Guild Wars 2

Conner.4702:

They have been using a K.I.S.S. method, different meaning though. Killing It Shockingly Slow

This guy wins.

Grimreaper.5370:

Paulie.6215:

Add a blind when it hits. That’s all it needs.

You honestly think adding a blind would add build diversity?

You asked what would make cnd viable. I answered you.

WingLegacy.7159:

Your thoughts…..?

B&S is garbage. Had high hopes but it’s just awful imo.

ColdHuh.6785:

Just decided to delete GW2 and wait 1 day for the blade and soul assassin and this happens…

Welcome back.

Ragnar the Rock.3174:

Frankly damage even with AA has never been a problem for my thief.

The thing preventing thieves from getting into groups is the lack of group buffs & group utility.

I don’t play a thief for group buffs. I play a thief to kill kitten. Period.

If I want group buffs I’ll play my guardian.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/414soi/skill_balance_preview_livestream_notes/

Add a blind when it hits. That’s all it needs.

No just no…..

1/26

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

rchu.8945:

Xenon.4537:

I love(d) alacrity. It makes the class feel powerful and unique without relying on auto attacks and brain-dead gameplay. Unfortunately they are nerfing the crap out of it and a lot of people are claiming this is justified and everything will be okay.

Well I’m a filthy casual (been busy with school) and haven’t gotten to raid. So I’m wondering if someone can explain to me exactly why alacrity was so OP? Is there a video showcasing how it was “trivializing content”?

I’ve tried looking on youtube for record speed kills of all 3 raid bosses and alacrity doesn’t seem to be a huge factor. The uptime seems to be 50% or less in most cases (from the perspective of non-mesmers). And these “speed kills” often end with 1-3 minutes left on the 8 minute timer which seems perfectly acceptable to me… I mean is it supposed to be so hard that the boss can’t die until the last second like a movie cliche where they diffuse the bomb with 1 second left on the clock?

Here’s an important question: At what point do we attribute raid boss kills to OP boons rather than player skill and experience? Are we just going to play whack-a-mole nerfs every time a group of players finds a way to beat the boss?

Or am I completely off the mark? Is it being nerfed due to pvp?

no idea, but from a reddit thread, someone mentioned that Josh Davis made a comment that he was outplayed by a Mesmer recently, and then now the heavy nerf hammer dropped. It seems Anet developers (probably most dont play Mesmers, maybe just Robert Gee), have it out for Mesmers.

See thread here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4186vf/the_math_behind_alacrity_and_the_resulting/

“Kimberly013
I think that the leadership at GW2 is deliberately trying to kick Mesmer out of the game. I further think that it is pretty cowardly to hide your answers here and not respond on your own game forums.
@Josh Davis. You complained on Twitch about being outplayed by a specific Mesmer build and that build was removed from the game in the very next patch.
Did you get outplayed by a chronomancer? Is that why you hate Mesmer so much?”

Given the trend how Mesmer being nerfed for the past 3 years, I dont doubt the above is a possibility.

I guess now you’ll see what thieves have had for over a year. Thieves have been in the toilet. Now we’re climbing out with anets help.

See you in wvw friends.

Thank you for the quick reply.

Can you sell any of the new legendaries after building it? For example, can you sell HOPE or Evermore after you make it or is it immediately soul bound once you finish the build?

Can you sell any of the new legendaries after building it? For example, can you sell HOPE or Evermore after you make it or is it immediately soul bound once you finish the build?

No way…

15 characters

Tengu.5267:

“Thief

In the recent history of thieves, their damage roles have been largely burst-based due to initiative, while their autoattacks do little to sustain their DPS. In addition, initiative often needs to be used defensively, which can take a toll on overall damage output. Our design for this profession tends to lean toward damage, mobility, and evasiveness. In the first quarter of this year, we’ll be looking to drastically improve thief melee autoattacks until their overall sustained damage when coupled with initiative use is extremely dangerous. In addition to the damage improvements, we’ve done a bit of reworking and improvements to the Acrobatics specialization line."

This sounds promising..

So wait…you’re going to make us spam “1” more and a “bit of reworking” on acrobat?

That’s it?

This is what you choose to tease us with?

Sigh. Can we PLEASE get so someone who ACTUALLY plays thief regularly to talk to us?

This is just sad.

Nope I do not agree. Vault is almost perfect right now.

We’re down to discussing the NEXT elite spec now? Have things gotten that bad?

Someone else said travellers runes weren’t working right. Wonder if it’s racial or class based?

Both.

There’s zero reason to have pvp xp in wvw or eotm.

