Guild Wars 2

Veckna.9621:

That depends entirely on what you plan on doing with it.

I’m more of a pvp person, which do you think works better?

I’m an old veteran that’s coming back to the game and wanted to roll a Thief.

What is the most viable build for Thief that consists of a sword?
S/P? S/D?

Mounts.

Not ones that can fly, but ground mounts, ex. horses.

A thing that I dislike about this game is the amount of walking it takes to explore.
People might say “There are waypoints for a reason” but I’d rather ride a mount and take in the beautiful scenery of Tyria while exploring, rather than teleporting.

What’s the reason that’s holding ArenaNet back from adding mounts to the game?

So I recently just got back to GW2 and decided to roll a ranger (always had a ranger in every MMO I’ve played). I realize that Ranger isn’t in the best spot right now and that they get shunned upon in some dungeons, but I’m still ready to roll one

I wanted to make a full dps ranger for the regular PvP/WvW, you know the high risk kind of play-style.
I came up with this type of build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQJAVRjIV91RWWWsWCgNj9CsVgT2jDZcxvgLWqJJ

I haven’t got to runes/armor yet but will soon!

Please critique what I have so far and tell me if I can improve this build somehow!

Asum.4960:

If you can keep a condition on your enemy (which is super easy as D/D), then i would go for the 10 % increased dmg, which is WAY stronger than the 5 Shadow Arts Trait.

25 % HP on a Thief is pretty much nothing anyway, and it mostly will stealth you into downed state at that point anyway, since when you take hard hits as Thief, you are dead. Stealth or not, since you will still take dmg.

So if you think about it, a nearly constant 10 % dmg boost or a auto stealth when you are basically dead isn’t even a question.

A random autoattack on you in stealth and you are down, not even considering AoE’s going off.

Wow this answered pretty much everything that I had in mind.
Thanks a bunch!

Basically the trait Last Refuge in the Shadow Arts or Exposed Weakness in Deadly Arts?
I have 5 trait points left and trying to decide which one would be better.

I’m fairly new to Guild Wars 2 and would appreciate your input!

Here’s a link to my D/D build: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYAQNAoYVlUmKO3cS8E95Ex2DfKUe6fgsaKkZLB