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If I was your dev, shortbow 5 would generate 2 initiative if you blind 3 foes with it.
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Those are valid points. I think there should be some sort of minor stealth; lets call it cloak. You can stealth yourself but cloak others.
Cloak immediately drops you as a target and prevents you from being re-targeted by enemies you are not targeting or enemies that are farther than 600 units away. Visually, you don't go invisible but you do go transparent. You still get revealed afterwards and it wouldn't mess with auto attack because attacking doesn't break cloak. This probably wouldn't help the fixate issue you raised but 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
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3 hours ago, LyraOrpheo.8450 said:
It feels like this would've been better off as a Major for heal builds to invest in rather than Minor, since the use is pretty situational for a build with a single objective, that may be why it feels useless.
Yeah, I think this is right especially after the change to Shadestep. The minor grand master slot is kind of a prominent place to stick a very situational trait. Anet take a look this.
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How often are you guys triggering Panaku's Ambition? In DPS mode I never do. I haven't played support much but when I tinkered around with it blasting smoke screens was a really low priority. Are you stealthing yourself or team often? If Panaku's was replaced what would you want? I would rather it do something like: Gain Rot Venom and apply barrier to nearby allies when you exit Shadow Shroud.
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There is nothing int he note about scepter but it seems faster after the patch. Anyone else notice this or am I hallucinating?
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Played around with Deadeye scepter but the malice generation wasn't working. That said, once it does work it seems like it will be cool alternative. I can't really see myself playing rifle outside of deadeye. There might be a core thief staff spec using the recent accro changes but I haven't played around with it yet.
You didn't ask for feed back on mainhad axe, but please consider some off-hand alternative. Here is some ideas using torch.
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Scepter Deadeye... Anet you sure about this?
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One simple request for Specter. Since Alc was moved from wells and revive was removed from Shadestep. Can you put revive on wells? Something like 15% on impact?
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9 hours ago, Infinity.2876 said:
additionally, what idea do you have for the opening strikes on mainhand pistol?
On 4/22/2023 at 12:15 PM, nopoet.2960 said:Pistol - Fire an explosive round blinding foes near your target
An AoE blast finisher that blinds.
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22 hours ago, draxynnic.3719 said:
..(Does the opening strikes mechanic completely replace the usual ambush skills?)
No not at all! I totally would want sneak attack + opening strike to be a thing.
This is especially important if you don't want to use torch. Some questions I haven't answered for myself yet are what does it mean to attack a revealed target? What does it mean to attack a revealed target with an opening strike? What would it mean to attack a revealed target with a stealth attack?
That said, I think the traits could be constructed so you actually wanted to be revealed without taking the possibility of stealth away.
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On 4/22/2023 at 5:36 PM, LyraOrpheo.8450 said:
I dont mean to sabotage your thread, as is often the case in this forum when it comes to feedback, but we've all been waiting for Sword offhand Thief since HoT, if it's not Sword off-hand I'm not interested in what you're selling.
Out of curiosity what do you think sword/sword could bring to thief that we can't already do?
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6 hours ago, Metze.2849 said:
I can fully agree with your suggestion about Deadeye's Mark. I've wondered often enough in the game why this is not possible (PVE / PVP / WvW). Especially since it would be so easy to implement.
I would go even further and add an additional QoL improvement for Deadeye's Mark.
Find Deadeye's Mark
Problem:
There comes up for every Deadeye player the situation where you mark your enemy with the Deadeye's Mark and during the fight you accidentally lose the marked opponent from your target. Since the Deadeye is bound to the enemy with the Deadeye's Mark, the task now is to find that one enemy as quickly as possible. That is still relatively simple, if the number of enemies is manageable (PVE / PVP / WvW). It becomes much more difficult when there are numerous enemies in a crowd (eg. WvW zerg). If you are unlucky enough not to find the target, then you are almost incapable of action as Deadeye and have to wait until Deadeye's Mark is recharged.
Currently, I prevent this problem by additionally setting each enemy I mark with the Deadeye's Mark as a personal target as well.
Solution:
At this point I always ask myself, if I already have to mark the enemy with the Deadeye's Mark due to the class design, can't I at least get a benefit out of this "marking"? Here, it would make sense that if I don't have an opponent targeted and I use the Deadeye's Mark ability during the cooldown phase, then the opponent with the Deadeye's Mark would be selected.
