Guild Wars 2

The prec/power/cond set is called rampager set.

Why build a car that turns left when you steer right? to have funny driving.

Daecollo.9578:

Eduardo.4675:

Ive done it. It appears as though fleet shadows is working as intended. Ill do further testing, but for starters, in the mists, do the following: go to the warrior npc (he has a crippling ability he likes to spam, and it lasts some nice time, good for testing), get yourself crippled with swiftness ONLY, no swiftness, and fleet shadows ONLY. Then come back here and tell me your conclusions. I move noticeably faster with fleet when crippled, when compared to swiftness. It seems as working as intended. Anet seems to be right on this one.

Well, apparently I and many other people are just wrong and stupid then.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rune_of_Speed
Bug: The 6th bonus for the superior rune set (+7% movement speed while using swiftness), is currently bugged and does not function.

What does that has to do with the issue at hand?! How about YOU go to the mists and observe for yourself?? The Genesis mentions that the earth is 4500 years old. Its in the “Godly Wiki”, so its right. Even though carbon dating, or the radioactive half-life method has proven the earth to be at least 4.5 Billion years old… C’mon dude, ur being overly agressive these days, whats going on? Im the one with the bad temper, not you… Where did i say people are stupid in this matter? At least 2 guys are adamant about fleet being superior, it got me suspicious, so i tried it, go do the crippling thingie, ull see that the limping is faster on fleet than it is on swift. Noticeably faster. And this is an easy and quick testing. No hassle involved. Some critical attitude is good to have, thinking for yourself is the virtue of the free man, dont be a sheep. Avoid the bandwagon, it stops almost allways in the wrong places.

Ive done it. It appears as though fleet shadows is working as intended. Ill do further testing, but for starters, in the mists, do the following: go to the warrior npc (he has a crippling ability he likes to spam, and it lasts some nice time, good for testing), get yourself crippled with swiftness ONLY, no swiftness, and fleet shadows ONLY. Then come back here and tell me your conclusions. I move noticeably faster with fleet when crippled, when compared to swiftness. It seems as working as intended. Anet seems to be right on this one.

Daecollo.9578:

swinsk.6410:

FS is faster than swiftness in combat.

No, it isn’t any faster then swiftness in combat. Otherwise I would be moving 17% faster, which is a pretty big deal.

Nope. If fleet shadows works in combat (and after those testimonials im inclined to believe it does), you would be moving 12.7% faster. Bad maths are bad. Ill test this as soon as i can. The trait initial strikes was said to NOT be working here in these forums. I recently tested it. It works.

This thread is a gem.

Daecollo, why so agressive?

Moderator: are you sure you closed this thread?

Halarious. I dont even understand. But i think i got that ure a mesmer.

Melee bruisers allways have to chase down their prey. I dont care about IA, or steal, thats a one use gap closer only, not a permanent, like higher movement speed than your opponent or cripple, both of which would glue you to your target. You need to guarantee this gluing to get that result. Everyone kites away. You can gapclose, land a few hits, but then they run. Pistoleer have a loss less trouble hiting me than a melee. Warriors are easy prey to me coz of this, if they start bruising me, i kite. Its their bane against ALL profs, btw. They have gap closers too. But after one use, i kite. As all do. Ask them.
You have never chased down an ele, if you think sword its a guaranteed “no chaser”. Or a thief, for that matter. Or a engie. Or any class with perma swiftness. SoS is noticeably slower than swiftness. Do you know whats the best way to kill a thief in www? its ranged chanel skills, they dont chase (no need, it fires from afar), and the channel goes through stealth. Dual pistol thieves are now on the rise coz of this. To fight other thieves. I know, ive seen them a lot.
And btw, s/d is my main set, and by a large margin my favourite. But i know its limitations. And i know that they have a slower activation time than vital shot.

“claiming that pistol is only a condition, bla bla, … shows incompetence, yada yada”
Chillax. No need for that, man. Almost insulting coz of diference of opinions? Calm down.
Where did i say that pistol is only a condition set? I just presented one possibility, condition builds, where there is no trait sacrifice (in regards to trait IX in trickery, which i believe ist what you meant by sacrifice).
Also, I tested all activation speeds with all thief skills, autos from pistol land in 0.75/0.8 secs, full auto from sword takes 2.4/2.5 to land, its definetely NOT faster. Plus, its melee, chase them down and then hit. Pistols you just whack away. Dont read skills descriptions, tooltips sometimes get it wrong. I made those tests for a thread in guru for a guy a while ago, it was done using inbuilt cronographer from G13. That thread was then posted here, too, for a DPS thread.