Methods.4023:

Ya I’m having same problem too but only seems to happen in lion arch.

Odd I’m seeing it in all game modes but only on norn and human.

I think we should get WVW XP in the PVE areas then? You know, to even it out?

OR remove all unusable XP from WvW. At least this would keep the yawnfest ktrains from forming.

Wryscher.1432:

My gf plays a necro with the dagger run speed trained. She was saying she had to take the dagger off and on to get it working again sometimes. I wonder if something is breaking it.

I tried unequipping and reequipping all armor and weaps, reslotting utilities, etc. Nothing works. I’m just moving slower…

With Anet would at least respond to this…It’s really annoying being so slow EVEN when I slot the 25% run speed utility…

Guess you didn’t read the other posts?

BobbyT.7192:

Causes the UI to reset

GG anet

Ya this is comical…sad but comical.

Miss Lana Too.5794:

Is this everywhere? I know they fixed the Leader of the Pact not giving swifty in cities, but that was pre today’s patch.

I’m seeing this issue in LA, maguuma, EB and EOTM. Also I noticed this starting after yesterday’s patch.

Same with my norn guardian. No difference in speed.

Albadaran.1283:

My Norn seems to be running slower. Humans no difference.

I see this on my humans but not asura.

Very frustrating…

Ya, it’s getting to me now. I keep trying different distances and timing it and no matter what I do, I get the same exact time with and without my 25% run speed slotted.

Something is definitely off with the last patch.

Is anyone else finding an issue with normal run speed?

I just seem to be moving slower.

Also, I slotted the 25% run speed trait and saw no real difference in run speed with it slotted or not.

Something seems off.

I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Hyde.6248:

This^. I used steal for swiftness. I don’t think I’ve ever accidentally pressed steal and was then kittened because it when on CD.

Never? Not a single time? Nah don’t believe you.

I’m pretty sure ALL thieves have wasted a steal CD at one point or another. Saying otherwise merely makes you a liar lol.

Aguri.2896:

Paulie.6215:

-1

I love this change. No more wasted steals.

Anet please leave this change exactly how it is.

If you were wasting steals its a l2p issue.

Nah.

Every single thief has wasted their steal on the millisecond before a target goes into stealth. Denying that means you’re lying.

No more wasted CDs.

One change that I totally agree with.

It’s much better like this. No more wasted CDs.

It wasn’t a nerf.

-1

I love this change. No more wasted steals.

Anet please leave this change exactly how it is.

Ah ya forgot about that.

Thanks

Zodryn.4216:

Jana.6831:

“At least” everything was bug fixes – not happy about one “bug” fix in wvw… actually I’m pretty mad because of it

ETA: But on the plus side, the BL dagger is the first BL dagger skin I like.

Steal needs a target now.

Am I miss My something? Didn’t steal always require a target?

Or am I getting trolled?

Mix and match.

(15 char)

WvW and the Thief class…

I’m doomed.

Karl McLain.5604:

FYI the damage increases weren’t part of a re-work of pistols or anything (something I’ve discussed in the past). We realize it still needs some work to get it to where we want, but we wanted to get it closer to being to that point with these changes. We’ll be looking at pistols more in-depth in the future.

-Karl

“…in the future.”

Also, pistols are a small part of what this class needs.

PLEASE do not focus 100% of your attention on pistols.

Love it. But means Anet will never do it.

I’m just waiting for the outright deletion of the thief class at this point.

KillEveryoneElse.3940:

(yes the ones who just hacked into eb keep), thanks.

or do we need to buy a cash shop item to get hackers banned now ? (genuine support question).

This is also happening with Maguuma. I saw them do it last night.

(and I’m on Maguuma)

Reset night and all…but wow. 2-3 second lag right now in T2.

I can’t even imagine what T1 feels like.

Very bad Anet. Very bad.

All rewards in wvw and EOTM should be based around killing players.

Getting rewards for caps allows k-trains to form.

Even last night in EOTM, BL was opening walls for OG. It’s going too far now. Single guilds are commanding all 3 teams and avoiding each other on purpose. Looks a lot like map fixing.

This is the single worst event I’ve seen in this game. I just fell asleep in EB…nodded off and then logged off.

Bad, Anet, bad. Not sure what your intention was here, but it’s time to throw in the towel and remove this garbage. “Bad” doesn’t even begin to describe it…

I would LOVE an open pvp zone. Ganking pve’ers would make me soooooo happy.

I make it a point to kill enemy duelers near SM every single time.

My response to hate tells: “Red = Dead. Find a better place to duel. And I’ll be back to kill again if I see a duel near SM.”

I didn’t see any one shots