and refuses to spare the life in return for the surrender at discretion (unconditional surrender)
of a vanquished opponent.
Thank you Viking Jorun.5413 for backing up my statements
I already helped out one guy today here
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/crafting/Charged-Quartz-Off-limits-to-new-players/first#post3727357
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gift_of_Quartz
Just sent a message in game. If you want we can go to my place later and we can get some.
Hey grim if you are on a NA server I can let you in my home instance once a day for a chance at getting one from a mineral node.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gift_of_Quartz
Earned this a while back and now have over 35 charged quartz crystals from just this.
Also ranger pets can give you buffs if you need.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Juvenile_Brown_Bear
“Brown bears are tremendously strong and fiercely protective. They throw themselves into combat selflessly to distract attention from their masters, and use their great strength to shrug off blows that would kill any other creature.”
It tanks and will cure conditions That’s a Two-For-One!
YW I happen to be searching for this very thing right before I saw your post. Good Timing!
Random Thief Solo of Lupi
http://youtu.be/oLOIo4_FJyg
Sounds like you may be better suited to playing a ranger.
Pros- If you get scared you can hide behind a bear and range with a bow (Long or Short)
Cons- Virtually none
GL
Bunker Guardian /thread
I like the current version of Pistol Whip.
@AlbertoUlkesh.4517
Lets try not to derail this thread any further. I have other thoughts I could share with you on this topic but this isn’t the place for it.
If you would like to discuss it, building a video repository of helpful (Solo / Team Queue) Play that could be an option. Possibly make a playlist on youtube and share it of other videos that exist. GL
@AlbertoUlkesh.4517
It is an older video, I wanted to point out that there are sources for information on how to play the various maps. I could search for others, but then so can the people who need these.
PSA: You never get done with practice, it’s a continual process of self improvement so don’t let that get you down.
Tip: Once you feel comfortable with rotations (where you need to be at on the map) notice how often you get in fights and practice for it.
Solo fights at far point? – Join a dueling server and practice.
Also watching some of the top streamers can help
Caed – http://www.twitch.tv/narcarsis
Sizer – http://www.twitch.tv/sizer2654 (Live Now at the time of this post)
Cheers! Another great video! Thanks for Sharing!
Hey Nimrud.5642
I noticed you posting about a couple D/P Builds. These seem like WvW setups. I just wanted to say if you plan on doing sPvP/tPvP here are the current Thief Meta builds.
Very Nice!
I always appreciate being able to see the thief perspective.
Someone needs to implement an instructional videos (discussing strategies and such) for noobs entering tPvP for the first time. And they should be forced to watch it.
Like This?
Guild Wars 2 – Team rotation guide – Forest of niflhel
http://youtu.be/ZczwwJFVcMI
PvE Thief : Norn
Reason: Weapon Models Scale with Character Model.
(Bigger Thief = Bigger Weapons)
PvP Thief: Asura (obvious reasons)
Town Clothes: Attached
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Great suggestion!
I think this could further encourage those who wish to be competitive in PvE to have something besides speed runs to show how awesome they are!
Love it!
Thanks Allie & Anet
I look forward to when we get to hear about the new PvP Rewards coming
Snip
Well said +1
No worries!
I am glad I was able to assist in some way with providing Wish’s post. Wish and I have both gone over the stats at length comparing stat sets and I am glad that work is still able to be a benefit to others in the community.
If you had specified what game mode you needed help in I could have given you a more accurate answer. With an open ended question such as “Is this better?” It is difficult to give a straight answer since the question lacks critical information. (Game Mode)
1. Am I correct that running zerker trinkets with soldiers head/chest/legs and zerker rest (all with ruby orbs or traveler runes) is better than running valk armor (also with ruby orbs or traveler runes)?
Yes this is correct if you are wanting a * balanced build
*(A split between DPS and survivability). Wish has some posts here where he explains all the math on a balanced build that he used for WvW.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Building-a-better-D-D-thief/first
Sadly it is not optimal for sPvP or PvE.
WvW you can use whatever you personally prefer since WvW can not be * balanced.
*(made fair for all sides since you can’t make sure each side has the same number of participants)
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PvE -
1. Beserker Everything
2. This change hasn’t happened. Mob specific Sigil + Night/Force
PvP -
1. Beserker Everything
2. (Echo) – Sigils Force + Fire
While you are learning sPvP thief here are some streams you can watch and learn from.
Caed – http://www.twitch.tv/narcarsis (NA)
Magic Toker – http://www.twitch.tv/magictoker (NA)
Sizer – http://www.twitch.tv/sizer2654 (EU)
If you follow the streams you will get notifications when the channels are live. GL
LoL you said bunker thieves +1
@ Cifer.2357
Dark Combo Fields do work for world bosses but it isn’t nearly as effective.
World bosses have much more hit points especially when scaled up.
The jade maw has much less health than most bosses.
It is a unique boss since you can’t physically attack it and the damage it takes is typically regulated by throwing charged crystals at it.
Hypothesis: This has happened because
1. The change to allow dark combo fields to scale with power
2. Throwing Crystals that work as a projectile combo getting bonus damage?
(This is speculation based on what I have been reading. It doesn’t seem like preposterous hypothesis Did Steve tell you that, perchance? Steve?)
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If Anet makes new legendary weapons will they have the same basic formula?
This has not been stated officially or unofficially.
TL:DR Can’t be answered except by Anet
I run CM 1,3 often also I am a proud Quip Owner
I think CM is best played with at least 1 thief in the party for those good stealth skips
They did say good things were coming for thieves
(I don’t think this is it , but I’ll take it if it’s intended. )
i will tell you what happend recently… all bad thieves rerolled warriors
LOL have a +1 Sir
Dungeon Team disbanded as far as I know.
