Guild Wars 2

Some of us are new thieves here, some of us have been thieves since before the game officially came out. But on thing we can agree on is that as a thief, some battles are ridiculously easy and some are just downright hard. What are some specific moments in WvW or PvP that just make you say, “oh it’s going to be one of those battles”. For example, when I see a ranger and I sneak behind him for a backstab, and a full critical backstab barely takes out his health, I just know im in for quite the workout at that point.

when i see the enemy zerg in front of me…
and my allies running in the opposite direction…

to your point: 1 vs 1 with a guardian/ele, then you must tie the seat belt around your neck …

You have problems with Rangers? They’re free kills for me unless I know they are running 30/x/x/x/x — they have a 6sec Invulnerable state that way, and is recognizable by the Signet of Stone buff.

My problems are usually when I’m playing p/d and find an annoying Necro for Guardian who can just remove or tank my bleeds away.

When I play d/d I fear Mesmers. I can’t keep up with the clones. It confuses me. /sad

Iove.3902:

You have problems with Rangers? They’re free kills for me unless I know they are running 30/x/x/x/x — they have a 6sec Invulnerable state that way, and is recognizable by the Signet of Stone buff.

My problems are usually when I’m playing p/d and find an annoying Necro for Guardian who can just remove or tank my bleeds away.

When I play d/d I fear Mesmers. I can’t keep up with the clones. It confuses me. /sad

The point wasnt that I had a problem with rangers, its just that one evry now and then that is built like a tank

I run a full GC burst thief, and I’m used to throwing myself into the middle of things and either killing or being killed in a matter of seconds (note: I don’t necessarily endorse this play style).
So the other day in spvp, I had just capped a node when up runs an enemy guardian. I get out of his way and throw some damage at him from the sidelines….not even a dent. So then he throws some pixie dust in my face with his little staff…yeah. Anyway, I hop around him a little bit while he sits there like a rock, and there’s that awkward moment when both of us realize this battle thing just ain’t happening. So I left :P I’m sure he was happy.

But absolutely nothing is more awkward (yet nail-biting) than a battle between two stealth thieves. LOL

Other thieves in an area with mobs (wvw). I often leave, not worth the time!

Tell me about it. Ran into an engi today guy was running a super elixir fumigate build. We were at it for 10 minutes. In the end interference ruined our tango but that’s WvW. The guardian took 3 minutes it got down to the wire twice once he won with like 1% hp once me with about the same. Might have been annoyingly long but it was worth it.

I main DD ele I don’t fight DD ele too much time and no one ever wins.

I’d say a 1v1 with a guardian. Especially the ultra-nooby bunkers that will never, ever die. Those are a pain.

Anything else… Against other thieves/ D/D eles, it’s more of a “well I’m going to be abusing my mobility a ton” kind of situation for me.

When you stun a warrior and see your damage drop like a brick due to Turtle’s defense kicking in on your stuns and your cripples.
“Shortbow time”

Kitcat.1739:

I run a full GC burst thief, and I’m used to throwing myself into the middle of things and either killing or being killed in a matter of seconds (note: I don’t necessarily endorse this play style).
So the other day in spvp, I had just capped a node when up runs an enemy guardian. I get out of his way and throw some damage at him from the sidelines….not even a dent. So then he throws some pixie dust in my face with his little staff…yeah. Anyway, I hop around him a little bit while he sits there like a rock, and there’s that awkward moment when both of us realize this battle thing just ain’t happening. So I left :P I’m sure he was happy.

But absolutely nothing is more awkward (yet nail-biting) than a battle between two stealth thieves. LOL

Lolol! I totally know what you mean! It’s not that it’s a lost-cause, it’s just that it’s almost equally likely that you’ll die/survive. Some fights I’ve have with another stealth thief goes minutes before one of us has hurt the other. At some point, I just stop and move away.

That and when you have a d/d thief AND a d/d ele..that’s just a really irritating fight. You’ll get close to killing the ele, then they mist-form, flee, heal, then come back to knock you in the air (thank goodness for shadowstep).

Bunker guardians. Flippin’ bunker guardians man. I swear I fought one for a non-exaggerated fifteen minutes once. When I run in to one I instantly look at the clock now before I decide if I want to commit to the fight.