Optimizing this for PvE?

EDIT: no harshness. But PvE is VERY different from PvP.

You have access to CritAgility, so you should use it if you intend on being a dagger sin. The point is, when you're hanging things off crit certainty, your build will end up like this:

CritAgility + CritDefenses, Mystic Regen + Way of Perfection, Golden Phoenix Strike-Critical Strike-Moebius-Blossom.

Which is basically what every PvE Sin is running (minor personal tweaks notwithstanding), because it's good. You could even get away with having HP that low, though once things get hard you'll require a genius Monk. Emp (my Sin) has almost twice your Sin's health. You might hit a bit harder but it's about who's still standing at the end, remember?

oh and next time just check pvxwiki I actually didn't even know about PvX Wiki until just now... I always wondered why GW Wiki stopped having builds @_@

Man, it really does suck to know that the funnest profession to play is also the one limited to pretty much a single PvE build. ._________.

I actually didn't even know about PvX Wiki until just now... I always wondered why GW Wiki stopped having builds @_@

Man, it really does suck to know that the funnest profession to play is also the one limited to pretty much a single PvE build. ._________. have no fear! that is certainly not the only build you are restricted to. i am currently using my sin and have reached the end of factions after a loooong break and have come up with a build that works suprisingly well for me in pve:
[skill]assassin's promise[/skill][skill]iron palm[/skill][skill]fox fangs[/skill][skill]twisting fangs[/skill][skill]critical eye[/skill][skill]death's charge[/skill][skill]heart of shadow[/skill][skill]signet of capture[/skill]or[skill]resurrection signet[/skill]
now this build still needs some polishing up, but so far it has worked very well for me. as soon as i get some zealous daggers im going to replace[skill]death's charge[/skill]with[skill]dark prison[/skill] and hopefully an attack skill that's not part of the chain for those enemies who live through it.

2 Superiors is stupid the 5 damage bonus you can possibly get is not worth it. Then again 2 majors was stupid but people used em anyway . It's rather circumstantial. I never travel that low when I'm doing PUG work--- on the other hand, I've -never- died while playing with friends... So, to have all of that extra HP "Just in case" is rather wasteful, while I'll be consistently doing "an extra five damage" every one second, which will add up.

have no fear! that is certainly not the only build you are restricted to. i am currently using my sin and have reached the end of factions after a loooong break and have come up with a build that works suprisingly well for me in pve:
[skill]assassin's promise[/skill][skill]iron palm[/skill][skill]fox fangs[/skill][skill]twisting fangs[/skill][skill]critical eye[/skill][skill]death's charge[/skill][skill]heart of shadow[/skill][skill]signet of capture[/skill]or[skill]resurrection signet[/skill]
now this build still needs some polishing up, but so far it has worked very well for me. as soon as i get some zealous daggers im going to replace[skill]death's charge[/skill]with[skill]dark prison[/skill] and hopefully an attack skill that's not part of the chain for those enemies who live through it. Can I just ask: why fox fangs, and not wild strike?

To be honest, I've never worked out why anyone would take fox fangs over wild strike. WS seems to be...basically better in every respect. Am I missing something?

Also, while I agree that AP is a lovely elite in PvE, given that you have iron palm...would it not be more apposite to take something that exploits the KD? Falling spider etc etc?

I admit, I suspect I'm fairly horrible as a sin, but I've found this chain to be quite fun (I only have Proph & factions, or I'd drop MOI and put more hex-tastic stuff in there, since casting two hexes on an opponent is tedious and..well, a bit stupid. HotO could work in place of one of the duals, I guess, but deep wound and '++++damage from recharging attacks' is lovely):


[skill]Critical Defenses[/skill]
[skill]Assassin's Promise[/skill]
[skill]Mark of Instability[/skill]
[skill]Golden Phoenix Strike[/skill]
[skill]Twisting Fangs[/skill]
[skill]Falling Spider[/skill]
[skill]Blades of Steel[/skill]
[skill]Way of Perfection[/skill]/
[skill]Resurrection Signet[/skill]


It's a tad vulnerable, in that if you fail to secure a kill within the AP hextime, you're a bit useless for a while, but you can get even HM folks pretty damn close to death with a single run through the chain, and the two duals and offhands are versatile enough to let you use them out of sequence if all goes wrong (damn you, reckless haste/Price of failure necros!), so you can still do some damage before you run off swearing. In fact, this is one of the things I like about it: it requires you to stay on your toes and keep thinking, rather than mindlessly Moebius/DB spamming.

stuff about fox fangs and other stuff Fox fangs has a 1/2 second activation, thats what it has over wild strike. I still prefer wild though.

Agreed. Barring Assacasters, not running CritAgility in PvE seems like handicapping yourself. Up until now, I've had a qualm about using PvE only skills... Although now, I see that PvE skills aren't a sign of laziness or incompetence, but actually just a way to put the odds back into the player's favor, with the enemy mobs outclassing you in every aspect except mental capacity.