Guild Wars 2

Stealth is not remotely balanced in WvW. Any changes to the stealth mechanic would adversely impact dungeon PVE and/or sPvP.

Therefore, I recommend Arenanet remove stealth from WvW. In WvW thieves should instead get a passive 2% passive damage reduction any time they would have otherwise entered stealth.

If they straight up removed stealth in WvW, the thief would need a lot more than a %2 damage reduction as a buff.
I don’t disagree that stealth in WvW has issues, but if it’s removed completely, there would need to be a heck of a buff given in exchange.

I would like to thank you for posting such a unique and well thought-out thread. This is truly groundbreaking stuff that the developers will definitely listen too.

D W.5179:

If they straight up removed stealth in WvW, the thief would need a lot more than a %2 damage reduction as a buff.
I don’t disagree that stealth in WvW has issues, but if it’s removed completely, there would need to be a heck of a buff given in exchange.

I disagree. 2% is more than sufficient. Why would they require a substantial buff?

Thedenofsin.7340:

D W.5179:

If they straight up removed stealth in WvW, the thief would need a lot more than a %2 damage reduction as a buff.
I don’t disagree that stealth in WvW has issues, but if it’s removed completely, there would need to be a heck of a buff given in exchange.

I disagree. 2% is more than sufficient. Why would they require a substantial buff?

Because your taking away the class mechanic and giving them nothing in return. Don’t be ridiculous, this would never work.

It would work fine. Thieves would need to learn to adapt and use their other abilities to avoid dying, just like the other classes. In exchange, they’ll get increased damage reduction.
And they wouldn’t get nothing in return, they’d still have all their abilities, but instead of stealth, they would just receive less damage.

I don’t know what your on but i want some . This is never gonna happen , it would be like removing clones from Mesmers or pets from Rangers .

Thedenofsin.7340:

It would work fine. Thieves would need to learn to adapt and use their other abilities to avoid dying, just like the other classes. In exchange, they’ll get increased damage reduction.
And they wouldn’t get nothing in return, they’d still have all their abilities, but instead of stealth, they would just receive less damage.

Stealth is their defensive mechanic. We have the lowest life pool (category) and you think we should just get over it? Learn to dodge? 2% doesn’t make up for much. How about people suggest stealth fixes/solutions instead of just tossing ideas out the window because they can’t get over it. Love how no one points the finger at mesmer too…

If thief deserved anything, it would be better support skills/traits. Mesmer is just too dominant in wvw, try running a zerg without 1 or 10. Thief is too selfish atm, they need a good support role to fill other than abusing the culling issue thats at large (which is being fixed in march from what I’m hearing).

sorry, but this is the most ridiculous suggestion ive ever read in this forum

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If they get rid of stealth for thieves, then they should also do away with elementalist attunements, warrior bursts, necromancer deathshroud, guardian shields, mesmer clones, and ranger pets.
Which makes no sense at all.

I can understand the OP’s frustration at facing thieves in W3 and PvP. A cool down on stealth would be a better idea. Maybe whilst the thief is in combat it takes longer to recharge and out of combat it recharges quicker. Removing their core mechanic is a silly idea.

fractalKinesis.8569:

If they get rid of stealth for thieves, then they should also do away with elementalist attunements, warrior bursts, necromancer deathshroud, guardian shields, mesmer clones, and ranger pets.
Which makes no sense at all.

tbh getting rid of stealth could only be replaced by steal actually stealing the target’s weapon. Only utilities until the thief decides to put it down, and then they have to go over and pick it up.

This thread is a joke.

Make it 33% reduction like Protection don’t disable a thief’s ability to proc stealth traits and use stealth skills (Tactical Strike, Back Stab, Sneak Attack ect) every 3 seconds so long as this psuedo-stealth is active and we’ll talk.