Guild Wars 2

Jco.6031:

Its looking good so far but… The new evade skill impaling lotus should not break stealth because when you go into stealth and people bomb your last known position you dodge only to be revealed. (a bit off topic) I like to play shadow arts, and please stop nerfing thief’s stealth directly or indirectly.

Agreed!

Well, its a very fun class and a lot of the skills i do need to seriously learn how to use.However, the only thing(purely visual) is the finisher that is used for the elite skill. Its the regular wooden flag pole. Is there any chance we can have our own custom finisher to be there instead of the default one or is this not possible. Also it seems the fling has changed as it used to be an evade like death blossom, now its a spinny mechanic. Also would love to see a Dev show us how to use the staff, having a very hard time using it so far, guess practice makes perfect! does anyone agree for the visual? hopefully we can get confirmation if its even possible to change.

Tyloric.7520:

Xiahou Mao.9701:

AntiStoopMode.8942:

Why we cannot do dungeons to level up masteries?

You can do dungeons to level up the “Central Tyria” Masteries. The Maguuma Masteries only level up from XP earned in Heart of Thorns areas.

Now of course, if there will be dungeons in Heart of Thorns, you could use those.

I doubt it. There has been no word up to this point and Colin throws up a brick wall anytime someone asks him.

Its really debatable, but i really hope the bugs get fixed so we can experience them

Now, don’t get me wrong, the mastery system is AMAZING its awesome, all the specialization are great. My only concern(and this may be because of glitched events) but its fairly hard to get up masteries,it took me a full day to get a glider(granted we cant do dungeons for exp to the masteries) I just wanted to post it out there in case it does get seen by arena net, and maybe this feedback will be seen!

HoT beta is coming this weekend, that only means HoT release is coming soon……

Im very excited to finish my legendary with the new precursor crafting.

Please Share what you are excited about in the upcoming EXPANSION!

My ping has been so high, it cant even register the ping, it gives it 0. Every time i pressed a character skill, it would take 1-2 seconds to activate the skill or for it to start.This needs to have a fix, you cant play PvP(and/or WvW) with this at hand.

WHAT?!?!? tell me this isnt true, i loved underwater combat i dont want it to go away!

Iris Ng.9845:

Steel Courage.1250:

Iris Ng.9845:

I used Enameled Emblazed for accent in both my thief and my warrior. Shadow Abyss is great to subdue unwanted details and uneven texture.

Would flame do as well?

I like the Enameled Dyes for high contrast and details. Flame dye isn’t so hot on my characters.

Ok thanks, since you replied to my incinerator thread(thank you) should i get enamled orange etc?

Iris Ng.9845:

I used Enameled Emblazed for accent in both my thief and my warrior. Shadow Abyss is great to subdue unwanted details and uneven texture.

Would flame do as well?

Im planning to finally after 2 years make incinerator when hot comes out, i want to get dyes so that i can pair em up when i get the legendary. Any suggestions for what might look well with its flames? thanks!

SUPER FUNNY, needs to be a discussion thread and sreenshots!Lets see em!

We just need them back, yes all of the posts are EXACTLY what i meant, but something needs to be done

I get it in 2013 when the wallet system was made it put all of the gold you had stored into one little bunch. We need banks back. People have guilds that are used only for banks. Its getting annoying thats what you have to do. We need our old bank store back or a new tab for it or something to store gold to save up.

ZerotheFang.5890:

so i have just started playing couple days ago, around level 15 with my necromancer. my question is mainly around what i should be putting my talent points into? cause i not understanding which would be good to start cause i have leveling and been running around collecting them and have not spent any and no idea which to get first.

2nd what crafting should focus on first, cause so far been artificer.

also any links to something like a summoner/defensive build if there are one be nice if possible and ty.

Hey there! Well so far your doing pretty good. Im no necro expert but if you want to just cham through enemies start with the first trait line. It gives you extra power! as for crafting you should do tailoring as you can craft light armor for your guy/girl and level up. You can refund traits anytime you want so you dont have to think really hard about it. when you get to lvl 80, try Metabuilds site. They give best builds in game.

Hope this helps!

Brother Grimm.5176:

Got 2 Shadow Abyss out of a single shadow dye kit (Jackpot!).. After actually comparing it to my old ‘black’ standby (Midnight Blue), I wish I’d sold them both…..

wait why? the black is a lot blacker

That is all true what you guys said, but for theif as i play for main i was wondering what dyes could really combine with em, yes i know it looks like a blot, but it appealed to me

Can anyone and everyone share they lovely and wonderful Shadow abyss combos, i just bought the dye and will wait to use it, but i wanted to know what the best dyes that will make you look really good(ie with a legendary/incinerator)

All help is appreciated!

