I misquoted the first one that time, my bad. I meant for that to be in response to your CnD remark. I also fixed my other post to reflect what i meant.
What? It is a mobile reflection field – what are you talking about?
I’m not using it because it looks pretty, btw.
I’m talking about scrapper’s toolbelt skill https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Defense_Field
that instead of a being a channel that does no damage and pretty much leaves you vulnerable with all the rampant cc and boon corruption allows you to use any of your other skills while providing a mobile reflection bubble.
PvE players whined they need something to require skill – so they got PvE raids. And the faceroll Hot specialisations which destroyed pvp and wvw on top of that. And that is my point: the stuff you want for PvE would further mess with the other game modes and PvE is already fine, even if thief brings no group utility – which I do – I’m just not a healer or anything, I’m self sufficient, know how to survive and how to deal damage – that is my role – no need to turn me into a healer or anything. If that’s too much for PvE thieves or if others can’t live without a tenth squadmember bringing boons then you indeed shouldn’t roll thief, sorry.
Some of the HoT specializations weren’t implemented in the best way, however, many of them opened up the field for some classes to perform better and in different ways, like druid, scrapper, and chronomancer. The elite specs just got created with better technology and in ways that allow defense and offense at the same time, and the base classes should get some revamps to allow competition with the elite specs, but it is not PvE’s fault since a few of the specs were made with pvp/wvw in mind, specifically the scrapper.
I don’t care about Rending Shade but if you’re running D/D (which you should in PvE), then you have CnD which adds 3 stacks of vulnerability = 3% more damage to your enemy – and hey it stacks.
You know what also provides more vulnerability and requires less work? Autoattacking with staff on daredevil, but i guess that is the skill in this game deteriorating via an expansion.
Daggerstorm is one of the best designed skills in this game – if you don’t know how to make it work it’s your loss – but I would appreciate it if people who don’t understand it left it alone.
Thematically i would agree, its a very cool skill. However, when with the new specializations adding in a mobile reflection field that you can continue to do REAL damage or cc in addition to that reflection field, it is terrible. Plus the cooldown on daggerstorm is too long in today’s terms so its useless.
Also: PvE raid squads usually have more than enough boons to make up for one thief.
The skill in this game deteriorated with HoT and I still had hope that some of it would come back but it seems as if it will only get worse.
And: I really hate PvE – you can sleep through most of it – why do people want buffs for that snoozefest?
First off, just because you can carry a thief, doesn’t mean you should. Not all groups are created equal in skill and adding alternate ways to build raids for success would actually promote more viable ways to play. Secondly/lastly, what does this part have to do with the OP or are you just being super random for no reason?
Yeah, its not a solo thing, I was thinking in regards to possible “challenging group content”. Because all of that and the new shield stuff makes me think they are trying to push a full tank archtype.
So do the new vengeful hammers stack with protection? If so I think that might want to be looked at, because with that combo a rev can have 53% dmg reduction for quite a bit of time.
Hey Matt, you seem like a perfect fit for the kind of person we are looking for for Malum Factum. We are a smaller more tight knit group that likes to actually get to know one another. Lots of first name basis around here. If you want to know more you can talk to me ingame, my account name is there obviously.
Otherwise we do have a mumble server if you prefer voip(Most of us do). We are smaller atm because we are trying to rebuild and get ready for HoT. Obligatory recruitment thread link so you can get more info from the dude who knows more about Malum Factum that i do. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/lookingfor/11-yr-old-All-Adult-PVX-Community-Yak-s/first#post5070074
Anymore questions, PM me or hit me up ingame, i have added you to my friends list.
Recruitment is picking up. More and more vets returning and playing again with wild abandon. Pimsley and I are always up for new people to join our group. Hit us up in game!
Isn’t Scope still broken? Also, i feel like target the maimed would be a more reliable damage increase in terms of actual fighting since unless you are not targeted, your endurance will not be at 100%. Lastly, what would the dps of suprise shot with SD instead of trying to use rocket turret?
Am I the only one who really would like to see the karka introduced as a pet? I feel like the reef drake was a copout compared to a karka that would probably work for a ranger, and give them another viable ranged pet
