Guild Wars 2

the matter of soldier above cleric is what i was wondering about, still, i have to say that cleric works pretty good.. try to believe

thank you sir!! i really enjoy your explainations
for sigils i’m currently using leeching and energy on both weapons set, and, for runes i used pack, rock dog one ( ogre?) and now i m trying something with vitality and toughness

my task is to stay alive, and i feel to do it well.. the real problem is when minions die in the aoe of ele and guardian.. burt till the bones

@bhawb
could u explain better??
what do u mean with: focus iis a noob trap??
and the part about soldier amulet??

i wanna understand better this build because, honestly, is very funny and i feel a rock

hey there, thx to everyone
i v tried the cleric amulet,
yes, i have a lot of sustain, but i lose 8k of hp, is it really worth?? i mean, transfusion heals 1,5k more than the soldier’s one; the vampiric traits are more or less the same
with soldier i feel to be immortal or quite so

i m using dagger/focus in MH,because of boon rip and retailiation, just because WH is not my fav weapon

edit: i m trying celestial amulet.. sounds good
edit 2: well.. cele seems not to work very well

hey there, i m wondering about this kind of build
i’ v tried the metabattle’s one and it is good, at least against my friend in 1v1 scenario.
I v tried the version with spike instead of blood magic but i don t really know how much worth this version is
the standard version is this:
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Necromancer_-_Minion_Master

just to know, this one is an attrition build, and it s fine, but do u think if is there any better choice?? maybe with different sigils and rune??
and the GM of death’s magic?? wich is the best?? death nova??

and comparing to the signet celestial??
let me know what you think

@Jazz: i deleted cause after red others comments, i thought was inappropriated, so decided to post here
But don t mess, after seen that scene i herd whole vid and, yes.. u are a very good player and maybe a better videomaker, that is very nice nowadays, where all videos are the same..
i was just afraid from coincidence You know.. listening something and a second after u find it ahahah freackie enough

thank you for videos btw, nobody told u!!

i m not “in” if i say: i have only one nec??

nive video.. really..
when the “kill bill” moment arrived, i was listening “don t let me be misunderstood”
ahaha coincidences

love your gamestyle bro!! always watching ur videos

played against GS necro.. was a nightmare.. couldn t kill em with warrior or thief.. medium difficulty with my necro, don t bother fight with shatter mesmer
didn t play with guardian, renger, engi,ele
i like new shroud, and i wanna try him soon as possible

tons of feedback.. can t read everything, but, fighting them is very difficult.. they don t wanna die

i ment a different thing.. why should have 4 conditions that work in the same manner but deal different damage?? has no sense using others in place of burn.. to balance the damage and the condition, IMO, should back as before

mmm.. u r right
i ll try like u said then, really thanks

3)at very least. reduce the stealth time.. IMO, there are too much spam

ty for answer
well.. i don t like potent poison a lot, but highten the duration of 33% seems fine but ye.. a bit of pray at rng god ain t bad

for deadly trapper, definitely yes

i chose SR instead of VA because condi thief is a good condi buster but has no sustain like others condi professions ( mesmer and guard).. but yes, i need the CR

anyway, going stealth is a bit difficult due to the problem with CnD and as 3rd utility i ll probabily go for blinding powder, at very least i should have 2 stealth ways ( another one with CnD and steal)

1) sorry, for invuln i mean endure pain too
@grandHaven: i suggest a reduction of every damage.. an entire 15% should be fine
i have the sensation that gw is become: who burst more.
the damage is more important than everything and i don t like it

2) i hope, seriously, but i don t understand why poison works like bleed as well..
too many intensity stacking. who could stack bleeding before all this buff is become useless.. i can t understand why the mechanic should be the same

3) i main thief and mesmer, and i m quite horrified by all this spam

hey, i m a pvp player.. i know that maybe i m not the best meter of judje, but i wanna share my point of views with you all, for the pvp:
1)reduce every invuln time.. 10 secs are too many ( 2 consecutively by 5 secs each other) , 6 for ranger is the same..

