Based on what I've read, and my own experience, the class-specific biography choices(mesmer mask, warrior shoulders/helm, necro face paint, etc) do not affect the personal story at all... It just determines what that piece of starting gear will look like.

It's worth noting that these pieces seem to be visually unique, and as far as I know, they cannot be re-acquired... So they may be worth hanging onto. Some of them look really cool, and I believe you can use transmutation stones on them.

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The G600 is a great mouse - and with the GShift button it has crazy customization. I bought one and loved the size and heft - but I use my thumb to grip the mouse - and kept pressing buttons when I didn't want to :/

I purchased the G600 last week, and am having similar issues... I've pressed the thumb buttons accidentally while running around, and found I was hitting the modifier button(G-Shift, I think?) a lot instead of the right mouse button(though I'm doing this a lot less often now). Prior to getting this, I'd been using the same mouse(the Logitech G5) for at least 4 years, so I'm hoping I'll just adapt to this one after using it for a while.

Personal Log: Counselor Vondra Kelsan
Stardate 90239.8.

Today was not the best first day I've had aboard a vessel. I got in late last night and didn't really put anything away before trying to rest for a bit, so the room was a mess when I awoke. I was rushing around to get ready only to trip over a boot and knock myself out.

When I came to, the ship was barely staying together. With a massive lump on my head, I tried to piece things together. The Doctor on board patched me up with no more than a gesture; I felt kind of silly needing a bump on the head fixed when so many others were injured. I'm still trying to piece together what's going on, and everyone's trying to piece the ship back together. I just hope I'm awake for the next hullabaloo...

That's JUST what this server needs, A bunch of cocks, in frocks, on rocks.

Holy Transvestite~! this ^ hilarious!

Sure is have been LMAO all day!

Mask = Darth Vader = Daddy issues.

LMAO-ROFL!

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Well, if we're gonna do a video, we'll need one of those snazzy logos. So, I mocked one up. :kiss:

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Holy Transvestite~! this ^ hilarious!

I just bought the Logitech G700 -- also my first gaming mouse -- so I'll probably be accidentally shooting at innocent animals constantly. At any rate, I'll be able to sympathize, eye.

Might be worth it after a respawn to get you back into battle in WvW or something, but I think at least at first I'll won't want to run too fast -- need time to gawk at all the purty things in the game world. :)

I've seen dozens of videos and in almost all of them the character is wearing a mask: now the job is to find out if this is purely coincidental or if there is a stat or other benefit to this; as to why so many people are choosing this feature.

Mask = Darth Vader = Daddy issues.

But seriously, I don't think this confers any bonuses; I think it's just personal story related.

Hmm, it took me a bit to understand the concept, but i get it now x.x. I feel that it isn't worth getting rid of auto targeting for that bit of space you make up, though. I'll have to see if i like it.

The G600 is a great mouse - and with the GShift button it has crazy customization. I bought one and loved the size and heft - but I use my thumb to grip the mouse - and kept pressing buttons when I didn't want to :/

So for now I'm using a Razer Deathadder - only 5 buttons but it should work for me.

I've been gaming with wireless mouse and keyboard for many years and just 'upgraded' back to wired. No more mouse batteries dying in the middle of a big fight!

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Thief Trolling (Tripwire & Ambush Trap) (Note to self: in this video below, one of them copied himself - I need information on this skill and what the copy does/or has for fighting abilities.)

Ambush Trap doesn't create a copy of himself. It's creates a "Fellow Thief."

It looks like Ambush may create a double-pistol or a double-dagger thief at random. In this video, you can see the first time he uses Ambush it was pistol thief (the player was wielding a bow at the time). The second time he uses Ambush, in conjunction of Thieves Guild, there are two dagger thieves and one pistol thief. Thieves Guild is noted for summoning specifically one dagger and one pistol thief.
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I hope that helps! B)

Anonymity – (MASK) My talents lie in the art of stealth, infiltration, and escape. I do not draw attention to myself.To protect my identity, I hide my face behind a mask of darkness.

I've seen dozens of videos and in almost all of them the character is wearing a mask: now the job is to find out if this is purely coincidental or if there is a stat or other benefit to this; as to why so many people are choosing this feature.

Thank you for the feedback; I decided to try out the Logictech G600 which seems similar to what you mentioned. I think I'll love it!

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Here's a video tutorial to customize your soundtrack (just don't tell cubby)..

http://www.asuralabs.com/videos.php?id=340

bahaha. i'm not saying i wont get tired of it. just saying that a soundtrack is a needle that injects emotion into media.

