Guild Wars 2

Ok guys, this will probably be my last post on this subject, as I believe I have the info I need now.
I would like to say thanks to anyone contributing to the post, I’ve learned a lot.

I tried switching from Acrobatics to Trickery last night, and it’s doing wonderful after my adjustments, and I believe that it was because of my sparse use of Utility skills, and me forgetting about dodging, that I did poorly with the stuns/immobilize/etc. But I’ve become better at using them now, so the CC is not as dangerous anymore.

Now after reading all your posts a few times, it’s come to my attention, that quite a few of you are talking about PvP, WvW and Raid. I stated in the very first post that I do not play PvP of ANY kind. Also my second line literally says “I started playing a few weeks ago”, which means I’m no where close to getting full Ascended or even trying to get into the endgame raid(s).
That being said, I still appreciate your advice, but it’s not the advice I was looking for. I was looking for advice to my build, for doing Dungeons, low level Fractal and Guild events, which is all clearly written in the very first cluster of text. So I would like to give an extra “thank you” to those of you who actually read what I had written, and gave advice taking that into consideration.

Lastly; to those of you who says that Thieves are a “no go”, that may be true in PvP content and the end-game raid(s), but it’s definitely not true in all the other PvE content. Could there be better classes that gives more to the group? Sure, but that doesn’t mean that Thieves aren’t viable.

Take care all, and see you in game!

Thanks a lot for your comments and advice guys!
I’ve already invested a ton of gold and time into this guy, and I really enjoy playing Thief in the PvE content I’ve played so far, so will definitely not re-roll.
As I haven’t begun my journey into Ascended armor and weapons yet, I’m currently running with my Assassin armor and weapons, but have switched all my soldier trinkets to Power – Ferocity – Vitality trinkets instead. I’ve also switched out my off-hand runes to Air for that extra burst damage. And I’ve slotted Scholar runes into my armor instead of Dolyak.
It already works a lot better, and I feel prepared to do the normal dungeons and the lower fractals now, if anyone wants me with them.

Appreciate all the advice, elitist or not.

About the build though… I get a good amount more DPS, etc with Trickery instead of Acrobatics, but all those immobilize/stun/etc. is really annoying, and Acrobatics really help a lot with that.
It might just be me who is doing something wrong, either with my rotation, Initiate expendiature or choice of utilities, but when I go away from Acrobatics I keep getting stuck in CC.

Sorry sir, but most of your response makes you come out as an elitist kitten…
I was looking for constructive advice, not “reroll” and “daggers hur dur”.
That said, I will take a look at marauder gear, as it sounds useful, compared to my assassin/soldier setup, as well as replacing my slotting.
Do you still recommend Acrobatics or is it Crit – Deadly – Trick?

Hi guys.
I started playing a few weeks ago, and I’ve really enjoyed playing Thief.
My current setup is built on survivability in PvE, while still doing decent damage, but I want to get into more PvE group content like dungeons, fractals and PvE guild missions, so I don’t know if I’m doing any potential groups a disservice with my build, compared to what I could be doing
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This is my current build with items and slotting: http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQRAoY6al8MhunYvTwwJw+EH0EVvvCiAdnnDXFqDgJMCA-TRyFwAxU/hxBU4oyAR6fop0DgSwAvtgP7Po10HA-e

Now here are my questions:
1) Is my build viable for group content, or is there something in it that I absolutely MUST change? (Please specify why, if any changes, so I can learn)

2) I’ve read that full Berserker gear is the go-to items, but nowhere I’ve read does it explain why it’s better than a mix of Assassin/Soldier gear. I know that going for a little Soldier gear lowers my damage output, but if I’m dead I don’t do any damage at all. Can someone elaborate?

Please keep in mind that I haven’t played for very long, and I only do PvE content, no WvW or PvP at all.

Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for any help and/or suggestions.