Guild Wars 2

Geiir.7603:

Thief. I loved my thief to the bone during vanilla but left shortly after HoT was released. I was active in both sPvP, WvW and PvE, but the elite specializations (that ended up being mandatory for every aspect of the game) destroyed it for me. I hate Daredevil, but you can’t play competitively without it.

I miss the old D/P times :/

I always sucked with thief and engi in particular lol, but I knew some good thieves. As a mesmer main I always felt like mesmers and thieves were the arch nemesis of classes haha.

I think we can both agree though we have been usually terrified of guardians hah

Thief (2012-2013)—-> Guardian (2013-2014) —> Necro (2014-Present).

I am playing multiple classes in PvP for the sake of not burning out on my main Necro, but yeah I have been maining Necro since launch and only thing that is slowly putting me awy from it is that with power build (which I love) you are sub-par if not useless against all that condi-spam noskill-fullkill other classes that are out there …. but if it comes to the worst I still have my thief… oh wait

Thief. Used to almost play thief exclusively until hot dropped. I just don’t like daredevil and it’s impossible to play a viable build without it.

Thief – 2 weeks after launch.

No idea why, just found the selection of available weapons boring. I played a rather stupid P/P, P/P build based around quick pockets but it was quite dull.

And in hindsight I’m glad I quit it because I used to like that asura had normal dodge on thief because I really really hate the thief dodge sound effect on other races… it’s so annoying to hear, especially on a class that spams dodges – and now they changed asura to use that effect as well I’m glad I dropped it.

But since then tbh never looked back from mesmer, with all the downs and ups. I’d sooner give up playing gw2 for good than give up mesmer – and despite the current state of the game it’s still fun enough to keep me playing.

Liam McColgan.7689:

Yes, mesmer.

The mesmer i fell in love with 3 years ago, and subsequently made my main for pvp, and wvw died when season 1 started.

It used to take a lot of skill running around as zerker mesmer, co-ordination bursts, knowing how to use every bit of the map to your advantage so you dont get 2 shot, and fighting thieves took alot of skill and class know-how.

Now (even more so in s1-3) you just run around on a point, spamming shatters, invuns, evades etc. There is so much room for kittening up, basically.

Signet of illusions now means you dont have to think, or care about how you use your shatters, it’s just a case of spam them, unload condis, use signet, rinse and repeat.

It’s boring, killed what i loved about the class (nuke or be nuked attitude) and whats worse, its now prevalent in wvw. Every kittening roamer is condi, and they think they are special because no on can 1v1 them without perma resistance.

I don’t even feel a sense of self accomplishment anymore when i win 1v1s or run into a point and condi bomb.

Shame on you Anet, for killing the class and most importantly, the PLAYING STYLE i loved for so long.

Precisely how I feel about D/D power thief. If you’re not on D/P Daredevil or condi, you’re at the bottom of the bottom.

I rolled a thief first. The concept is so cool and I still run it regularly in dungeons.

WvW convinced me I needed something different.

Mesmer captured my imagination and has been my main ever since (4 ish years. ) It hasn’t been a an issue of stopping enjoying the class. The issue has been trying to find ways to enjoy the class I really wanted to play. I’m waiting to get to a place where I can enjoy the class.

I’ve never really had just one main. I mostly tend to go back-and-forth between my thief and my necro. I get bored easily and I switch it up a lot.

I used to enjoy Mesmer. I still do, but I kittening hate using CS and I just suck at Mesmer in general…too many bad habits that I just can’t break!