Guild Wars 2

Bigpapasmurf.5623:

What Class/build are you using?

Im the one playing thief. While there’s counterplay to the skill, its very kittening minimal. Forcing ppl to stow cancel (which can be hard) only because of an obnoxious mechanic is toxic. The skill is nice but it deffo needs a nerf. It was nerfed in pvp and it should have been nerfed in wvw.

Fel.2319:

This trait is completely fine where it is. It doesn’t actually change a fight all that much, it just helps line up burst. If you’re spamming pistol 4 on someone who keeps getting interrupted by pistol 4…. they deserve what they get.

This is literally a L2P issue. Get stab or don’t be such an easy target to interrupt.

You are delusional if you think this trait is fine. You seem to be mistaken, im the one abusing PI, literally not a l2p issue.

Impact.2780:

A 5sec ICD across all game modes would be fine by me. I never much cared for the trait. Only use it out of necessity because other thieves do.

Pretty much, i have to use it because others use it or ill lose.

A 5sec ICD would work.

reddie.5861:

necro needs nerf also giving me 100 bleed stacks in matter of seconds?
dunno about you but i can interupt a ranger non stop but i dont even tickle his balls by just using headshots.

the skill isnt that strong the skill looks strong when one interupts u and then (just making up something) steals > cleave or hide > steals > backstab > impact goes off.

but every skill looks strong when u trigger it with other skills out there in a flash of a second.

I’m sorry but im doing 3-5k for basically spamming 4 while dodging. They are not even playing bad, but they are getting punished by playing the game, this skill is too strong. There’s a reason it was nerfed in pvp, anet just doesnt care about wvw.

reddie.5861:

if u didnt play thief for to long ull notice this skill isnt going to change the fight much

I have 5100 hours on thief. The skill is too strong

bluri.2653:

Everything in wvw is beyond broken so no one cares mate. Every pvp change that has been applied to power creep has been ignored in wvw it’s a lost cause L M A O

Cmon now, you know i only play wvw ofc i care

Also that no one cares is not rly an argument to not fix something that is broken.

Good to see you still arround and give DE a try when every was super quick to call it kitten. Imo it’s a good spec once you have the mechanics down.

Leo Schrodingers Cat.2497:

………………………………………………………………………………….. what.
He needs to hit all 5 punches on you to be able to do the palm strike which triggers pulminary impact. Learn to back off.

If he stuns you, or petrifies you, you got outplayed. Easy as that.

Daredevil is what his name implies. He’s a all in – go ham – thief subclass that’s all about doing damage and taking as little as possible.

What are you talking about. You get access to pulmonary strike by simply interrupting a foe thanks to Impact disruption, that’s where the issue is. Fist Flurry is perfectly fine as it is. Impact disruption paired with how powerful pulmonary impact is is super toxic.

1600 power undodgable ability by just spammin 4 in a game where interrupting is as easy as in this one is not balanced.

EvilSardine.9635:

Sons.5493:

Tbh, i hope they keep it that way, You can reflect #2 but all the other skills not. Considering the amount of random kittening ass reflects theres is everywhere it will make no sense to even try to snipe someone, ull just get your ass kicked by random reflects.

On the other hand, i can see why they will do it and i guess ill just deal with it.

Lol poor baby doesn’t want to think when using such a high damage attack? This is a L2P issue. Just don’t shoot when there’s reflects

Lol please, what an attitude. You need to humble yourself.

I said i don’t mind if they do end up changing it because i understand thats how reflects work and i will play arround it and hove no issue with that.

I enjoy the gameplay

Sons.5493:

In WvW

>haha

In WvW (didnt fit in the title)

Too obnoxious to play against, too easy to play with.

Punishes the enemy for even trying, and with the amount of rupts we have it becomes super toxic. Daredevil is already strong enough with his 7-9 dodges, damage output and mobility, there’s no need for this trait to be this strong.

Or you can adapt to the DE playstyle or go back to playing DRD.

maddoctor.2738:

Sons.5493:

maddoctor.2738:

Sons.5493:

There’s no way this would affect PvE in any way.

What happens if where you are dueling there are mobs around? Or events?

As soon as a third party interferes (mobs) the duel is canceled and both participants are restored to the health they had before the duel and the world keeps on spinning.

