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Thelgar.7214:

Psht! All the male armor sexiness anyone could ever want is right here!

looks at my female asura staring at it

…..uh…..you might want to run before she tries to stick a golem exoframe under your skin and turn you into a golem…

how do i feel about thief
its still fun to play, daredevil is epic and insanely easy to escape fights in WvW with. and still my #1 for burst dmg

and yet they also my favorite thing to kill when i’m playing engineer. because engineer = no stealth for thief

so i’d say its fine

ok while i do want more…unique female armor designs.
that doesn’t mean this…..

just….different (aka not copy paste)

Ikihiki.2316:

Could someone explain stealth mechanics to me, since i keep on getting hit while in stealth?

Countless times i have died or my gap is closed by taking a hit even though i’m stealthed.

If i need to get away, i use blinding powder and try to shadowstep away with short bow.

But i still keep getting hit or someone uses gapcloser skill and it hits me regardless of my stealth, or that blindess.

Is it broken, or is there a counter to see stealthed players?

trips invisible person as they sneak past me
invisible doesn’t mean intangible.

channel attacks (like range long bow, or warrior rifle that fire a series of shots) track you until their skill is done.

while most is just random spam and guessing where you are.
spams flamethrower all over

plus engineer has several abilities to remove stealth from an area, and if it hits an invisible enemy, provided they took the trait, they can “lock on”. hence flamethrower being so fun

when we see you stealth, we guess where you’d run to. and spam skills. if the skills show dmg(in the dmg chat panel, not floating on the screen) or progress to the next “combo skill”(melee main attacks) then we know we’ve hit something and continue to follow hoping to hit it more.

so my advice, when you stealth. go the opposite direction you plan to flee. as the enemy expect you to flee. and be prepared to chain stealths to get distance.

also evading while in stealth helps to throw off the chain abilities of rifle and longbow.

sits in a circle of dead thieves, warriors, necros, and rangers

you know. for all the complaining people do on engineer, i still find my engineer able to take on up to 3 enemies on my own, and win. maybe its just me being a bit obsessed with knocking people off cliffs, or not minding dragging a fight out over a long period of time (people obsess with burst dmg, while i’m find killing slowly if it means my survival)

i mean yeah it will struggle vs some classes(get the hell away from me rev. stop it. no. bad!)
but its the devil incarnate to others(thief sees me rolling, they hating, they runnin the other way~ w8..NO come back thief. i only want to kill you!…..he jumped off cliff….i’m taking credit for that)

Ghreggori.2109:

does it work more like in star wars the old republic where healers are basically a dps who can heal secondarily?

you can spec it out like that yes

ele can switch from damage fire and lighting, to condition earth, to healign water.

druid has the range damage and mobility, and can go into druid form for heals.

engineer can switch to healing kits

or my personal favorite, necro can trait to vamperic traits. with vamperic aura. so allies heal when they attack.
and you can pull their conditions to yourself to save them some trouble, and then consume the conditions to heal yourself.

or trait out so your shroud skill 4 heals allies around you (and teleports downed allies to you)

or theres the stealth medic thief.
it removes conditions from allies and heals them, when you stealth them (either with shadow refuge or blast stealths)
as well as stealthing them when you begin reviving a downed ally.

take your time.

rl comes first. if you rush to write when your mind is still on rl, it can hurt.

we can wait =)

shahryar.8437:

I really wish we could customize the look of our turrets and kits.
Even if it is just the simple beginning racial gear, krytan, glyphic, verdant, steam, etc.

i’d agree here

seeing cosmetics so turrets and gyros and even kits could have racial options.

imagine a sylvari with plant turrets and gyros. or a sylvari with asuran turrets xD

gives character. and i love the idea.

plus, the thought of asuran gyros is nice =D
and turrets. zap zap zap.

or maybe a sleeker flamethrower (the one now is kinda bulky on my asura. looks good on my charr though!)

grenade kits that have a asura tech feel, sylvari plant theme, or norn that have detailed designs on the grenades.

so i approve ^^

also cosmetics for necros! minions >=D skeleton minions, swamp monster minions, phantasm minions.

for rangers….how about clothing stuff for pets.
imagine a bear wearing a shirt that advertises a brewery!
or a wolf with a hat

on a slightly off topic. how about an animation customization.
for example. my engineer can AIM her rifle instead of shooting from the hip.
and could carry the rifle over her shoulder when running (but like greatsword………don’t judge her! she’s carrying a giant kitten sniper!)

ranger longbow firing horizontally instead of vertically (female from gw1 style)
http://i.imgur.com/zZulNbL.jpg

lot of untapped potential here for customizing your character.

