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Dungeon/Fractals build for the Thief

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You’re playing the wrong class if you want to really give support. The best you’ll do with that is stealthing groups past unnecessary trash mobs or using Smoke Screen if you end up in a group without enough reflects (i.e. Guardians or Mesmers).

Your biggest asset as a thief in a group is blinds on trash and dps. The blinds you can do with any build by equipping a S/P and keeping a field down with #5, but you attain the latter by using a heavy dps build such as 25/30/0/0/15.

D/D is the weapon set to use on single target fights
Short Bow or S/P is what you want to use on AoE fights
P/P is the weapon set for single target fights when you need to stay ranged.

If you’re new to the class or to the dungeon, then you can always switch things up to get defensive talents like Feline’s Grace.

Another option is a trickery build (0/30/0/0/25 + 15), which will give you a bit of extra utility by granting vigor and stealing boons. If you’re good at maintaining high initiative, the dps isn’t too far off from a 25/30/0/0/15.

sundering strikes vuln stacking isn’t support?

Gem Purchase/Redemption Issues [Merged]

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Well this topic is about the Trade Post not working there is a separate topic talking about the TGupdate. Also yes I can read and know what you were referring to and yet still no this does not stop the tgupdate from occurring.

Gem Purchase/Redemption Issues [Merged]

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That is not a fix. It is old and outdated way of them trying to fix it without actually knowing what it is needs fixed. I have already tried that a few days ago and it did nothing.

Gem Purchase/Redemption Issues [Merged]

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I love the overall silent treatment we are getting from Anet on this matter. Not so much as a feint idea as to an eta or even a we are working on it. So fed up with this company at this point and this game.

Let's unite for a Mac OS X native client

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I just find it intriguing that this game states support for mac yet it is truly not a mac client it is a wrapper which by definition is not the same thing. To have a client means that it is coded around the kernel that system is built on. A wrapper is a port and in most cases is very touch and go I think for macs Aspyr does wrappers best. Anet just needs to either drop mac and focus windows or they need to fully support Mac and stop half stepping us. We pay good money for this game and I’m sure most of us have spent multitudes of cash when the gem store is working and to receive this kind of silence from a company is absurd.

5,754steal 2,826cloak-dagger 11,267backstab

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I lawl thieves and wars on my mesmer maybe no offense and i mean this in the nicest way but you should l2p mesmer better op. I run a full carrion set staff build and make most folks run away. 1v1 is laughable most fights. Hell 1v3 is pretty doable long as your not complete trash at mesmer.

Client Crashing

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Trying to log in keep getting into character select and then soon as i hit play client crashes serious error.

Gem Purchase/Redemption Issues [Merged]

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Flaming I see you constantly posting in the mac sections do you even run a mac? also we have all been running mavericks since long before this issue came about. I can guarantee that it is not mavericks at the root. Seeing as how the gem store was working perfectly fine prior to patch and mavericks has been out for going on 2-3 months.

Gem Purchase/Redemption Issues [Merged]

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Im loving the silence from Anet on this. Terrific support .

Gem Purchase/Redemption Issues [Merged]

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Well I found a work-around for the gem store problem. I logged into the game using my son’s windows computer and bought gems. It is really annoying that I had to do this because this is an issue that you would think Anet would fix quickly as it is losing them money for every Mac user that can not buy gems.

Please Anet fix the gem store to work with Mac.

I think the problem we as Mac users face is Anet doesn’t see the revenue loss from us as we may not actually be that large of a market to them. Either that or they are absolutely clueless and truly just care about the bottom line in which case we will most likely see an update to fix this but doubt we will ever truly see a native client free from beta. I for one am fed up and tired of supporting this company.

Gem Purchase/Redemption Issues [Merged]

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Processor 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB
Software OS X 10.9 (13A603)
latest game client having this issue still unresolved.

Gem Purchase/Redemption Issues [Merged]

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Wait, a new build tonight but no fix for us gg wonderfully done Anet. Such great support.

