made a new thief

[Kalari.2760]

as the title says i made a new thief and i feel like im just stumbling around. so ive come here looking for info-advice of weapons (ive heard swords and daggers work well)-runes-specialzations-what to work toand basically just assume i have no idea what im doin cuz thats and close to the truth as you are gonna get

thank you for your help

[Faaris.8013]

If you are still levelling, don't overthink stats and runes. I would get some good daggers and pistols, and probably use double pistol with #3 most of the time. As for traits, I would go for Critical Strikes and Trickery first, then Deadly Arts until you can get Daredevil. Then ask again when you hit L80 because everything changes then :)

When I level other classes, I hate it when a thief joins a fight and has double pistols, because I can almost deal no damage to the mobs before they die.

[jaif.3518]

I advise Sword/pistol for levelling. You can solo a lot of stuff safely and slowly with pistol-5=blind.

[EpicBanHammer.7521]

@jaif.3518 said:I advise Sword/pistol for levelling. You can solo a lot of stuff safely and slowly with pistol-5=blind.

The blind to get to 80 is soooo useful. Just make sure to try other stuff as well. By the time you hit 80 you wanna be well versed in the ways of the thief.

[Kalari.2760]

ty for the input. i had been useing D/D for leveling. steal to shadow step then 5, step behind,1 then 2 with signets for utilities

[PopeUrban.2578]

P/D is also very easy to level with, and what I usually reccommend to new thieves that are trying to get used to stealth/revealed timers. Its a similar playstyle to D/D, but uses condition gear rather than power gear. You probably won't use it long term as its kind of a one trick pony, but its great for getting used to the stealth and init mechanics with more built in survivability than D/D.

[MrEntropy.1293]

You can start dagger 5, then steal to have both hot at the same time and enter stealth when you arrive

[Wargameur.6950]

Best advise I could give you is build experience and don't skip content...You can easily come and go from a Guardian to a Necro or a ranger, or an ele to an engi. Thief is a different beast on it's own. You need to learn your weapon sets in depth. What rhythm don't screw your initiative. Look into skills combos, they will increase your survavibility by a lot.

First thing, read the description of all your skills and utility. A lot of people don't so they miss a lot of thing. Here is an exemple, Auto-attack chain #3 applies poison. If you have the deadly art traitline, a minor trait applies weakness (50% of hits are Glancing Blows (50% damage)) on poisoned targets meaning the enemy will do a lot less damages. That's some of the details that keeps you alive on a full berzerk stuff.

Experiment on pve mobs.

Lastly you can join [Teef], to have a thief community to answer the questions you could have ingame :)

[czerwoni.9563]

@Wargameur.6950 said:Best advise I could give you is build experience and don't skip content...You can easily come and go from a Guardian to a Necro or a ranger, or an ele to an engi. Thief is a different beast on it's own. You need to learn your weapon sets in depth. What rhythm don't screw your initiative. Look into skills combos, they will increase your survavibility by a lot.

First thing, read the description of all your skills and utility. A lot of people don't so they miss a lot of thing. Here is an exemple, Auto-attack chain #3 applies poison. If you have the deadly art traitline, a minor trait applies weakness (50% of hits are Glancing Blows (50% damage)) on poisoned targets meaning the enemy will do a lot less damages. That's some of the details that keeps you alive on a full berzerk stuff.

Experiment on pve mobs.

Lastly you can join [Teef], to have a thief community to answer the questions you could have ingame :)

hes right lol, before i read my abilities i was loosing pvp left and right, then i read them and thief became my go to fun prof lol