Guild Wars 2

So I’m a noob here and I have an interest in thief. I have no plans on doing mass scale group stuff. It lags me, potato. I’m looking for mostly solo world content and how thief works there. I tried a trial boost already, but I want a more informed opinion. I have an 80 eng I also boosted. Any possible comparison between the two for solo would be nice.

I found in my trial that I seemed to do nicely with the short bow that is given. Tending to see a good amount of 1000+ crits just from the first attack, no real idea how good that is.

I like the rogue idea in these games and deadeye has also caught my attention.

Thief is a nice solo class, you have stealth that is really really nice at lots of places around the maps, its shortbow gives you lot of speed, you can output a lot of dmg and i just think that its fun, however he can sometimes feel like really squishy especially in the expansion maps etc. however a few traits and stats fix it ezil

Thief is great a killing things quickly, and has very nice damage. As far as comparison, the two classes are pretty much opposites.
Engi is a bit beefier, throws down turrets/explosives/shields and is very utility based, often using toolkit weapons like flamethrowers and elixir guns.
Thief is much more of an evasive playstyle, think hit and run. Level 80 content likes to throw big groups of enemies at you, so it can be easy to die if you try and sit in the fight too long. It may take time to adapt to that style but it is very fun and rewarding to play.
I highly recommend it!

I think the biggest thing to learn about the thief is NOT to stay in a fight to long. You can sometimes feel you have someone on the ropes and press and this can lead to you dying quick. It not like Engineer in this regard. Keep mobile, keep aware and manage your INI.