Let's unite for a Mac OS X native client

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-#2 is the most important thing in regards to this issue.
YES it would be wonderful if there was a native client. But at the end of the day the amount of people who are holding out because of the client not being native would be rather low so the increase in account purchases isn’t likely to cover the cost of completely reconstructing assets to work natively in OpenGL

You just gave me an idea…

Is your idea to purchase hundreds of accounts O_o

Also in response to your ESO comment a few posts up. I don’t see ESO taking a substantial chunk of GW2’s players. It is a very different kind of game, from what I understand in some ways it’s more akin to GW1 than it is to GW2. Even then it’s a sub based game and subscription games are not really thriving at the moment (ignoring WoW because it’s old and has managed to hold onto most of it’s players and can therefore be set to the side). ESO’s launch I imagine won’t be that different to FFXIV’s (although in my opinion FFXIV is by far the superior game) in that a lot of people will try it out for a month or so but only a small fraction will decide to continue paying their subscription. That’s where GW2 really shines because the second those people get bored of their new shiny they will come back to GW2 because they don’t need to pay a sub fee.

Totally untrue look at final fantasy sub based and #1 at mmorpg.com it has a huge following and WoW is still very much going strong with over 8 million subs. GW2 is a great game but you bet your bottom dollar that the lack of mac support will definitely be a downfall if they don’t act fast there are several games coming that will support Mac and will be f2p and or sub either way I will not be one to stick around and continue dumping time and money into a company that just does not appreciate or show support for my efforts and the multitude that feel the same way. Just look at how many people have commented on this let alone looked at this Topic itself. Let alone reddit.

Gem Purchase/Redemption Issues [Merged]

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Def still not working.

[Builds] The Instance Mesmer (PvE)

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crazy nike posted these same builds the other day on twitch. http://www.twitch.tv/nike_dnt/c/3380103
It’s almost like you took em and called them yours. Interesting.

[PvP/WvW] Lockdown + Shatter: Shatterlock

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so for WvW what gear is recommended the link only displays armor for spvp.

Let's unite for a Mac OS X native client

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Such a laughable thing, 4 months and still no word love it. Great support from the devs. I am fairly confident that I am done with this game supporting it both with my time and finances is like throwing bills in to an empty hole with no reward. Anet seems to care nothing for its mac community.

Let's unite for a Mac OS X native client

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Still no word I see, feels like mac community really gets pushed in the dark. A beta client has been around for over a year its time for Anet to really push a native client to Mac. I am sure the mac community has more than paid there dues.

exception c0000094

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Seems back to normal now game is loading back again and am able to play.

exception c0000094

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Mac Beta Client error exception c0000094 occurring after todays patch. I can get as far as character selection when the loading screen begins for loading in to the world it attempts to load and then crashes.

Skill Challenge Kessex Hills

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Just an update this is still bugged that is all.

Holy Trinity

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Without the Holy Trinity, you run into communities like this one where people classify each profession based on usefulness so warrior,guardian etc typically with thief ending up on bottom.

Now spin it in to a holy trinity warrior would have been a tank/dps guard would have been a support/tank etc. there would have been a healer specific class or classes and thief would be a great dpser along with ranger thus making them more sought after in dungeons and such.

[Build] The Blackwater Mesmer (Condition/WvW)

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I have actually tested this now in dungeons and in general pve exploration and must say that Natsu no offense but you are incorrect. Things take a matter of seconds to die. Also I walk away from vet mobs with almost full health so the survivability plus the dps is such a nice mix. I have run 4 Ac’s p1 and p3 twice each and no group has complained and I have in some cases been the only one not to go down.

Although in instances such as ac is concerned where I can see that ice bow usage is affected as this build with rabid gear has no real power to speak of direct damage wise thus I do not see the full effects of usage of such things as if someone in full berserkers. I however enjoy a game where everyone is not pigeon holed in to using 1 class of armor and 1 weapon sheerly because it is easier and the so called preferred method.

Skill Challenge Kessex Hills

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The skill point challenge for Kessex Hills utilizing the turret ol’stinky is not working. I assume this is due to the tower of nightmares. However I appreciate the fact that Arenanet implements new content please when you do this be sure that the rest of the content is not affected I spent over 30 minutes trying to figure this out and is not how I enjoy spending my time nor does it reflect in a positive way.

