

How are you all doing so far? Still getting a lot of complaints from other players?

Best regards!

Shino

Any chance to link up your build plus any tips?

Here is the build i am currently using. I always try to adapt to the meta.
Will see what i face in ruby division.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAqaVn0MB9OhFOBmOBkmiFYCzLNEHaDzfwSYLULBEA2NA-TpBFABiXGohjAgR7PQwJAYhDBAAPAAA

The build Caed is running works well too if you have experienced teammates.
Grats on legendary division btw! 61% winrate. Thats impressive.

I just experienced that a lot of people run far and fight the druid for 10 minutes on their capped point or struggle at home with attackers. So i aimed for highest mobility to assist and turn the fights in our favor.

With a coordinated team you can probably reduce the amount of condi cleanse and go for the on interrupt traits instead.

Best regards!

Shino

Oh and for my fellow thieves that want to reroll to one of the meta professions.
Here is a quick guide for that.

:D

Finally reached Ruby.

Took alltogether 204 games.

Down to 51,47% winrate.

I guess i will hit a brickwall now with solo q.
The hate from copypasta metabattle heroes is real.
Sure thief is not in the best state at the moment but still playable.

Switched over to P/P and SB. Works surprisingly well.
Dash and SB will let you fly over the map and because you are ranged you don´t have to eat all the cleave dmg flying around.

Maybe my opponents are just bad. I don´t know.

Anyway it was an interesting experience.

Wish you all good luck!

Best regards!

Shino

Update:

Still only playing thief in ranked arena.
Winrate dropped down to around 53%.
150 games played by now – Sapphire Tier 4

If your teammates know what to do you are still effective as a thief.
It´s just not as forgiving as most of the other classes.
A good ping is also neccesary to make it playable.

How are you all doing so far? Still getting a lot of complaints from other players?

Best regards!

Shino

Another really important pro tip:

• Always rage at the thief. If you play poorly its his fault.

• No matter what happens, how bad you play your new meta prof.

• Rage at the thief! Do it!

• You copy pasted a build from metabattle so you are for sure not the one to blame.

• No thief around, warrior is a perfect victim too.

Esportz!!

And the last 10 games.

Here is my prof table.

I finally reached sapphire division.
Did only solo q on thief and like 7 games on nec for the achievement.
Took me around 80 games to reach the division. 57% winrate.
Faced good and not so experienced premades.
Were often quite close matches.

And oh god i got called out so often.

• Switch to something useful …

• I always lose with a thief on my team …

• Kittening kitten thief … l2p …

• You suck thief … i always win against DH and REV on my thief … reroll …

I started to react with a simple smiley like this :-* [Kiss]. Makes them really go crazy.

Do you guys still q as thief in pvp or did you reroll to something more rewarding and easier? How is your experience so far with raging people?

Best regards!

Shino

We won the game.
Guild Wars bugs out.
Got an disconnect at 14:20.
Couldn´t get back into the map in 40 seconds.

Lost one pip and got dishonored. Is this working as intended?

Screenshot included.

Best regards!

Shino

Try this maybe:
I like it. Build is in the describtion.

https://youtu.be/zB9qZYWueq8

Best regards!

Shino

I also traited acrobatics. You get a mini unhindered combatant out of it.
Its really nice.

https://youtu.be/zmcUzmRIsA4

Build is in the describtion.

Works good for me so far.

Best regards!

Shino

It´s not just that the balance is way off.
I forced myself to watch the whole qualifiers.
It´s not nice to watch.
It´s just a huge mess.
Aoe, invuls, boons, auras and conditions get thrown around everywhere. All you see is particle effects and not much of the player animations.
They really need to take a step back and rethink all of that in my oppinion.
It´s really sad how it looks right now.

Best regards!

Shino

Hey buddies!

Just went over all our traits and made some changes.

Tell me what you think.
I tried to focus on the thief theme. Stealing boons etc.

• I think it would be nice to have another role in pvp than decapper and +1.

• What are you thinking about the current state of the thief?

• Are you happy with everything?

• Do you think thief is strong enough and all the other professions needs adjustments?

• What are your wishes for the thief profession? Let me know!

Trait revamp in the attachements.

Best regards!

Shino

They just went overboard with all the area of effect abilities.

You really can´t see whats going on under your feet.

And in my oppinion area of effect abilities are too strong damage wise.

Its nice to have those abilities but they should point more towards utility.

Necromancer marks are really well done i think. They don´t deal huge amount of damage but allow the necromancer to land his crucial skills, transfer conditions etc.
And you can see them quite well.

Thiefs clusterbomb and choking gas are well done too.

You can drop a big poison field that slows down health regen for a short duration.

Clusterbomb is a slow projectile from distance … if you want to push high damage out with it you have to go into melee.

Would be a smart move from arenanet to shift the damage focus more into telegraphed single target skills and keep the utility part for aoe effects.

Would make it more enjoyable for viewers and casters aswell.

Best regards!

Shino

Try it with Valkyrie or try this:

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoaVn8lCVOhFOBmOB8PhFqiyLE+gSornCggcu6/+xH-TZRBQBjpMAA3fgPHBAN8IAAwJAAA

Best regards!

Shino

What makes or breaks that build is the Rune of the Daredevil.

Really awesome they added them. Thanks Anet!

It´s nice to get a crit on demand.

You can time it with your hard hitting abilities.

Best regards!

Shino

Will try this tonight when i come home from work.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAW4an8lCVOhFOBmOB8PhFkiyLHuhegrBCgFYu9v/9H-TJRBwAjLDo5iAkc/BAPBAA

Damage will be lower but the condi remove and ini and health gain + dmg reduction from steal, black powder + bound dodge will allow me to stay in a fight even if i get condi bombed.

Best regards!

Shino

You can also use a sigil of intelligence on staff … so you can basi – black powder – bound dodge – infil/steal – backstab – weapon swap – vault.

And if you really have alot of troubles with condis you can swap out pulmonary for escapists. Your main dmg stays the same.

The mobility is not that great anymore. but you can still carry shortbow instead of staff. Your big hitter will just be backstab. and it is not so initiative hungry as staff vault.

More ini for interupts.

I tried both. Works both fine.

What i like the most is that it hits harder than maurauder while giving you more health as a buffer.

Assasins signet is great but it has not much utility. Tried that too.

Hope you have some fun. Enjoy the big numbers. ^^

Best regards!

Shino