I’m still a little reluctant, but I just might reinstall the game to check out the balance patch. 3 of my character slots are thieves. I bought this game at launch and have really only liked the thief class.
I would wait to see what the feedback is like but I have been able to compete against meta builds with my own builds in the past. So it might be back to the theory crafting table, spending hours attacking the bots in the mists and finally testing it out on the servers.
Cross your fingers.