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

arenta.2953:

(how about the GS trait gives all GS skills a 5% chance to make attack instant, avoiding the cast time)

Because an instant, 12k single hit sounds fair…

No. Just no.

fair enough
i actually ment for just the 1 skill cycles. a 5% chance for the cast times to be instant(like with quickness).

i didn’t mean it for skills 2-5
just 1 skill. as the entire cycle takes 3 secounds. and is easy to dodge. so it would be nice to have a 5% chance for your enemy to be surprised when the sword moves faster than expected for an attack.

honestly i think GS’s dmg is fine. but the 1 skills need to NOT be so interruptable.

the 3rd attack in the cycle fine. but the first 2 shouldn’t be interuptable. because it makes the ENTIRE weapon USELESS vs someone with interrupts (like thief with pistol)

and the #5 skill for GS, is supposed to pull enemies to you. Still had horrible pathing where more often than not all it does is make enemies stumble in place. and not pull to you at all.

dmg is fine, but let us USE the freaking thing instead of being shut down cause every single attack is interruptable and since they slow attacks its easy to interrupt or dodge…..(how about the GS trait gives all GS skills a 5% chance to make attack instant, avoiding the cast time)

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

Raiden.1375:

Does anyone else have any thoughts about this?

My opinion will always be that active play is better than passive play. Camping stealth is a fairly passive way to play what should be a proactive class…so I support your rendition over the current one.

Edit: Also looking over your ideas at the start of the thread, I think Blinding Powder needs to be a stunbreak in addition to having reduced cooldown.

you know the fractal where you fight the aetherblade captain?

those LONG segments where you are surviving and can’t attack.

and when the less agile members of your team can’t evade and go down.

don’t you wish you could stealth you and them for a long duration so u can res them before they die out. so when the non- attack period ends you can have your full party ready to go.

oh right. passive stealth. you don’t like that. i guess you prefer they die. cause passive stealth. so without that passive stealth heal, you’d die while ressing cause u have no heal.

well how about when raiding in WvW and in the middle of the fight your friend goes down. don’t you wish you could stealth both of u and res them instead of leaving him to die as the zerg goes past.

or, PvP. when that ranger is shooting arrows at you and a team mate. your VERY low hp. and your teammate is down.

rather than suicide rush, it would be nice to stealth the 2 of you, res him while recovering a bit of hp. and knowing if the ranger wants to finish the 2 of you off, he needs to come to you (there are ways he can end the stealth. but thats if he takes that skill)

it has places its useful. ALOT more than you think.

BONUS ROUND:
a WvW group is chasing you. your target is their ele as everything else is to tanky.

but your low hp.

but, it would be NICE to stealth, heal a bit, and w8 for them to pass you by, or disperse in the area, so you can hunt your target.

those random AoE attacks murder without the stealth heal over time.

mindless aggression is suicide.

AegisRunestone.8672:

Chapter 11 is up! About a month after Chapter 10. XD

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10715283/12/The-Shadows-of-Rata-Sum

sweet =D

Frostfang.5109:

…more options to Character Customization added?

Yes I know its’s another thread on this, but we never get any aswer.

With GW1’s expansions there were a lot added in this sector for every expansion. Here, nothing.

I really would like to get some new horns for my charr and the ability to choose among some colors on my horns. Some new fur patterns would also be really nice. Also a ton of more colors could be added to hair acsessories as it is hard to create a good match with the tiny pool of colors there is today.

This would be especially nice since Charr often are neglected when it comes to armors with clipping and stretching issues (like ALL the new medium armours added in HoT) and the lack of ability to get gender specific armor.

I guess other races would apriciate this too. Asuras share many problems with charr. Asuras would probably like more ear options and body patterns, maybe ears with piercings and jewelery.
Sylvari would probably want more glow colors or pulsating pattenrs in witch the glow.
Norn’s would probably want more beard and tattoo options.
And Humans would probably be happy for some more beard optiosn too, maybe faces with piercings, and tattoos on the body, maybe with a different style compared to norn.

What customizations options would YOU like to have for YOUR race??

i’d like some medium armors for Female Asura that AREN’T TRENCHCOATS.

i’m not asking for underboob human or skimpy crap.

i’m asking for something that either DOESNT have a trenchcoat.

or, if it DOES have a trenchcoat. make it so its back is unique. not a flat fat piece of cloth.

and in other news, can i have a tail for my asura (could be a back piece)
cause i’m a furry ^^

Raiden.1375:

babazhook.6805:

Great suggestions. I too feel that debilitating arc needs a stun. I still think something more ( dark field) would be warranted for number 4.

A dark field could be pretty cool. It doesn’t seem like that would be too strong either.

Vermil.8172:

I believe that this spell’s knockdown should not have a “leap” animation towards the attacker, first because of the almost uncontrollable animation locks, and second because a sudden change of direction can be disruptive in the middle of the battle.

I believe that a point blank AoE knockdown could work well with the spell. Once you block an attack at melee range, you stop for a 1/2 second in order to place a swift spin kick across the floor, knocking down everyone at range.

