Guild Wars 2

We run a tight 4-5 man group that usually runs around attacking flag’s and supply camps and I see a ton of badges from attacking the guarding NPC’s and from the fights we get into along the way. So far I’m at 876 kills and I have 366 badges. Running with the zerg is most certainly not the best way to obtain badges

Enjoyed the video, I tried a build similar to yours but the time to kill was just too long for me. Thumbs up brother!

I’m getting plenty of kills in WvW and staying alive just fine with my backstab build.
I went with power/vitality/crit damage gear. Self buffed I sit around 20k HP.

I’m mostly full exotic gear with the exception of my helm. My accessories and amulet are still green so I have a ways to go to reach maximum potential.

I don’t see toughness as a viable stat on gear for me. I jump in get my kill(s) and jump back out to range way to quick to take much physical damage. Ranged classes with bleeds/burns/etc are the ones that get hits in on me and toughness does nothing for that. Only way to counter is a large health pool.

With the gear I choose I’m sitting around 2900 power and 60% crit. I can usually run down 2 foe’s before I run out of initiative and need to shadow step to range, heal up with a stealth and jump back in.

I’m truly enjoying the class and the mobility. You’re not supposed to play thief like a tank, play it tactically and you’ll see the real potential.

With $1000 budget you’d be better off getting a desktop. You can buy/build a heck of a machine for that.

You’d need around $1500 to get a decent gaming laptop but closer to $1800 to future proof it a bit.