My first alt is currently slated to be a thief.

In my line of work, it’s important to understand the power of...

Anonymity – My talents lie in the art of stealth, infiltration, and escape. I do not draw attention to myself.To protect my identity, I hide my face behind a mask of darkness.
Tenacity – I mean business. I’m the bruiser, the muscle, the bear you don’t want to poke. My headband keep my vision clear, no matter how physical I get.
Subterfuge – With a well placed word or the flourish of my cape, I turn your attention where I want it. I am the master of misdirection and intrigue.

(I’m not sure how your choice affects your character or if it unlocks a different ability?)

I think anonymity gives your avatar a mask, tenacity a headband, and subterfuge a cloak.

ive used the 2nd gen WoW cataclysm gaming mouse, which is pretty great for what it does, but right now i'm using the 1st gen razer naga 17 button mouse, works pretty good, but the buttons are a bit closer together. however, i know they have one out now called the razer naga hex, which spreads the buttons out a bit more. but always remember, you're not limited to just the number of buttons on the mouse, you can always do ctrl alt, and shift modifiers, which immediately quadruples the amount of buttons on the mouse, not to mention combinations of those modifiers.

I will be playing the THIEF exclusively and I noticed from the poll, there are a few others here who will be also playing this profession. This particular profession is outside of my comfort zone because it requires a unique understanding of the play style and it's abilities and so on.

This is a collection of thief only material: for helping all of us who are playing this class. (Please post "THIEF" related material here and only if said information has a thorough explanation or is very self-evident.

We have all seen PvP videos with someone's personal music playing from beginning to end of it and these type of videos do us no good if the critical information...as far as weapons, skills used, builds or the how and why etc., is missing. Otherwise it's just a" showoff" video. Please feel free to add to this collection: I will be (copying / moving links and related info from posts to the appropriate category.)

FIRST LOOK - Trailer

hen you create your character in Guild Wars 2, you are able to personalize the background story of your character. There are a number of race related questions, and one profession specific question.

In my line of work, it’s important to understand the power of...

Anonymity – (MASK) My talents lie in the art of stealth, infiltration, and escape. I do not draw attention to myself.To protect my identity, I hide my face behind a mask of darkness.

Tenacity – (HEADBAND) I mean business. I’m the bruiser, the muscle, the bear you don’t want to poke. My headband keep my vision clear, no matter how physical I get.

Subterfuge – (CLOAK) With a well placed word or the flourish of my cape, I turn your attention where I want it. I am the master of misdirection and intrigue.

(I’m not sure how your choice affects your character or if it unlocks a different ability?)

THIEF - Character Traits:

• Deadly Arts: Power and Expertise.
• Critical Strikes: Precision and Prowess.
• Shadow Arts: Toughness and Compassion.
• Acrobatics: Vitality and Concentration.
• Trickery: Malice and Cunning.

http://www.guildwars2blog.com/arenanet/14.html

INITIATIVE:

"The Thief uses a resource called "initiative" in addition to mana. Thieves have a maximum of ten Initiative. Most Thief skills cost some amount of Initiative, with more potent abilities costing up to five, and none of the Thief's weapon abilities have a cooldown. Given the small maximum of Initiative, managing the resource is the main challenge with the class."

OBJECTIVE AS A THIEF: from everything I've read.

• Stay on the move constantly either by way of strafing / kiting / rolling etc.
• WvW our job here is to quickly find enemies who are very low (25% - 33%) on health and FINISH THEM OFF! One of our skills (HEARTSEEKER) allows more damage the lower the enemies health.

HEARTSEEKER: Leap and strike your foe. The less health your target has, the more damage you cause.

Damage.png Above 66%: 420
Damage.png Below 66%: 504
Damage.png Below 33%: 672
Combo.png Combo Finisher: Leap
Range.png Range: 450


List of thief Skills:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_thief_skills

Thief, Weapon Skills & Abilities.

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Thief Trolling (Tripwire & Ambush Trap) (Note to self: in this video below, one of them copied himself - I need information on this skill and what the copy does/or has for fighting abilities.)