Daecollo.9578:

Eduardo.4675:

Daecollo.9578:

(Master Trait.) Double Tap:

Several Pistol Attacks now fire Twice, this does not effect the refire rate.
¹ (Vital Shot.) – Fires two Vital Shots.
² (Body Shot.) – Fires two Body Shots.
³ (Head Shot.) – Fires two Head Shots.
⁴ (Black Powder.) – Fires two Black Powder Shots.
(optional.) ⁵ (Trick Shot.) – Fires two Trick Shots.

Animation:
(If you have one pistol equipped, you will fire one of them twice, if you have two pistols equipped it will fire the first one, then twice to fire the other.)

Originally I thought this idea was overpowered, but pistol damage is quite horrible, and it does not look like they are going to fix the refire rate for quite awile.

Its OP.
In a power build, vital can easily crit for 1.2K, with double tap it would be 2.4K, tooooo much for a auto that would also apply 2 bleeds. From 900 units away. Also, crit procs. In www, omnom ghosts with this would eliminate the need for heals, as firing from afar its easy. And lets not forget the trait initial strike (IX in trickery), that would become a 14% chance to gain one initiative with a ranged attack. Thats just from the top of my hat. There is definetely more considerations.

So? you would have to sacrifice traits for it, and pistol damage is horrible, 1.2k if you have full BERSERKER gear, in full knights sword autoattack hits for 2k, in full zerker it hits for 3-4k.

It would fix Vital Shot, Body Shot, and Head Shot all at once.

And those traits deserve a buff anyways, they were meant to be powerful.

…. And with the Omnom Ghost thing, Unload hits 8 times, I am sure that beats 2 attacks by a lot. … I could name off many other examples and make that sound stupid, but I am not going to bother.

Unlike other classes, Pistol Attacks are not AOE, nore do they pierce. They should have significant higher base damage or traits to compensate.

Nope. Sword is a melee weapon. A real melee weapon, not as a melee weapon like d/d eles, which fire from 300 units away. Sword is 130 units. And its slow, its auto chain takes 2.4 secs to complete, you have a lot of trouble landing those, hence the higher dmg. Plus, ur auto #s for zerker sword autos are unrealistic, tone them down. Only the last hit can hit like that, and in a very very glass build. As for Unload, its a 5 initiative skill, not a zero initiative skill. And in a condition build there is no trait sacrifice, all of them go 20 anyway in trickery.

Daecollo.9578:

(Master Trait.) Double Tap:

Several Pistol Attacks now fire Twice, this does not effect the refire rate.
¹ (Vital Shot.) – Fires two Vital Shots.
² (Body Shot.) – Fires two Body Shots.
³ (Head Shot.) – Fires two Head Shots.
⁴ (Black Powder.) – Fires two Black Powder Shots.
(optional.) ⁵ (Trick Shot.) – Fires two Trick Shots.

Animation:
(If you have one pistol equipped, you will fire one of them twice, if you have two pistols equipped it will fire the first one, then twice to fire the other.)

Originally I thought this idea was overpowered, but pistol damage is quite horrible, and it does not look like they are going to fix the refire rate for quite awile.

Its OP.
In a power build, vital can easily crit for 1.2K, with double tap it would be 2.4K, tooooo much for a auto that would also apply 2 bleeds. From 900 units away. Also, crit procs. In www, omnom ghosts with this would eliminate the need for heals, as firing from afar its easy. And lets not forget the trait initial strike (IX in trickery), that would become a 14% chance to gain one initiative with a ranged attack. Thats just from the top of my hat. There is definetely more considerations.

