Guild Wars 2

Since the drop of HoT, Guild Wars hasn’t been nearly as much fun as it used to be. I understand that Anet is trying to introduce new and exciting content, but having your favorite class be torn to shreds by all other class just isn’t enjoyable. Thief used to be extremely fun to play and there were tons of different builds one could run, and still do well. But lately, thief has just been out classed by all the other classes in all formats. Whether you’re in WvW or PvP, thieves just get flamed and raged at, while they’re still useful in PvE, I feel like our role is not needed as much as it used to be. I hope that Anet soon buffs thief or nerfs the other classes for the sake of the enjoyment as a thief main.

Exodus.9634:

Since the drop of HoT, Guild Wars hasn’t been nearly as much fun as it used to be. I understand that Anet is trying to introduce new and exciting content, but having your favorite class be torn to shreds by all other class just isn’t enjoyable. Thief used to be extremely fun to play and there were tons of different builds one could run, and still do well. But lately, thief has just been out classed by all the other classes in all formats. Whether you’re in WvW or PvP, thieves just get flamed and raged at, while they’re still useful in PvE, I feel like our role is not needed as much as it used to be. I hope that Anet soon buffs thief or nerfs the other classes for the sake of the enjoyment as a thief main.

I wouldn’t hold my breath lol.

Ditto, I haven’t played in weeks. Class is in the graveyard currently.

“introducing new and exciting content”… It’s far from that currently… It really passive and boring. No high risk high reward build.

I watch ESL if I can’t sleep…
Beats counting sheep, I’m knocked out when I see the team comps.

Thief is in such a poor state after being arenanets favourite class to nerf from launch day. People complain about them because they find them annoying and now with revealed being to readily available and still having the lowest health pool and mediocre damage, have you tried reaper? How about every other class? Thief aren’t even a threat in pvp anymore, hit them once and they are forced to retreat.

I was thinking of coming back. Couldn’t have been bothered to log in these past few weeks. Sad to know its not fun mates. I never thought thief was that bad off really but I just got tired of people screaming at me to switch out before a match starts or in wvw. Been giving Feral Druid in WoW a try. Its kinda got a few similarities. surprised me. cheers all.

I was once a very active thief player who played the profession since before launch. I managed to stick to it all the way, up until HoT…. It completely broke the game for me. Not being able to do squat in pvp is just extremely frustrating, especially given that it was the only part of the game I enjoyed the last year I played it.

It is extremely sad to go to metabattle and not find thief listed. Clicking to show thief builds will just show a list of ~10 builds…

I wonder how much ANet must lose again before they fix this game? Last time they screwed up balance they lost a huge bunch of pvp players that had moved from other games because they loved the combat. These players left because of anet’s messed up logic thinking that they only need to balance every 6-8 months. These players never returned.

I left the game almost right after HoT launched and I haven’t logged in since. I check the forums now and then just to see if anything changes, and it isn’t looking good. I love this game so much and really want to see it succeed, but they never will with this lazy kitten balance team. Having the same meta for 6+ months with only a handful of professions/builds represented is insane. Anyone should know that it will destroy a game :/

/rant

I really want to come back, because this game has so much to offer. But in its current state I wouldn’t come back even if I got payed to do so.

I haven’t played in ages now. It just doesn’t feel worth the time, when I can play another game that isn’t rigged against me because I had the gall to pick the “wrong” class.

I wanted to be one of those people who stuck with my class out of stubbornness and spite, but… it’s just not fun. I’d just rather play anything else.

I completely agree with you, ArenaNet do not cares minimally with the thief
when i create a thief, was written in the description that was lethal 1 × 1 ( funy) what a joke ….. all classes at this time are stronger than thief, and what ArenaNet makes relation to that? nothing, I am main thief and not do anything in relation to this I leave this game because I do not have to be forced to play what they want (META) , I’m a customer I bought the game for fun in pvp in pve whatever, and ArenaNet meets all the pros of thief , engi guive more inv then thief LOOL mesmer remove bons and almost all class have more damage then thief , what I am asking is if a thief in pve is not as effective as the other class, ok I can understand the thief is a pvp charecter in all kind of games is a burst character, so please explainme how a dragon hunter by simply pressing 3 butons in the mid of a tf can hit 5x more then a thief in multiple targuets , and how it works I liked to have a ArenaNet’s response to explain to me why the thief is like this ?? Then we have all others op class “expect warrior” who murder you withouth skil …. my question is any one of you from ArenaNet play thief ? ’ or do you even play this game ? cause your balance in pvp is ridicoulouse i enjoy 2 much this game is a funy game i love the pvp but camon do something with thief or nerf other classes 2 it starts getting ridiculous…….. THe simple fact of you play thief in pvp is motive of flame lol

santoryu.9815:

my question is any one of you from ArenaNet play thief ? ’ or do you even play this game ??? cause your balance in pvp is ridicoulouse i enjoy 2 much this game is a funy game i love the pvp but camon do something with thief or nerf other classes 2 it starts getting ridiculous…….. THe simple fact of you play thief in pvp is motive of flame lol

I have a counter question, I’ve yet to understand why people flame thieves. Can you explain?