By doing the point blank AoE, we would shorten the animation time, prevent any sudden change in movement from the thief, as well as forcing other players/ennemis to not gang-up at melee range on the thief.

Yeah that would probably be better than what it does currently, but I think having a roll over skill for the knockdown portion would be even better since you have more control over it.

Doggie.3184:

Expose could be a lot like the Stealth Detection mastery~ the enemies are still in stealth but you see a red silhouette of them.

I actually haven’t unlocked that one yet, but that could maybe work. Are you able to target the stealthed NPCs with the Stealth Detection mastery or can you only see their silhouette?

arenta.2953:

leave my shadow’s embrace and Shadow’s Rejuvenation alone <.<

you might be ok entering and exiting stealth non stop. but i prefer to pick when i come out stealth. staying stealthed until i’m healed. (if i wanted to heal from stealth attack, i’d use the 15% crit heals from invigorating precision. if i stay in stealth, its cause i want to stay there longer to heal. not be forced to attack to heal. ditto for conditions)

i like thief for its long stealth.
otherwise i’d use mesmer.

Staying in stealth healing up means you aren’t contributing to fights. Your enemy can heal up while you’re stealthed too, and they can also freely attempt to damage you while you’re stealthed (you can’t damage them back unless you want to get revealed and stop healing). You should be able to participate in fights more easily with this change because you won’t have to camp in stealth for long durations to benefit from it anymore. The suggested change to Shadow’s Rejuvenation has the potential to heal you for more than it does currently if you play more aggressive. None of these suggestions take away any stealth potential for thieves, and you would still have -25% damage taken for yourself and allies that you stealth from Resilience of Shadows.

but i like to stealth for long periods of time to heal due to stuff like knockdowns, or cripples, or int regen(which i get 1 per 3 secoudns in stealth)

yes enemy can heal, thats the risk i take. but the appeal to stealth is the enemy doesn’t know what u going to do. or what your condition is. the longer they don’t see you, the more possibilities to what your doing. and the mroe confused they are

i like long stealth so i can heal allies who are downed, the regen lets me survive a few AoEs that are aimed at people around me. and the int regen lets me coem out refreshed.

if you make heals be based on coming in and out of stealth, then whats the point of stealth at all. your incentivizing not being stealthed. you might as well replace stealth with the extra heal and a short teleport. your basically using the venom if u want that

i like theif for the long stealth, the comfort i get in knowing the enemy doesn’t know where i am, what conditions i have on me, what my hp is at, and what my int is at.

for example, i stealth(shadow refuge), and get hit by their big hit.

they DOWN me. but they don’t see that. i can recover, and thanks to the stealth regen, its a little bit faster res. so i can get up, and get soem distance before they spot me. (provided they don’t notice their auto attack is cycling. aka hittign something…..)

or lets say i’m LOW on hp. but an ally is downed and about to die. i can res them, stealth, with a regen every secound, while ressing them, plus bonus res hp due ot trait. plus bonus healing due to the regen i apply for stealthing them.

long stealth has appeal. short stealth doesnt. if you take away the regen while stealthed and replace it with “start and end stealth” your not using stealth, you using a venom.
you might as well play a mesmer. their clones are FAR MROE EFFECTIVE than short stealth.

theif’s appeal is stealth to give it options like running away, resetting the fight(if you get a shadow refuge down and the enemy doesn’t auto attack the area u in…which most do), or sneaking past.

so leave my stealth alone. if u want to incentivize NOTt stayign stealthed until your ready to engage on your own terms. then go play mesmer or hell, go play a longbow ranger.

theres more to a fight than bashign someone. you sound liek a warrior when u focus just on aggressive moves. strategy is more important. like knowing when to fight, and when to run, when to hit and run. and when to NOT ATTACK WHEN U OUTMATCHED.

i’m not a mindless aggressor liek warrior
i’m not a tiny teleporting side to side mesmer

i’m a thief, picking when i fight. when i’m ready. on my terms. If i choose to not attack, thats my choice. thats why i like to heal without ruining the main appeal of theif.

so leave my stealth regen alone.

Crimson Clouds.4853:

I just looked at the Shop and there are slim pickings when it comes to merch. Aside from an awesome-looking Charr plush, we just have a few novels, an art book and a strategy guide.

I was hoping to at least find logo keyrings, pins/badges, t-shirts and hoodies.

Things could get even more exciting by taking items obtainable in-game and making them real-life. Quaggan/Charr back-packs, fuzzy quaggan hats…

To me it seems crazy that A-net aren’t monitising in this way already. Perhaps it’s not profitable enough? I seem to remember that there were a few resin figurines available a little while ago and that some YouTubers got some fancy hourglass ornaments.

