Guild Wars 2

Could work, but several of Necromancers Fear options aren’t exactly instant, so you’d really just be hoping to interrupt an action.

Too many people aren’t reading the part where they said every trait line is getting a new grandmaster trait. Not only the one listed.

style.6173:

Most of the best finishers are in the gem store now.

That’s completely down to opinion.

Troll attempts are normally somewhat humorous, this though..

This just made me sadface.

:(

I think too many people missed the part where they said there will be a new trait for every line.

Sir Vincent III.1286:

Curious question: Why pick Hide in Shadow over the new Skelk Venom for an obscenely massive heals? CnD would be sufficient enough for condition removal.

They both heal roughly the same. HIS gives stealth (which will heal again through Shadow’s Rejuvenation) and only has 30 sec CD. Obviously also has the added Condition removal.

Skelk venom is 50% longer cooldown than HIS, shares similar healing. You may also proc a heal when you’re already full.

Not a great argument on my part, but HIS does seem a much better choice even if the build focuses on leaching.

Not sure I’d take an extra 120~ or so healing/hit over +20% damage if I’m honest.. already healing 600/s in stealth is plenty.

Sir Vincent III.1286:

In my opinion, 5% is too low for a GM trait especially when it’s gated behind the probability of landing a critical hit.

Keep in mind that they are going to be changing Crit Damage also that will affect the effectiveness and appeal of this new trait.

As it stands, not enough reason to add points into CS.

I’ve been using 30 in CS since I started, I don’t see any better option (for power play obviously)

Plus. April Fools.

I run full zerk in WvW and It’s great.
Plenty of stealth and evade/dodge so you don’t really need a large health pool.

Looks alright, however the Condition Damage is a little low for my liking. I’m also not very keen on the -20% CD on venoms. I’d much prefer those 10 points in Trickery line. Even without Perplexity runes, the 23 (or so) second cooldown on Steal is great. Also a much needed +100 Condition damage (in my opinion).

It’s all preference though, if you like that build then stick with it. Builds are only as good as the people who play them ^^

I really, really dislike D/P. I’ve used D/D since the start, and I feel like it’s much better.
Sure, the stealth-anywhere ability on D/P can be handy for healing, but I feel like I’m constantly forced to burn my Initiative in D/P whereas, I have an abundance of initiative with D/D.

We need a whip.

I really, really miss playing boon monks.

Sure everyone can heal on Guildwars, but being able to apply boons and protections as opposed to direct healing was so much more exciting.

Would be nice, but it’s a bit late to change now in my opinion.

Stooperdale.3560:

There was another MMO where thieves could pickpocket money from mobs. Nobody took a thief in their group because players thought it was coming out of shared loot. Iit didn’t actually matter whether the rumor was true or not. All your suggestions there will hit the same problems. Players will resent thieves for doing something other classes can’t do, taking something that might not be theirs, or getting more for the same work. It’s all the reasons why thieves aren’t liked in the real world really and it’s an easy design decision to edit these features out of the game.

To be fair, I’m not sure i’d be too happy to see a Necromancer turn up at my door either.

Like Saturn said, there’s no ‘best build’.

Honestly, the best way to play is tinker with traits yourself. They cost buttons to reset and it’s much better to find a build yourself. Grabbing a build from someone else isn’t the best idea.

Play around with traits yourself and see what you like. On paper it might not be as good as another build, but if you play it enough you start to learn how to play it most efficiently.

People tend to forget that you’re not going to automatically be on the same level as someone else just because you’re using their same loadout. Find a build you like the look of, practice, practice, practice.

Personally I play between two different power builds;

• 10-0-30-0-30
• 0-30-30-10-0

If it’s for WvW though, it’s very difficult not to go 30 into Shadow Arts. 10 sec regen buff on stealth, condi clear every 3 seconds (and on stealth active) and healing/second in stealth is amazing for survival.

