Guild Wars 2

I think that they just need to put better loot in the chests. The transformation things are pointless, as well as xp stuff for killing mobs because the normal xp is so small anyhow. The most useful things I’ve gotten are the transmog things for gear (for which I’d be willing to spend gold/crystals/karma for that ability from an in-game NPC), and the crafting bonus (possibly, haven’t used this yet). Before they increased the stack size I was just tossing excess chests that I looted. What would get me interested in BL chests?

cosmetic items (for both armor and clothing slots)
dyes
in-game currency
large capacity bags
tradable gear
game keys (I kid, mostly)

I run a similar build with bow and axes (dabbling with GS now, though). Love it. I’m sure there’s a damage difference in not specing discipline, but I’d rather put those points into survivability because it does seem to make a difference in dungeons.

Excellent advice, folks, it gives me hope. Steal is something that I haven’t really used given it’s awkward placement on the UI, but maybe I can change that hot-key to something more intuitive than the F1 key to make it easier to incorporate into my mob encounters. I don’t know why the function keys feel so wrong.

I am SB/DD (level 33, 10cs/10sa) and I can only take two or three hits from a silver mob before I die (specifically Ascalon Catacombs). I’m decent at dodging, but after those two dodges, and using hide in shadows, it’s over. Melee combat? Forget it. I can barely get to the mob before my health is gone. Is this something I should get used to until reaching a higher level or am I not doing something that I should be? I really want to play thief but if there’s no way to avoid dying this much I’ll stay away from dungeons.