Do you honestly believe that this would be fast enough? They would also need to check if you are in range of mobs and/or events when you click on someone to send a duel request. I’m not sure if that’s even possible.

No. Dueling out in PVE will never work and saying that it won’t affect PVE is false. The only way it could work is inside very specific places, like that arena in the Black Citadel for example.

The kitten do you mean fast enough? As soon as u get hit the duel is over and u get back to normal. It’s really not a complicated system at all. I dont know what kind of scenarios are you picturing in your head but its rly baffling. Ppl are not gonna start to duel mid event, ppl are not gonna duel mid leather farm, ppl are not gonna duel mid meta event.

Ppl will duel because they are in a group or with some firends and they will be “hey lets duel” so instead of going throught all the struggle of going to the arena and leaving what you are doing just for a quick duel they can just do it there, and i really fail to see how that will affect ANYTHING in PvE.

maddoctor.2738:

Sons.5493:

There’s no way this would affect PvE in any way.

What happens if where you are dueling there are mobs around? Or events?

As soon as a third party interferes (mobs) the duel is canceled and both participants are restored to the health they had before the duel and the world keeps on spinning.

I really don’t get all the naysayers.

It’s not that i would be able to gank you in PvE. Just have an option to automatically decline all duel request. There’s no way this would affect PvE in any way.

There’s a lot of ways to duel in this game right, and they all require Loading screens and you getting out of the way and feel super clunky. I just wanna duel my guildies and my friends while we are out doing whatever. I don’t know why you people make such a big deal out of this.

And ppl saying “it takes to much resources” im fairly sure implementing a /duel feature with an option to autodecline isnt even that hard compared to the stuff that is already in the game.

I for one would welcome duels anywhere, wvw and pvp. It would be a great addition and i hope Arenanets does look pass all the hate and can see how healthy it would be for the game.

Tbh, i hope they keep it that way, You can reflect #2 but all the other skills not. Considering the amount of random kittening ass reflects theres is everywhere it will make no sense to even try to snipe someone, ull just get your ass kicked by random reflects.

On the other hand, i can see why they will do it and i guess ill just deal with it.

nopoet.2960:

Instead of activating kneel. Rifle skills should flip over to the move powerful versions after you’ve been still for a certain amount of time.

Of all the stupid suggestions ppl have written in the forums this last 2 days this is one probably the worst of them all. Standing still just to proc my “strong abilites”?

Deadeye does what it’s supposed to do, it’s a learn to play issue.

Luclinraider.2317:

And then he fought an Ele or Guard who knew how to play and instantly killed himself.

Although that applies to Rifle #4 as well :P

Rifle projectiles are not affected by Reflect. Only #2

Oishi.4358:

Sons.5493:

SA DE TR outclasses that one trick build by far.

I don’t know if you meant wvw or SPVP, but this build was meant for sPvP, sorry I didn’t specify. And anyone who plays thief properly in sPvP will know you dont need or want shadow arts with rifle/sb unless you take different utilities. This build does what thief builds were always designed to do in sPvP: Have high damage and high mobility so you can gank and kill targets as quickly as possible and move to the next area, and now with the added bonus of 1500 range on all your skills, you don’t even have to put yourself in harms way to kill things.

Aye yeah too true, no need for SA in pvp. But tbh u can just take P/P with that build and do better than with the rifle.

Mark Unload Mercy Mark Unload Kills anything. But then again this might only work to +1 fights or against unware enemies

SA DE TR outclasses that one trick build by far.

Eliteseraph.4970:

Um….I know these are just videos to show off crazy stuff, but is there a reason why you cut off your skillbar from the bottom of your recording?

basically when i do the zoom for the cinematic effect it cuts the bottom and top half, plus it gives a more “artistic” effect to the whole thing.

On the 1v1 parts of the video i decided to layer up another video and zoom in into the skillbar as i thought some ppl would be interested in seeing what skills or what i did in every moment, although with the speed up it may be hard to catch up. In my first video some ppl wanted to see the skillbar to see my bindings or w/e so i decided to give it a try in my second one.