Thief Dissection: This week on Buildcast – The Guild Wars 2 PvP and Theory Crafting Show. Ed Park and Matt Sorg break down Arasis’ thief build including his runes, traits, skills, and play style. Matt also bring really expensive charts to help you follow along. So sit back, relax, and grab your scientific calculators…it’s time for Buildcast!

http://www.gamebreaker.tv/video-game-shows/killer-thief/

Additional Material

Keybindings diagram and guide:

http://taugrim.com/2012/06/27/guide-to-guild-wars-2-keybinds/

http://taugrim.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/gw2-keybinds2.png?w=900&h=602

Matt’s expensive chart of Might vs Vulnerability:

http://i.imgur.com/WVWCx.jpg

Thief Build Calculator: http://www.gw2builds.org/create/bwe_1/thief

Various Builds

Vampiric Thief PvP & Build Guide (00:38 - 07:36 he explains this build.)

rs2thief.net/

When the guild wars 2 engineer realizes that there is a Thief, he is already being slashed from the back and one the floor. Confused at what has happened, the poor engineer’s life slowly fades, you see the assassin jumping into midair to reveal a piercing cold steel blade which will come down through the poor engineer’s body.
This all sounds to be too dramatic and doesn’t sound real in an MMORPG, but it can be, especially if you have the right build for your Thief that I am about to show you. The name of this build is “The Hidden Assassin”. First of all, let’s start with trait. Because this build focuses on DPS and stealth, all traits are all about damage and invisibility skills. First, add 30 points for Deadly Arts for Dagger Training to increase 5% damage for the dagger, Sundering Strike to make enemies vulnerable when landing a critical hit, Venomous Strike to gain an extra poison damage. Then add 20 points for Critical Strike for Executioner to increase additional damage when target’s health is below 25%, Hidden Killer to increase critical chance to 50% when in stealth mode. Add 10 more points to Infusion of Shadow to 2 initiatives when using a skill that gives stealth. This trait gives you almost limitless initiatives to activate killing skills.

“Hidden Assassin” build combined with the use of a dagger as the primary weapon set. In this set you have Double Strike, an ordinary spamable attack to increase initiatives and prepare for a deadly blow and evasive skills. HeartSeeker, your kills skills. The less health the target has, the more damage you deal. Another DPS skill used is Leaping Death Blossom, which deals large amounts of damage to your opponents and causes them to also bleed. Dancing Dagger, when activated, throws a dagger crippling your victim. This skill is designed to make sure your victim does not succeed in escaping his domed fate. Cloak and Dagger is a combo skill which will be explained later on in the post. The last skill gained is Backstab, as the name already quite straightforward, you deal large amounts of damage to your opponent when strikes come from the rear, strikes will be doubled!
Go for Hides in Shadow as your healing skill. This skill allows you to disappear within the shadows regeneration (HPS) and remove negative status effects such as burn, poison and bleed. Choose Assassin Signet as your first utility skill giving you 150% more damage on your next attack. The 2nd utility skill is Shadowstep which instantly moves you to your start location and removes 3 negative conditions. Skale Venom afflicts venom damage upon your next 3 attacks weakening the targets. Finally the elite skill to use is Basilisk Venom. This skills turns your victim into stone.

This build is effective against all professions except the soldier class – Guardian and Warrior, because they have high HP and defense but it does not mean a Thief can’t do a thing to these classes. Guild Wars 2 Thief is still able to slay them but may not be done in one combo attack. The best would be to target other professions or classes instead. Now here's the skill rotation you should be looking at.
First start imbuing your weapon with Skale Venom then Shadowstep instantly to your target, attack them 3 times with Double Strike and Leaping Death Blossom. Then go into stealth with Cloak and Dagger, and add an additional 150% damage with Assassin Signet and activate Backstab. This combo deals heavy damage to the enemy and to end the fight, use HeartSeeker which deals and increasing damage to enemies with low hp. With this build, I guarantee you that no one is able to stay on their feet.
RECOMMENDATION: When in the middle of an epic fight, always keep in mind that the Guild Wars 2 Thief is not born to take a lot of damage. Using Shadowstep effectively to escape from fights could just save your life. Also heal and go into stealth mode often with Hides in Shadow and then target your next victim. Your chance will come again to slay your next enemy because you are… “The Hidden Assassin”.

PS: If those of you are internet savvy and can find information on the THIEF buried in the deepest archives of the internet...please help find this crucial information for this class. What I'm hoping to find is the very rare tidbits that are not commonly known to the general public where the thief is concerned. (If you ran across information such as this....please post it here.)

Thank you for your important contribution. :)

Well, if we're gonna do a video, we'll need one of those snazzy logos. So, I mocked one up. :kiss:

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