2)the condition burn has outplayed every other condi. Now is extremely powerfull, and bleeding is right now kinda useless.. burn has no sense, like 4 times more dangerous than bleeding and many professions who are not ele, necro and guardian just insta-die. More, every damage condition stacks now in intensity.. has no sense stacking more condi when the burn alone can kill anyone in few seconds..
in this manner bleeding should be deleted, and no one will feel the loss

3) stealth.. everybody can stealth.. should be a prerogative of thieves, instead, mesmer has more stealth, ranger has stealth, engi has stealth.. belance theese

the fights are all the same and there are 3 professions that do same thing with diferent choreography.. i don t know if after the expansion will change, but right now is a pain in the kitten fight against mesmer and guardian

ehy, i have the same problem right now.. someone can help me??

hey folks
i m trying to use a condi build
i play in pvp, and i m using this build here:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAqYFl0MhimYTTg/JOgJKePEE7g/LijRU/nBQBA-TJRAABAcCAi+BAQWZge2fAA

could you help me??
regards

with the classic d/p u have to beat people down fast.. and improvvisation doesn’t halp u
with executioner u can blast in a couple of hits
your task is to outnumber foes, take em down and run
against others thieves u’ll probabily win thanks to exec
same with guardians and warrior
exec is amazing against engi, because u’ll probabily go SB

hey.. i m building a hybrid mesmer ..
i have rabid gear, sinister weapon and zerk trinkets
are they fine??

100

till thieves won t have protection ability u will see a lot of stealth, and btw, rapid shots ignore him
ah, mesmer atm has the higher burst dmg.. easier and more effective
don t talk about the trait the reflect the stun on the target..
and for the people that rolled mesmer.. it s easy to understand, right now a mesmer is more thief than a thief himself
i played since the launc of game.. month after month i saw the stealth losing the prerogative to be a thief’s tool and after prismatic understanding i am convinced that is a mesmer’ s tool

i am convinced that all community agrees to enhance the survability.. our dmg i fine

NinjaEd.3946:

Sparda.9750:

untill we ‘ll have trickery right this, i believe acro and SA won t have space
i’d like to see acro boosts survability with dodges and evading frames
and SA boosts our stealth, gaining might (like before), protection ( maybe 2 secs with 5 od ICD) and maybe aegis.. our damage reduction in stealth is 25%.. why can t we have protection ele and guardians have perma protection..
we have to invest one whole specialitazion for 25%.. doesn t have much sense

Protection and aegis aren’t fitting for a thief, plus that seems far to similar to Mesmer PU.

SA wouldn’t be so bad if the traits lined up a little better and had a distinguished selection on how to use it rather than having all these traits basically hover on the same spec. As for acro, its mostly underperforming traits partly from the fact that we don’t get boon duration anymore.

i said that because in my point of wiev something like PU should be the suit for a thief, not for a mesmer
just think about it.. in the common view, is the assassin (thief) that should spam invisibility and attack from the shadow, not the mesmer ( + 100% stealth duration, while we have + 1 sec stealth duration).. i think that anet has distorted the idea, so, from my view of my favorite profession, protection and aegis fit us like a suit
“nothing suits me like a protection suit”
this is what i thought if i were Barney Stinson

anyway, thief needs some survability skills and traits, and i think it s a matter of fact, no one can doubt about it
yes, the attack is the best defense, still i can t always one shot people, and when i don t, i m deleted from: rampager warrior, shatter mesmer, D/D firing ele, burning guardian and iWIN botton ranger ( btw, after 3 years, rapid shot won t take the target off when u go stealth, and 12k damage in pvp against my marauder build is just ridicolous)…
acro, IMO, is not bad, i mean it’s not very usefull, but it can be improved a little to be competitive.. shadow art, instead, should be impronted in only defensive stats, giving the chance to obtain defensive boon.. 3 secs of aegis and protection should be enough
imo with those 2 boons u can play fine..

