Arenanet loves reminding me why i stopped playing/giving them money. The specialization update and now this. I’m reserving the full brunt of my complaining until the full reveal.
I have yet to figure out that I need to stop checking for gw2 news.
This is the one of the greatest things that Anet has done. I’d totally buy an endless item that lets me do this all the time. Typically gw2 does a poor job at getting an emotional response out of me, and this made me laugh pretty kitten hard.
Players give the devs a lot of crap, some of it justified. Let them have a day or so to screw with you.
Go check out ESO if you want resource pool mechanics for all classes. Thanks for taking the time to playtest the thief for yourself and admit you were wrong. I respect that.
I have a thief guild that I made a long time ago. If someone wishes to manage it, they are more than welcome to. A decent amount of upgrade work has already been done.
Damage taken -25% is a bit much for revealed, especially with the damage reduction in stealth GM trait. The hidden thief change is also a bit OP.
Hidden thief is one of my favorite traits. Unfortunately there are better SA traits to pick from. Get rid of last refuge and make hidden thief the minor trait i say. >,>
Not that I’m contributing anything constructive to the conversation, but isn’t it awesome that every skill on s/d has been nerfed in one form or another? Except the auto-attack chain.
Though I’m pretty sure they almost did. It was during the patch from when they changed up Weakness. Give it time…they’ll get to it.
The bowstrings on my Aetherblade Short Bow arent attached to anything, they are floating in midair. The weapon also stows incorrectly on the back, much like the Aether.
My Aetherized Short bow, it bugs me to no end, I really dislike looking at it. This item costs real money to obtain, why does it look like this?
Why are the bowstring ends not attached and floating in mid air? Why is this also the only shortbow (that I have found) that is stowed on the back reversed in comparison to others? You cant tell it looks this way without equipping it because strings arent displayed with the preview item function.
Biggest mistake i ever made was kitten ing away laurels on my thief. I PROBABLY would still be playing if I spent them on gear for (surprise, surprise) my warrior.
Is it that time of the year again already? “Let’s see how we can tamper with sword thief” month? We sure get a lot of those and I’m getting sick of it. Hey Anet. You like shaving? How about shaving the initiative cost back down hm?
This is going to turn into a QQ post and I really dont care. I think I’m done with thief as a profession in gw2, there’s absolutely no stability, no security, nothing to look forward to except “what am I going to lose next time?”. I’m hanging up my Whisper’s hood and suiting back up in heavy armor.
It almost feels liberating, in a sad shameful way. I wonder if Yishis felt the same way when he moved on to Engineer.
Oh good lord, I saw this and got a flashback to ffxi threads.
Is a great idea though, replace a useless trait with a AoE Magic Find buff similar to “Empower Allies” or “Spotter”.
Oh wow, it wasn’t in the patch notes but the animation for my sword plays now. o.o
Its not as compact as I’d like it to be, but I’m sure there is a reason why.
I’m still very grateful, thank you.
if you wanna a physics correct kind of decision maker. long bow should have 1500 range shortbow 1200. bow sstill go really far no matter how you look at it. not even going to touch firearms in this conversation but for god sakes the warriors leap that distance!!!!!! guardians too almost. so a player can leap as far as shortbow shoots? cmon anet get ur heads out ur bums.
I can’t agree anymore with this. Leaps shouldnt match distance with a ranged weapon, at least no so close, even realizing the purpose is gap-closer.
I like quite a lot of these ideas. I would totally support the suggested change to Berserker Stance. It suits the warrior flavor that anet is shooting for. The Embrace the pain idea is nice too.
However I do not like the Signet of Fury idea, changing what a skill does completely is never a good thing. You’re better off improving on it’s intended function, like the new Signet of Might.
Sword/pistol is pretty effective for leveling, it can get boring though. Caltrops and blinding powder are solid choices for those early levels. I want to mention Smokescreen too, but that comes a bit later.
With a little creativity, steal is something that just gets better the more you use and understand it.
The only other bit of advice I can give is for you to practice your dodge timing and learn how to take advantage of the evades on the weapon skills that have it available.
Spamming blind is effective, just don’t forget dodge.
I love the crap out of this build, seriously. Best part is you can contest points.
I’m going to shout this build from the rooftops, and tell all my guild members. If you ask me, its more annoying then your run of the mill stealth build.
I am one of the few that will say this trait has saved me more than gotten me killed. However, I still believe that it should at least ignore the revealed mechanic.
The problem is that, moreso than any other profession, people have really hardline ideas about what sort of motif they think the thief should follow. Pirate, assassin, brigand, duelist, there are tons of archetypes the GW2 thief fits into. This is true of all professions, a ranger can be an elite bowman or a beastmaster, a warrior can be a burly melee tank or a rifle-wielding soldier, a guardian can be a paladin or a battlemage, etc.
But when it comes to thieves, there is a much greater sense of “my vision of thieves is the way they should be played”, such as people wanting to make stealth an innate profession mechanic instead of an optional path.
Any change to thieves should strive to make the build variety and viability of thieves flourish so that any given thief you encounter could approach you with a variety of styles or tactics depending on personal preference. Unfortunately, most changes to thieves tend to diminish build diversity and force thieves into a few specific play styles. As a result, instead of pushing for increased build variety, people tend to want to overspecialize in the existing playstyles. This weakens the profession even more, and eliminates opportunity for innovation and synergy to be found within the toolset.
^ This, so many people need to be aware of this fact.
It also means he shouldn’t be surprised that he doesn’t collect flowers and laurels from the ennemies stomping him. When you want to be a jerk, you assume it.
I’ll speak for myself, thank you very much.
I only act like a jerk when provoked. Otherwise I’m a very respectful pvp’er.
It’s gotten so bad that now I wont attack anyone first. Ever. If you see a tarnished coast thief just walking by and ignoring you, it’s probably me.
The problem here is rampant ignorance. I shouldn’t have to go to such great lengths to educate people in ways to beat me. As my Guild Leader position and love of the class dictates, I will do what is necessary to defend the thief community.
If you decide to brush off my gesture and be disrespectful, I will remember who you are and I will show no mercy if there is a second encounter. Every dirty trick in the book, Dagger/Pistol is wonderful for this.
In the end, I wont ever stoop down to the level of laughing and other scornful mockery.
I really dig the s/d changes. I never had a problem with Flanking Strike before, so I’m going to assume I’m super pro with it now. Just need to test it in actual combat. I expect sword & dagger to be everywhere for a little while.
Anyone tested to see if cnd is 100% crit with trait?
Something to hope for down the line