Guild Wars 2

How do people feel about Steal, for thieves, having an instant activation time? I feel that if they added even the slightest activation time to steal it would fix a lot of the gripe and complaints about thieves. The idea behind adding a cast time would spread out the speed at which a thief can burst someone, so not the damage, but the speed. This would give people at least a few seconds to block or counter the thief’s dps. Ex: any good backstab thief knows the combo for their particular weapon set. If they run d/p they use 5->2->steal->1, if you add a cast time to the steal it would make it so the thief’s heartseeker skill would have to finish completely and then they could use steal. Or if they play d/d the usually do 5->Steal->1, the same thing goes for this weapon set, the steal would interrupt the number 5 skill (cloak and dagger) so that they can’t do the damage from C&D + Steal dmg + BS completely in stealth. Those are just my thoughts take it or leave it

Steal is fine especially after the mug nerf…

if you had a cast time 5→2→steal→1 is no longer possible. thieves are fine. actually they arent. they suck.

After the huge nerf to Mug Thief burst is already near non-existent, and this would just kill it completely.

I don’t see how thief burst is “non-existent” maybe you’re just playing against s/d s/d thieves but I can still two shot any light/med and some heavy classes on my thief.

ahuba.6430:

if you had a cast time 5->2->steal->1 is no longer possible. thieves are fine. actually they arent. they suck.

Sure that exact combo doesn’t work, but the damage stays the same it just spreads out when you can do the damage so I can’t two hit people without them making a move.

Haru Kane.4623:

How do people feel about Steal, for thieves, having an instant activation time? I feel that if they added even the slightest activation time to steal it would fix a lot of the gripe and complaints about thieves. The idea behind adding a cast time would spread out the speed at which a thief can burst someone, so not the damage, but the speed. This would give people at least a few seconds to block or counter the thief’s dps. Ex: any good backstab thief knows the combo for their particular weapon set. If they run d/p they use 5->2->steal->1, if you add a cast time to the steal it would make it so the thief’s heartseeker skill would have to finish completely and then they could use steal. Or if they play d/d the usually do 5->Steal->1, the same thing goes for this weapon set, the steal would interrupt the number 5 skill (cloak and dagger) so that they can’t do the damage from C&D + Steal dmg + BS completely in stealth. Those are just my thoughts take it or leave it

Nobody has complained about Pre-cast steal → CnD → backstab for months, becuase it hasn’t been a problem in that long. Outside of that specific combo, there’s no need to change steal. Seeing as that combo is defunct, there’s no need to change steal.