Cheers

Tonikor.5637:

welp, this one was much more entertaining. kudos :^)

Glad you enjoyed it, definetly a more fast paced style than my first video :P

Heya,

Second video coming off, roaming and some 1v1s. Would have loved to put more fights in the video but surprisingly Gw2 fights are way longer than i ever though and even with speed up they can take up to 2 mins of a video!

Pony Pony Run Run – Prometheus

Anyway! Enjoy the video!

Nephrite.6954:

Awesome vid dude. I’d still prefer spvp though, find it more balanced.

Fair enough! I just dont enjoy the point capture mode tbh, i find ganking a lot more exciting, sometimes.

oEnvy.3064:

honestly i didnt watch at all but i really like the color correction you used. v hipster, but the music not hipster enough.

kitten man, i thought the music was the most hipsterish part. Ill have to use some Sum41 next time.

Shameless bump cus idgaf

Yeah it was never intended to be a mechanical video, more on the artistic side, i get your point tho.

About finding opponents, WvW roaming is super lackluster atm, i took what i could find, didnt want to spend weeks finding decent frags, as said in the description everything was taken in a few hours of roaming.

And no there are no upscaled, i tried to keep the fights, either big numbers or 2v1 or imposible odds, except the last one where it was a scrub thief (not upscaled) that i just wanted to swag stomp, Plus the first ranger 1v1 that´s Fabata one of the best roaming rangers i’ve met.

You’d be surprised how much trash there is in WvW, facing SFR or deso or Jade sea doesnt mean anything when pretty much everyone is a baddie, but again that´s not really the point of the video :P

Heya,

Pony Pony Run Run – Neverland

Clips taken in 2 days, nothing rly fancy. Enjoy

Heya,

Pony Pony Run Run – Neverland

Clips taken in 2 days, nothing rly fancy. Enjoy

AikijinX.6258:

This video has been out for months lol. But it is quite funny.

I literally made this video today… can´t be out for months… lel

swinsk.6410:

Best videos ever posted on this site.

I’d like to see more…

Thanks! I do the videos when i get inspiration, today i woke up inspired ahah

Will try to do more!

Battou.7832:

I gotta admit, this made me exhale through my nose quickly.

ah yes, the classic KEK exhaling

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Cheers!

style.6173:

Roaming is fine.

PU mesmers
Heal Eles
Trolly Engis
P/D thieves
Meditation guards
Power rangers
Condi-heal warriors

All are great for roaming

This is roaming in a nutshell, don’t forget SA thieves.

Nymph of Meliai.6739:

Another qq warrior – spend a year invincible in wvw and when a patch comes out that gives one of the weakest classes in the game a chance to actually do some damage to a warrior they cry about how OP mesmers are….

sorry but that is complete rubbish… I can wear full berz gear and have all my weapons and stats set to maximum damage and not even move the health bar of a warrior. The only way to possibly do any damage to a warrior is to use conditions or spend 40 minutes dodging and hitting without being hit in return.

And running in zergs the class that repeatedly gets the least amount of loot and wxp is the mesmer.

If you can’t be bothered to target your attacker and re-target after they come out of cloak then you deserve to die like the noob you are… mesmers are the least loved class in GW. The skill fail-rate on a mesmer is unbelievable and it is the only class in the game that has an elite that buffs the player they are fighting and can kill them if the person being turned into a moa keeps their wits instead of running in panic.

The patch actually nerfed quite a few mesmer things and the only buff they got was on a scepter that has just as much chance to kill the mesmer than it has to kill their foe. But then we don’t expect people who qq about mesmers to know how to play the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w29bKyUnmkE

You know we are talking about PU cond mesmer right? Shatter and other builds are in balance.

Fluffball.8307:

Sons.5493:

Fluffball.8307:

Sons.5493:

A well played power ranger can be a really pain in the kitten , with the RF and signet buff their survival has been increased.

60620 LB / GS with bark skin.

Said build has zero condi removal. Or presumably 1 per 10 seconds with SoR.

Last time i checked, my D/P thief didnt have any cond power, we talking power here folks.

Because people roam assuming they won’t face condis.

i was talking about thief vs ranger match up

Fluffball.8307:

Sons.5493:

A well played power ranger can be a really pain in the kitten , with the RF and signet buff their survival has been increased.

