Guild Wars 2

So the ability that a thief steals from a rev is supposed to slow the target for 1s, and do nice damage. Currently it hits pretty hard, buts slows for over 3s. So if a thief is running double stolen abilities, you can get slowed for around 7s. Seems pretty broken, as nothing else slows that long, and the tooltip says a different duration. Just an FYI

Cleanse conditions then ;p

slow for 1 sec? 3 sec seems about right.

what baffles me the most is that thieves can reliably STEAL form us 3s of slow while we can dish said condi out only on downed AA.
I mean, SERIOUSLY? We need to get way more access to it, and a great idea to improve mallyx would be to give some to his utils

Gaaroth.2567:

what baffles me the most is that thieves can reliably STEAL form us 3s of slow while we can dish said condi out only on downed AA.
I mean, SERIOUSLY? We need to get way more access to it, and a great idea to improve mallyx would be to give some to his utils

Jalis needs moar slow. Hes tank after all

Burtnik.5218:

Gaaroth.2567:

what baffles me the most is that thieves can reliably STEAL form us 3s of slow while we can dish said condi out only on downed AA.
I mean, SERIOUSLY? We need to get way more access to it, and a great idea to improve mallyx would be to give some to his utils

Jalis needs moar slow. Hes tank after all

whatever, we just need that slow somehow reliable in our skills..it would another unique aspect to us (opposite to mesmers that gives mostly quickness/alacrity)

Gaaroth.2567:

what baffles me the most is that thieves can reliably STEAL form us 3s of slow while we can dish said condi out only on downed AA.
I mean, SERIOUSLY? We need to get way more access to it, and a great idea to improve mallyx would be to give some to his utils

Welcome to the mind of every (former) Guardian player ever, where Thieves steal a 3s daze from a class with zero dazes in its entire skillset.

not only is the slow duration bugged but the skill even deals 3-4k damage… twice with improvisation…

i mean cmon, is this a damage or a utility skill? decide..

It is in general 3x stronger than our skill. 4sec slow, 4k damage. A bit too much imo

So how about we tone it down to 2sec already? …
8sec of slow is not fun by any means. Thats basically 50% slow uptime.

I think this is fair. Thieves need all the buffs they can get.

Iohanna.4863:

I think this is fair. Thieves need all the buffs they can get.

lmao

anyway they can have this stolen item, it’s WE that need moar slow :/

Honestly anyone that supports this as being “perfectly balanced” is obviously a thief main. I mean hear me out, because it’s 4 secs of slow every time you steal to us, if you run improv it’s 8 secs literally every 20secs, add on top of this the fact that it hits hard roughly 4-5k and that revenant has nearly NO condi remove, but let’s say you’re running staff to remove the condi, okay it’s a 1 sec cast time to remove it, with slow on you that makes it like 3 secs of casting, literally leaving you WIDE open in this animation as a thief auto’s you to death, it’s an easy I-win button vs revs. And honestly I hope Anet fixes this obvious bug, because as of now it’s broken OP in my opinion.

I disagree with this post, the stolen skills are designed to counter the class they stole from, so I don’t think it should be a problem, thieves also only usually have 1 damage weapon bar (not including a mandatory Sb bar) and 1 utility bar, the stolen skills is that thing that makes it ok. For reference:
Mesmer: Gain all of the boons!
Guardian: 3 sec daze!
Warrior: very hard hitting aoe whirling blades attack!
Ranger: water field for free healing and aoe regen!
Engineer: aoe free access to chaos armor and free condi’s and boons every second!
Ele: a 10s!!! Chill with a high damage coefficient which is 16% stronger than slow for recharges and move speed and lasts for 10s!
Necro: 2s aoe fear which procs the interrupt traits!
Thief: stealth and aoe blind for a free backstab!

I dunno but if I were to look at the others, the rev one seems pretty soft, what makes it good vs icestab for example is that it is a ranged attack instead so you can use it if you are on short bow.