P/D Condition Thieves are also really great for WvW at the moment. That being said, I wouldn’t play Condition in PvE. Conditions are already applied in abundance even by non-condition builds so you won’t be able to maximise your DPS in PvE. Best leave Condition in PvE to Necromancers

Play a Zerker Thief and every class is easy

ozmaniandevil.6805:

Looks wicked Zach! Good call on the new armor pieces. What daggers do you have?

Corrupted ones.
(the crafted ones normally around 25g)

What’s the problem?

If a Warrior is running away from you and you can’t catch them, you’re not dead.
Not being able to catch them doesn’t really have any negative effect, just not a positive one either.

I don’t mind Thieves guild, the long cooldown is what puts me off though.

I much prefer Daggerstorm for WvW. It’s great for taking camps with, reflecting killshots, and the stability is lovely.

Updated, couldn’t resist the new scarlet skins :>

Magitech with Scarlet Helm, Shoulders, Gloves.
Deep Glacial Teal dye again with River dye on the spikes.

Viking Jorun.5413:

I don’t get all of the trap bashing. Sure, Ambush and Needle Trap are kitten, but Shadow Trap is fantastic both offensively and defensively, and can prevent home point decaps in PvP when you’re all the way on far point. Tripwire is an AoE 2 second knockdown that can stop a backstab better than any other utility, and is also fantastic for on-point fights in PvP.

There’s better options, that’s all.

ozmaniandevil.6805:

Zach.3264:

Magitech with Krytan mask and T3 gloves.

Good combo Zach. What colors are you using?

Deep Glacial Teal Dye.

I know you don’t really want stealth, but it’s Thieves main advantage as a class.

I play full berserker in WvW, but I run 30 points in toughness line for Regen on stealth, condi removal every 3 sec and healing in stealth. It gives me great survivability.

Sword is also good for condi removal as the teleport ability on slot #2 removes a condition each use. Shadowstep also removes several conditions. As does Hide in Shadows.

Magitech with Krytan mask and T3 gloves.

Lose to a good thief, cries they are OP.

I’m sick of;

• Warriors chaining CC.
• Mesmers spamming clones.
• Necros burning me down with condition spam
• Engineers AoE massacre with grenades.
• Rangers using spirits.
• Elementalists killing siege on walls with Meteors.
• Guardians healing their allies.

It’s just not fair. Nerf everything.
Why can’t we all do 1 damage and heal 5 every 15 seconds!!!!111one!one!!one!111one!!one!

I’m pretty sure you don’t get xp from mob kills in LA. Only events.
You might even be better off just making a level 2 Guard and getting a staff, joining a full group of staff guards and just farming up kills. Open the bags and use the (forgot item name) to get the level tomes.

Lawful.5314:

Is there a list of T3 armors i can view for each race?

http://www.gw2armor.com/

T3 Human male sold it for me.

Char T3 is pretty cool too, shame Charr aren’t.

All of my 80’s are Human.

Karolis.4261:

Zach.3264:

people keep telling me to play Valk/Cav gear. I don’t get why..

I’ve been running full zerk for a while now and it works great. Sure I’m low hp, but still.. the only time I die is from another Thief getting the drop on me with big hits, a zerg catching me offguard, or someone being able to stunlock me through lag. I’m by no means an elitist, but Thieves are really easy to play .. constant stealth and plenty of evades, I see no need for toughness/vitality.

Keep on rocking that D/P, kitten.

I’ve still not used D/P for WvW. In fact, I don’t think I’ve even learned the weapon skills for it yet. I’ve been using D/D or S/D and Bow since I started.

Death Blossom was amazing in Gw1, it’s pitiful on Gw2.

I know they are completely separate games, but Death Blossom on Gw1 was probably one of the highest hitting attacks for an Assassin. On Gw2 there really isn’t much use for it. Though, I know if they buffed it we’d only see more complaints.

I am by no means an elitist or big headed. Now that I’ve cleared that up, I crafted my Theif to 80 in a day and ran full zerk gear with 0 30 30 10 0 traits. To this day I’ve still barely died in WvW.

