Guild Wars 2

I swear, more than half my steals are blinding tuff… It’s such a useless tool in dungeon. I got 5 other abilities to make me stealth and blind and stealing another ability to do so is very irrelevant. I want steals such as Throw Gunk or Tooth Stab or even Whirlwind Axe. Hardly get any of them.

What you steal from an enemy largly(if not entirely) depends on what the enemy actually is.

In other words, stop stealing from rabbits expecting to get Whirlwind Axe.

It feels like a default steal item when they haven’t actually programmed a steal item table into the mob or couldn’t think of something else. Need more variety either way. :< A lot of enemies that give it aren’t feather or fur related.

Jonny.9370:

What you steal from an enemy largly(if not entirely) depends on what the enemy actually is.

In other words, stop stealing from rabbits expecting to get Whirlwind Axe.

The OP has a point, I myself have even stolen the Blinding Tuft item from enemies that don’t even have fur or feathers.

Hell even in sPvP when you steal from another Thief you will get the Blinding Tuft item while the fella ain’t even covered in feathers!

In other words, Tuft appears to be a very common item to receive when using ’’Steal’’

Jonny.9370:

What you steal from an enemy largly(if not entirely) depends on what the enemy actually is.

In other words, stop stealing from rabbits expecting to get Whirlwind Axe.

I couldn’t help but to facepalm at that response

You’re assuming I’m completely kitten about thief. I know how steal works. It depends who I steal from. But it’s weird when I get all these other random steals from one single mob. Half the time it’s blinding tuff, half the time it’s something else. It’s rather annoying. Blinding Tuff is the go to for mobs that really don’t have anything to steal and I wish it wasn’t like that.

Throw a handful of feathers, vanishing in stealth and blinding nearby foes.

I love these. Nothing wrong with blinding foes. It’s useful to get an extra attack from stealth. I’ll happily cash in all my bonuses from the Shadow Trait line for going into stealth. I don’t want to burn all my skills or initiative to go into stealth all the time and since these beauties come free from stealing so often, especially in TA, I don’t have to.

Stooperdale.3560:

Throw a handful of feathers, vanishing in stealth and blinding nearby foes.

I love these. Nothing wrong with blinding foes. It’s useful to get an extra attack from stealth. I’ll happily cash in all my bonuses from the Shadow Trait line for going into stealth. I don’t want to burn all my skills or initiative to go into stealth all the time and since these beauties come free from stealing so often, especially in TA, I don’t have to.

What’s better? Getting one extra attack in or being able to freeze, poison, vulnerable, a mob all in one attack? Skull fear is even better cuz then everyone gets a free shot. Or Whirlwind axe where you can destroy the mob. Or tooth stab where you can hurt the mob and make it bleed (I think it comes with stacks?) I’d take anything over going stealth, where I have sooooo many abilities to go stealth in. Never have I found Blinding Tuff useful