That is all also Black lion trade is constantly not loading to where I have to log out and back in and do this some times several times repeatedly. Again however much I appreciate new content please Anet make sure you have a solid platform to do this.

[Build] The Blackwater Mesmer (Condition/WvW)

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This still viable? also it says it works in pve is this true like its viable in dungeons and exploration?

For Mac user

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I would disregard. I run the mac client on a mid 2012 macbook pro and runs perfectly never had a crash just issues with black lion trade. I would suggest running in mac client especially so that if you do have issues you can post them and hopefully light a fire under devs to show more support for a native mac client. The more that mac users are pushed to a boot camp style play the less the mac client gets looked at. I say you bought a mac not a windows computer for a reason play mac it’ll run just fine.

Beg for an update for Mac client

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Hey thanks arena net is the best company ever. This is the best game and you guys are perfect in every single way.

Mesmers! Best Phantasms for PvE and why?

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http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1cjmri/new_player_guide_to_leveling_a_mesmer_the/

Is what I have used and am having my wife use. It has 2 options a staff variation and a gs/sf both have pros and cons but very well written and up to date leveling guide.

Little ray of sunshine in the dark

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My biggest frustration with this build that he runs is the gear. He says Valks gear w/Travelers Runes you are talking a almost 100gold investment. The armor is 24 gold and only available via craft so either u make or buy it. The runes are roughly 10g each x6 60 gold for those and 4g and some change for the armor x 6 so 25 gold there about 85 gold.

Does anyone NOT have crashing issues?

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Ive never had a crash. I have issues with TP not loading and logout and login seems to fix that sometimes takes a few times but. Also I have issues where when in the TP and exiting that window my game brightness changes and I have to alt tab out but no actual game crashing.

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FOTM Build

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ok thanks for the response.

FOTM Build

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I am just curious if the standard full zerker with 20/30/x/x/x is the standard for fotm or if there is a more standardized build.

[Guide] WvWvW/Pve Shatter Cat 2014-04-23

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is this still a viable build? and if so which is the most up to date.

leveling guide updated most recent patch?

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really 93 views and nothing.

leveling guide updated most recent patch?

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I was just curious im thinking about leveling my ele and not sure what best route is in pve leveling to do so. I have been doing i believe a d/d but not sure if staff would be better or any other wpn types.

Just lookin for a leveling guide that may offer traits to follow etc if there is a best route anywhoo thank for the replies in advance.

F key for interact bugs out

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My wife just had this issue when trying to view a vista by pressing F key it would not recognize her key press. I tabbed out and went in to safari to see if this would duplicate elsewhere and it did not. I ended up exiting out of client and coming back in and it worked again. This should really be addressed. I find myself having to exit out of client multiple times a day because of various bugs unsure if mac or all clients have but trade also bugs out where i have to exit and come back in and then it will load.

Hitting ESC on mac causes dimming

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I was wondering if anyone knows why or has a fix for this. It does not happen every time i hit esc but often several times it will dim and i will have to command tab out and then back in to game and it will fix it but is there a way to not have this happen?.

Does a leveling guide exist

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Is this for level 80 to be more specific I’m looking for level breakdowns I.e 1-10 11-20 etc

Does a leveling guide exist

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Looking for a thief leveling guide like from 1-80 wpns to use traits for pve etc.

Vindictive on Darkhaven (18+ WvW, Dungeons)

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What’s funny is when I jokingly made that statement you and everyone laughed. I don’t recall one person who was like aw man that wasn’t right. Y’all bragged about stating you liked the new guy so let’s just call it what it is.

lf 18+ friendly Guild Darkhaven

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We are both fairly new looking for a nice hopefully active guild that has a decent member count contact mikeew.8607 in game if recruiting thanks.

Vindictive on Darkhaven (18+ WvW, Dungeons)

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Was an ok guild while in it I never saw more than about 5-10 ppl on at a time. I was kicked with no explanation, attempted to hop on vent to find out what happened and was given a very childish cold shoulder. For being a mature guild very immature the way I was treated in the end.