You heal a ton in stealth along with condition removal. You get a lot of mobility, dodges and evades so there’s really no need to have much in terms of defense loadout.
I also run Scholar runes with Hide in Shadows, Shadowstep, Shadow Refuge, Signet of Shadows and Dagger Storm/Basilisk Venom.

I sit at around 11k hp and it’s more than enough.

I prefer Zerk over Valky purely because of the above and that I don’t like only critting on backstabs. (I run + +20% damage if target is <50% trait [Executioner]) over Hidden Killer.

To be completely honest, you can cast Cloak and Dagger and halfway through use Steal then backstab and they should be below 50% if not much lower. It’s hard to come back from that.

people keep telling me to play Valk/Cav gear. I don’t get why..

I’ve been running full zerk for a while now and it works great. Sure I’m low hp, but still.. the only time I die is from another Thief getting the drop on me with big hits, a zerg catching me offguard, or someone being able to stunlock me through lag. I’m by no means an elitist, but Thieves are really easy to play .. constant stealth and plenty of evades, I see no need for toughness/vitality.

It’s not that Warriors are OP. It’s because every class basically has something they are good at, and something they aren’t so good at. Warrior can play everything viably (that’s available). Warriors give results with very minimal effort, that’s why people seem to think they are OP.

I mained my Warrior for a long time until I got bored of how easy it was. I now have fice 80’s and can say that they aren’t OP, just boring.

Not sure if this is old news or not. But I was bored and decided to do some digging. I came upon this [&AgGxWAAA] (link http://gyazo.com/b7432e4079fe2461f6206f43b2834bf2.png)

Could it really be?

Dahkeus.8243:

You…do realize that almost every thief has a shortbow as a swap weapon 90% of the time, right? It’s one of our strongest weapons, hands-down, even if we don’t use it as a primary weapon.

I only use shortbow for escape (only useful in PvP) and blasting.

“Keen Edge” trait activates even if you don’t have Sharpening Stone on your action bar. So, you should replace that with something else.

I see, when was this patch you speak of introduced?

So I was browsing youtube in attempts to find tips to improve our servers Tequatl kill time when I came across a video of someone seemingly soloing Tequatl. The video starts near the end of the boss and after faffing around for a minute or two, eventually kills it. Now, I know MMO’s tend to have private/cheat servers. I’m not sure if there are any for Gw2 yet, but this video really does seem convincing. On the other hand, I just don’t see how it can be killed solo.

I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post links here, but I’m sure a moderator will remove it if not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPJJ79zSnsI

Can anyone shed some light on this?

EDIT: He only gets 1 chest at end, currently you get 4 including end-chest, but i’m not sure if that’s how it used to be. Our server only just recently started beating Tequatl.

Hi folks,

I’m looking for legs that look somewhat like trousers/jeans etc. I’ve searched high and low and the only ones I can find are the Embroidered ones from low level. I do like them, however you can’t properly see shoes when equipped which puts me off them.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Mesmer/Ele/Necro all swap between two animations on auto-attacks on staves.

Wanze.8410:

Throw them in the mystic forge.
Items bought with karma arent salvageable.

I remember salvaging them many months ago, but I realised it was after I transmuted them.

I just transmuted the gloves with cheap (80s/ea) Magi gloves and salvaged them that way.

So I decided I wanted some runes and insignias. Figured I’d buy Temple armour to salvage. Wasn’t until I was 14 pairs in, I realised you can’t even salvage.

What do I do now?

EDIT: I have 26 Transmutation crystals spare, what level gloves MINIMUM can I transmute these to and still be able to salvage for runes/insignias?

I just tried making the smallest height again, but this time made it a larger build, the back item seems to touch the back, but only a little.

Huge improvement from the small build though.

Hey folks, currently all five of my 80’s are Human and I really want to make an Asuran now. The only problem I have is.. I noticed that there’s a considerable distance between backpack skins and the players back. It’s one of those things that once I’ve noticed, it’s difficult to ignore.