Yes i have, its in remember by default. When i authenticate, after checking it goes immediately to game.
crusader: no support here, this is so stupid it deserves to be chanelled… and its not insulting, its the truth, its the most stupid thing ever. If ure happy with the poor service this is, i guess its OK to you, by i wanna vent my huge frustration. The IP had to change due to a malfunction in the sistems,prolly coz of last nights bad weather, but now that its fixed, and i have a new IP, it shouldnt work this way. One authentication, one click in “I allow this IP”, should be more than enough. This is ridiculous. I have standards. If all the bugs ingame satisfy you, well, it doesnt satisfy me…. If This game had a complaints book (like all proper sevices), it would be filled in a minute by all the unhappy customers, believe me.

The title is not enough to express how bad is what is happening. Ill explain, because i want everyone to know whats wrong, and if anyone can help me deal with this, i thank you in advance.

Last night a problem ocurred with my ISP, and to fix it they had to change my IP.
Today, as i was trying to login from this new IP, in the forums, and it asked for an authentication, saying that i had to click the link provided in my email. I did so. Then, i tried to play the game, but i was not allowed. Again,it asked for… authentication!!! A new email was sent, i clicked, then the game allowed my new IP. Again. Then, i tried to make this very same topic, BUT AGAIN i was asked to authenticate. I failed because now there is a million links to click on my email and im lost in the middle of them. Its the authentication version of mesmer clones, you cant find the real one.
Then, i tried to play again. AGAIN it asked me to, you guess it, authenticate!!!!
Now every time i want to login, either ingame or forums, i have to sort out through my emails to find the one to click. The IP is still the same for all this login attempts which supposedly has beem allowed the very first time, but i need to repeat this stupid process all the times. This makes it unplayable. If every time i want to play i need to authenticate, this is a sheety service. This is too much. The game is riddled with bugs. The forum is riddled with bugs. Your authentication sistem is crap. What security is this?? I payed for this game in April, way before the game was released, i i so much regret it now!!! Ive never seen anything like this before. Too bad to be true. And truely infuriating. I want this fixed. This is unacepptable. Mr Mike O’Brien, before the game released, said to the press that “GW is not a product, its a service”. Well, this is the worst service of all times. This complaint is gonna be repeated add aeternum until its fixed. I dont want to authenticate every time i wanna login. Either ingame or forums. Its gonna be published in other fansites,. Its gonna be screenshoted. It already is. Its gonna be saved in word so that i dont need to type all this crap again.
Signed -> Eduardo.4675, a very frustrated and furious customer.

I find it hilarious that the mods havent closed this useless waste of front page space of a thread yet. Its clogging my view, Anet. I want to see other equally useless threads without having to go to 2nd page. Its not fair for those equally useless “X class is OP thread”. All OP trap rangas/daga eles/bunka guardas/porta mesmas/stealth noobas threads need love, too. I was hit by 15K dmg from 100 blades warrior last night. Couldnt sleep. FIX IT!!

Yes. I have suggestions. Delete all the jewels, as you can only have 1 in spvp. You are using 4 extra carrions. Also, for pistol based bleeds, you’ll want +50% condition duration, instead of piling on undead condition dmg. Remove the purity sigil. Get shadows embrace instead of shadow protector. if you still need extra healing, remove fleet shadow and put assassins reward. You need sigil of agony. Force is for power builds. And bloodlust. This is not www. How about a 0/0/30/20/20 spread? just suggesting here, but its ur choice.

I just went to research. Gears cost 56 (!!!) copper… they bounce and apply stun for 3 secs, on top of dmg. Brilliant idea. “We dont want ppl to play the UI, so instead now were giving you Play The Inventory!!”. So good. Im crying. Im gonna buy some. Lol.

I thought it was gem stuff. Its even worse, then. Gears are cheaper than omnon ghost?? ridiculous.

Its not a thief skill. Its a gem skill. Its ridiculous. It shouldnt be there. You can purchase it in the gem store. On top of it, it also deals dmg. If a thief (of all classes) is using it, dont feel bad with urself, the joke is on him. I would never do this, ever. Foods and nourishments, i approve, its available for everyone and its mostly stats boost (minor ones), but this gem skills (the most popular is a skale venom thats lasts 10 minutes and applies weakness and vulnerability, its bugged as it applies regardless of crit or not, and its a 5% chance) are just cheese that the rich fat kids use to overcome theyre fatness.

