Guild Wars 2

I know you are planning on reworking steal in the future to maybe add an out of combat shadowstep for mobility, however I like to find a good item and carry it around until I really need it. Because of this, I am unable to use my steal skill again until I use the item.

My suggestion: Have F1 as Steal, and F2 as the item you have stolen. That way, you can still use Steal once the cooldown is up, you just won’t get another item because you already have one stored in your F2 slot. Along with an out of combat shadowstep as F1, this would make the thief steal mechanic so much better.

If you are feeling generous, you could even make F2-F4 stolen item skills, so we can store up to 3 items to use when the time is right. This would not only add more strategy to the thief, but make it more fun to play and make the class mechanic actually feel like something significant.

IMO that would be overpowered. I have over 800 hours on my thief so I’m not new to the class, and steal is fine as it is. I like the simplicity of the way it is now and implementing changes as you suggested would mean that the actual skill would have to be nerfed to compensate, which is something I don’t want to see.

Well I mostly play PvE, so I usually save stolen items for bosses and while running around the map, the ability to use Steal for mobility while saving my item would be nice. And in combat, it does make a good gap closer. I don’t want to be forced to use my stolen item, especially since some are hard to come by.

Currently, I rarely press F1. If my suggestion were to be implemented, I know I would be using the class mechanic alot more. And after all the nerfs that the thief has gotten, I don’t really see my suggestion as being overpowered. If anything, it will bring the class back on par with other classes’ mechanics.