Sorry Mate
+1 Would buy a crown
Well said Amaterasu.6280 +1
Grats! I am working on a similar goal but for my Norn Theif.
Currently at Bolt, Quip, Dreamer, (partially done with Incinerator), Frenzy, (partially done with Kamohoali’i Kotaki).
I really like how you did the image. I will emulate that when I get mine completed.
I’m Pretty sure we can all blame Vol.7601 for this. It’s got to be his signature.
“How to make 8-12G/HR ? http://i.imgur.com/AMoiQaC.png”
I echo what Jester says.
Never Forget Siege Turtles (I like turtles)
I heard we are getting a NERF as well this upcoming patch.
Source?
This was not mentioned on the ready up but rather that thieves would be getting some buffs.
Personal suggestion: Don’t believe anything you hear and 1/2 of what you see. If thieves are getting a nerf in the next patch Anet will announce it. If they have not announced it then there is no need to worry.
I just want to throw this out there and understand why we keep getting nerfed, and why people keep complaining on how thieves are so OP lol…
Thieves get nerfed/buffed to keep the game balanced as well as they can.
People complain about thieves because they feel they are not balanced/fair in their eyes or they just despise the class for one agenda or another.
*Edit Since there are players questioning if Devs play thief I am including
Guild Wars 2 Developer Guide: PvE Thief
Karl McLain offers a beginner’s guide to the thief in GW2 PvE
http://youtu.be/CLEfsBTh6_A
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Hey guys,
Just a quick update on where the whole scavenger hunt system stands since I know that’s a topic many of you have brought up recently. We’re not currently actively working on building any sort of legendary precursor scavenger hunt, this is something we want to do in the future and we’re in the midst of designing how this would function, but no one is actively building this feature and you should not expect in the Jan/Feb/March releases at this point.
Linsey Murdock
I am definitely working on the precursor scavenger hunt!
To clarify since I think these two statements could be confusing without context, Linsey is indeed working on designing the system by which we’d add precursor scavenger hunts to the game. We are not actively implementing that design yet, it hasn’t been finalized, and building it that will involve a much larger team.
Hey guys,
Just a quick update on where the whole scavenger hunt system stands since I know that’s a topic many of you have brought up recently. We’re not currently actively working on building any sort of legendary precursor scavenger hunt, this is something we want to do in the future and we’re in the midst of designing how this would function, but no one is actively building this feature and you should not expect in the Jan/Feb/March releases at this point.
We are however working on expanding reward systems to make them more re-rewarding across all parts of the game, making the open world more rewarding, and adding new ways you can earn precursors as rewards via new reward systems taking advantage of our open persistent world.
Some of these additions will come as early as the January release, and will get covered in more detail in the next week or two as well release all the details about this release once testing has signed off it’s all ready to go in January. (we’ll also provide a high level summary of our goals with reward systems, etc. in our 2013 blog post, which should be out next week)
Blog Post
Looking Ahead: Guild Wars 2 in 2013
Legendary Gear and Precursors
We aren’t quite ready to go into all the details here, but what I can say is you will see a specific way to build precursor items on your way to a legendary. On top of this, you’ll also see new legendary weapons and new types of legendary gear in 2013. Building your precursor will require a large amount of the new crafting material rewards listed above, 500 in crafting, and likely a combination of other items earned for completing more specific content in the game.
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As Cynz.9437 mentioned you can’t change your skills during the match. I have left a small checklist of the skills I find optimal for running the orb.
Please make sure when you hear something new to check the forums by searching and/or looking through the first couple of pages to see if your topic has already been posted about.
2 Examples Below from 2 days ago as of this post.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Let-s-Talk-Pistol-Whip-Upcoming-Change/
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Pistol-whip-is-good-now-please-do-not-change/
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Personal Thief Orb Running Setup (WTB Flag Stand)
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Withdraw
Signet of Shadows
Signet of Agility
Roll for Initiative
Daggerstorm
Weapon Shortbow + S/D
Wow, at least anyone coming to this thread will not have and question over which trait is better for dungeons.
Sundering Strikes is greater DPS than Mug. It has been discussed and beaten to death now.
*Note this isn’t any new news. I dare say all the good thieves have been using this in dungeons since it got buffed.
/Thread GGKTHNXBYE
Report Similar threads to mods to have them merged?
(This is a guess IDK if this works)
Q: How to eliminate stacking?
A: Enable Allied Until Collision
Stacking – (Working as intended)
oh ok, I will edit the above
nobody really calls blurred frenzy “clunky”
Blurred Frenzy is better than PW though mechanically.
-small cast time Evasion
-Hits all targets in a small area
PW
-Delay on evasion due to the 2-part nature of the skill (Stun / Flurry )
-Hits targets in a cone in front of character
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I find the ore nodes very convenient. I often do my daily’s right before I go to work and now this ore pack + the two nodes I already have allow me to get 75% gatherer virtually instantly. I often camp at the Royal Terace (also at any time I can teleport to it for free with the royal pass) and then you can WP to the human starter instance next to it for free.
The Salma District – http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Salma_District
I expect to see more nodes in the home instance as they are trying to find reasons to get players to visit them more often. I view my home instance in GW2 similarly to my HoM from GW1.
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What’s SoM? Acronym escapes me atm.
Signet of Malice
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Signet_of_Malice
SoM + The multi hits of PW will keep you at full health.
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