Guild Wars 2

Mesmer
Engineer
Thief
Elementalist
Necromancer
Guardian
Warrior
Ranger.

Soon.5240:

Engineers shine at level 80. Until you reach that level, don’t judge them.

Why? What happens at 80 that does not happen at 65 ?

Stormleaf.1769:

WXP comes with rather significant benefits

like what?

Butt Stallion rocks.

Maiden England.3491:

the main purpose/goal of using PTV is to be very tanky, yet hit decently.

I would not call ‘decent’ the damage output of a player wearing PVT.

good idea Lokheit.

where`s the LFG tool

Aberrant.6749:

Thief : you won’t see many highly skilled players using it because there are other more powerful options available.

Depends on the servers you are facing, and your luck.
And one does not usually ‘See’ a thief closing in on him.

Hunzo.4509:

Warriors, Mesmers, and Guardians are the top tier classes by a mile

Yes.

Shadowblade.2103:

Please for the love of god nerf the god kitten perma-stealth build. It is such a pile of crap that I have to use stealth traps to kill a thief anymore. If you won’t nerf the build, then at least give some classes something that cancels out stealth. Im not talking crap AC skills and expensive traps, im talking like an actual skill or two.

your answer is found here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/PIC-22-215-damage-Thief-FUN/first#post2409169

roll and engineer and you will kill all thieves, all the time.

Lighter.5631:

And you can get tons of precursors from 10k players.

yep, tons.

Contiguous.1345:

3/ Foot down on the gas pedal, spam 1,1,1,1,1,1

Yep, that`s the default pass time of about 99% of WvW guardiands.

I have done it long ago, last year. It was nice then.
Now it`s deserted.

Big warriors and guardians in full plate with pink swords? The word for that is not Evil.
IMO.

- crap design choice by AN.
– crap attitude by human filth players.

Atherakhia.4086:

A 5% increase in stats won’t have any impact on anything given how diminished returns work.

What does he/shea mean?

P/P was always (will always be) Fun.
Thx for the vid.

cillercammy.8064:

I plan on playing this game for years to come

“Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.”

Peetee said it best.

Travlane.5948:

its balanced enoughto beat anyone.

anyone who is not an engineer!
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/PIC-22-215-damage-Thief-FUN/page/2#post2428010

:)

“It is absolutely going to come out this year.”
not equal to
soon-ish.

Aberrant.6749:

rogerwilko.6895:

…

If only eng had some way of mitigating the thief burst… like a block or invuln or something… then also had a truckload of cc options… nah, that’ll never happen.

Wow, yes and we all know that the thief burst can be anticipated and it has a loooong cooldown. Right?
You think all the thiefs stop when they see you, wait until you see them, then cloak when running to you so you can “mitigate” their burst?

Forestnator.6298:

c) that day a thief kills me 1vs1 I will deinstall this game because I ’ve to accept I suck. Engineers can not lose against thiefs – to much counters – offensive and defensive.

oh ok.

A good engie will never kill a decent thief that knows how to counter the engie.
- supply crate -> slow cast animation -> dodge out of the way and don`t fight there; I can wait while invi.
- elixir engie? -> heal that can be interrupted
- pistol/pistol? -> immobilize blob is slow moving and can be dodged
-> flame jet thing -> 80% of times it won`t burn me, since I`m always behind or flanking the engie.
-> poison volley? -> same as the flame atk
- FT engie? -> free kill
- bomb engie? -> watch for the big bomb
-> easiest one to flank
- elixir gun? -> easy to flank, low damage since he uses DoTs
- ST build? -> glass, won`t have to bother with anything else since he will drop from the first burst
- P/S ? -> could take a while to kill if he uses bombs too, but once his defensive CDs are spent, easy to wait for the best moment.

Just a few conclusions. As for the engie actually Killing the thief, that`s even shorter:
– condi engie build? -> stealth + heal + cleanse whenever I want
– the win does not seam to be easy -> stealth wait for the proper moment
– engage? -> yes -> nuke fast, then stealth and watch him panic and run in circles
All a good thief needs is Patience, and the knowledge of the Engie prof.
In my opinion.
– engage? -> yes but later -> fake nuke -> fake run -> stealth -> watch him spend his cooldowns ->decide how next to engage
– emgage? -> no. stealth, pick another target.
– engie got me low! I will die!? -> steath if I can, then the rest is easy.

The whole personal story, the main characters and their motivations, the background where the player is dropped, are mediocre at best.
Lack of imagination, limited resources (as in amount of money invested in the writers) or why AN has chosen this path I do not know.
And nor do I care, since I`m a customer and I care about the final product. Which is lacking a lot, in this area.

Drakkon.4782:

Why is there an external site and not a game-integrated tool?

