Guild Wars 2

Scrapper: I get cc’d, and then bursted without any reaction time

Zerker: Only really seen the ones running flame shot

Chrono: Bursted so quickly from stealth, I can’t react

Rev/Herald: I try my best to 1v1 them but they not only outdamage me, but outsustain me

Reaper: One of the only classes I can deal with (I either run away, or try my best to stealth shortbow them down)

Daredevils: Haven’t seen many to really say anything, most just felt like tankier vanilla thieves

Dragon Hunter: Haven’t seen one using traps or bow yet

Druid: How do I kill someone on their team?

Tempest: Haven’t seen a single one in pvp yet

Is this a l2p issue or a balance issue and how do I fight these?

Unless you’re considerably more skilled than your opponent, you generally shouldn’t fight anyone playing a class with any kind of sustain by yourself. Our class is being balanced around our mobility. We’re much better at using that mobility to jet around the map and assist others in taking players down. If you’re having difficulty killing players while performing this role, perhaps you need to look at how your utilizing your CC and burst abilities. For example, sometimes you can be much more effective by staying out of a fight and waiting for certain thins to recharge, like your initiative, Basilisk Venom, Sigil of Rage, Flanking Strikes, Steal, etc. Maybe you’re not utilizing them together or haven’t waited until after your desired target has exhausted some of his defenses, like a dodge roll, protection, stability, etc. We’re also the class which benefits the most from coordination. I encourage you to attempt to find people to play with regularly so you may more easily tap into the potential of GW2’s most misunderstood class.

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Unless you’re considerably more skilled than your opponent, you generally shouldn’t fight anyone playing a class with any kind of sustain by yourself. Our class is being balanced around our mobility. We’re much better at using that mobility to jet around the map and assist others in taking players down. If you’re having difficulty killing players while performing this role, perhaps you need to look at how your utilizing your CC and burst abilities. For example, sometimes you can be much more effective by staying out of a fight and waiting for certain thins to recharge, like your initiative, Basilisk Venom, Sigil of Rage, Flanking Strikes, Steal, etc. Maybe you’re not utilizing them together or haven’t waited until after your desired target has exhausted some of his defenses, like a dodge roll, protection, stability, etc. We’re also the class which benefits the most from coordination. I encourage you to attempt to find people to play with regularly so you may more easily tap into the potential of GW2’s most misunderstood class.

I love your elaborate description of what’s essentially a +1 lol

Considering you havent seen a Dragon hunter use traps or many Daredevils yet i would say you dont have enough experience yet to put the issues you are having on the class. Looks more like a l2p thing. But to be fair yes playing the elites using vanilla anything is quite difficult but not a complete mismatch.

Saying Thief is just a +1 class is like saying The Godfather is just a gangster movie or The Room is just a bad movie. If you skip the details, you’re skipping the parts worth talking about.