Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone!

So I am fairly new to GW2 and very green to PvP but I have been giving it a go the last few days, and I must say of all the MMO’s that I have played the PvP in GW2 is extremely unbalanced.

I play a thief with 15.5k HP and have been hit by warriors for 9k+ hits. If I manage to get a backstab off from stealth the most it crits for is 6k. So hitting a toon with 21k hp for 6 k when they can just turn around and drain 3/4 of my health is absolutely outrageous.

Is there something I am overlooking or am not doing or is this the reality of pvp in GW2?

I am very open to discussion and would love to hear other peoples opinions. Cheers

So I am fairly new to GW2 and very green to PvP but I have been giving it a go the last few days, and I must say of all the MMO’s that I have played the PvP in GW2 is extremely unbalanced.

Perhaps you’re a bit too new to make that assumption, champ.

Thief requires blinds and evades to make them a force; good thieves can be extremely hard to hit. But it’s probably not a class a newbie should start with. Warrior is an easier class to play, but they lack any kind of trick. Getting hit for 9k also seems extremely high to me. Perhaps if both you and him were full berserker it is possible. Needless to say, a good thief is a warriors bane, so you would definitely have the advantage if you were experienced enough.

A thief can beat a warrior easy
But u should Dodge his attacks

You cant facetank damage as a thief, thus you have plenty of evades, stealths and best mobility ingame. Also you can take a pistolwhip build and just 333333333333 people in hotjoin.

If you are green at any game, you need to research it a bit first – google builds, learn enemy weaknesses, etc.

Actually, PvP is very balanced in this game. WvW is where it isn’t.
Also, you’re playing a Thief which, believe it or not, is the most cheesy profession in the game because as soon as you have a basic understanding of how to use stealth and blinds you can pretty much dance circles around people while laughing madly.
Venture in to WvW and wander around solo, you’ll see what I mean.

Dinwoodie.6289:

Hey everyone!

So I am fairly new to GW2 and very green to PvP but I have been giving it a go the last few days, and I must say of all the MMO’s that I have played the PvP in GW2 is extremely unbalanced.

I play a thief with 15.5k HP and have been hit by warriors for 9k+ hits. If I manage to get a backstab off from stealth the most it crits for is 6k. So hitting a toon with 21k hp for 6 k when they can just turn around and drain 3/4 of my health is absolutely outrageous.

Is there something I am overlooking or am not doing or is this the reality of pvp in GW2?

I am very open to discussion and would love to hear other peoples opinions. Cheers

there are mechanics other than damage numbers that balance thief vs war.

as for 9k hit, most likely it was eviscerate and there are ways to avoid it. if you are new, you prob dont quite know what happened, but depending on situation there are number of things you could have done to void it.

also: when learning combat, i usually prefer to come with tankier build. you may not necessarily win with with low damage, but you will have more time to observe the combat and learn. you can switch to glassy 15k builds later.

Dinwoodie.6289:

Hey everyone!

So I am fairly new to GW2 and very green to PvP but I have been giving it a go the last few days, and I must say of all the MMO’s that I have played the PvP in GW2 is extremely unbalanced.

I play a thief with 15.5k HP and have been hit by warriors for 9k+ hits. If I manage to get a backstab off from stealth the most it crits for is 6k. So hitting a toon with 21k hp for 6 k when they can just turn around and drain 3/4 of my health is absolutely outrageous.

Is there something I am overlooking or am not doing or is this the reality of pvp in GW2?

I am very open to discussion and would love to hear other peoples opinions. Cheers

balance wise i think guild wars 2 sPvP is not that bad, there is always a hard counter for each build (i think) kinda like rocks scissors paper.

if you feel like it, maybe you can try playing the warrior (start off practicing in hotjoin games perhaps) to understand how they works, then perhaps you will be able to deal with them better with your thief?

“How is the thief in PvP”

Without the variable of a player: Very strong with stealth, but very weak without stealth.

With stealth + the traits of SA, thieves have a good “deffense” against dmg and the trait give you strong heals and condiremove, but without stealth your life will be very hard, because you must use then the acrobatic traitline and these traits (without feline grace) are 3 times weaker or more.

That the pvp – and every other game mode – are so unblanced, comes from the non-exist splitting between the 3 game modes and that they release the balance updates every few months and not 1 or 2 per weeks.

Black Teagan.9215:

“How is the thief in PvP”

Without the variable of a player: Very strong with stealth, but very weak without stealth.

With stealth + the traits of SA, thieves have a good “deffense” against dmg and the trait give you strong heals and condiremove, but without stealth your life will be very hard, because you must use then the acrobatic traitline and these traits (without feline grace) are 3 times weaker or more.

That the pvp – and every other game mode – are so unblanced, comes from the non-exist splitting between the 3 game modes and that they release the balance updates every few months and not 1 or 2 per weeks.

I always laugh when people like this who don’t know what theyre talking about think they do know.

My main is a warrior, but recently i started playing thief in pvp.
As a d/p thief with 0 experience I had few problems against warriors.
Just spam black powder, stealth yourself if they use berserker stance (and wait 8-10 secs ofc), abuse the perma blind in melee and whirling axe when they try to use the lb.

Darek.1836:

I always laugh when people like this who don’t know what theyre talking about think they do know.

You could give us a few examples, then can we talk about it, otherwise are this hollow words.

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Actually, PvP is very balanced in this game.

http://tinyurl.com/7869r23

Vanthian.9267:

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Actually, PvP is very balanced in this game.

http://tinyurl.com/7869r23

Couldn’t have said it better, myself.

For thief you have to use all utlity and defensive trait lines to be competitive. thief is an easier class to play with when you have a team, its harder in solo queue.

While warriors can be dealt with more easily than other classes I do agree on your assessment that tanky builds deal way way way too much damage in some situations OR tank way way too easily.

Dinwoodie.6289:

Hey everyone!

So I am fairly new to GW2 and very green to PvP but I have been giving it a go the last few days, and I must say of all the MMO’s that I have played the PvP in GW2 is extremely unbalanced.

I play a thief with 15.5k HP and have been hit by warriors for 9k+ hits. If I manage to get a backstab off from stealth the most it crits for is 6k. So hitting a toon with 21k hp for 6 k when they can just turn around and drain 3/4 of my health is absolutely outrageous.

Is there something I am overlooking or am not doing or is this the reality of pvp in GW2?

I am very open to discussion and would love to hear other peoples opinions. Cheers

Every class has a very unique mechanic to it. Warriors is a very basic one. They have a lot of health, a lot of armor and deal a lot of damage. As a new player they will give you a lot of trouble, but the more you play and get familiar with your class and others, the easier they get. There strength is also there weakness. They are very basic.