So, what would you like to see in the Shop, if anything, and why?

idk how they would do this. but i’d buy SO MUCH if they did

an option to buy a figurine of your in game character.

i’d by that for 5 of my characters xD

……i wonder…..the people who hate the human female model in GW2……what would they say if they played…..oh lets say Blade and Soul xD

u think the waist is skinny here?

Amineo.8951:

Auralae.7482:

Just nerf the power of T3 underboob and that will be enough to hear player outrage across galaxies.

Also a nerf in ponytail and the hair with a starfish.

touch the starfish and die <.<

ponytails are moe~

kinda sad that people are assuming we mean the 2 mating to get an offspring.

are you forgetting that there are otherways to get a halfbreed. cloning, genetics,radiation mutations…..w8 you weren’t supposed to hear the last one.

hits you on head with hammer

anyway, messing with clone DNA to make a halfbreed is an option ^^ (Asura with tail~)

now excuse me. i have an order of whispers agent to lure.

soon….

very soon…..

and she’ll be the first >=D

Asura will have tails! (i know i know..not what she ment. its a joke.)

Kolly.9872:

arenta.2953:

leave my shadow’s embrace and Shadow’s Rejuvenation alone <.<

you might be ok entering and exiting stealth non stop. but i prefer to pick when i come out stealth. staying stealthed until i’m healed. (if i wanted to heal from stealth attack, i’d use the 15% crit heals from invigorating precision. if i stay in stealth, its cause i want to stay there longer to heal. not be forced to attack to heal. ditto for conditions)

i like thief for its long stealth.
otherwise i’d use mesmer.

Except Mesmers can stealth longer now

yeah….i still prefer theif’s stealth.

leave my shadow’s embrace and Shadow’s Rejuvenation alone <.<

you might be ok entering and exiting stealth non stop. but i prefer to pick when i come out stealth. staying stealthed until i’m healed. (if i wanted to heal from stealth attack, i’d use the 15% crit heals from invigorating precision. if i stay in stealth, its cause i want to stay there longer to heal. not be forced to attack to heal. ditto for conditions)

i like thief for its long stealth.
otherwise i’d use mesmer.

Duke Nukem.6783:

GG anet, you made a duplicate of one of your most expensive dagger skins except its available for 10% of the cost =p

your talking about Spark. not Incinerator

Spark got reworked recently(ish) so it does sorta look like the plasma dagger. but Spark looks better.

Incinerator is in a WHOLE DIFFERENT LEAGUE.

Spark is a super heated metal blade
Plasma dagger is a metal frame with plasma inside that looks like a super heated blade.

Incinerator is MADE OF FIRE

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

arenta.2953:

BobbyT.7192:

I like most of the plasma weapons, love the lightsaber feel to them, Staff should have been more of the double-bladed lightsaber type, but still pretty good looking.
Only real disappointment are the bows, they could have animated the strings at least,

WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING THE BOW STRING.
its made of PLASMA

xD

WHY make a bow string out of plasma?!

. . . oh, right, asura. Forgot for a second.

it was a practical joke!
we didn’t think anyone would be dumb enough to grab it….other than a few skritt thieves……fry em u know?

BobbyT.7192:

I like most of the plasma weapons, love the lightsaber feel to them, Staff should have been more of the double-bladed lightsaber type, but still pretty good looking.
Only real disappointment are the bows, they could have animated the strings at least,

WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING THE BOW STRING.
its made of PLASMA

xD

my own request.
Pistol Pistol. skill #3. unload. increase range to 1050. thats all.

pistol skills to 1050.

thunderfall.8095:

I am a thief, can solo a bunch of bosses, yet still die to pocket raptors. My ranger friend can easily beat them. Does anyone else have this problem?

your a tiny hp class(along with ele and guardian) your defense = a bunch of dodges and evades and stealth. no durability in combat.

pocket raptors rip theives apart. unless u go in with a plan.

for me. dagger/dagger. spam the 3 skill(which no one ever seems to use) to evade and spread some dmg out. then dodge as int recovers, and repeat. it works well

Amante.8109:

I seem to recall hearing something about Monkey King being based on the Asura’s skeletal rig, so maybe that’s why only those two have that stance?

asura don’t have the stance sadly….
at least…female asura daredevils don’t…

so i was w8ing to reply to this..cause while i was ok with human animation. i didnt know how asura would look.

….well….i know now..

all i can say is….wtf happened to my asura’s neck.

the auto attack chain makes the asura swing their head around as if they dont have a spine. its like bobble heads….

so yeah…need new animations. i’m debating going back to reaper after seeing how bad the animation is.

Mioda.5928:

arenta.2953:

gotta finish finding an outfit for my asura ^^

Hopefully you’ll pick something really cute!

kinda hard =x medium armor = basically all trench coats for asura females….was hoping i could fine a trenchcoat where the leg part looked like seer pants from light armor. so far its been so bad i’m settling for anything that isn’t a flat piece of cloth hiding the legs…

FOX.3582:

I really really really don’t understand where this “small guilds can not have Guild Halls/Favor” talk is comming from. I see a lot of topics on it and people are saying the biggest nonsense I’ve ever seen here on the forums.

