Guild Wars 2

I think the first step is to ask how do you fight a thief with a specific class.

If you’re dying to anyone who only only uses one or two abilities then the first step you should take is to ask, “Why am I dying?” instead of complaining on the forums.

Armor types are IRRELEVANT in PvP. The difference between light armor and heavy armor is something effectively like 200 toughness. The REAL trade off is health, where warrior/necros have almost double as much as eles/guardians/thieves. And even then, the health differences matter little compared to the other abilities that class has. No one would consider a warrior to be tanky prior to the massive buffs (in fact they were probably the squishiest class in the game), yet they were the highest health/highest armor class.

So there’s my response to your two questions. Tell people what your class is and what build you’re using, and then ask people how that class/build can fight against another class/build.

toutatis.9245:

I want to believe others have a chance in a one versus one too.

They do. Hang in there—the game is lacking decent tutorials and hotjoins don’t have matchmaking, so you’re probably facing some highly experienced players running cheese builds.

One good step is to join solo arenas—those have functional matchmaking and are much less chaotic than hotjoins, so you can learn the other professions’ skills and tactics better. These forums are a bit full of nonsense right now but there are a lot of helpful, skilled players who’ll give you some tips if you tell them the type of build you like to run.

toutatis.9245:

Will you developpers ever do something about thieves?
Constantly being downed by one who is only pressing one or two buttons is really making me sick. It’s insulting.
I want to believe others have a chance in a one versus one too.
As I see it now, thieves were created to oblige the others to stay with the group.
If that’s what you’re aiming for, then please tell me so I can finally make my mind up about this game.
I also think there isn’t much left of the compensations for light armor. Do you still consider those, or what’s the concept around the professions and armor types?
Some clarification would really help me out.

It is actually good to see new players coming to the game. We used to see threads like these a lot. The reality is that at this point, thieves are weak as a class. They are easy to fight against. The issue is that most people when they see a thief, they try to run away. That is the worst possible thing to do, since hitting from the back is where a lot of the thieves damage comes from.

Anyway, stick with it. As you play more, you’ll learn to enjoy fighting and killing thieves.

Which profession do you play? Different ones have different strategies.