Guild Wars 2

Well I believe power build thieves will be hit by as much with this current nerf…while playing “balanced”(/30/30//) build, our current damage is just normal, not op and sometimes can just keep up the right pressure to win duels. Only the “pure dmg”(25/30///) builds can hit like a truck, but with the current pvt and dire builds right now, its not really that effective to one-burst kill.

So with the current crit dmg nerf, inorder to keep the same pressure as before, one way without changing your gears is that theives with the balanced builds will have to trait like a pure dmg or increase dps by using a full zerkers. Well on the brightside, you wont have to worry against other power builds since they won’t one-burst kill you while wearing pure zerkers, but against condi builds, you’re a more easy prey than before.

Overall, there will be something to sacrifice in order to achieve the same pressure and with the current guild meta right now, thieves will become more useless in organized wvw and less effective roamers than before. Well they’re still be the best scouts in the game…which is so much fun.

note: my arguments are assuming that all players have the same skill level