This is an honest, open hearted question to any Dev reading. I mean no misconduct with this post. I mean no offence in anything I say, please keep this in mind…
Are you even listening? Not just reading, listening to us.
The Thief forums has been filled with nothing but anger, hatred, complaints, jealousy and full of ideas for Thief. Thief Balance, Thief Daredevil improvements, ect. To be fair, a lot of them suck kitten , but there are one or two floating around which are amazing and seriously need a look at by the Thief Devs (do you guys have them or did they get fired and replaced by the Ele devs? – I jest, this is a joke, please don’t take it seriously, refer to line 1 and 2 of the post).
Out of the 30 most recent posts, over 75% of them are in some way or form showing their dislike towards the way Thief is going (lets face it, we’re almost there. We’re heading to the Graveyard and the grave has already been dug by the Engi’s Sneak Bot, “beep-boop-kitten-Thieves”).
This entire forum section has gone to kitten. You know why? Because you aren’t listening. And if you are, then you aren’t showing it to us. Tell us you’re listening, tell is you’re aware of the Thieves problems, tell us you’re “working on it”. Something, anything. Give us a sign or I fear a lot of people will just leave. Not just Thief, but the game in general.
I, myself, have stopped playing Thief for my Ranger. I find it 100% more fun and I actually stand a chance when fighting other professions. Being able to kill PU Mesmers and Cele Ele’s feels amazing… But I can’t on my Thief and that’s bad. I always play the sneaky rogue type, no matter what game I play. If it’s an FPS, you’ll find me with a silenced sniper at the back of the map. WoW from vanilla to WOTLK, I played a Rogue. Diablo 2, Assassin, ect, ect. You get my point. People want to play this type of class, and they don’t want to abandon it for more viable options. That’s not good!
You seriously can NOT ignore an entire profession from being balanced appropriately. You’ve twatted us with the Nerf Shovel straight in the face a million times, but that last time was savage. Meanwhile, you’re handing out buffs left, right and centre to other classes. We need Thief love and we need it soon. In the Druid reveal, you said you read the forum section for professions. Rangers complained and they got something amazing. Thieve’s complained and we got recycled animations and 1 extra, fancy dodge roll… ?_?
Yes, that does sell DD a little bit short, but comparison to the other Elite specs… Hah, I’ll be honestly blunt, and I’m sorry but: Daredevil sucks, and it pales in comparison to others. It doesn’t matter how long you spent working on it, you really need to read and listen to us. The concept is awesome! The execution… not so much. I know of people who really like it, and that’s fine. People are entitled to their own opinions, but the overall feeling is negative. The Silverwastes Shovel animation… Really!?
Now, I’m not going to spurt off balance idea’s, that’s not the point of this post. You can find loads of good idea’s on the front page of the Thief forums… But you should’ve already read them and informed the Thief devs for more idea’s ‘n’ stuff… Right? But the fact that you’re balancing Thief, based upon words from none Thief players is absurd. Other professions spout off the biggest load of bull kitten ever. Exaggerated lies and poor/low skilled players crying because they get killed by Backstab Signet Build.
Yes, we exaggerate too about how poor Thief is right now. I fully admit that Thief isn’t as kitten as we’re making it out to be. But if we’re to put all the professions on a “power” level, out of 100, Thief is currently sat at the lowest power level, around 50/60 depending on where you’re playing your Thief (50 for Solo-Roaming and sPvP, 60 for Group-Roaming and Zerging for Medic duties).
Please, take every word I’ve posted in this thread, go read the other threads and do something about it. Prove, not only to me, but to all Thieves, that you are listening.
Thank you for reading.
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