Guild Wars 2

My favorite class is by far the thief, although I find myself rarely using the ability to steal an ability from an enemy. This is partially because after stealing an ability, (as far as I know) you have to mouse over it to see what it actually does, which can break the flow of combat. So I just had a rather simple idea for an option which would have a newly stolen ability’s stat-card (or whatever you want to refer to it as) appear for, say, 5 seconds right after using the stealing ability so the player can see what it does without having to break the flow of combat.

I personally think the thief’s class mechanic itself could be a lot better, but this sounds like a simple, elegant and effective solution to one of its weaknesses.

Tbh the thief steal is really not that complicated to memorize once you see all of the “stolen skills”. I use it all the time since i even traited for poison on steal

Let me elaborate- each skill has unique icon bound to it, and there are really not that many possible skills you can steal- i am pretty sure that there are not even 10 of them.

However the idea of yours is not bad and would be something like quality of life improvement.

ProxiiG.5830:

Tbh the thief steal is really not that complicated to memorize once you see all of the “stolen skills”. I use it all the time since i even traited for poison on steal

Let me elaborate- each skill has unique icon bound to it, and there are really not that many possible skills you can steal- i am pretty sure that there are not even 10 of them.

However the idea of yours is not bad and would be something like quality of life improvement.

Really? Because I’m positive I’ve seen the same icon used for multiple skills before….

There’s only a dozen or so different skills to be stolen. It took me a few days but it wasn’t hard to memorize them all once you’d seen all the pictures.

I’d recommend you Steal as lot, but don’t actually use the ability in combat until you’ve read it. Then you can use it on the next mob, rise and repeat.

loveassassin.8154:

ProxiiG.5830:

Tbh the thief steal is really not that complicated to memorize once you see all of the “stolen skills”. I use it all the time since i even traited for poison on steal

Let me elaborate- each skill has unique icon bound to it, and there are really not that many possible skills you can steal- i am pretty sure that there are not even 10 of them.

However the idea of yours is not bad and would be something like quality of life improvement.

Really? Because I’m positive I’ve seen the same icon used for multiple skills before….

Only same icon i ever saw used for different skills is the scepter one- it tends to be either the lightning leash/flame burst/fire ball- all other skills have unique icons (i am about 99% sure of this- have lvl 80 thief and as stated use steal all the time)