Guild Wars 2

Gear:
I have full Exo Gear (Berserker) with Ruby Orbs instead of Runes.
I use Double Dagger and Shortbow, Force Sigil with Rage Sigil.

Overview:
Now this class for me has been my fav so far, not cause of its raw damage but, I just like picking out targets like a Lion and downing the Weak whilst a Zerg rushes towards me, with a little chance of escaping (Cool Guys Don’t Look At Explosions)
I will admit right now, I backstab and I backstab hard. To me this is the sole purpose of the Class/Spec I am using. I have 10k HP (Little more depending on how well the Server does in WuvWuv).
Steal Shadow Step in and Backstab to me is what a Thief should be doing. Double Pistols is nice but 900 Range is meh when you can be hit at 1500 by a Ranger.
Short Bow is very nice for Siege Wall Fights. Sword is more used when with two-three thiefs.
My Play style is Gorilla Tactics, take Vets, Kill Supply Runs, kill camps if enough time to do so whilst alone.
In short I would call this class more of an Assassin then a Thief (As we have only one Steal :P).
I am more of a Lone Ranger in WuvWuv but I also want to feel like I am helping my Server out by keeping Supply down. This includes killing people who run from Towers to Supply camps to build siege defences.

To The People Who Hate Thief’s:
I can understand the frustration with dealing with the thief class, trust me I get hit by them all the time the same way.
Things I look at when dealing with the constant “Nerf You” Posts.
One Thief is really only a single target burster, yes we have some nice AOE skills but nothing compared to what we can do to single targets.
A lot of class’s have really nice setups, Warrior 100Blades with Frenzie is nice, Ele’s have great AOE dmg, Ranger has the range to burst down someone from afar, Guardian is just a monster when done right, Mesmer can make you waste a lot of time you really do not want to waste, Necro can have 40k hp and take forever to kill if you could kill it and the Engineer can make a thief’s life crap with all those turrets and knockover bombs.
Each class has a play style everyone loves, each can be very over powering if played well. Now thief can be done right with little effort I can easy say this is true.
A good thief can kill and be gone without a Zerg even knowing it had been there if done right.
A thief in my personal view was designed to give good burst and give us a good chance to escape. Now again back to the people who in the words of the Internet these days “QQOP” I have noticed that all you simply have to do is root a thief. The general setup is Assassin’s Signet (No Stun Breaker or Root Breaker), Blinding Powder (No Stun Breaker or Root Breaker) and Signet of Shadows (Again none of the above). This is the General “OMG It is far to OP” well it really is not. I will instantly die to a Bulls Charge with 100Blades, I will die to being Rooted and Nuked down, yes I can stealth but I am still at the same location if you root or knock down, there is some issues with Rendering that we all know and once fixed it will show that Thief’s really can not perma Stealthish or keep going into Stealth as we have a CD for Stealthing.
Now that is the most common Thief I have seen, the “I Win Fotm” but again I think people need to see that is has no Escape if you setup right to counter It.
This game was not designed for Everyone to be running around with a Build that can take on every type of battle, solo or team. I believe it is the player who makes the character, knowing when you pull out (Thats what she said) and knowing when you are out matched.

Rant Over:
To end my little rant page, I would like to simply say nothing of this class needs nerfed as I have fought players who know how to play the class they are very well and down my kitten in seconds. I do not claim to be good at GW2 but I think I can hold my own when fighting people. There is a huge number of people who react slower so it seems the thief is a killing machine, whilst I have seen people who instantly know how to counter thief’s and starting dance on our bodies.
Guild Wars 2 is about the player in my personal view not your class and not the setup. Each person plays it different.

Advice:
My Advice to Arena Net would be, do not change class skills and nerf the game to the ground like most MMO’s, allow people to learn there is not a “Button” to solve every fight in this game.
We all moan, does not mean it needs to be changed.
Adapt.

Anyways thank you for reading if you did
Release the HateKraken!

See you in the field.
Law
Oppression [QQOP] – Isle Of Janthir

So, it’s ok that there’s fairly simple tactics to deal with almost any profession’s specialty besides thief?

Engineer = Move away from turrets
Elementalist = Stay off the wall/don’t stand in the red circle
Mesmer = Call Target
Warrior = Dodge the obvious 100b
Ranger = LoS or charge

Thief = Make sure you have an Immob/KD and enough Vitality to survive a full backstab combo and can get your Immob/KD off in 3 seconds (2 of which will be full of dodging) before he stealths again for a second attempt.

Thanks for the advice. That is easy to counter.

So many useless players that want to be spoonfed EVERYTHING..perfect example above…simplify tactics against every other class but to make a point..stretching and longing out something that is not complicated.

Ready a root. Save a stun breaker. Use the about face button to avoid being stabbed in the BACK. Don’t run glass cannon. Why do people make it so hard for themselves?

What PaperLuffy said, it sounds like you are just on the ThiefHate bandwagon cause you do not use everything this game gives you.
HP, Stun Breaker, About Turn features.
If you live through a Burst in anyspec/anyclass and die to its lower forms well, sorry can’t give you advice to counter when it is simply behind you.

I have never died to a thief doing Multi Backstabs, never in all the toons, I have.
If you live the burst a thief is just a walk in the park cause of its 10k HP.

Power/Tough/Vit gear is in WuvWuv (Dungeons) for a reason, I think people need to learn to use it until they gain some self skill in WuvWuv to deal with things they do not like. Then they can move onto the Glass Cannon builds again.

Every Class is OP in this game, thats what makes it fun.