Guild Wars 2

Part of the fun of playing a Thief is dreaming how to make it better. So here’s another bone to chew on…

There are plenty of Dungeons & Dragons references and functions in Guild Wars 2 already. Why not add some more for the Thief?

Here are some to consider. Some would be traits, others would be effects/boons. Some would have cooldowns, some would not. Let your imagination go wild!

Advantage
If an outgoing successful strike does not trigger a critical hit, re-roll to see if it triggers a critical hit.

Disadvantage
If an incoming successful strike triggers a critical hit, re-roll to see if it does not trigger a critical hit.

Sneak Attack
Power is increased when an ally is nearby.

Uncanny Dodge
If an incoming strike would reduce health by 25% or more of maximum health, take half damage instead.

Evasion
Take half damage of an AoE attack.

Reliable Talent
Entering combat resets a used utility at random.

Blindsense
Automatically cleanse Blindness.

Elusive
Immune to critical hits.

Stroke of Luck
An incoming lethal strike places health at 1 instead of downing the Thief.

Supreme Sneak
Standing motionless slows the Stealth duration reduction rate.

Thief’s Reflexes
Automatically evade a triggered trap. Gain immunity to that specific trap (if it operates on a duration).

Assassinate
Every successful strike is an automatic critical hit when the Thief’s health is full.

Death Strike
A strike that opens combat hits with increased Ferocity.

Second Wind
Standing motionless increases initiative and endurance regeneration rates.

this reminds me that to refresh the health of this game it would be good to increase for every class the amount of operational specializations to 4 or 5, increase the pool of available specializations up to around 10 and perhaps add some passive traits for classes and/or races

or optionally, greatly increase the amount of trait lines in every existing specialization adding perhaps some more interesting choices than just “pick 1 trait out of 3”

why am i posting this here? because the character combat design as a whole is badly bottlenecked by the limited choice of existing specializations and this thread suggests some traits which could be bread and butter of new specializations (for thief)

Lexander.4579:

it would be good to increase for every class the amount of operational specializations to 4 or 5

This is how I feel every time I change builds with the Thief. It’s like it’s always lacking just one more thing. If only I could choose one more certain trait from a 4th trait line. Or just one more utility. For example…

Hard to Catch for non-Acrobatic builds
or
Shadow’s Embrace for non-Shadow Arts builds
or
Roll For Initiative for trapper builds

I don’t even have to list Preparedness, do I?