Guild Wars 2

I more-or-less like where the game is at right now. Clone spam memsers are getting nerfed, healing signet nerf might be a bit overkill imo since they’re supposed to be a tanky/frontline type of class but testing new things is how a game can grow I guess.

Thief is in a decent spot too. The very common sleight of hand build (Caed’s build) is bringing a unique addition to thieves along with their burst potential. But the one thing that really bugs me about seeing thieves in the higher end of solo queue is shortbow.

Shortbow in general is painful to fight against since it just gives thieves more mobility and versatility but the Biggest problem imo is Disabling shot which gives thieves evades on a 0s cd that can be spammed. So not only is it doing roughly the same damage as the auto attacks (about .05 worse scaling) but the thief is completely invulnerable since there’s no after/pre cast to the skill.

It’s not something that low level thieves do so I really dont see a point in keeping it how it is right now. Alot of Anet’s methods are trying to benefit new players and people that are a little less-experienced (let’s be honest, the majority of the people playing this game still click their skills)

Atleast a 1/4 second after cast can give it even the slightest bit of counterplay allowing for an interrupt or spike. I usually get a response when i mention along the lines of “let them spam and waste all their initiave then try to burst them while they’re helpless” but that’s just not how thief works. The whole point in thief is their ability to survive in situations like that. It isn’t hard to spam 3 then shadow refuge which by the time the stealth ends would completely replenish your initiative.

I almost want to post about how thieves can also spam 2 (Cluster bomb) and it does tonnes of AoE damage but it atleast forces the thief to get in close and use their initiative and if Disabling shot had some after/pre cast then Cluster bomb spamming on a group of people could leave you even More susceptible to getting caught.

Thief’s SB is one of the most balanced weapons in the entire game. Plus only good thieves know how to use it properly.