Starting a a character over at level 20.......

[tym]

Seen a couple of people talk about doing this. Not sure what the logic is. While it does take time to learn how to play a new character, Not sure starting over is the right answer.

I found, when having a tough time with my thief, Getting some pointers from a high level thief really helped. The skills he suggested helped LOTS. Time and using different tactics helped as well.

Am I missing something??

[Bell]

Hmm. I think there are just very large differences in difficulty among the classes in the regular PVE. And people may or may not want to invest the time to learn something hard in a game. Some do, but I assume more don't want to. These try out a range of classes until they find one that fits them.

For me, Thief is really a pain in the butt when playing in PVE. At least in comparison to classes that are faceroll easy (only talking about regular questing PVE) like guardian or ranger. I still play the Thief from time to time, but he's only lvl 25 or something right now. It's definitely one of the more squishier and thus more difficult classes in my opinion. But on the other hand it's also a vastly powerful one when properly equipped and skilled in WvW or other endgame areas.

[Peaveywolf]

I think it could be good if you are disgruntled with you char name or appearance or race, but only allowable if you have a lvl 80. Just a thought

[tym]

Hmm. I think there are just very large differences in difficulty among the classes in the regular PVE. And people may or may not want to invest the time to learn something hard in a game. Some do, but I assume more don't want to. These try out a range of classes until they find one that fits them.

For me, Thief is really a pain in the butt when playing in PVE. At least in comparison to classes that are faceroll easy (only talking about regular questing PVE) like guardian or ranger. I still play the Thief from time to time, but he's only lvl 25 or something right now. It's definitely one of the more squishier and thus more difficult classes in my opinion. But on the other hand it's also a vastly powerful one when properly equipped and skilled in WvW or other endgame areas.

As my main character is a Ranger, I found the thief to be pretty easy. I am no expert by any means, but found it pretty simple.

I stopped listing to others on what use and found my own setup that works for me. The way I play him, Range with dual pistols, and Kite with Pistols, then if no choice, break out the dual daggers. Catdrops for a skill imho, cant live without em. Great when the bad guy wants to chase you around or drop them between you and the bad guy.

So far, doing well. Level 23 and hope to hit 80 with in a month.

[mayito7777]

I used to play AO where when you reached the top level you could transmute your character to a new class but you needed to get all the new gear (except if the class used your same gear). It was an item you bought on the shop and you could change your top level to whatever class you wanted.

[Uther]

I deleted a ton of characters for "X" or "Y" reasons. Usually around lv30, when the max skills unlock.

I deleted my lv80 guardian last night. I pushed this char to 80 just because i wanted to play with my lv80 friend, but honestly, i really don't like that class lol... I deleted my lv53 Asura female warrior when they changed her neck's appearance during a patch a few weeks ago. She just didn't look the same... And i didn't like the looks of armor on such a tiny character.

[Mightybrewbrothers]

My crew and I are new players and I rolled a thief. I would like to know more about his role in PVP as that is primarily what we will be doing.

[bokiz333]

My crew and I are new players and I rolled a thief. I would like to know more about his role in PVP as that is primarily what we will be doing.

sPvP or WvW or both? In sPvP you will be stomping in stealth and rezzing in stealth if the player isn't downed. You will deal out good bust damage but hopefulyl will spec into something other than pure glass cannon. You will be annoying to stomp and people will just AOE you when you are in the downed state rather than bother trying to plan the flag in you.

In WvW you will roam, kill small groups of players, kill yaks. Provide stealth rez/stomp and hide mesmers in keeps. Other than that, you will hide like a little girl in the proteciton of a zerg and thentry to insta kill people who don't see you.

Those are the basics.

[Agemnon]

My crew and I are new players and I rolled a thief. I would like to know more about his role in PVP as that is primarily what we will be doing.

I remember making a thief because the whirlpool nerf on my Asura elementalist was the last straw. It does fine in WvW, especially with staff and switching between earth (for defense and CC) and wind, but the thief was much more enjoyable to play since stuff died faster with less effort.

As to the thief question it depends on your role. Since I needed to PvE and haven't switched builds since getting my legendary I'm 25 in deadly arts, 30 in acrobatics, and 15 in shadow arts, but for PvP I'd recommend 30 in critical strikes, 25 in shadow arts, and 15 in acrobatics. The apply weakness with poison is great for any occasion, but that's deadly arts and would therefore sacrifice the great burst utility of critical strikes. It's all about your own style and how you want to play. Just understand that you aren't a warrior and have different class mechanics than them.

Also, shadow refuge is your friend, you don't just stealth yourself with it but groups too. Shadow arts can also spec to remove conditions upon being stealthed, so C&D while stealthing can wash away DoTs and other unpleasant effects. Whenever I'm doing daily gathering sometimes in Orr thorns will apply cripple, I just have to use C&D, wash off the cripple, and gather with it, since apparently the trap has an aggro feature that's disabled upon stealth.

[Mightybrewbrothers]

you will hide like a little girl in the proteciton of a zerg and thentry to insta kill people who don't see you.

Those are the basics.

LOL. Can't wait