Yes. Get used to heal more frequently with withdraw. Its also a evade for almost 1 sec, and removes movement impairing conditions, notably immobilize. Then use full centaur rune set. Its what i use in www.
I believe what you want is to save the SoS slot and get a speed buff that enables you to run away from others with swiftness, as SoS is clearly slower (for those that are sceptical, try chasing a SoS thief with perma swiftness and watch as the signet thief will be caught easier than you would imagine). This is my fix for it in www, as this set of runes serves both power builds and condition (bleed) builds. In spvp, either run without it and trust your shorbow, or take the signet. WWW is a much more forgiving environment, as you can make out for some losses in crit dmg or condition dmg with foods.
Withdraw is our most powerful on use heal, unless you have an extraordinary amount of healing power.

bhagwad.4281:

Eduardo.4675:

Yes, he is completely full glass, and then he is surprised… whats more ridiculous, he insists that “i didnt know he was there”, which means lack of awareness. This kind of inflamatory anti class posts freak me out.

Facts are facts. Whether it’s anti class is entirely upto you. I didn’t put that spin on it. You did.

When you arrive at a point and see no one, and the next second you’re on the ground, I challenge you to tell me what kind of awareness you’re talking about?

Don’t defend the indefensible.

Dude, if you wanna make a stand that a thief should not do 7k dmg with steal and 14k with backstab, go ahead, im not stoping you, in fact im in favor of reducing some skill modifiers: BS down from 2.4 to 2.0, and most importantly, heartseeker should only have 2 states, not 3, with the second one starting at less than 66% HP and reducing the skill modifier from 2.0 (almost the same as a perfect BS) to 1.6. Im a thief, with all my heart, but i understand that ppl are revolted with “cheeselers”, so be it. It would be a way to separate the wheat from the chaff. However, you cannot lie. If you do so, and i see the post, ill post back. Im very familiar with #s, and i know when ppl lie about their stats. This post climbed on a lie to gain strenght, and that is not fair.
My 2 cents.

Edit: you dont know how to read the stats panel. A mesmer has 916 tufness base and 920 defense base. Thas a total of 1836, not 2800. You are adding the base tufness on the left with the TOTAL armor on the right. Hence, you lied, either intentionally or by lack of knowledge. In both ways, it doesnt make you look pretty. And you still try to defend you defenseless point.

Yes, he is completely full glass, and then he is surprised… whats more ridiculous, he insists that “i didnt know he was there”, which means lack of awareness. This kind of inflamatory anti class posts freak me out.

As all can see now, the OP lied. He has 1836 armor, not 2800. I was right. To achieve 2800 armor, he needs 964 tufness, as I said above. I knew he was lying. Thats why i said all that about amulets. And appears as though i know quite a lot, mesmer. You, on the other hand, know nothing.
Edit: daecollo, when i made that post, i didnt see the second screenie.

If he is using the beserker amulet, there is no way for him to get 2800 armor. It just doesnt make sense, 17K HP and 2.8K armor on a mesmer. In the same build. Even if he used shaman jewel and tufness runes to go with the beserker, and added 300 from traits, he would only get 2.4K armor. He stated 2.8K armor. Its there in the OP. So, I ask: what buld is that? and what amulet? valkirye? rabid? cleric?

@daecollo
He is a mesmer. Look at side death report, his name is Napera Umertu.

OP, I dont believe you a single bit. Im almost sure you are lying. The only way a mesmer achieves 2800 armor is by adding 964 tufness, and im pretty sure there is no build out there (on a mesmer) that recommends adding 1K tufness. If you have a build with shaman amulet on a mesmer, thats a very weird build, and in that case i dont believe you know how to fight thieves. You would need 300 points from traits + amulet and jewel with tufness as secondary stat to achive 2780 armor, which is still 20 tufness shy of 2800. So, what do you have to say?

