Guild Wars 2

This is a change i dream of often and was refreshed last night while trying some sword builds. Id love to see the max initiative be base line and the traits slots be used for something else.

For the build i use (http://tinyurl.com/lpl72zh) I loved the falling damage trait with blind and stealth. I’d be jumping off everything to stealth and use it to my advantage. I really had incorporated it in to my play style. I played for a bit last night and felt like i had a hand cut off. It really is a sad day for the build i use. Some videos on my channel show its use https://www.youtube.com/user/T1NG2011

Its already sorely missed. Poor me.

This change:
“Cloaked in Shadow: The falling damage component of this trait has been moved to Last Refuge. This trait now makes you immune to critical hits while in stealth in addition to blinding nearby foes when you stealth. The blind applied by this trait can now be blocked or evaded.
Last Refuge: The blinding powder cast by this skill has been renamed to Lesser Blinding Powder. This trait now also causes you to cast Lesser Blinding Powder when you take fall damage and reduces falling damage in addition to its previous functionality. Fixed a bug that caused Lesser Blinding Powder to be considered a trick instead of a deception.”

Which have moved the falling damage trait to Last Refuge really sucks. I use this a lot in my main core thief build and now i’m to pick between that or condi removal in stealth from Shadow Arts. Well there is no option really, I have to take condi removal or i’ll be even worse off in the condi meta.

Id love to know the reasoning for this change as it makes no sense to me at all. They have just removed a highly used mechanic from the build making it less fun.

I tried many Daredevil builds, condi and power. I just couldn’t get in to it, I personally found the play style of Daredevil boring and to easy. So i dusted off the core d/d thief and haven’t looked back.

I will be trying Deadeye when i can but i do think again i’ll continue to play core d/d thief as its just so much fun.

I’ve noticed this to, mainly at vale, one side of the bridge over the top of the entrance works as normal but the outer side has “No valid path to target”. Its really annoying and hope this gets fixed.

Hi all, I havent read through all pages of this, but my thoughts are..

Just play what you find fun. Dont feel forced to reroll just to be part of a blob/zerg.
There are guilds and squads out there that dont judge or kick based on class/profession.
Find one of those and just do what you find fun.
I’ve played thief since release and refuse the public squad invites that are sent and just join my guilds squad.
Theres no kittening, no moaning, no kicking just a bunch of people doing what they find fun and having a laugh.
We dont use voice coms, we dont zerg(bunch up on each other). We just chill have fun and defend the home border.
We do encounter blobs, and can normally defend well agaisnt them even with our lack of organisation.
Since the addition of pips, lots of new blobs have appeared. We have had a lot of fun this week destroying them in a unorganised fasion.

TL:DR: Just play what you find fun, find people to play with that will accept you the way you are. Dont feel forced to roll something you dont want just to be part of a squad. You can be effective without them if that’s what you want.

I play this.
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVl0MhynYpTw7Jw/EHwEiP9526EByw7lbGA-TFSBQB4RfgGOEAL4IAkQ1fuy+jyPAcCAuwDAwMKBDAgAcz2sNvZgj7zf+zf+zu5Nv5Nv5NLFQRKjA-w

I run this build 90% of the time, its a core thief build
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVl0MhynYpTw7Jw/EHwEiP9526EByw7lbGA-TFSBQB4RfgGOEAL4IAkQ1fuy+jyPAcCAuwDAwMKBDAgAcz2sNvZgj7zf+zf+zu5Nv5Nv5NLFQRKjA-w

If I’m feeling lazy or want to troll I use this Condi no stealth Daredevil build. Super easy to play.
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVn8lCdmilOBGNBkmilWCTLAcAWAdLmnQVY+EuCfhA-TVyBQBdR5HBOCAA4QAssTAAGeAAESfgB3foRKBFl6PZGEAGRCw//fTSSkCAmxWA-w

I have a 3rd Daredevil but cant remember the build details, personally i just find Daredevil d/p perma stealth and evade boring so dont play this thief any more.

I have a couple tube videos showing the builds I use if you search for T1NG2011.

I think stealth is currently fine. Traps need damage adding for reveal as Ario.8964 suggested to stop ghost thief. For the permastealth, high evade d/p builds the amount of evades need reducing further from what was done in the balance patch.
I main various thief builds and have currently gone back to plain d/d thief as I just don’t like the play style of Daredevil and its evades.
I do have a condi Daredevil, but it uses no stealth or traps and it still feels OP just down to how much it can evade, its very easy to play. I’ve put a video on you tube that shows it in action and you will likely agree its OP should you watch it. (search condi thief no stealth)
Anyhow my point is, traps need reveal and daredevil evades need reducing further imho.