Guild Wars 2

What is it that people want exactly? Thief already has one of the lowest HP pools in game. Our survivability is based in our movement/evades (even stated we have no real “defense” to speak of). Our defense is our offense, hit hard and fast and get out it’s the same basic idea of any stealth/rouge/thief class from any mmo.

I see so much crying in the thief forums (from people that don’t play the class) and it gets old. Dmg output is our thing, and if your stated to maximize it (Glass Cannon) you can kill in 1-3 hits but you can also die in 1-3 hits. I personally don’t play that way and have gotten hammered by them, it’s frustrating. So you know what? I learned to counter them. OMFG I had to change MY tatics and adjust MY playstyle. Sometimes they still get me but not every time now.

Whiners are going to whine and cry no matter what. next it will be a different skill set/build or a different profession all together. The thief class does have some things that need to be addressed but how about this, let’s just skip a few steps here so that the cry babys will all be happy. Let’s just remove the thief class from the game and give all of the thief players a refund.

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Doesn’t seem to stop the guardian though, who’s teleport can go where-the-heck-ever he wants, compared to shadow step.

Not to mention the Mesmer’s teleport

Please note: This is just my opinion,

I’ve been a little underwhelmed by the options of legendary weapons for the thief class
I use a SB and switch between D/D, P/D, and D/P depending on what I’m doing or my mood. Incinerator (the dagger) is pretty cool but other than that I’m unimpressed with the look of legendary weapons, Dreamer (bow) and Quip (Pistol) are Girly/Silly. I’m a guy and I play a male character so those 2 don’t work for me. The sword is cool as well but I don’t play with a sword so……. I’m NOT whining about it (I can always make a Legendary for a different character) Just sharing my opinion and wondering what others are thinking.

I very much doubt you can sell a Legendary. However what disturbes me the most about the whole “Legendary” thing right now is that the game’s been going a little over a month now and some people already have them. Having one this soon just makes them very un-Legendary IMO

I have run a P/P, D/D Thief since the first BWE and been in love with the whole idea of it. I started using a SB in WvW out of what I felt was necessity (It’s just more useful to me there). Last night I crafted the Mystic Crescent for WvW and started running around in PVE with it. As much as i hated to admit it, it was A LOT better (at least for my play style). So then i went into sPVP and changed out my P/P setup for a SB and was blown away my the increase I saw in my PVP performance, I could take on groups of 2-3 and not have to just cut and run because I was outnumber, it was fun (Won quite a few 2v1’s).

But to address your question: Really you can run any weapon set you want if you’re able to make it work with your play style. If you tend to run with groups a P/D or D/P could be nice for support and combos if you run solo a lot a SB is a must IMO for making a quick getaway. carry more than one set up and you can switch as needed, out of combat of course.

Yes let’s remove the thief from the game and, give all of us thieves a free lvl 80 of our choice.

Yeah I noticed that but this is a real build that works and is being used, I’ve seen a LOT of spawn camping in sPVP the last few days with this

First of all I want to say that this is NOT a personal attack on the OP

This seems awfully cheap to me. In a community where people are already crying “THIEF OP!!!!!” You’re just making us all look bad. Perhaps if you spent the time learning to play your job you wouldn’t have to rely on gimmicks to LOOK like you’re a kitten. And I don’t even want to hear how, “They gave us the skills and aren’t blocking us from using them that way”. It’s cheap and only serves to mask your lack of skill with the job. I realize I’m not gonna change you’re opinion and you’re going to play the way you want, which is your right you payed for the game just like I did. just sharing my opinion.

P.S. to those of of you out there running this build, I’d like to thank you in advance for bringing the nerf bat down on us again.

Sounds awesome but I’m on Dragonbrand and we don’t like JQ very much right now

Over powered? Absolutely not. (play one before you sling mud) Over used? Quite possibly, but the fact of the matter is that everyone bought the game and can play whatever they want, lots of people go for the stealth class and some are better at it than others. A team stacked heavily with ANY profession would suck to deal with.

I like rage (for quickness) and Air (lightning strike) myself for my daggers. in PVE, I run P/P with a rage and fire (flame burst). For WvW I use D/D and SB with a Bloodlust Sigil.

I’d consider vitality over toughness (that’s how I’m rolling). I’ve noticed a better benefit in the extra health for soaking up condition damage rather than toughness/melee damage. not sure how your built (link doesn’t work) but that’s my 2 cents.

I’m running a similar build, (25 DA, 30 CS, 15 Trk). Currently ALL of my gear is stacked for vitality because you need it. Recently I’ve been re-thinking this and here’s why. Because of the way the stats are stacked on the gear, it may be more beneficial to stat into Acrobatics for the vitality and gear for your power.

I know the Deadly Arts tree has some nice skills for buffing your dmg but the Acrobatics has some nice skills that open up some new possibilities without sacrificing your dmg. The game is designed so there is no right or wrong answer, i just wanted to share my thoughts.

I tried it and the issue I had with it was that the caltrops don’t last very long at all verses the caltrops utility skill. I love this skill and thought the trait would give me the effect freeing up a utility slot for something else. It was very unimpressive.

I think the really important thing to remember here is, there’s no right or wrong way to do it use what you like and find a way to make that work for you. The beautiful thing about this game is that you can stat however you want and use your gear to balance yourself out. I LOVE my dual pistols and think they’re awesome in PVE and sPVP. In WvWvW however I carry a short bow instead, to me it’s much more useful in that instance. my other weapon slot is always D/D either way

I’ve been playing with a power build myself (25pwr/30prc/15trk) because I like the bonuses. Planning on using Carrion Armor to boost my vit (haven’t decided what runes yet) after that ‘ll use my Jewelry/Accessory’s to boost whatever I’m lacking, Most likely more vit.

I just hit this point as well, exact same thing is happening.

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