Q:
Curious about damage for thieves.
The short answer is if you want damage roll another class: warrior, mesmer, necro, elementalist, even guardian. Though I’d suggest you make a thief and take him to the mists to try it out and experiment with more than a backstab build. That way you could form your own opinions and see first hand. But my opinion right now is that thief is only good for role-playing a ninja, until the class sees buffs.
Condition damage build.<3 yes they nerfed caltrops because anet likes to be a jerk to any and every thief build ever, but still a very effective build. If u can get in the middle of a zerg, pop caltrops, spam deathblossom,and then shadowstep deathblossom again, then pop ult.= bags on bags on bags, and yeah u will get down, but rally is op