Also, in WvW, thieves are annoying but they can sometimes down uplevels and anyone that the thief can lead to say a camp or objective that is in the thief’s favor. Yet, alone its hard to kill a thief that teleports away a lot, and its hard for them to kill a bunker/tank anything.

yes i can explain ppl flame thiefs cause he is not good for this meta the cap decap is countered by campers tath u cant take down , for exemple a druid or a elemental is hard 2 kill very hard in fact , or dragon hunters u can kilhim ye if u dont do a mistake in all combat with him and he can kilyou by press 3 buton this meta is 2 strong revenent do more burst and he is more eficiente for party guive bons etc etc so wat is a thief at this moment? a runer? cause if i want play car games i go play forza

ah okays I understand it now. It’s sad but watching some duels in WvW saw where those classes you mention (ele, druid, DH) and even berserker warrior could take down a thief It was like he did 25% or so damage to their health bar and he missed a dodge and got downed.

santoryu.9815:

I completely agree with you, ArenaNet do not cares minimally with the thief
when i create a thief, was written in the description that was lethal 1 × 1 ( funy) what a joke ….. all classes at this time are stronger than thief, and what ArenaNet makes relation to that? nothing, I am main thief and not do anything in relation to this I leave this game because I do not have to be forced to play what they want (META) , I’m a customer I bought the game for fun in pvp in pve whatever, and ArenaNet meets all the pros of thief , engi guive more inv then thief LOOL mesmer remove bons and almost all class have more damage then thief , what I am asking is if a thief in pve is not as effective as the other class, ok I can understand the thief is a pvp charecter in all kind of games is a burst character, so please explainme how a dragon hunter by simply pressing 3 butons in the mid of a tf can hit 5x more then a thief in multiple targuets , and how it works I liked to have a ArenaNet’s response to explain to me why the thief is like this ?? Then we have all others op class “expect warrior” who murder you withouth skil …. my question is any one of you from ArenaNet play thief ? ’ or do you even play this game ? cause your balance in pvp is ridicoulouse i enjoy 2 much this game is a funy game i love the pvp but camon do something with thief or nerf other classes 2 it starts getting ridiculous…….. THe simple fact of you play thief in pvp is motive of flame lol

This. Thief need to get their launch burst back. As it stands now a shatter combo from a shatter Mesmer do more single target damage (and this is AoE even) than a full Heartseeker → Mug → Backstab → Heartseeker combo. Thief doesn’t have the highest single target damage any more, no sustain and doesn’t even have the best 1v1 tools anymore :/

KayCee.4653:

I have a counter question, I’ve yet to understand why people flame thieves. Can you explain?

The thief class has always been a selfish class with little team synergy. In the past this was forgiven since it could down even the toughest players in solo fights and obliterate players in skirmish play by picking off wounded or players not paying attention.

The meta then changed to heavy bunker/sustain with strong AoE. The thief has neither that are effective. The massive amount of AoE has made getting up close to most builds difficult. If they know you are coming and are reasonably skilled, extremely difficult.

This highlights the basic nature that the thief is mostly a solo affair built around escape.

That’s why I’m finally enjoying my stamina nightblade on ESO. That’s a much better thief for sure.

Straegen.2938:

KayCee.4653:

I have a counter question, I’ve yet to understand why people flame thieves. Can you explain?

The thief class has always been a selfish class with little team synergy. In the past this was forgiven since it could down even the toughest players in solo fights and obliterate players in skirmish play by picking off wounded or players not paying attention.

The meta then changed to heavy bunker/sustain with strong AoE. The thief has neither that are effective. The massive amount of AoE has made getting up close to most builds difficult. If they know you are coming and are reasonably skilled, extremely difficult.

This highlights the basic nature that the thief is mostly a solo affair built around escape.

Ah that explains why thieves run and stealth so much or use that shortbow teleport skill. Thanks for clarifying, because I’ve been debating on trying a thief since they seem to escape most confrontations easily. Though no one in guilds I’m in likes them enough to comment or help with making one.

Honestly if they would simply add ricochet back that would bring a huge amount of enjoyment back to the game for me. Can’t believe they removed the only thing that could make dual pistols the slightest bit useful.

considering thief has received nothing but nerfs sense the release of the game
and there has been 0 corporation to compensate for the nerfs

thief has been slowly pulled to there grave

after the idiocy that was assassins equilibrium -
I have lost all hope that the gw2 team understands anything about there own game

“they told us we could counter a war hammer stun by coming out of stealth to gain stability” ………when if u had half a brain u would just dodge instead of reveal your self and take the damage —- for 1 second of stability

they don’t care about the class any more and want it to be a punching bag

Playing thief is super frustrating.

I know that I am very rusty with the class now as I barely ever play it. When I go wvw with thief, I get bursted (zerk/cav) more often than my full zerker ele. The other day a friend asked me (my ele) to duel him in OS. He mains a thief and improved a lot since we used to roam together since I don’t play pvp much and he spends there most of his time.

First he used his herald, he got the elite spec that day and wanted to test it. I won first duel, then he figured out how to counter me and killed me every time.

Then he logged to his thief.
Felt so sorry for him when he couldn’t chop off HP from my team support (yeah a lot of the build doesn’t benefit me but allies so it’s even weaker than it could be in 1 vs 1) tempest. I did way more dmg to him then he did to me, he lost all fights on his thief.

Sad story of a raging thief and one ex-thief.

Jayden Ennok.3687:

Playing thief is super frustrating.

I know that I am very rusty with the class now as I barely ever play it. When I go wvw with thief, I get bursted (zerk/cav) more often than my full zerker ele. The other day a friend asked me (my ele) to duel him in OS. He mains a thief and improved a lot since we used to roam together since I don’t play pvp much and he spends there most of his time.

First he used his herald, he got the elite spec that day and wanted to test it. I won first duel, then he figured out how to counter me and killed me every time.

Then he logged to his thief.
Felt so sorry for him when he couldn’t chop off HP from my team support (yeah a lot of the build doesn’t benefit me but allies so it’s even weaker than it could be in 1 vs 1) tempest. I did way more dmg to him then he did to me, he lost all fights on his thief.

Sad story of a raging thief and one ex-thief.

Question, are they trying to get rid of thief?

Asking cause even guildies have noticed this too.

This is sad… C’mon anet. hear us!!! its honestly really dumb how many of these posts there are with no feedback from devs.