Critique my dagger/dagger-pistol/pistol thief? :3

[Raye]

Noted, ill check out the video once I'm on my computer.

[Raye]

Double posting like a bauss. <__<

http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#...am0x0GGcaqmsVm

This is what I'm considering now...

Quick question, I have already bought my rampager's exotic set, but have not yet soulbounded it. What would be a better over-all set if we consider I want to wvw? berserker's?

edit after watching the video:

I can see how the build he's using works in context, and all I can really say from it though, is that it's nothing like mine. I'd like to bring to attention one thing he says while he's playing, which is something like: it doesn't matter how good the build is if you don't know how to play the class, and I think that's something a lot of people miss when they're giving advice on builds (generally speaking.) When he was putting the build together I was more or less clueless as to how to properly use it. So in all reality I'm not going to go with that, at least not while I'm still learning to thief.

[Fluffball]

I use that dodge thief in sPvP from time to time. It's absolutely dead easy. You cover everything in site in caltrops and people just kill themselves, particularly if you cover a capture point. So don't let the fact that he's a PvP pro dissuade you if you want to use that build. I know it wasn't like yours, but you originally had many of the same qualities as he does on accident.

As for your new build, I really don't see where the damage is coming from. You'll have to try it out and I may be wrong, but I don't think you'll be able to kill people. You have almost built it like a backstab thief, but you have zero power. What if you took the 20 out of trickery and put it in deadly arts?

I still think you'll prefer might on dodge rather than swiftness on kill, especially in WvW where you aren't killing things every few seconds. Remember you already get swiftness when you dodge as well as a permanent 25% speed boost and heartseeker spam. Edit: That site says you get swiftness on evade which is a little misleading. You get swiftness every time you dodge, whether or not you evade an attack.

[Raye]

Ugh, whoops, I actually meant to put the falling trait on that spot (instead of swiftness or might on kill)

Unrelated edit later to add: I just tested that last incarnation of the build while doing some of my dailies. I definitely notice the increase in damage, so.. thanks for that :3

[Fluffball]

Berserkers or Valk for something like this.
http://www.guildhead.com/skill-calc#...vampx0f0oszcqM

For your proposed build, I think rabid is still the way to go since it will accentuate your condition damage as well as give you some much needed power.

[Raye]

Also, I'm investing on a short bow anyway... maybe it'll grow on me.

I'm just terribad at using the ground targeting ;____;

[shawn]

All this build talk and not one submission posted in the build thread, tsk tsk

[Raye]

Well my build is pretty noobtastic, I didn't think it would be worth to post there <__<

I do wish Xunlai someday will grace us with one of his builds.

[BladeDVD]

Raye if you want anymore advice let us know what you think of the suggestion that Shawn and myself posted regarding your traits. I also have a few builds I run on my thief that aren't condition-based but that all play completely differently which I will post if you're interested.

All this build talk and not one submission posted in the build thread, tsk tsk

Hey, I sense an opportunity here....

I actually would really like to see these builds. My thief is up to about 66 and will be 80 soonish, and I am very interested to hear about good builds for the thief to help me understand what makes the class tick. I prefer to look over known good builds to learn rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. Also I'm bad at this stuff and have less time than before to study it lol.

[Raye]

I actually missed that offer about the builds Xunlai... I must have still been half asleep X__x but yeah, that would definitely help. Having good examples always helps loads. :3