OK it be real nice if i got an offical answer but the mini ghost dogs from tot bags needs to sell, i cant get it septn so much gold someone need to convince anet to let people sell it
if i get an official respins ill be pleased

DanteZero.9736:

I think two things you should consider are (based on my experiences):

1. How many alts do you have that can use this weapon? (Assuming they can use it and you want them to have the skin.)
2. Is this going to be your primary weapon that you’re going to be using a minimum of 51% of the time?

yes and no it will but it wont, i want dagger but i dont know if its worth it

OMG ok so i am building infinite light, i finally have enough gold to buy the cores(from friends for 1g each or others) i may save up enough for tp depending how bad i want it. at the same time if i get a precursor, i will get my legendary like that with a little more work. so which one do i go for infinite light or incinorator? i want both but no one (or zommoros) is willing to give up spark so if i craft infinite light sell it then buy the pre thats how i would do it. i need your thoughts as i dont know, i will eventually get both but idk. leave your suggestions ill check em all!

Zaxares.5419:

I’ve got 70 or so Charged Cores in my Bank. And no, you can’t have them.

Dang it! ya i just need 200 charged cores and i got infinite light so EXCITED!

Jeez, so im at 125 charged lodes right now, 500g away from making infinite light for my thief, its so hard to get them, whats the best way these days (i get it coe) any others? i just cant seemed to get a lot, the worst part is PEOPLE HAVE SOME JUST LAYING IN THERE BANKS i want to just take them all!

Nike.2631:

It took me 8 months of scrimping, saving, and playing A LOT to make my Infinite light.

Low level fractals are decent – more lodestones drop in the 4-9 range than above or below that in my experience.

Crucible of Eternity any time and every time you can.

You WILL be on a first name basis with every Spark in Orr from all the lodestone farming you’re going to have to do. Grab Orichalcum nodes while you’re there too, though that’s a relatively minor requirement in comparison.

Lodestones are almost always over priced – buy the next tier down and combine them yourself.

I also found it handy to have a Harpy Warrior mini… that way I could summon it at any time, look at Infinite Light’s shimmering awesomeness, and remind myself why I was jumping though these hoops.

I like that idea ill try the low level frac thing i also have a buddy giving me his cores from wvw so that will help

cassius.5809:

Just play the game and save up don’t go out of your way to find the mats. Over the course of 20 months I’ve made frostfang and infinite light through buying the materials. At the same time for dwayna wings, bow, 7 80 characters, numerous ascended, rank 65 PvP, 12k Ap etc. I’ve never grinded for anything. Just happened to play the game, be patient. You’ll have much more fun 20 hours a week doing whatever you want than monotonous farming.

Ok yes that does make sense, i cant get spark from forge but thats another story, im trying to build infinite light and then incinorator thats my goal but itshard to get the pre and these cores, these tips are amazing by all of you btw

Rainmaker.7594:

I think you might have misunderstood what Minigrump meant…. Do Arah p1,2, and 3. but, instead of doing Arah P4, do AC 1 & 3. As far as difficulty goes, watch some Arah videos, especially one on Lupi (Brazil has a good one on YouTube). Arah is much more difficult than AC.

thx will do

Fiorrello.8126:

i am so super glad i got my infinite light a year ago.

so to recap
- do Crucible of Eternity (CoE) everyday.
- Dwayne temple and Lyssa Temple events for a chance at cores and lodestones in the chests
- farm the dust mites in drytop because they have a higher chance of dropping cores and lodestones (higher then temple of Lyssa mobs)
- the lightning mobs at temple of Lyssa have a chance of dropping cores.
- do dungeon runs to farm up gold to buy them.

