Antycypator.9874

I know, but it's weird that lore says X, but mechanics says Y. It would be much better to call it "you have been defeated X times". "Defeat X players in PvP".

What about PvP and WvW? Achievements literally say "kill X players". Kill, not defeat. When you type /deaths, you get a message "You have died <x> times".

What's the point of cultural armor? It's a big limitation. Skins should be available for every character regardless of race.

Don't forget about clunky and bugged Deadeye's Mark. Deadeye is probably the most punishing elite spec in this game. Cast time despite having literally no cast time written on tooltip. Super clunky, kills all the smooth gameplay, because you can't use DE mark during other animations. DE mark can be interrupted. If used on wrong enemy, you have to kill it or wait for CD... or waste 1 utility slot on "Mercy" skill. If used in right moment (when enemy dies), DE mark goes on full CD. Doesn't work on certain bosses (structures) like Octovine. Doesn't refresh on certain encounters and their mechanics — especially when 1 boss has more than 1 target and you have to switch between them (for some reason or forced to do). Rifle is more damage, more mobility, infinite protection against projectiles, build-in pierce, immo and more range. P/P is just damage and CC. Black Powder doesn't count, what's the point of using ranged weapons in melee combat?

Is it cool enough?

Nothing is needed in Open World, but if you die stunlocked, count it as double failure.

It's not bad in terms of damage/support. Specter tries to be different from other thief specs, but still has the main thief mechanic - initiative. Less initiative, to be precise. Shroud is underperforming. It's weaker than your main skills, but stronger than autoattack. It serves purpose only as a filler when you're out of initiative. Staying in shroud for longer than few seconds is damage loss. Power specter in PvE doesn't exist. Can't really create an efficient power dps build if you have literally 0 power dps traits in Specter traitline. Maybe some meme builds for Open World, but honestly, Specter works the best as condi or celestial build. At least you can use Relic of Chronomancer for quickness.

More numbers won't make this game better. It will make everything harder to read.

It's been 8 month since I posted this stuff and I don't see any fixes being done. Guild Wars 2 Thief axe bug.mp4

In PvE, especially Open World? Weaver is imo the least played elite spec. Can't really expect people to play Weaver if Tempest and Catalyst are stronger and they require little less buttons to push. Specter is rare. I wonder why... ah, yes, because Specter is clunky, slow, condi-only, has less initiative and Shroud is totally useless. Most played elite specs, according to what I see in big squads: Virtuoso, Scourge and Mechanist. They're easy to play and ranged.

Gift of Battle should be purchasable for Badges of Honor or other WvW currency. Change my mind.

...and then you discover Deadeye which is way more flexible than outdated, boonless daredevil with 4s damage buffs.

Lord Hizen's builds are great for facetanking stuff, but they usually require celestial gear. Vallun's builds are often power-damage oriented (mix of berserker/marauder/dragon stats). Imo the easiest, cheapiest and tankiest at the same class, is power reaper with Soul Eater trait and Relic of Zakiros. You can use Dread trait for more self quickness.

You can solo them. Molten Boss, Chaos, Captain Mai Trin, Aetherblade, Uncategorized, Nightmare, Urban Battleground, Molten Furnace — 100% soloable, no other players needed for mechanics. Cliffside, Snowblind, Shattered Observatory — soloable.

So I'm not the only one having bad time with Scourge.