My guild has 2 people. Me and my wife.
We have our guild hall. We have almost 2000 favor. And we even have upgrades in our guild hall. The coolest thing that I am very proud of is the fact that until now we did not even spend gold on the upgrades, (and believe when I say we have more then enough gold/materials) what means that with patience and farming you can have this upgrades for almost free until a certain point.

Before HOT we could not even start a mission. We could not even obtain merits!

I don’t know about all this people saying otherwise but they just talk nonsense. The one thing HOT really did for us is making guilds very small guild friendly. Please friends do some more effort when you want to achieve something. Don’t come here on the forums asking for everything to be thrown at you.

FOX…

thumbs up for you and your wife =D

showing work is better than crying.

gotta finish finding an outfit for my asura ^^

Sir Vincent III.1286:

arenta.2953:

all buffs/nerfs/changes since april (not including bug fixes)

overall. i see a TON of buffs in addition to a few nerfs.

but overall. there is ALOT more buffs than nerfs.

so are they nerfign theif? nope. REBALANCE. for every nerf, there is a buff.
~snip~

. And because Thief is already OP, the Devs are really careful not to give Thief a meaningful buff else they’ll go super saiyan.
.

which is why they gave theif more stealth
more dmg(and condition dmg)
and more survivability.

how could any of that possibly be counted as a buff.
oh w8, poison now stacks stacks instead of duration. and theres a potency buff for 33% to make that buff even better as the opponent takes more dmg, faster, with less of a chance to get rid of it.

Sir Vincent III.1286:

I wonder how long it will take for someone to realize the purpose of this thread…hmm.

to troll?

all buffs/nerfs/changes since april (not including bug fixes)

overall. i see a TON of buffs in addition to a few nerfs.

but overall. there is ALOT more buffs than nerfs.

so are they nerfign theif? nope. REBALANCE. for every nerf, there is a buff.

Death Blossom: Extended evasion by 200 miliseconds toward the beginning of the ability.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-October-23-2015/first#post5694869

Thief <- OH HEY. WE ASKED FOR A PISTOL BUFF. ANET LISTENED TO US. AKA THEY LISTENED TO A BUFF REQUEST
Vital Shot: Increased damage by 24%.
Unload: Increased damage per shot by 26%.
Sneak Attack: Increased attack damage per shot by 25%.
Traps have been normalized to last for 5 minutes before expiring.
Shadow Trap has been increased from 2 minutes to 5 minutes. All other traps have been reduced from 1 hour lifetime to 5 minutes.
Potent Poison: Increased poison damage from 10% to 33%.
Vigorous Recovery: Increased vigor duration from 5 seconds to 7 seconds.
Expeditious Dodger: Increased swiftness duration from 2 seconds to 4 seconds.
Ankle Shots: Removed the hidden range increase that this trait unlocked.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-September-29-2015/first#post5580330

Deadly Trapper: Increased the duration of might granted from this trait from 8 seconds to 10 seconds.
No Quarter: This trait now applies ferocity bonuses to all instances of fury applied to the thief instead of all instances of fury that the thief applies (which included ferocity applied to allies).
Feline Grace: Increased the duration of vigor from 2 seconds to 4 seconds.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-July-28-2015/first#post5346251

