Guild Wars 2

yeah there should be a proper intro like on a football match

did they do ERP with you?

berserker > marauder > everything

Dawanarth.4601:

It will become OP in WvW : hide in a corner of an allied tower, when the enemy take that tower,wait for them to leave and you can just go kill the champion.

you can easily do that with regular stealth

same here, they probably broke something

just make rev its like warrior+thief

Dominik.5162:

Moa is the only counter to various transformation skills.
Dodge, Block, & Aegis are the counters to Moa.
I don’t see a problem here.

And to the people who say, “but i can’t LoS on point whem I am in Moa QQ!!”…get real people that’s one of the purposes of Moa, either to kill an oponent while he is already pressured, counter a transformation, or to get him off point to quickly decap him.
And good players know when they can leave a point to get back in quickly to not get decapped.

mesmer represent explains why bullkitten mesmer abilities are not bullkitten

you mean you cant be a huge rampaging moa? thats a bummer

looks like a huge mess

stealth doesnt break when you take damage, you probably get revealed by some ability that focuses on removing stealth

there are more simple ways to hurt and humiliate yourself than trying to solo tower lord with d/p

Fat Disgrace.4275:

Pff, if you 2 are going to brag about your gender then I would much rather watch you 2 have a topless mud wrestleing match, not silly pve fractals videos , or your jam.

Back on topic, has bs always had an after cast this long? It’s weird because tactical strike has a faster re-cast time then back stab.

yeah and after AA buff landing backstab was hardly worth the effort over autoattacking since in place of backstabs cast/aftercast you could do about the same damage with dagger AA without any positioning requirement

Cynz.9437:

Lexander.4579:

BlaqueFyre.5678:

Lexander.4579:

everything non-HoT is viable as long as you enjoy getting slaughtered

Core Thief just as well if not better with all the Condi spam than Daredevil, Thief in general this season is at a huge disadvantage with the surplus of DHs in every ranked match, only build I found that can troll DHs effectively is a P/P build that melts DH while Kiting.
I haven’t tried any other non Hot Specs this season so I have no input with them.

yep p/p is probably your best bet against DH spam but then again equally skilled DH will simply bury you under his defensive CDs while all he needs to bring u down is pull u through his test of faith then push you out with true shot using knockback trait

in other words DH only needs needs to land his pull to kill a thief which is extremely precise and fast, making it difficult to dodge other than on prediction

Or this happens if you actually attempt to use stunbreak mid of pull :<

anet got tired of seeing thieves escape dragon maw and hunter’s ward just by spending shadowstep and getting a 1 sec knockdown out of nowhere so instead DH can imprison now inside the terrain

Saiyan.1704:

Shylock.4653:

lossofmotivation.3407:

This is how bad the state of the game is at the moment… the amount of braindead zombies around is huge.

lossofmotivation.3407:

you just see traps and passive damage / blocks / invuls and CC flying everywhere…

That happens if you try to make a game so casual that even a toddler can play it.

You’re getting confused with WoW PvP. GW2 is so much difficult that casuals are having a tougher time. Easier is always more popular, it’s why players complain sooo much about items that’s not even OP.

Lexander.4579:

funny that it took people in this game so long to realize how b/s are DHs

Prepatch, DH got countered by Ele, Engi, Rev, & Rangers. Now we only have issues with Revs & Rangers on point. They nerfed Ele and Engi while also buffing DH. Players frustrations are DH being stackable while their main classes can’t beat them anymore.

The game is balanced (for the most part) in ESL, non stackable classes, but SPvP matchmaking could still use some work.

dont think you understand that DH stacking is not the problem, the problem is that DH is so b/s that you can get away stacking them

most of nerfs and buffs to DH or other classes are irrelevant and the only thing they do is forcing the community towards or away from a class, since people generally seek to play what’s “most op”, there werent changes big enough to completely change the class’ standing in sPvP outside of those crazy warrior buffs since nobody played them

you realize how ridiculous are DH traps with all the free boons they give on top of their extremely powerful effects and they go on cooldown as soon as they are placed instead of going on cooldown once they trigger or rather expire
you realize that DH elite skill that refreshes virtues is complete bullkitten now with those virtue upgrades DH got from HoT, while another elite – dragon maw does sick damage, hard limits mobility and gives free 10 stacks of might

DH simply stepped into the spotlight with the recent pack of changes and that made them noticed by players who seek ez game ez life, they’ve always been that strong

Kageseigi.2150:

Cynz.9437:

I present you combination of shadowstep and guard pull! Only fix is to relog :|

That makes me think… why does Scorpion Wire get obstructed so easily even on “even” ground, but other pulls (Guardian, Necromancer, etc.) will easily pull you down off of walls and ledges?

Does Scorpion Wire actually “pull” like normal? Or does it use “shadowstep” mechanics?

scorpion wire projectile flies close to the ground and its one of the slowest projectiles in game after thief sb2 so its easy to obstruct it even by sidestepping it without any dodge

DH pull on the other hand is extremely fast also it flies as straight as a pistol/gun shot, its probably one of the best projectiles in game

at least they could remove 1 hour aftercast from backstab if they planned on adding such a stupid thing as that cooldown

acro tree is already good enough considering its synergy with DD and there is no need to overload it, like free regen on upper hand is already too much

some traits of course are still straight up garbage like guarded initiation or vigorous recovery, but whatever, gw2 as a whole suffers from offering a lot of choices just for the sake of having chocies, hence at least half of them are either noob traps or obviously bad

but even then in every tier of acro there is at least 1 good trait to pick from so its already pretty good, you know

yep, p/p 2 has always been straight up garbage while 4 and 5 have really poor synergy with p/p kit (no need to bring up DD traits for god’s sake, weapon skills should synergize within the whole class, not a single spec tree)

fortunately thief can get away using just one ability over and over and Unload is a skill you’d want to use in that way. I’d like of course some other weapon skill on p/p instead of 2, 4 or 5 like a precise, delayed high damage shot to counter retaliation spam for example, but oh well, Unload will do too