60620 LB / GS with bark skin.

Said build has zero condi removal. Or presumably 1 per 10 seconds with SoR.

Last time i checked, my D/P thief didnt have any cond power, we talking power here folks.

kelman.9451:

So does this means a thief actually has a chance to lose to a Ranger. That is the end of roaming? lol

A well played power ranger can be a really pain in the kitten , with the RF and signet buff their survival has been increased.

60620 LB / GS with bark skin.

Straegen.2938:

Anyone worth their salt that roamed in WvW knows Mesmers were already one of the top classes. This change was a very nice buff to an already top tier roaming build. Imagine if they gave thieves torment on auto attack of the pistol… rioting would ensue.

Point is, before u find 1-2 PU cond mesmers, u can mostly just ignore and walk away but today it felt like the whole roaming community rerolled PU condi mesmer or LB ranger.

Nokaru.7831:

This thread was created by a Thief in Dire gear and Perplexity Runes.

Are you talking about the Build i posted on April? that was just a troll post to see how cheesy u could get with the new trickery trait, i’d never run that kitten myself lmao. 26006 DP all the way yo.

Brutal Augus.5917:

step one: “Level mesmer to 80”

step two: “Max condition damage and duration”

step three: “Equip scepter with superior sigil of torment”

step four: “Spam one and back pedal”

step five: “Eat Tacos”

This.

The day Anet decided to kill his own creation.

Alright, cheers evan.

Can’t wait for the Ladders tbh, will be a huge step forward in gw2 pvp, hopefully they come soon.

Suns Dusk.7201:

First thing you need to understand about elo is that win percentage is basically useless in terms of determining your skill level. What matters is the actual rating, which is obviously affected by your wins and your losses, but this carries different weight depending on who it is you are facing. Basically what elo says, is what your expected result vs your opponent will be. Lets say you play 10 matches vs the same person, and according to your elo rating system you got a 30 % chance to win against him. If you then win 3 matches and lose 7, your rating should be unaffected. If you win more, you are “overperforming” and your rating will increase and of course decrease when it’s the other way around.

What this means is basically your rating depends on who you are playing. If you are playing against the very best players and score “average” you are as good as them. If you play extremely weak players and steamroll them you will get a very high win percentage, but it may not mean that much. Your elo rating should reflect this.

That said, I am not entirely sure how the rating system in GW2 works, as there is decay, and simply playing a match (regardless if it’s a loss or win) will usually boost your ladder rank massively. Still, my point about win ratio still stands, it’s a pretty useless measurement in itself.

Yeah, i just noted my win ratio as another factor, i´m aware it’s a very relative number when it comes to deciding a place on a leaderboard. But yeah, i understand the elo/mmr mechanics, just not very well how they apply in gw2 :p

Hi.

So recently i’ve started to play soloQ, after 2 years of mostly wvw roaming (mostly cus i cba dealing with other ppl mistakes) i found it’s kinda easy to carry low elo games with D/P trickery so right now i’m 15 – 4 and currently at 97% rank with a Win rate of roughly 79% (highest in top 1000). The thing that boogles my mind is that there’s people with literally worse stats than me in every single point and are at top 300 or around that.

I don’t mind being 97% i think it’s fair as i have roughly 20 games and it should never be posible with such a few games to actually go to the highest elo, but how does someone with 9-5 W/L ratio get to be at top 300?

Would be cool if any Dev can give some insights in what terms are taken in consideration when calculating ratings on the leaderboards cus it just feels like something really unprofessional… e-sports, e-sports, E – SPORTS!

Also, i recall Anet saying there would be a Ladder system? Is that right? Any info on that?

Cheers

So, after you beat the Shadow of the Dragon, u get to see a vision from the pale tree.

What are your insights on the actual cutscene, besides of being really impresive, what can we deduce?

hey Anet, here i bring u some sik plays from my POV thief))))))))DD)

Monthly bump. Make this happen!

There are waaaaaaaaaaaaay cheesier builds out there tbh.

He’s not even running condition kitten . Look at the numbers on direct damage numbers (plus teh fact that he stated “Power” in the title) Why are you ppl even calling this cheesy and stuff.

Sometimes i swear ppl don’t even bother with the game anymore.