Are there any good looking backpack skins that don’t have this issue?

So far I’ve checked Light of Dwayna and Rox’s Quiver and there’s quite a bit of distance.

EDIT: I’ve chosen the smallest height possible and the smallest build available. Are these the cause of the problem?

Too many people seem to forget that having the same build as someone else doesn’t automatically make you as good as them.

You said you’ve only been playing Ele at 80 for a month, that’s a very little amount of time. Keep playing it and experimenting with builds, eventually you’ll find something that suits your style, and then you’ll start to find ways to improve it until you find something that you’re good at.

Yes, they have large ranges, you can hit the gates at Tytone I know that.

Don’t you get badges from Achievement chests or Monthly anyway?

insanemaniac.2456:

yay thieves cant get a free escape w/ cnd
yay eles dont have extra targets to help them run away w/ rtl
yay guardians cant use gap closer blinks as escapes
yay autotargeting doesnt select targets i dont want when someone spams stealth

so many good things when theres no creaturez around!

Toggling Auto-target to off also stops you from randomly targetting.
Just a heads up doe.

Carpboy.7145:

Zach.3264:

This is obviously a troll thread or you are incredibly new to PvP.

• Classes are different playstyles.
• Build matters.
• Player’s ability in PvP matters.
• Environment matters.

You can kill an NPC fast as a Zerk Ele.. well done.
PvP is completely different.

Yes, I’ll admit Thieves do have extremely high burst, and they are probably the best 1v1 class in-game. Ele’s on the other hand have the best AoE burst in-game.
I don’t see any Thieves going to Ele forum and complaining they died in a blob fight because an Ele was hitting them 4k’s with Fire Storm in a huge radius?

Ele can give group support and buffs.
Ele is the only class that can destroy siege far back within walls.
Ele has superior AoE.

Thief has none to little of these, I don’t see many (if any at all) threads in your sub-section by Thieves complaining?

Every class/build fits into their own slot of what it’s intended to do. Thieves are almost only for DPS as they provide little Support. Ele can do all, and at that.. within the 1 build.

I crafted a Thief to 80 2 weeks ago and as much as I enjoy it at the moment, I’m slowly getting bored of it due to being tunneled into playing full DPS.
I have a 66 Ele I occasionally work on by playing SPvP for +1 level tomes. I can’t say I’ve played much of my Ele (more than my Thief though) but I will say that it’s far more enjoyable for sure.

LOL

Thanks for that in-depth response.

This is obviously a troll thread or you are incredibly new to PvP.

• Classes are different playstyles.
• Build matters.
• Player’s ability in PvP matters.
• Environment matters.

You can kill an NPC fast as a Zerk Ele.. well done.
PvP is completely different.

Yes, I’ll admit Thieves do have extremely high burst, and they are probably the best 1v1 class in-game. Ele’s on the other hand have the best AoE burst in-game.
I don’t see any Thieves going to Ele forum and complaining they died in a blob fight because an Ele was hitting them 4k’s with Fire Storm in a huge radius?

Ele can give group support and buffs.
Ele is the only class that can destroy siege far back within walls.
Ele has superior AoE.

Thief has none to little of these, I don’t see many (if any at all) threads in your sub-section by Thieves complaining?

Every class/build fits into their own slot of what it’s intended to do. Thieves are almost only for DPS as they provide little Support. Ele can do all, and at that.. within the 1 build.

I crafted a Thief to 80 2 weeks ago and as much as I enjoy it at the moment, I’m slowly getting bored of it due to being tunneled into playing full DPS.
I have a 66 Ele I occasionally work on by playing SPvP for +1 level tomes. I can’t say I’ve played much of my Ele (more than my Thief though) but I will say that it’s far more enjoyable for sure.

EDIT: IGNORE ALL OF THE ABOVE, THIS IS CLEARLY TROLL THREAD. I’LL COPY AND PASTE INTO THE NEXT “NERF THIEVES” THREAD. !!!ONEONE111ONEONE!!ONE11!!ONE!