BlaqueFyre.5678:

Lexander.4579:

everything non-HoT is viable as long as you enjoy getting slaughtered

Core Thief just as well if not better with all the Condi spam than Daredevil, Thief in general this season is at a huge disadvantage with the surplus of DHs in every ranked match, only build I found that can troll DHs effectively is a P/P build that melts DH while Kiting.
I haven’t tried any other non Hot Specs this season so I have no input with them.

yep p/p is probably your best bet against DH spam but then again equally skilled DH will simply bury you under his defensive CDs while all he needs to bring u down is pull u through his test of faith then push you out with true shot using knockback trait

in other words DH only needs needs to land his pull to kill a thief which is extremely precise and fast, making it difficult to dodge other than on prediction

elite specs were designed to make people buy HoT, thats all

everything non-HoT is viable as long as you enjoy getting slaughtered

nice try but too bad there is no point to play anything other on rev than shiro since all mechanics you need to have is toggling quickness on and off and spamming 111

there is often a bunch of 1v1 weirdos roaming around the castle on eternal battleground with their own awkward honor code and stuff so you might try to spar with them, they are usually on the eastern side of it iirc

funny that it took people in this game so long to realize how b/s are DHs

still not as b/s as mesmers though, but its harder to see so I expect it might take 1 more year until its figured out

portal range should be 100

because devs keep forcing d/p weapon set on thieves down people’s throats for years already

thats pretty much uncalled nerf but the lame d/p weapon set situation had gotten out of hand and needs to be dealt with

however i dont understand why all thief builds once again have to suffer because d/p should be nerfed instead of just removing smoke combo field from P 5

i wonder how does that boon reaping work with sneak attack, 10 boons stolen? xD

you straight up handicap yourself if you use power d/d over power d/p, sadly d/p 5-2 spam is straight up easier and stronger than d 5

that skill’s name fits just fine with Logan’s lore so i dont see any problem

weakness is an extremely powerful condition

you just dont hear a lot of whining about it because mediocre players have hard time noticing it

sanctum scramble, ley line run are extremely fun adventures where i got gold from a couple of tries initially

on the wings of gold and salvage pit are so easy even casuals can get gold there easily

dont get all the hate for adventures, there are some stupid ones like the floor is lava and masks of the fallen but not all of them are bad

if you like to go in guns blazing instead of spamming d 2 in a smoke cloud for half a minute then staff is for you

2 reasons to swap weapons for thief: use bow 5 and stop using bow 5

Redenaz.8631:

I love love love my human male’s voice. Especially that /laugh .

I’m sure some people don’t feel it fits their character concept as well, but short of providing multiple voice sets, I don’t think that’s a solvable problem. The amount of voicework required in the game (gender, race, classes, story decisions, languages, etc.) is pretty staggering as it is, so I can’t see them adding more options. It’s just too expensive.

im satisfied with that voice for my human thief as well

but when you want to play a buff guardian/warrior, a grim necromancer or an aged elementalist that voice doesnt fit there at all

mfw my steal teleports me to the target and gives “obstructed”

is it just me or charr voices sound totally fine?

human voices could use some work and diversity though

- some random buffs
- some uncalled nerfs
- random abandoned utility skill category gets insane buffs and is now mandatory
- some condi amulets removed
- some condi amulets added

i agree teef op

one time in my life i tri to kill teef but he evadeded all dey and den i dieded from fall damage

gee gee anet

you cant have both staff and stealth, besides staff almost doesnt rely on stealth

nice, add a res animation where you spill a bucket of water on the downed slacker

p/p works like a charm against DHs, LoS or move out of range when they pop their infinite sustain skills, LoS/dodge true shot and move out of hunter’s ward and you should be fine

sure you still have much less sustain and range but your damage is much bigger and as long as you use those dodges well you should be fine

Daredevil is not assassin/warrior, its what thief should’ve been from the very beginning given the terrible base hp/def of the class extra dodges have been essential for the class from the beginning and old feline grace from acro spec is a good proof of that

revenant on the other hand is the actual assassin/warrior with their bullkitten straightforward damage and straightforward sustain

staff thief destroys d/p thief any day of the year

kittens of glory skyrocket to 1 g each overnight

and what do you want? warriors are the class with by far the highest armor/hp in game and a ton of defensive abilities

giving them the damage on par with other classes simply breaks it

pvp in this game is kittening dull and boring thats why

and because i dont watch streams at all, its an entertainment for not very bright people

Yuki Aburame.5283:

I don’t think it would need a buff, since we can weapon switch. So we have some attacks but weaker than with both hands. And 5 utility skills is probably strong. (Feels like this would take sb s place)

dont know mate, unless you are planning to cleave with dagger or staff basic attacks on haste i cant quite imagine how you could kill anything without the proper dual wield skills and 4/5 weapon skills

i dont see the connection between pvp being boring and the usual low rank whining about matchmaking and other crap

is the pvp boring? yeah pretty much i cant imagine doing more than 10-20 matches per week although some people are able to grind 100 per week easily while being stuck in sapphire

is the balance bad? i’d say its the most balanced season since HoT, and more balanced than the majority of pre-HoT timeline too, definitely there is more ridiculous bullkitten going on around but at least every class is able to pull it off

is matchmaking bad? nope, other than “git gud” there is really nothing else to say no matter how bitter or salty that phrase makes you

you have almost full mail bruh