Thief
General:
Steal: This ability has now been split between F1 and F2. The steal button remains at its default F1 position, whereas stolen items are now located in the F2 slot. Stealing while the F2 slot is filled will overwrite the currently existing stolen item if the slot already has an item in it.
Steal has had its base range increased from 900 to 1200.
Steal recharge has been reduced from 35 seconds to 30 seconds.
Skills
Haste: This ability no longer removes endurance. Gain fury in addition to quickness when activating this ability.
Withdraw: This ability is now a trick. Increased the recharge of this ability from 15 to 18. Healing (both base and healing power) coefficients have been increased by 10%.
Dagger Storm: This ability is now classified as a trick.
Hide in Shadows: This ability is now classified as a deception.
Thieves Guild: This ability is now classified as a deception.
Tripwire: This trap no longer deals strike damage, which would previously bring the thief out of stealth.
Needle Trap: This trap no longer deals minimal strike damage, which would previously bring the thief out of stealth.
Cloak and Dagger: This ability has been combined and its damage normalized. Damage of this ability has decreased by approximately 17% in PvE and increased by 25% in PvP.
Combined Training: This effects of this trait have been included by default on all dual-wield skills. All skills categorized as dual-wield have received a 5% damage increase.
Residual Venom: The effects of this trait have been included by default on all venom skills. All venoms now naturally have one additional charge.
Basilisk Venom: Stun duration reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.
Devourer Venom: Immobilized duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second.
Needle Trap: Increased the poison duration from 6 seconds to 10 seconds.
Lotus Strike: Increased the poison duration from 4 seconds to 6 seconds.
Venomous Knife: This skill now applies 2 stacks of poison for 8 seconds.
Escape: Increased the poison duration from 1 second to 2 seconds. Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
Serpent’s Touch: This skill now applies 2 stacks of poison for 10 seconds.
Choking Gas: Decreased the poison duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
Disabling Shot: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
Flanking Strike: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
Heartseeker: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
Withdraw: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
Roll for Initiative: Movement-speed adjustments no longer affect the intended travel distance.
Thief Stolen Bundles
Healing Seed (stolen from rangers): The duration of this ability has been reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds. Pulses now occur every 1 second, down from every 2 seconds.
Skull Fear (stolen from necromancers): The duration of fear has been reduced from 3, 2, and 1 seconds to 2, 1.5, and 1 seconds, respectively.
Mace Head Crack (stolen from guardians): The duration of daze from this ability has been reduced from 4 seconds to 3 seconds.
Traits (This system has undergone significant changes. The following traits are a full representation of the new core specialization lines.)
Deadly Arts:
Minor:
Serpent’s Touch: Stealing inflicts 2 stacks of poison for 10 seconds. Your attacks while in the downed state apply 2 seconds of poison.
Lotus Poison: Weaken targets for 4 seconds when you poison them.
Exposed Weakness: Deal 10% more damage if your target has a condition.
Adept:
Dagger Training: Dagger attacks have a 33% chance to poison enemies for 2 seconds.
Mug: Deal damage and gain life when stealing. This attack cannot critically hit enemies.
Trapper’s Respite: Drop a needle trap when you heal. This effect has a 10-second internal cooldown.
Master:
Deadly Trapper: Traps cause 5 stacks of vulnerability for 10 seconds to enemies affected, while granting you 5 stacks of might for 8 seconds. Trap recharges are reduced by 20%.
Panic Strike: Striking a foe that is below the health threshold immobilizes them for 2.5 seconds. This trait has a 20-second internal cooldown.
Revealed Training: Gain up to 200 extra power while you are revealed, based on current level.
Grandmaster:
Potent Poison: Poison you apply has a 33% increased duration and deals 10% more damage.
Improvisation: One random skill category is immediately recharged when you steal. You can use stolen items twice.
Executioner: Deal 20% extra damage when your target is below the health threshold. (Formerly Critical Strikes)
Critical Strikes:
Minor:
Keen Observer: Critical-hit chance is increased by 5% while your health is above the 90% threshold.
Unrelenting Strikes: Gain fury for 4 seconds when striking a foe whose health is below 50% health. This effect has a 10-second internal cooldown.
Ferocious Strikes: Critical damage is increased by 10% to foes above the 50% health threshold.
Adept:
Side Strike: Gain 7% bonus critical-hit chance when hitting a foe from behind or the side.
Signets of Power: Activating a signet grants 5 stacks of might for 10 seconds. Signet recharges are reduced by 20%.
Flawless Strike: Critical damage is increased by 7% when your health is above the 90% threshold.
Master:
Sundering Strikes: Critical hits have a chance to cause 6 seconds of vulnerability. (Formerly from Deadly Arts)
Practiced Tolerance: Gain ferocity based on your precision at a rate of 10%.
Ankle Shots: Critical hits with pistols and harpoon guns have a 60% chance to inflict crippled on foes, with an 8-second cooldown. Pistol and harpoon-gun attacks deal 10% increased damage to crippled foes.
Grandmaster:
No Quarter: Landing a critical hit while under the effect of fury extends the duration of fury by 2 seconds (this effect has a 2-second internal cooldown). Gain up to 250 ferocity (based on level) while under the effects of fury.
Hidden Killer: Gain 100% bonus critical-hit chance while in stealth.
Invigorating Precision: You are healed for 15% of outgoing critical-hit damage.
Shadow Arts
Minor:
Merciful Ambush: Stealth yourself and your target for 3 seconds when reviving an ally. You revive allies 10% faster. (Formerly Adept Trickery)
Meld with Shadows: Stealth from your abilities lasts 1 second longer.
Resilience of Shadows: Stealth effects that you apply reduce incoming attack damage by 25%. (Formerly Shadow Arts Grandmaster)
Adept:
Last Refuge: Use Blinding Powder when you are struck while below 25% health.
Concealed Defeat: Create a Smoke Screen when downed. Deception abilities recharge 20% faster. (Formerly Adept Critical Strikes)
Shadow’s Embrace: Remove 1 condition every 3 seconds while in stealth.
Master:
Shadow Protector: When you grant stealth to an ally, they gain 3 seconds of regeneration. This effect no longer has an internal cooldown.
Hidden Thief: Gain stealth for 2 seconds when stealing from an enemy (automatically affected by Meld with Shadows).
Leeching Venoms: Siphon life from your foes when triggering a venom. This can only occur once per strike. Gain 2 stacks of might for 20 seconds when activating a venom.
Grandmaster:
Cloaked in Shadow: Gaining stealth blinds nearby foes for 5 seconds. Release a blinding powder when you take falling damage. You take 50% less damage from falling.
Shadow’s Rejuvenation: Regenerate health and initiative while in stealth.
Venomous Aura: When you use a venom skill, you apply the effect to all nearby allies as well. Venom recharges are reduced by 20%.
Acrobatics:
Minor:
Expeditious Dodger: Gain 2 seconds of swiftness upon dodging.
Feline Grace: Gain 2 seconds of vigor upon successfully evading an attack. This effect has a 1-second internal cooldown.
Endless Stamina: The effects of vigor on you are enhanced by 50%.
Adept:
Fleet Shadow: Move 50% faster while in stealth.
Vigorous Recovery: Gain vigor for 5 seconds when using a healing skill.
Pain Response: Gain regeneration for 10 seconds and remove damaging conditions when struck while below 75% health.
Master:
Guarded Initiation: Remove vulnerability, weakness, and slow from yourself when striking an enemy while above the 90% health threshold.
Swindler’s Equilibrium: Successfully evading an attack while wielding a sword recharges steal by 1 second. This effect has a 1-second internal cooldown.
Hard to Catch: Break stun and refill endurance when you are disabled (stun, daze, knockback, pull, knockdown, sink, float, fear, taunt, or launch).
Grandmaster:
Assassin’s Reward: Heal yourself whenever you use a skill that uses initiative. Heal yourself for each point of initiative spent.
Upper Hand: Gain one initiative when you evade an attack. This effect has a 3-second internal cooldown.
Don’t Stop: The effects of crippled and chilled on you are reduced by 50%, meaning your movement is decreased by 25% and 33% respectively, rather than 50% and 66%. If you would become immobilized, you are instead crippled for 4 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 10 seconds.
Trickery:
Minor:
Kleptomaniac: Stealing grants you 2 initiative.
Preparedness: Increases maximum initiative by 3.
Lead Attacks: Increases damage by 1% per initiative. Steal recharges 15% faster.
Adept:
Uncatchable: Leave behind caltrops when you dodge.
Flanking Strike: Gain haste when attacking a foe from behind or the side.
Thrill of the Crime: When you steal, you and all nearby allies gain fury, might, and swiftness for 10 seconds.
Master:
Bountiful Theft: Stealing grants you and all nearby allies vigor. You rip boons from your target and grant them to nearby allies.
This trait now affects the slow and resistance boons.
Trickster: Reduce recharge on tricks. Tricks remove 1 condition when used.
Pressure Striking: Enemies you interrupt are inflicted with 3 stacks of torment for 5 seconds.
Grandmaster:
Quick Pockets: While in combat, gain 3 initiative when swapping weapons.
Sleight of Hand: Daze enemies for 1 second when stealing. Steal’s recharge is reduced by 20%.
Bewildering Ambush: Stealing also applies 5 stacks of confusion for 5 seconds.