This yes, In WoW there's a skill called hunter's mark and it drops a big red arrow on your target. We should steal that.
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Ok the big idea is that a Seeker is an AOE fighter with subtle hints of guardian. Could this work?
Steal becomes Expose -
Expose - Reveals your target and yourself
Being revealed gives you access to Opening Strikes which replace your auto attackOpening Strikes:
Sword - Quick strike that strikes all foes in front of you and slows your target
Dagger - Roll under your target to cripple it and nearby foes
Pistol - Fire an explosive round blinding foes near your targetSeeker gains access to offhand Torch
3. Sword - Blazing Thrust: Use your heated sword to execute a slow powerful thrust that grants quickness if your target is under the health threshold3. Dagger - Thermocutter: Stab your target and create firefield
3b. Dagger - Backdraft (flip over): Stab your target & hop backwards burning foes in the area3. Pistol - Searing Round: Fire a slow moving flaming bullet that burns foes along its path
3b. Pistol- Hot Shot (flip over): Fire two ricocheting shots that critically strike burning foes4. Blind Leap: Leap at your foe burning and blinding them
5. Purging Flames: Burn foes around you and gain fire aura
5b. Trail Blazer (Flip Over): Extinguish your fire aura by rolling (evade) in a targets direction leaving a path of flames behind youWhen in stealth your Torch is dosed. To relight it to must use on of the following skills
Doused Torch
3. Dragon's Breath - Ignite your torch by breathing fire on it. Foes in front of you are blinded
4. Igniting Strike - Ignite your torch by striking your target using the friction light it
5. Fire Blast - Ignite your torch with explosive powder blasting fields and damaging nearby foesUtility Skills - Meditations
Death (Heal) - Gain a stack of regeneration for each condition on you then heal for a percentage of damage you deal to enemies
Destruction - Gain might. Critical strikes you deliver burn your foes
Deception - You are revealed, your target is inflicted with major vulnerability
Endurance - Gain evasion for every attack you evade you gain quickness
Cleverness - Use all your initiative to burn foes around you gain initiative for each one stuck
Appropriation - Shadowstep and unleash fierce attacks on nearby foes using items you steal from themTraits would focus on improving revealed, enhancing and spreading burning, and enhancing single target skill to strike additional opponents
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On 3/16/2023 at 1:38 PM, TwiceDead.1963 said:
Fury uptime seems like the least of my problems tbh...
It's not really only about fury. Fury was just an easy call out because of the Critical Strikes spec. It would also have a positive impact on acro, Thrill of the Crime, Bountiful theft, Specter, Maleficent 7, and Premeditation which is not bad for a minor trait.
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On 4/7/2023 at 9:35 AM, xellink.7568 said:
If the group absolutely cannot find a healer, the basics are this.
Spectre has four heal mechanics:
1. Shadow step healing which scales w healing power
2. Shadestep and barrier generation
3. Consume shadows, no healing power needed but relies heavily on vitality
4. Single target healing via sceptre. This scales w healing power.
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I just "discovered" #2 this week and it's pretty fun. If you use an offhand dagger (I've been using main hand pistol) your rotation is something like Cloak and Dagger > Stealth Attack (both generate barrier) > (siphon if you can get it in quickly) > some well > then for me Shadow Strike > Repeater. The big ahHA was realizing that, even if you are using scepter or pistol, this is a melee spec. You can't stay at range to make it work.
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We just need two more conditions! One that blocks you from getting new boons and another that prevents you from benefiting from the boons you have.
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On 3/31/2023 at 11:48 AM, Zacchary.6183 said:
Nice changes. It seems like you were trying to hit at every playstyle.
Thank you! I was. One really easy thing Anet could do to help support Specters would be to simply increase the duration of alacrity. I think it's at 4 secs. now. If they take that up to 6 it would reduce the pressure to spam wells constantly.
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So I spent a little bit of time playing specter last week. The pacing is much slower than other thief specs so that took a little bit of getting used to. I was mostly frustrated with lack of stealth access. Panaku's Ambition is just smirking at me. You don't have enough initiative to use Cloak and Dagger efficiently and Black Powder + Mind shock requires perfect execution. I try not to do this with my suggestion but I ended up buffing just about everything. I just wanted to make it better at doing the things it already does.
