Guild Wars 2

You could survive without Full SA before the patch, the only issue with 26006 builds was the lack of condi cleanse.

You can’t take 06620 or 26600 anymore, but you either have to trait into trickery or trait into other lines with Init regen and learn to manage your Init properly now.

Well everything worked fine without Infusion of Shadows and Shadows Rejuvenation before (played D/D 6/6/2/0/0 myself pre-patch quite a bit).
Just means you’re not as spammy and need to put more thought into when to AA, when to dodge, when to Blind =/= Stealth (Well, I picked the 2 in SA for Blind on Stealth…) etc.
Yes, Thieves require even more skilled play now…

Edit: Really, when you make good use of your skills, you don’t need any sources of Initiative regen from your traits.