Guild Wars 2

When using your build dont use the Steal/C&D combo

Its much more fun, fights last longer and its more rewarding!!!!

You can totally see that fixing this combo would make for better fights and stop the QQing that goes on.

Anyway, give it a go, it costs nothing!

Well since the cooldown on Steal is quite lengthy you’re naturally forced to fight without it occasionally.

I know Backstab in itself isn’t OP and I’ve tried to get this message across here on these boards. But people seem obsessed with it just because it deals the highest damage.

I saw a screenshot of an 11k Backstab and a 6k Steal on the other boards just a few moments ago. Imo the 6k Steal is far more broken than Backstab.

I just hope ANet gets the message and fixes the cause, rather than the symptoms.

Agreed

A double crit on MUG and C&D together actually does the most burst before following up with the backstab (6k Steal + 6k C&D = 12k)

Steal and C&D would get them below 50% health which means Backstab gets a 20% bonus damage trait from Executioner

Those numbers are irrelevant.I never hit that much in sPvP .

It’s really not that different. If the target is a bad player, their badness continues to make it a cakewalk. If the target is good, their goodness already makes it interesting. In both cases, rendering issues make it perform much better than intended. Thief balance arguments are moot until that bug is fixed.