Budchgon.2108:

And Thieves still say stealth is not OP :-)
Hit- stealth- hit- stealth – hit – stealth etc …

You could say that in face of other videos, but not in this case. The OP is horrible. Clicking Shadow Refuge and Shadowstep is so horrid i have no words to describe it, so I’ll just mention it. You move the cursor to the skill, click, than move it again to the desired spot, than click again, well, its easy to imagine…
DJay is absolutely right, people have no notion of what is worth showing or not.
And there is more: the players he was facing were abismal, in the jumping puzzle video they are absolutely excruciating, seeing those 2 elementalists die to bleeding like that, with plenty of time to watercleanse the conditions made my eyes bleed themselves. And please, no more troloro music next time, it was this self presumptuousness expressed by the music that prompted to make this critique.
Also, just to mention Wild Bill, no one should cite or use Wild Bill as an example, he is what i call a pice of sheet, he is/was an exploiter, bug abuser, and completely devoid of any sense of fairplay, the reason he played without stunbreakers and other shadow refuge like abilities was that whenever he was downed he use the alt+f4 technique. I played this p/d for a long time in desolation and NEVER EVER i did use keep/tower/door watever bugs in my favor nor did i alt f4ed my way out of it, just to deny badges to my killers, under the assumption that they were not worthy, as he himself explained.

did i hear slowed pulse gives you regen whenever you bleed ppl??? i thought it was when ure bleeding urself…

Yes, devastation, i confused, i only did orr for the temples and their karma goods, not really versed in pve, lol.

The temple backpiece you are referring to is the cavalier spineguard, you can find this one at the temple of balthazar, in malchor leap. Its the temple of glorius victory, in ur map. It gives 22 tuf, 16 precision and 1% crit dmg. In the temple of silence (grenth), ull find the soldier spineguard, no crit but 22 power, 16 vit and 16 tuf. This backpieces can be upgraded with ruby/beryl jewels

I know that already, ive apologized…

Mrbig.8019:

Eduardo.4675:

Narcarsis.5739:

Galli pm me later for duels/info

Really? Lets duel? How old are you? So Wolverine hasnt got the right to have an opinion, even if he is wrong? We go straight to genocide? I can borrow you my Legos, ive grown up and dont need them anymore… Its easy to finish useless threads, specially when i know how to do it, and i usually detest this kind of attitudes. Ur responses to Biggie were already bad enough, but this “duel me” thing, its just halarious, you have just proven his “elitist” point…

tbh the guy was asking for advice >_>

OMG, ure right!! His answer came after weapon x post, i thought it was directed at him!! LOL, im sorry, it was a misunderstanding! What a tool!

Narcarsis.5739:

Galli pm me later for duels/info

Really? Lets duel? How old are you? So Wolverine hasnt got the right to have an opinion, even if he is wrong? We go straight to genocide? I can borrow you my Legos, ive grown up and dont need them anymore… Its easy to finish useless threads, specially when i know how to do it, and i usually detest this kind of attitudes. Ur responses to Biggie were already bad enough, but this “duel me” thing, its just halarious, you have just proven his “elitist” point…

Lesson to be learned: dont hold on to your fears!!

Umut.5471:

I want to know the same thing too, does dual sigil of accuracy/force stacks up to 10%?

Force does not stack up. Nor accuracy. Last i tested that, they didnt. But it was a long time ago, Anet does some weird ninja moves on us, every now and then.

Iohanna.4863:

If you have 3k attack, +10% dmg is essentially +300 power.

Nope. It should be +200 power.

They do stack in www. I use it, so i know. In pve it works too, ill assume. In spvp, i dont know.

nahkahiiri.2043:

Thanks for the answers! I’ll keep upgrading my stuff, maybe I have some better understanding what to aim.

@Eduardo – Do you use some sort of calculator to get those numbers?

Yes.
I have my own, that i made for pvp:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq3EsiG75NPNdHo2U2J0dnVFYXZNSmVCZDNVUFhyS3c#gid=4

And for www/pve i use this one, which ive downloaded from guru, its from a guy called Puandro, ill redirect you to the thread where i found it:
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/79418-whats-the-point-in-getting-more-precision/

You’ll have to download that one from Puandro to use it, mine is unlocked. Dont download the one from geist burdill, thats me on guru.

