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I was told by ma guildies that the best runes for thief in pve are Scholar and metabattle says for WvW it's Eagle.Do you think that I'd lose to much if I take Scholar for both PvE and WvW (or Eagle for both)?What are the pros and cons?

So... remove the last vestiges of any reason to ever take D/D over D/P, ever? D/D sucks because ANet removed all the damage amp from the core thief in general and put it in the DrD and DE trait lines. Took the fangs mostly from core and generally speaking, hit D/x's sustained damage hard with the overall AA nerfs and removal of damage from CS in favor of EW for PvE. It's funny seeing the difference of opinion because PvE players say it's fine when it's atrociously bad in the PvP modes and is absolutely and totally eclipsed by D/P in every way now, with those two traitlines/builds having anti-synergy with D/D itself. It's viable in PvE which is good enough. PvP... it's dumpster-tier bad. One of the weakest builds/kits in the entire game. Here's your D/D rework/fix, as suggested on repeat, for years: It needs one skill change pretty much to at least be PvP-usable. See you did your homework. Interesting idea although I am not a big fan of the Death Blossom rework as I don't think it'd be useable in PvE (and I am a fan of power builds, so bleed is meh). Maybe some kind of spin move would work (spin in place for idk about 0.5s, do damage and get a small evade)? Would work in PvE as cleave as well as work in PvP because I'm guessing you could use it after porting to your enemy? PoE had an interesting skill called Blade Flury or something like that. Channel and get dmg reduction (maybe block) and if you block/get hit you do more damage.

That's a solid suggestion but kinda still doesn't solve the problem of daggers having little to no cleave, which is needed in fractals and places where adds are a thing

Do you think it's possible to get a rework for D/D?Imo it's one of the most underwhelming in PvE and PvP/WvW. Maybe add more cleave or range to daggers so we can get a build that's viable in fractals?Back when I had just started the game I fell in love with thief and D/D in particular. But over time I realised just how trash it is compared to staff DD (I'm talking about PvE). Compared to other classes thief just doesn't have any build variability (again, mostly PvE)

I got back in gw2 a while ago and can't seem to make up my mind about whether to play dps chrono or weaver. I like chrono as its a bit easier and forgiving to play. But I also dabble in WvW a little (mostly roaming) and I can't seem to make it work.On the other hand I also like weaver for its theme, but it's really unforgiving and hard to play.Usually I play mages and assassins so this is where my problem with no lt being able to decide is coming from

I came back to gw2 some time ago, think it was a few days after the big February 2020 patch/rework. Since then I kept seeing stuff on reddit and the forums that chronomancer is useless or at least bad and that I'm better off playing ele.When I came back I played weaver for some time, tried chrono and didn't like the changes at first but slowly got used to them and I don't really see that much difference now (except the merging of f4 and f5). On snowcrows and metabattle power chrono even has one of the highest DPS so I really don't get it... Is it just me or is chrono fine? Just wish there was a WvW build for it.

The question has be bugging me lately and it's gotten to the point where I spend most of my ingame time by switching from chrono to weaver and back. I'm focused on open world, fractals and wvw (altough I want to raid at some point). In other games I generally play mages or assassins which really doesn't help in gw2 because I see both elite specs as kind of assassiny mages...Can you please help a fellow gw2 player make up his mind?

I recently came back to Guild Wars 2. But the one thing that keeps me from having a good time is the fact that I can't choose which class I wanna "main".I like both (aesthetic and gameplay wise). Mostly play dps in Pve - dungeons, fractals and open world, but I also dabble a little in roaming in WvW.Which one would you recommend and why?

I see staff DD being used mainly in PvE (it sucks in PvP or WvW roaming cuz it's kinda a slow weapon that a good player can play around), d/d DE seems nice but again is kinda meh in PvP or WvW as you have even less mobility than core Thief and core Thief seems to not work in PvE anymore cuz it's being overshadowed by both specs. Sure it might work in Open World but Raids and Fractals seem to be a no go. Is there even such a thing as a good all-around build?

I can't decide which spec to main. I love the rogue archetype in most MMOs but Gw2 has a weird take on rogues/assassins.There's Daredevil which uses staff which I kinda don't like and then there's Deadeye which is kinda like a sniper (there's a d/d build) that I somewhat like but has less mobility which I also don't like. I'm torn and need help.I'm mostly a PvE player but I also dabble in some WvW (mostly roaming).

I started watching Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and I wanna make a new character with a name referencing the show. Probably gonna make a human mesmer if that helps with coming up with a name.So let me hear your best Jojo referencing name!

Thief is probably my favorite profession, the only thing I don't like is the incosistency of builds for Thief. What I mean by this is staff DrD is apparently the best for PvE but shit for PvP/WvW (apparently ok in zergs but meh roaming), D/D Deadeye is good in WvW but meh elswhere...Is there a build that I could use in every mode without having to switch weapons and trats all the time? Preferably s/d or d/d?

Getting bored with Thief (didn't know it was mostly a PvP class and I don't like staff). So I'm thinking of making either a s/s Revenant (either Herald or Renegade) or s/d Weaver. I don't really like condi builds so I'm talking about power rev/weaver.Which has better DPS and is all around more usefull in PvE (both raids/fractals and open world) and WvW?

I recently got back into Gw2 and was having a blast in Open World and some WvW, but recently I remembered why I stopped playing.I usually play assassins in MMOs so ofc I mained Thief for quite a while. But I realised just how underwhelming they are... Their damage is meh, usefulness in PVE is kinda trash etc.So I'm thinking of starting a new profession. Was looking into s/s Revenant (Herald or Renegade), s/dWeaver or axe/x or gs Mirage (really dislike condi builds but I can make an exception for Mirage).I need something that is usefull in almost every game mode (don't really care about Pvp, mostly play PVE and WvW), What do you guys recommend?

Well for starters their running animation feels like they're running on their toes and it gets a little bit annoying :P