Guild Wars 2

Hi. I played WvW for the first time yesterday on my warrior. I saw a thief in the distance and saw him disappear. I read about Backstab and a couple other skills knocking people out, so I started watching carefully. I got hit with a big hit, so I immediately dodged, then I put up Endure Pain. I saw myself get hit for a bunch of zeros (about three or four), then I died when the stance ended. The thief was stealthed the whole time so I was just blindly swinging/trying to run away. The thief only appeared after I died to laugh and disappear again.

Can someone help me out? What did the thief do and how can I avoid the same result in another encounter? Thanks

Don’t run around alone. A warrior usually should beat a thief 1v1, but not in WvW. You did the right thing. The other thing is to pop your 100 blades, or some other area effect. You’ll see where the numbers are for the damage you do, which will tell you where the thief is.

But mostly, don’t run around alone.

Any big-damage thief goes down very fast to a group or even just a duo, so you’ll scare them away by walking with a friend.

Running around alone is not a wise idea. I only do it during the off-hours, and even then, I make sure that my world controls wherever I’m going. Also, since I’m an Engineer, I have a bunch of “(Get Out of) Dodge” skills, so should a random group of enemies find me, I can be about 2,500+ meters away in a matter of about 2 seconds. Even then, I try to stay with at least two people at all times, if only to use them as distractions whilst I rocket to safety. ;P

Also, don’t run around alone.

Thanks for the quick responses. I didn’t see anyone else on my server (we also had 0 camp, towers, keeps) so I thought I’d take a look around. Now I know it was a silly mistake.

What server are you on, incidentally? Are you a part of a guild? Do you have a lot of friends that play consistently?