@OP
If you equip all soldier armor (for a bit more tufness and vitality), with beserker weapons, soldier spineguard with ruby jewel, and beserker trinkets with ruby jewels, and than add sigil of perception+sigil of accuracy, and use omnomberry ghost and master maintenance oil as foods, you will get this stats:
-2284 power
-13205 vitality
-66.4% crit chance
-+83% crit dmg (which means the crit multiplier is 2.33)
-2420 armor (1064 defense + 1356 tufness)
This is assuming you have 20/30/20/0/0, as you put in your post.
This armor is easy to get in the temples of Orr, ull need soldier pants from badges, the soldier spineguard you get in the temple of silence (the temple of grenth) and the rest of the zerker trinks and jewels in the TP. All this stats is with exotics, ure not gonna get this with greenery, so spend some gold…

Well, to be honest, the only way anet will fix this is to put as much effort into pvp as they put in to moderating… If someone reports soemone in this forums, even in useless threads like this one, the mods imediately actuate and delete the relevant posts. Even in this kinda of useless threads. Instead of deleting the whole thread.

tested the new achievements panel? everytime i try to see any of them in detail, i crash. Go fix it nao!!

Defektive.7283:

Defektive.7283:

I think the only solution here is to increase thief damage across the board by 68.3% and make them immune to immobilize / cripple.

At least, that’s the only obvious solution to me.

This guy has the right idea.

^This. I support both of you.

lepin.7068:

thanks all of you; but i can’t share my build. i’m sorry:(

MY PRECIOUSSSSSS!

Disregard my previous posts,now that ive dedicated more time to look at the achievements tab, i found that the title selection is right above the search button… I feel so idiotic now, lol! im going with champ shadow, maybe ransacker in the future, but since apparently ppl care for titles, im prolly gonna put a rabbit title, ur equivalent.

Archaon.6245:

Eduardo.4675:

Pardon my ignorance, but how do i put a title to be displayed? and more important, how do i remove that title (or any) from being displayed)? And how do i know im displaying the title?

You just choose the title you want from the list of unlocked ones into your char window -> Achievements..or you can chose to put “No Title” on..

Wel, that ive done, but i cant see if it displays… if you remenber from gw1, you would open a drop down list with all titles, check the box you wanted and then press F to see it. But here,i dont know how to confirm.

Pardon my ignorance, but how do i put a title to be displayed? and more important, how do i remove that title (or any) from being displayed)? And how do i know im displaying the title?

This vid is embarrassing; the author should be ashamed of such spammy gameplaying. In your meal, heartseeker is the apetizer, the main course, the cheese tray, the dessert and the coffee/decaf. About 60/65% of your victims are green arrows (and i dont mean the super hero from DC), and in ALL you fights you had ALLWAYS food and stone nourishment advantadge, in only one case there was a thief who had one nourishment up, and it was a stone, not even a food. This vid gives my profession bad name. Sorry, but thats the truth. And before you ask, yes, i love to put down such vids.

Liewec.2896:

be careful too, you dont want to report someone who is’nt actully hacking,
an engineer with Slick Shoes for example can move at +50%,
much faster than swiftness.

i’ve still not seen a hacker which is why i’m concerned that you’ve “seen” 2

Have a few giggles:

Hilarious, right? WRONG!! And I didnt put in the videos you can find on youtube ADVERTISING hacks, cause that would be a bannable offense and free publicity of something i despise.

Void.4239:

its working like anet wants it to work. ( its more or less good timing to use it )
Ow on a side note you not allowed to use macros.. so no programming the timing without a good chance of getting banned.

anet has the 0 tolerance against macros users.

1 button press = 1 skill
1 button press = multiple skills in a row with macros = warning / ban

macros made with naga razer mouse and logitec gaming keyboards aren’t allowed
use at your own risk i would say. But don’t be surprised when a ban-wave comes and you are in it

“anet has the 0 tolerance against macros users.”