Don’t Stop: This trait no longer grants stability when revealed is applied.
Backstab: This will now only apply revealed when you hit a foe.
No Quarter: Instead of extending the duration of a single stack of fury, this trait will now apply its own stacks of fury to avoid allowing fury to reach unintended durations.
Hidden Thief: This trait now applies 3 seconds of stealth rather than firing blinding powder.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-June-23-2015

why is it that when i think of Asura and guild wars 3. i think of something similar to mistborn.

aka kinda steampunk with trains,

can we make outfits count in wardrobe? i’d like to take the chest(and coat) from the new outfit in gem store. cause it isn’t a complete trench coat.

i have so many things i want to combine it with. but i can’t cause stupid outfit.

Daemoniic.6493:

arenta.2953:

you don’t have any examples of asura. =x
(little worries cause alot of people draw them as to……squashed.)

She has a couple on her Tumblr which is linked and most of my youtube thumbnails are of asuras drawn by her

oh cute =D

you don’t have any examples of asura. =x
(little worries cause alot of people draw them as to……squashed.)

merrykitten .9423:

This is the most obvious reason that shows thieves are extremely OP. If you read the forums you will see a bunch of thief buff suggestions and complaints about how underpowered thieves are. These threads are completely ignored by the developer, if thieves were not op why would they ignore the threads?

because devs ignore 99.9% of threads for all classes

rangers demanded buffs since launch.
as did necros
and engineers

none of them got a buff until 3 years later…..well except engineer, but they still didn’t get the weapon switching they demanded.

if Anet listened to all threads, they would have given engineers the option to AIM their rifle and not shotgun it

plus they would have given rangers this pet buff ages ago. (or made pet removable)

but. devs don’t balance classes based on what people cry about on forums.

they balance classes based on average performance in game. which have theives as balanced (every nerf has a buff)

Kulvar.1239:

arenta.2953:

asura experiments with mutations by combining 2 species DNA

where normal breeding wont work. science will make it work >=D

We still have trouble with tiger+lion because the pack instinct of the lion is conflicting with the solitary hunter instinct of the tiger, giving liger mental troubles…
And it’s a natural occuring interspecing with close species…

Unless you want a franken psychotic monster unable to live without artificial engines, it’s a dead end.

