Guild Wars 2

so… tldr: glass cannon + distortion tank

Nothing new here. Just stack conditions on him, kite, and have a bit of toughness to negate his burst.

Destin.2458:

Ticket: 121227-003051 resolved thx Gaile Gray if you had anything to do with it
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But now my problem is i can not play like i normally do without that fear of being ban out of no where for no apparent reason…
From what i gathered over the pass week or so, there is a chance of being banned for the following:
1) sending or receiving mail
2) typing in chat
3) withdrawing from guild bank
4) participating in WvW
5) killing or grinding monsters/events
6) Crafting/salvaging/buying from vendor
7) Logging in(game thinks you are being hacked)
temporary ban or a ban in error.. a ban is still a ban
It’s driving me nuts….

This.

It’s so strange to “play” a “game” that plants ban-mines all over. Heck just for saying that i’ll likely be banned.

The game can be fun and beautiful, so it’s a surprise to see such illogical and extreme measures taken.

Pinkus.2860:

To the TC players involved in the Garrison – Cragtop (Or whatever that tower is called on your map) battle about 8-9 hours ago… GOOD GOD you guys are persistant. One mesmer tried portal bombing into the keep atleast 6 times without succeeding Felt kind of bad for him because he was going in hard as hell. Great fights had by all!

he might try swapping Blink with Mantra of Concentration next time…

plasmacutter.2709:

The fact remains that, even if the combo is on cooldown, you have access to a combo that:

1 – the target cannot see coming – at all – (this is to contrast with quickness + 100B)

2 – will reliably kill or put unto death’s door anything but a 100% pure bunker build in approximately 1 second (if caught unaware without boons up, it will also kill 100% pure bunker eles because of their low base hp)

This approaches the absolute ceiling of human reaction time, and is absurdly unfair, especially coupled with the many “get out of being squished free cards” thieves get.

Mesmers you can see coming, and can only do this because of a bug causing +100% mind wrack damage.

Warriors you can see coming, and once the one-trick is gone they can’t escape.

Thieves do have many weaknesses when not doing this, they have serious mechanic issues and weapon and weapon set viability issues due to ill-advised nerfs and design choices in specific sets, but THIS combo needs to go.

Either a hard-block needs to be put in place to prevent the mug-c&d-steal-backstab combo, or the damage of one or more of these needs to be toned down significantly.

NOBODY has a right to an IWIN button, even on a long cooldown, if you want instakills the FPS world is that way

This.
Let’s make pvp fun for everyone again, not just thieves.

Don’t forget that crit does not apply to condition damage. The Dueling Tree is purely crit so pushing that tree and then attempting to make it into a confusion build waters down both areas.

Crit does apply to your phantasms though… Sword/Pistol seems a good match for high burst damage if you go Duelist > Bullet > Leap > Frenzy. That should knock just about anything on their back except a guardian if you’ve high power and crit. Combo it up by leading with Chaos Storm on the target and then switching weapons.

On a separate note, and oddly enough, vit does not apply to illusions but toughness does. Hence, if you create a shatter build then the Chaos tree doesn’t seem as valuable. However, if you go with a persistent phantasm build, then you’ll want Chaos.

Another option is to go with a condition/toughness build with Chaotic Transference and six Superior Runes of the Undead. This will add 10% of your toughness as condition damage. Then run a persistent clone confusion build with illusionary defense + compounding power. To keep your clones up try persisting images and signet of illusions. This means you don’t shatter unless you or your target is about to die.

Beachead.4127:

All I am reading is “I am trying to defend my overpowered class from getting nerfed so everyone else should l2p. I am scared so i will lash out at everyone else and call them nubs”

Get over it. Thevies are one of the most overpowered classes i have ever seen in the many mmos i have played.

This.

It’s like thieves are playing an entirely different game than the rest of us.

too many dudes…