You gotta be kiding me. Its there everywhere. And frankly, the timing to pull of C&D+steal its the easiest thing on earth, why would one need a macro is beyond me. You can see it in streams. And videos posted here, too. The zero tolerance with any kind of macros, hacks, exploits, bots, etc, is non existant. A couple of days ago I received in my inbox, of THIS very same forum im writing, a message from a GOLD seller offering me their services. That is the extent of it. I made a post about it, which was promptly closed.
Professions like mesmers, eles and engies are prone to macroing, due to the nature of their combos. Mesmers had the widely known shatter macro. What did they do? They made shattering spaced in between clones. Brilliant, hiding their head in the sand. Eles, due to their cross attune combos, are prone to macroing too. And Engies. All f1-f4 profs can fall prey to this. Hackers are everywhere. Exploiters too (what exactly is an exploit? if the doors allow you to trespass with a glitch or teleport, is it the players fault?).
These things are the kind of things that bother me the most in this game, it basically downgrades the game to Call of Duty level. A curious thing about thief most common macro: the haste+heartseeker macro, after you go invis, where 1 button makes you do several heartseekers in a row while hasted, to make it glitch with invisibility, its that this will turn heartseeker into a chanelled skill, capable of following a thief in stealth, like ranger rapid fire. And what about the “travelseeker” macro, to work as auto run but better, back when you could swap weapons to avoid the initiative spending in heartseeker? Take a look at it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp_0oktrl3k
Funny, right? and watch this one, already posted here in theses forums:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbhdsF4oEI8&feature=youtu.be

Zero tolerance? Go WWW and watch in awe as players without swiftness travel faster than my perma swift thief with shortbow. They glitch everywhere. And lots of invisibilty too, without touching me with cloak and dagger. Highly enjoyable.
Am I being overly cinical ad critic? yes. I hate the lot of them cheaters. All pressure I can put to try to force some actions from Anet is still not enough. The absence of real actions and fixes like the mesmer fix only encourage this kind of population to continue to ruin the experience for all others.

Ensign.2189:

Scootabuser.4915:

Just because you say it, doesn’t make it true ;

Which is why I suggest anyone who has any interest in this should go and test it themselves; the targeting dummies make it really easy, and the math is fairly simple and wholly transparent.

(and if anyone needs help with the process or the math, feel free to message me here or in game and I’d be happy to walk you through it)

EDIT – don’t know if it has been mentioned, but Accuracy Sigils do not stack. You should ditch one of them for a different Sigil (almost certainly a proc effect, since those are by far the highest damage boosts with a high crit rate).

That is the reason I asked about Skill Multipliers and Unload. I too do all my own theorycrafting, and when i saw a Constant (as you call it) of 2.4 for Unload, i was suspicious, because that may lead to assume that 2.4 is to be multiplied by power, weapon and then divided by armor. With Unload, however, things dont work that way.
2.4 is the constant for Backstab, when you hit from the back. And we all know Unload is far from reaching the numbers of proper backstabing. But this has an explanation. Using the tooltip as a guidance to determine the constant, as you seem to be doing, may lead to squinted results. 2600 armor is more or less the armor of the heavy golem, so we can easily see if Unload and Backstab are working proper. Unload is not. In all power ranges I tested, when contrasting Tooltip with Golem, the variations for Unload were sometimes very noticeable, even within values of power for tooltip only. I got values that ranged from 2.34 to 2.46 only using the tooltip descriptons. For a power of 1216 i get 8*18 (144) from tooltip, which will get me 2.463 constant. For power of 1066 I get 8*15 (120) from tooltip, which is a constant of 2.341. Almost 5%.
Using the golems to test various values for power, i get ranges between 2.239 and 2.386, only with heavy golem. Quite different scenario from backstab, where values are alot more consistent across the board, tooltip or golems. The tooltip varies between 2.397 and 2.409, much closer. And using heavy golem, I get 2.385 to 2.400.
This may not seem much, but when comparing the dmg stated on the tooltip for both skills, and then seeing what dmg they did to the heavy golem, there were some nice discrepancies. All tests i did i used steady weapons, and the difference backstab on tooltip and on golem was only of 1 dmg, in all cases where there was a discrepancy, this amounted to less than 1% difference between tooltip and golem. And most times there was no difference. With Unload there was plenty of cases with 8 dmg discrepancy, which amounted to almost 10% in some cases.
This makes Unload do less dmg than its supposed to do. In reality, not tooltip.
Also, Unload its much more affected by RNG associated with weapon range dmg and crit chance than skills like cluster bomb, which have only 3 hits or only 1 if you chose not ot detonate. If you crit with cluster, its max dmg crit multiplier on a variable weapon dmg range hit. Unload will not totally crit unless you have 100% crit chance. And then you have RNG on weapon range for each of the 8 hits. Its this negative RNG that affects Unload total dmg output when you compare with backstab; despite having basically the same constant and same potential for big dmg, it will never give you 12k crits like backstab.