i have the impression that i have no windows of errors.. one wrong movement and i am gone, thus, in pvp where u can t always have the chance to stay out of the fight to reset it, with a couple of aoe u are out of games, and i think is not fair, and it s more true just seeing the last nerfs and buffs of survability of the top tier professions
against a good mesmer u can t win.. 25 stacks on vulnerability in 2 seconds, plus 12% damage plus shutter combo and farewell my friend.. a good ele can target u with 7/8 stacks of burn ( and after last buff on burn, u are down), same for guardian.. and plz, remeber the warrior.. one error against him and see above

i hope to have show u my view

untill we ‘ll have trickery right this, i believe acro and SA won t have space
i’d like to see acro boosts survability with dodges and evading frames
and SA boosts our stealth, gaining might (like before), protection ( maybe 2 secs with 5 od ICD) and maybe aegis.. our damage reduction in stealth is 25%.. why can t we have protection ele and guardians have perma protection..
we have to invest one whole specialitazion for 25%.. doesn t have much sense

men, i am convinced that our dmg is enough… 100 power when revealed, +100 critical dmg.. is not the point
we, not mesmer, should have buff when stealthed kitten
give us protection and aegis while stealthed

from my point of view, our dmg right now is very high.. i can oneshot guardians, mesmer and ranger.. litteraly.. but in courtyard i m dead before do nothing

stealth, i repeat, should be our stuff.. evey-fruiting-body has it

man i main thief, talking for expirience.. try play courtyard for example.. u can t do nothing.. insta die.. in the fray is da hell
ok, i cannot completely complaiont because i do my job very good.. when u gank u need blast dmg and i am sotisfyed bout it.. but u are useless in onother way.. u can t def points like ele, mesmer and guardians ( even warrior or engi ) can do.. some fights u can t join cause u know they gonna beat u down in a half sec

necro is not top tier, still i strongly believe the way is not buffing us but nerf others, and every single profession will be better and u will say: i roll guardians because…
or i roll ele bacause

not i roll mesmer and ele because they are game breacker and are op atm
the game itself will be better balanced

instead to buff us, they should consider to nerf mesmer ele and guard.. they are the same thing, do the same thing and it s npot a good stuff

are u sure?? in the necro community there are tons of pages about fantastic ideas to enhance necro without make him OP, but is the same of here
we’r the second son accept it

so, are u seriously talking about thief ??
don ’t spit in air plz
after the last patch here you are what is happened: one build exists lacking completely on survability, no shadow art, no acrobatic. Right now thief can t do nothing wrong, but yes, the dmg is increased and panic strike is a secon tier trait

personally i can wreck necromancer with thief.. against a power necro my backstab deals 8-9k.
against minion mancer is everything more difficult but u can deal with him if you have some space to move

what i try to say is: the necro is a group fighter right now.. an innate tanky profession that shines in the middle of a 3v3, 2v2 ecc.. u can t be focus cause u are very hard to shot down.. maybe more than a guardian.. just think about a celemancer with full LF.. 43k of life adn 2500 of armor

i think too we need some other changes (life blast casting time for example) but i starting to be pleasured bout this necro

don t be so pessimist.. we v got f2

personally, i fear the day when our survability will be enhanced..
right now our blast dmg is quite good (even with those nerds, despite everything), but if they increase it too much, they will nerf us instantly

u can t stay in stealth for too much in pvp.. u are a weight for your team.. in wvw it s a cool build, but in pvp i prefer gank, burst and flee.
and, like said before, 3k of life more than marauder is not worth, cause ur dps will drop drastically
don t wanna cry on others professions, but the real problem is the absolute lack of any sort of protection, aegis or stability.. warriors can reach 8 secs of invulnerability.. guardians can do more or less the same thing and burn u to death
mesmer can go stealth more than thief, having good boons
ele has every boof anet created
engi too has more defensive stuff than us

they should low the line down, not adding boons to other profession, or one day every profession will be the same.. every one will have all boons, will shot down everything ecc..

starting to stealth, it should be our prerogative.. instead seems it s a mesmer stuff..
ranger too has it, but has 1 kd, 1 fear, 1 immobilize and the win botton
don t wanna talk about the warrior’s rampage

am i miss something??