Thought on arah as you have crafted it and seem to know how to farm, ill take what you said as a schedule. I am planning 5 lodes a day

Minigrump.4961:

the first 3 paths if you are in a good group can be done in under an hour. Just watch a few guides on the paths and all should be fine. Pugs can generally get it done in about 20-30 minutes per run for these paths. P4 is one of the longer paths of the game, takes about 30-40 minutes with a decent group. You are better off doing AC 1 and 3 over arah p4, shorter and you get the same amount of gold (1.5 each path)

But arah gives 3 g for 3/4 paths plus a 1g for the 4th one thats 10g or doign 4

I have posted in crafting im building infinite light, i have said ill make 5 lodes a day so about 10g for 10 cores approx. I have never done arah exploration, How long does it take? is it hard? posisible to do all 4 paths in at least 2:30 hours? I have thought if i do all 4 paths in a day the daily gold gets to about 10g pus the stuff i get and the extra money. Tell me if im crazy or not to try this to build my sword

SkyFallsInThunder.8257:

When I built my Infinite Light I farmed coe all paths every day, as well as my usual dungeon tour. You won’t get them all, but you will get a decent number as drops. In the end you will have to buy most of them. I promoted cores to lodestones (not the best use of SP, I know, but turning SP into gold takes time and I don’t have that in as much supply, while I do have 1k+ SP). I’ve made Sunrise (100 lodestones), Infinite Light (250 lodestones) and most recently Azureflame (100 lodestones); working on Twilight for Eternity now, but after that it’s time to go full kitten and craft Mjolnir (350 lodestones…). There should be collections for lodestone weapons…

SP?

Paradox.1380:

kokiman.2364:

TexZero.7910:

Grind.

Funny though for a game without grinding to get something you sure gotta do that frequently.

GW1 supposedly had no grind aswell..

HUGE difference in a Cosmetic Grind and a You Have To Do THIS thing 5000+ Times in order to get something that you MUST have in order to do certain content. GW Has a VERY tiny gear curve. Infinite Light is almost a Legendary because it requires a Gift of Light. You never, ever NEED Infinite Light. Its an Exotic.

Ill try everything you guys said, i have 65 silver right now ill do 100g this weekend thanks keep the tips coming, and i tried try toip i dont get a lot

Relshdan.6854:

Steel Courage.1250:

Ok so im trying to build infinite light, i tried a while ago to no avail, now they have tripled the price of lode stones making it harder, i have almost no gold, but 100g worth in charged lodes(28). I say i need to make 10g a day to make 5 lodes a day to make 35 a week to get 250 in 2 months. I didnt account for the orichalcum ore but that seems realitivly easier than the lodes. Is my plan full proof? flaws? easier way to get cores and lodes? Any tips are extremly helpful the more the better.

farm orr temple events/champ trains….i know i get a ton of charged cores from Dwayna chest (and champ bags during event chain….and in general from killing champs everywhere)….or do the world boss tour every day and sell your other cores/lodestones/t6 mats and buy what you need.

How Much are we speaking in cores? i do coe p1 and p3 every day and buy cores and make me into lodes, how many do i get from dwayna other suggestions is the Orr train worth it?

Ok so im trying to build infinite light, i tried a while ago to no avail, now they have tripled the price of lode stones making it harder, i have almost no gold, but 100g worth in charged lodes(28). I say i need to make 10g a day to make 5 lodes a day to make 35 a week to get 250 in 2 months. I didnt account for the orichalcum ore but that seems realitivly easier than the lodes. Is my plan full proof? flaws? easier way to get cores and lodes? Any tips are extremly helpful the more the better.

Zaxares.5419:

Don’t expect to have them drop like rain, but back when I used to farm Dry Top seriously, I got about 5 Charged Lodestones from Dust Mites (both from farming the event, and from killing random Dust Mites in the map) over a period of about 2 weeks. I also got several Onyx Lodestones.

Cool, im using my b day booster to farm for them, its hard so i just run coe to see what i get, im looking for spark cores and thats hard enough

so do dust mites really have a good chance?

Currently trying to mystic forge craft my infinite light, best way to get cores or lodestones? its really hard i ve been on and off trying for it

They cost 200g on tp, bring em back so we can get them. Just sayn havnt been available since 2012

Wolfield.9812:

Just some of my Thief looks, hope it helps inspire you.

Love the looks except i dont have spark to make incinorator XD

BrunoBRS.5178:

thief on WvW is good, if you stick to 1v1 roaming (which i find boring). otherwise, yeah, no, nothing can be done.

as for looks, well… not to brag, but i think i’m pretty good at making thief looks :P so these are most of the looks i’ve been through the past year or so (top one is my main look, but i haven’t used it in a while because it’s on a condi set), see if any of them inspire you.

