So played last night. It was FUN, but somewhat confusing (cd on weapon skills and more complex class panel).
A bit sad that guard have no acess to cripple/chill btw. I fell less protected without stalth. As i thief i remember good guard players that can withstand alot of my dmg and at the same time dish out good dps to overcome my healing and make me run.
Couple more Qs if you dont mind.
- where is a trait called “Focused Mind”? Cant find it somehow.
- how to abuse teleportation for movement w/o target? Coz if i use it w/o one my guard moves nowhere.
Thnx Jax. It means alot to actualy have a mentor( in a good sense) like you. Friendly and not judging. Would be gr8 to have someone like you in every class forum!
I ll pick option C. Simple for the start, balanced, high mobility sounds perfect. Will try different things, do the tweaks acording to my playstyle.
Here are some questions/points to clarify i wish to ask:
-Why do you pick shield over focus? Is it because of knokback part to interrupt foes. focus seems to give much more surv with #5.
-1h sword as main dps seurce? It does that much, compared to GS?
-“stand your ground” everywhere to secure stomps?
- Condition build are not a probem?
Thnx for the links. Looking forward to see all your moves and to learn something new >_<
Edit: I don’t know why people abandon Shadow Arts as a trait line. Restealthing is still possible like it used to be, so healing in stealth is still almost as viable as it was, barring the extra second being revealed if you do attack.
Prepatch i run duel surv build, it was like this:
from one cnd to another cnd (3 sec) i could take 3-7k dmg in my face (got 16k total), in between dodges and daze.
Now its 4 secks, i m taking 5-9k dmg, and i dont survive long naf to pull of my heal.
So +25% reval time is more then +25% of dmg i need to deal with.
And plz remamber that thief got one of the lowest starting hp pul.
Lets see what els. Oh: i start my combo from invis-tacktikal strike from behind(s/d), that i whant to do 3 strike series of auto and than i whant to go back to invis for
repeat. i dont whant to spend my time on a lame #1 sword first-of-a-chain. It would’n be such a problem if a could use flanking strike efficiently.
More than that: less stealth means less move speed, less hp regn from 30 SA trait, less dmg from bs
AND it affects all the builds since its a core mechanic.
abbreviations are new to me as well, so i did not understand all, But i will try to, just nee some time.
As for support: support centric build ore not for me. Why? Because i like agressive and adaptive playstyle most.
Hi all,
I ll try to be as honest as i can: Changing class here, after yesterdays patch i feel no fun playing sword/dagger thief anymore (to much dmg inbetween stealth, unlike prepatch i do die till my stalth heal abuility goes of cd). And my other build, wich is death blossom condi build was hurt even more.
So here i m. Looking for another class to master in spvp.
Because of stylish “blue flames-teleportation” flavour i wish guard is what i m looking for.
And these things are:
1. Good balance between surv and dmg. Tending a bit mor to dmg
2. Mobility
3. A extra little support.
Greatsword and meditatios seems exectly what i need. Or am i wrong?
So what can you sugest to me: traits, utilities, gear, runs, amulet, weapons, weapon enchants.
Any help will b apritiated.
OK. I have something to say about today’s(26 Mar) patch. Alot was told already but we (Thives) have so many tiny topisk on this huge problem.
Hope that at least one of them(maybe this one) will reach dev’s ears.
Playtested for a few hours, to make sure its THAT BAD. And it is.
There is no way i can discribe in words, how dissapointed i am about revealed chage.
It does not solve a CnD spam problem. But it take a huge part of what thief is: surv and attack thru stealth. Survivabuility decreaced dramaticaly.
4 secs of debuf hurts basicly all specs of this class. It ruins dmg rotations too.
Change is not balanced in any means. Hope Anet will undo it, or balance us with more surv/dmg/both to spvp competitive lvl.
At this point i feel no fun playing my thief and i think i ll give it a try to another class (any will do).
Sry for my bad english:)
C you soon
I love how my bubble can protect me from warrior/mesmer/elem spike dmg.
every time i go invis i stop taking 2k warrior gs swings)
or 17k elem fire grab combo.
and you know why its true? coz my invis+ movement is faster than common combos after knokdown
*sarcasm mode off