N.B.: i really enjoy thief, and i have a good score, but i guess because i don t always play good players.. even on the paper we haven t much chance to win against some professions, we have to gank and outnumber foes

danlarusso.2790:

1v1 is meaningless and abused by stealth and tailored 1v1 builds. In Teamfights Necro should always be first target to focus down, because he has no escapes, no stability and is therefor easily shut down. You can still play successfully if you and your team knows this and you play accordingly. Downstate is also the most useless of all classes.

so, the task is to shut down the tank first? :\

Zephyra.4709:

A few players have already summed some points up but to recap:

• The recent patch butchered S/D (vigor nerf, some traits being moved elsewhere or on the same line so you’re forced to choose ONE etc)
• Everyone does more damage now yet some classes are suffering more because there was little to no implementation of defensive stuff or as previously stated, traits got moved around and you’re forced to choose certain things
• The new thief specialization is called The Nerf Stick and it’s centered around being the absolute king of holding the most nerfs at any given time and is certain to accomplish utter failure to any extent due to the plethora of nerfs crowned upon it be it publicly announced, hidden or bugged beyond describable words.

i just love you rotfl
i stopped playing gw for 8 months.. i backed 4 days ago.. i didn t understand nothing about everything was going on, but my thief was deleted in every fight
then i realiazed
right now i m kicking a lot of kitten, like the guardians’ one.. i found easier the fights against engi and, sometimes, mesmers.
generally ranger and warr aren t a big deal, but the eles are kinda though, sometimes i shot em, sometimes they shot me
should improve survability and health pool.. i can t stomp nobody

just enhance life blast, just do it.. faster.. it s slow as hell lol
anyway, i think it s just a justified overcriticism, like in others communities, though, necro needs something more, in dmg i mean, dps or sustained, just a little bit, because the 1v1 generally are long 1 minute, can t be possible

da chase XD ahaha

i thiknk reveal buff is not necessary. i strongly believe that stealth spam IS unnecessary..
but it s another thing.
i think that anet is balancing ( or try to do it ) in the worst manner.. right now the guardians can do to many things.. like mesmers.. donno, but they should lead classes in one direction.. not thousan of them.. a dps can t have sustained dmg, 5 sec of block, 5 sec of invulnerability, 4 sec of stability ecc..
i play necro and thief
thief has a lot of dmg, but lacks in survability, and it s fair
necro is balanced imo
mesmer and guardian, holy moly no!!
they should work on them, not on us right now

@mordran.4750
dude, i play for fun, like 90% of players.. i just know one thing: people always complaint.. you go on mesmer community, u’ll read complaints, same for thief, mesmer and ele
the point is if you can fulfill your task. when i play with my team mates, my task is to roam and take points or hold them.. and i can do it very well.. take time fighting 2v1 means your mates are 4v3.
wanna talk?? ok.. necro atm has at least 2 fears, excellent condi clear, good controll and good sustained damage. Plus, he s a tough profession due to high pf and armor ( with cele u rech 2500)
maybe in tournameints is not played too much, but who of you plays at high elo torunameints?? i thing people speak just because others do.
i’ll be honest.. till last december i didn t like the necro, couldn t found his dimention, but i feel the differences right now.
maybe is not enough, but the way is this
more, i didn t lose a single 1v1, and i m not an excellent player.. what i m saying is: i don t believe necro is trash.. i enjoy play him and he s very resilient
i play thief too.. trust me, it s a piece of glass

well.. don t follow high matches, but i can see a real change of gameplay.. after 3 years i have finally enojoyed play necro..
ok, still hate warriors, but i can manage every profession, generally in 2v1 i don t die and also in 3v1 i can handle a point for several seconds
i like new necro