Also, experimenting things like that on intelligent creatures is forbidden by Rata Sum laws. No help, no recognition, no fundings.

who said i live in rata sum?
i’m INQUEST. and yes, i have funding. (not all inquest are bad. its not like i hurt my subjects. i let them volunteer and even pay them.)

also lion + tiger? finished that weeks ago. turns out you needed a bit of wolf DNA to finish the mix.

human science is pathetic compared to my brilliance.

Thaddeus.4891:

Yes the stats on Rune of the Traveler are a bit underwelming. But the 25% run speed is a huge quality of life that a lot of people prefer. That’s why Traveler sell for 2+ gold, while divinity sell for 29 silver. Traveler isn’t a good combat rune, but the quality of life is good enough for a lot of people. Mostly for people playing open world or WvW roaming. That’s 100% an opinion issue. Do you prefer to have the 25%, allowing you to swap a signet for something more useful or you prefer to have the best stats for combat. Nobody can answer that for you.

Stealth isn’t a boon so no the 15% doesn’t affect it.

ty =)

DIBS
http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/guildwiki.gamepedia.com/b/b3/Ranger_Obsidian_Armor_F_gray_front.jpg

I CALL DIBS

Bbear.7830:

Hi Arenta – the answer to your question is that each +bonus adds to the next, so with 5 items having the same runes on them you would get a total bonus of +60 to all stats etc.

Rune sets like these work best with Celestial type builds, which also have adds to all stats – but it is very much a ‘generalist’ build and you miss out on some of the more ‘interesting’ and fun possibilities going with more focused builds.

What’s not to love about a parrot that inflicts Blind, or an extra necro type minion that proc’s 50% of the time and acts as a nice distraction to draw agro – or inflict that little bit of extra damage if ignored?

ah thanks.
though that does make rune of the traveler look a bit……underwelming..

6 runes for +25% speed and +36 to all stats when i could get +102 power and precision…..or +78 with run of divinity.

do you think it would be worth it to get +25% speed (i’m asking for theif. would using rune of the traveler to open up a slot so i dont need the speed signet be worth it? or would it be best to go for stats and keep the signet?)

does the +15% boon duration affect stealth?

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rune_of_the_Traveler
an this.

would this be + 16 to all stats total?
or + 36? (8+12+16)
or + 16 x6 runes for 96 to all stats total?

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Revenant

run of the revenant gives
(1): +8 to All Stats
(2): +10 to All Stats
(3): +12 to All Stats
(4): +14 to All Stats
(5): +16 to All Stats
(6): Gain 2 seconds of resistance when you use a heal skill (Cooldown: 10 seconds)

does this mean at 5 runes, you get +16 to all stats total?

or +16 PER armor piece with run (which would be a total of +80 to all stats)

or would it be +8+10+12+14+16 = 60

Hannelore.8153:

arenta.2953:

Vikkela.7261:

^The mods don’t do their job very well, watched a guy get infracted for complimenting the action camera and the dev who made it :P

seriously?
wow xD

to think. i posted a picture once of the asuran “hentai” outfit. and they didn’t do a thing about it
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Raiment_of_the_Lich_asura_female_front.jpg
^female outfit? only outfit that shows off asuran chest.

Actually a few heavy armors show the female Asura chest, too.

fair enough. makes ya wonder why they wear the bathing suit when they wear nothing.
and yet Anet is fine showing off the chest

are they allowed to show the chest or are they not xD wish they’d decide. cause if they aren’t allowed. i’d like a version of the lich outfit that is…unique from the male one.

Vikkela.7261:

^The mods don’t do their job very well, watched a guy get infracted for complimenting the action camera and the dev who made it :P

seriously?
wow xD

to think. i posted a picture once of the asuran “hentai” outfit. and they didn’t do a thing about it
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Raiment_of_the_Lich_asura_female_front.jpg
^female outfit? only outfit that shows off asuran chest.

Jana.6831:

I’m a bit bummed that the previous thread is gone – did I miss something?
Isn’t it allowed to talk about trenchcoats?

no idea. nothing in rules against what we were doing.

Anet dev being lazy?

+1

asura have ENOUGH trenchcoats
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Asura_female_medium_armor