Minor Adept: Unlock scepter. Steal becomes Siphon and your initiative is reduced. Gain access to shadow force through spending initiative, and gain access to Shadow Shroud ability.
Major Adept
- (new) Deep Shadows - Using Siphon on a foe while in Shadow Shroud ends Shadow Shroud and stealths you. Using Siphon while in Shadow Shroud on an ally ends Shadow Shroud and stealths the targeted ally.
- (new) Iron Shadows - Gain protection when you shadowstep. Barriers last longer on tethered ally.
- Consume Shadows - Gain stacks of Consume Shadows at regular intervals while in Shadow Shroud. Exiting Shadow Shroud consumes your remaining shadow force and heals allies based on the number of stacks you have gained. Allies that are fully healed receive the rest of the value in barrier.
Minor Master: Dark Sentry - Apply Rot Wallow Venom to allies you grant barrier to. Outgoing healing to allies is increased. Rot Wallow Venom effect cannot apply to yourself.
Major Master
- (updated) Larcenous Torment - Entering and exiting Shadow Shroud Torments foes around you. Torment you inflict is increased. Gain shadow force when you torment a foe. Does not grant shadow force while in shroud.
- (updated) Amplified Siphoning - Cast Lesser Mind Shock when Siphoning. Gain increased shadow force when hitting a foe with Siphon. Grant increased barrier when targeting an ally.
- (updated) Traversing Dusk - Dawn's Repose is now a showstep. Heal allies in the area around you when you shadowstep. Gain shadow force for each ally in the radius. Wells grant alacrity on their initial impact.
Minor Grandmaster: Panaku's Ambition - Gain barrier when you strike foes with a stealth attack. When you apply stealth to allies you also grant them barrier. This effect can only be received once and will reset when stealth is removed.
Major Grandmaster
- (updated) Strength of Shadows - Reduces the cool down of Shadow Shroud skills. Gain expertise based on a percentage of your vitality. Incoming damage from enemies is reduced based on the number of conditions they have. Rot Wallow Venom inflicts torment for a longer duration.
- (updated) Hungering Darkness - While in shroud, transfer conditions from your tethered ally and cleanse conditions from yourself. Each condition removed in this fashion heals a percentage of your base health and grants your tethered ally barrier. Grant Resolution to nearby allies when exiting Shadow Shroud.
- Shadestep - Siphon now grants you barrier when targeting enemies, and it revives allies when targeting them. Shadowstepping breaks your barrier and grants it to nearby allies, proportional to the number of allies affected.
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Real quick suggestion.
Signets of Power should provide 150 Concentration for 6 seconds when a signet recharges in addition to the initiative gain. The idea is to nudge fury uptime a little bit while encouraging people to use the Signets active effects. This might also be a benefit to certain DE builds.
Trickster should also grant 1 second of evasion in addition to removing conditions. Many of the Tricks are defensive anyway. It would increase the evasion on Withdraw and Roll. Caltrops and Scorpion wire would be safer to cast and it just makes sense for Haste.
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Holosmith it is! Thanks guys.
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I have an engineer that I play occasionally who is currently wearing full Grieving armor. I'm trying to figure out how to spec her to take advantage of those stats without buying more gear. Any advice? I have Holo and Scrapper unlocked but not Mech. I'm not opposed to playing a core spec either.
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I'd like to see stealth on Distracting Daggers on interrupt and on Well of Bounty. That would give both Daredevil and Specter a non core way to stealth.
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On 2/16/2023 at 6:01 PM, Infinity.2876 said:
shadowfall: grants tethered ally life steal, swiftness and regen.
Can I just say that shadowfall is a bizarre elite for someone who mained a thief since the beginning. They want me to jump in the middle of a crowd of enemies and pull them all towards me... repeatedly and doing no damage. That's not how to thief at all.
I know it can be useful at times but it's like they are daring us to kill ourselves.
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1 minute ago, Lithril Ashwalker.6230 said:
herein lies the issue with stealth in a group setting...if you cast group stealth on thieves attacking, it screws up their rotation...if there was an option that allowed stealth/whatever to NOT break current queue it wouldnt be an issue.
I don't want to derail the thread but I'm only talking about a .5 second stealth with the sole purpose of triggering Panaku's Ambition and the SA traits.
mounts, skiffs keeping them more usefull for the future !
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