Because the “game-integrated tool” is proving a major challenge for AN.
Similar to a smart TP search algorithm/sorting mechanic and similar to a smart forum search option.

IMO.

I saw a youtube vid + AUDIO.

I can safely say that I would Never like to be in that group / guild.
And I feel sorry for them.

“I don’t want to survive, I want to live!”.

Chopps.5047:

I just nuked a thief with a zerk signet ranger. No ranger fears a thief.

Oh then it`s clear. Any ranger with a zerk signet can kill any thief.

what you need is more guardians.

You are correct, their “search” option is pathetic.

No worry, I don`t think the low prices will stay that low for long. Every 5+man group will use them. This is a good thing, IMO. More towers will flip, more suicidal runs to down the trebs, and so on.
Should be fun.

Colly.4073 is correct.

This kind of threads are useless, IMO. You just give fuel to AN/thief fanboys that will tell you “thiefs are not hard to kill, L2P / stealth+regen+cond removal is not OP, you need to L2P”.

Jackie.1829 for president.

TheAmpca.1753:

Don’t come complaining to the forums when a thief destroys you.
Stealth is not OP.
Stealth/ (decent)regeneration is the only survivability thiefs have.

Why would you need regen singe your oppenent(s) are already dead in seconds?

I doubt there are many who complain “OH MAN, I fought a Thief for 4 minutes but at the end he killed me! QQ”.

Played since release, 90% of my time was spent in WvW.
Never once felt the need to run the JP. For me it sounds like a thing that is close to the “farming” mentality, some king of PvE grind crap. Always looking for more stuff, more gold, more badges, whatever. I don`t have any legenday weapons, fancy skins and my total gold is around 80 coins.

If I will ever run the JPs I`ll do it with my own space bar, not stepping in the kitten pink gate. Until that time comes, I`ll hunt red guys with legendary weapons, and I`ll feel good.

not everyone is able to play 12h / day.
not everyone plays a staff guardian and smashes #1.
not everyone is on a server that has a good zerg/able commanders.

blazin sauce.6278:

is there a website that could tell me how much wud it cost to go from lvl 40-60 with crafting at minimal loss and amount of stuff i need to craft ect.

Yes, there is:
http://gw2crafts.net/

The web site lets you chose the type of guide you want: fast(more expensive), normal(least expensive) and so on.
It also calculates the prices of the materials at the moment of your querie, and it takes the prices from the TP. You will know how much each will cost, how many mats etc.

TC = bestest.

Im Mudbone.1437:

Better for you to play it and see.

I did play. But I was wrong in expecting an explanation.
IMO more rng and ugly skins… useless wvw ‘skills’, more stuff for people to blow gems on, and so on.
I`m glad a lot of people enjoy it, even if it`s not what I would do.
Or maybe that`s exactly what I would do to keep the majority playing my game and bringing $. I guess we`ll never know

Im Mudbone.1437:

Best content update, to date.

why do you say that?

Esta: like I said, if you really read through the profession forums you will find that around 90% of people there complain about nerfs, broken skills, skills that they think are broken, stealth thieves owning them in wvw, strange suggestions for AN, so on and so forth.

You will also seldom find some movies about rarely used builds, like p/p thief, mace/shield warr, axe/torch ranger, s/d ranger like you said, etc that with the right gear and trait setup + the right player will show you another face of that profession.

Even if Ranger / Warr / Guard are the most played professions, be sure that most of the people will just chose the easy path, the obvious choices, and so on.

Since there should be no rush, take your time and experiment with them.

I only wanted the medium helm, but 800 crystals is too much for me

Warr / guard.
At first sight they seam simple / easy / not complicated, but if you really want to min-max, you can find good examples(but few) on the prof forums.
After you do some research you may find what you are looking for.

Also, if you disagree with me, go check each prof forum, but not only the first pages. You may find there something that can help you decide.

That`s my opinion, good luck.

Your server will not be Red(or whatever you are) every week, so no, it will not be impossible.

As a WvW commanger / guild master in a T1 – T3 rank server, what would you rather have: 15 eng or 15 necros (among the multitude of warrs, guards and eles)?

does Eveningstar still play ?

It`s been TOO LONG since I had a challenging/interesting/fun week in WvW.
Either we are against servers that play like pros, 24/24 with 100% scouts in every tower and we have no way to get anything, or we are against servers that don`t really care about WvW and there is nothing to kill / capture.

My advice is: go to the profession forums and check out some movies(youtube).

About the diversity…. nah, most guilds are interested in winning(wvw), so they would welcome another guard / ele / mesmar / whatever.
Still, play what you enjoy, not what others want.

I did look into the wiki. The info there says 5s cooldown.
Still, as far as I know, the info found on that web site is not always accurate / updated. That is why I asked here also.