Well.. i like soul reaping.. it gives spectral armor, more LF generation and good marks mechanics, and dhuumfire of course.. is that we are talking about
The problem is ( my opinion) : is better than spite??
I started to play pvp ( and only this) just 3 days ago, after a long time.. and i have to be honest: i really like new necro. I said this because my tests aren t enough to take conclusions, but the few games i played with spite in place of curse, i find them harder.. The might stacking is less usefull in place of the survability by curse, but replacing soul reaping doesn t sound me good…
Let me be clear: with exactly this build i feel the immortality.. but the damage is quite low.. i generally win 1v1 and don t die in 2v1, so i guess to replace something with spite.
I don t know if could be worth

hi guys
i tested your build. It s very funny to play and hard to kill.. 3v1 and you can earn some precious time in pvp..
but i have a couple of questions too:
1) someone has argued about change curses with spite.. less survability, more damage. don t u like it??
2) why dagger and not scepter??

hey folks. I want to create a secondary skin for my thief. Im actually wearing this( and i m very happy, even if i m looking for another shoulder to wear, but, for now, i like it):
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jPSrU9u.jpg[/IMG]

i m looking for something like this:
http://gw2101.gtm.guildwars2.com/global/includes/images/hero-thief.jpg

could u help me??

thank you.. i just rolled an ele and i found him very hard to play… can t deal damage at all i don t die, my foe don t die and the duel goes on for 10 mins.. at least now, i understand what to do

if you’ re playing with your team, D/D is ok.. less utility but can littereally one shot every non bunker char.. and this is usefull in other way.. maybe d/p is better in terms of utility and survability.. but not in dmg.. need to choose what your team needs

well.. i won t have the time and will to farm like this for another 2 monthes need fast gold or fast luck ( i mean, not essence of luck.. just my luck )..maybe a little bit of fortune will tunr my 4 rare dagger in spark.. who knows? but in each cases, i wish to improve my goled earned per day.. is possible??

hey.. i found d/d usefull only if u play very smart.. i mean.. follow ur target, wait till he loses line of sight with u, then eng with infiltrator signet, c&d + steal combo.. in this way he can t see u coming.. choose ur target and pray.. still, playing thief is very funny and sometimes very annoying.. fighting warriors with 10 secs of invulnerability suck a lot, as well as fight a ranger, with endure pain, dog and stealth ( and the arrows that follow u after stealth ) or a engineer ( does really exist only a build??). But i find my role ( when i play with my team): i don t often engage 1v1 ( or, at least i have to be sure that can be a fast fight that ends soon..) but i just roam and help to finish targets who are contesting our points.. D/P is quite better, like others said, dued to interrupt and blind spam ( and endless close the gap ). Studying carefully others builds will help u to know what skill has primary importance to be dodged and which classes ( or build ) u have to avoid. In the end, thief’s power depends to own skillz. Watch streams and play

hello folks, i hope haven t wrong section.. so, i m looking for finish my legendary dagger.. i need just the spark cause i v already finished all gifts. I remember about a year ago when the pres’s cost were about 500 gold worth.. now the spark costs 1500g.. I know the best way to aquire is by TP, but i m feeling lucky and wanna gamble at forge now, i estimate an average expendure of 37 s per dagger ( using venom cause is the lowest t5 right now ) via craft, that is 1,3 g per attempt. I m actually farming 12 world boss event per day and 5 or 6 dungeons, for, more or less, 5 farming hours per day and 30 g per day.. This is the best i can do ( sometimes 35 g or 40g.. but best part of time 30g ). I thought was a good goal but when i heard of people having 5k gold, 10k gold i wandered how could they do this.. So, i don t need 10k gold, but there is a way to improve my gold per day??
I m looking (also) for a tip to invest my karma.. i m actually farming 500k karma per month so i can spend some and i have 500k right now.. that s the situation.. any tips??
regards

nerf thieves, said bunky eng.. he can easily inflit me 1% of dmg before to die

ehy mate, i m actually playing with this build.. i m litteraly deleting player after player.. it s very funny and really good if u use right spot to engage.. i m winning a lot of arenaes in the end, my job is to take down people, so, i found it really impressive.. stil, i guess in more serious match, d/p is a step above it.. but when i saw 13k of bs.. well.. i wasn t sure anymore