Thank you for a serious thread answer unlike the rest, this is a real thread and 2 years yes ive been playing thief but i cant find a good wvw build, and my looks arent going well as i favor t3 human cultural to often, anymore answers would rock, this reply was helpful and those styles did help me

I have been playing thief for 2 years now and is my main, i almost never play alts. I am getting really tired and frustrated with the builds i make as they dont work against anyone in WvW or in PvE. PvP i can nail it head on but only with a specific d/p build. i need some major tips or builds that can help me master the art of the thief. I also would like tips on how to look like a god as a thief. I am also having trouble dyeing my character . I go black and white and look like a dark theif, but see all of these super cool thieves in light colors that i cant pull off with t3 human. I got my commander tag and want to just own it but my look is not supporting me. Im building incinorator but i dont have spark so its a bummer but thats another forum story. I am looking for all help. I am wanting to be a thief with high damage in and out of stealth with evade stability or tankyness to it. Sorry its so long im just down in the dumps for the momment………

i really am so glad i got this response i cant wait to read all of this thanks so much ill get spark in no time!

Slaptjip.4895:

I cannot understand why players complain about precursor prices. They are needed to make a legendary weapon, the weapon of all weapons.

They are suppose to be rare, they are suppose to be extremely difficult to get.

To retain their epic legendary status few players must have one because if Anet had to heed to every QQ’ers demands precursors would be worthless and everyone would be running around with a legendary to the point where legendary will not even be worth a transmutation stone.

To be very honest, buying a precursor from TP for 1200 gold is not all that difficult either.

To buy mine I did only what I liked.

1) I run AC p1,2,3 & CoF P1 &2 daily.
2) I enjoy EOTM and BL wvw.

Doing the above I made a fair amount of money in a short time.

I have also (every time I had 10 globs banked) dumped them into the mystic forge using the 10x clover recipe.

That alone (considering T6 mat prices) made a massive fortune. That is also how I got the bulk of T6 mats for gift of fortune. The rest came from drops and putting in lower the instant buy offers in the TP.

The fact of the matter is 99% of the QQ comes from people who wants a easy legendary whilst they expect it to remain at legendary status. This is impossible.

The other 1% QQ comes from people who lacks the ability to think out of the box on methods of making money in a game where making money is already extremely easy.

So, be bold, think out of the box, choose an activity you like that provide some gold and you will over time get a real legendary and when you get it, it will feel better then a random blue drop.

Hey ill try that to that helps a lot!

TexZero.7910:

Do dungeons daily.

Save the gold.

Optional steps:
Convert the Tokens into Weapons -> Mystic Toliet
If dungeon above level 70 Convert the tokens into Rare Armor(yellow) -> Salvage -> Sell Ecto/Save if needed still

Or just wait until whatever method for precursor crafting comes out if it ever does.

ok thanks!

Zackie.8923:

do your world bosses everyday for gold

So are you suggesting i farm the gold?

Yeesh, its 1200g that i can waste my life on trying to get spark. In any case the prices shouldbe lowered or some how have increase in getting it as a drop. its been three months now and i have yet to get 200g as i will never accomplish. I have been at it for 3 onths no luck with the forge and its getting a little irritating ANY suggestions to farm the gold to get it or some how get from the forge

Cyrill Faust.9340:

Sigils do nothing. “Someone” was trolling you or is misinformed. Other than ’using exotics instead of rares there is no way to increase the chance of a precursor.

edit: Had to add a ’ before “using” because of the kittened up kitten filter

If you think about it it might work since it gives you back a betetr chance at something having the same sigil

Lady Deedra.3126:

If you want spark only, forge nothing but daggers. As far as increasing a chance using same set of 4 daggers I don’t know of any. Exotics have a better chance at returning Spark compared to using 4 rares. If you’re going to blow a bunch of money on daggers for the forge you should probably just save that gold till you can afford Spark.

Well, i have never gotten to 200g let alone 1200g so that wont be an option forge is the only way for me, i know to only forge daggers. I will just use dungeon exotics with sigil of rage

Is there anyway of increase the chance of getting spark from mf, someone said Putting the same sigil increases chance but i want to hear your stories!

the brown looks like caramel

AGREED, even if i have a male, still agreed

Brother Grimm.5176:

What you’re asking for is highly subjective. What you consider a “good look” and “unique” might be something I consider hideous and visa-versa. There is no accounting for someone else’s tastes.

You have a good point on that note, im just trying to figure out some good looks in contrast and shadow. the dyes you pulled up were very nice, i’m just looking for specific dye combos with the t3 human. As subjective as this may be, the reason is that a lot of dyes i commonly use, look better on the female t3 than the male