Guild Wars 2

This is just a whimsical observation here, but isn’t it just a little stupid how thieves can steal fear from “the fear class,” and have it last 3 times as long?

its actually funny…how can they steal something we dont have looooool

You forgot to mention that it’s an AoE fear as well.

This thread again….Yes thives can steal a 3sec fear from necro and yes it makes no sense, but what we don’t need is the same thread popping up every 4 days.

Until they fix it=)

….next year maybe…

I understand and agree with the point being made here- but the steal skills are pretty much all rather strong because what you get is random. It’s more about putting randomly chosen skills to proper use than it is the power of said skills. Just sayin as a Necro main Thief alt =D

Thief stealing is actually very easy to use, it’s not random. If you steal from a Mesmer, you get a ton of buffs. If you steal from a Warrior, you get Whirling Axe. If you steal from a Necromancer, you get an AoE Fear. It’s pretty easy to tell what’s what and pick who you Steal from. For example, you never see any Thief intentionally steal from a Ranger.

Anyway, it’s a great shame Necro, the profession that was sold as the only one to have Fear, to have the worst fears in the game. Compare our 1 second fears to Warrior’s and Thief’s, both of which have a bigger AoE range and last longer, and… meh. I#m glad we have Fear, but I wish it could turn the tide of a battle as well as Thief and Warrior’s.

Thief is 8 abilitys on 8 professions.. Its weird that its a long fear. But their steal skills should be good because its their mechanic.. DS is really strong in comparison imo.

like already people say; thief stealing isnt random, is defined from what class you steal. when a thief steal a necro he already know will get the fear skill. is amazing strong, have a very long time (compared with us) and they can be a burst class so that 3s fear will gonnna do lot of damage.

Necro fear should be 2s base time, or the only class plus thief able to do fear, but thief steal just 1s fear because is what we have. dont make any sense they steal something much more powerfull compared with what we have

Ojike.3179:

Thief is 8 abilitys on 8 professions.. Its weird that its a long fear. But their steal skills should be good because its their mechanic.. DS is really strong in comparison imo.

So after rolling a thief… I’m not entirely sure I agree here. Yes DS is pretty amazing, but you realize that steal acts as a teleportation skill + huge damage skill (Mug.. it hits like backstab) + boon skill if you spec it. Plus you get something great every time… there is no bad steal skill.

I think steal is on par with DS not sure if DS is better… both are great skills. Plus a thief can use a stealed skill + steal another one and use another skill right after each other if his cooldown is done…

Don’t forget Initiative is also a Thief only thing along with Steal, and the two combined are definitely more powerful than Death Shroud when combined. Chaining Pistol Whips and Heartseekers due to no cooldowns is immense.

possante.8310:

Necro fear should be 2s base time,

Wrong. 1sec base time is fine. With 2sec Necro’s could easily get 4sec from each fear with runes and traits, which would just be stupidly broken.

I could maybe see 2sec base time, if they added a cap to the amount of time you could be feared, like 3sec, but that’s still too strong imo.

It is obviously absurd a thief steals an aoe fear that lasts 3x as long. That it hasn’t been fixed yet is mindboggling.

Lol yeah when this first happened to me vs. thief I was so confused

They can steal something we don’t have and be 3x more effective