Guild Wars 2

I feel this class is lacking big time and it’s sad. I know I’m not the greatest thief and I’m still learning, but in other games I’ve had no issues with them. Way too frail for WvW for the most part. Stealth options are horrible and so short in duration and survivability just plain sucks. with a 25% speed boost I should be out running most anything or escaping in tight situations but most the time find myself chased down even out of combat.

Most the time I feel like just a pesky fly in the heat of battle soon to be swatted and ran over. I’m not giving up on this class and hope things can be changed a bit. also most any heavy armor class will smear ya in a blink of an eye and it’s frustrating.

Use dot’s, roll for initiative, stealth, speedboost, recover……….do over. You cannot stand toe to toe with warriors or defenders.

I’m honestly glad to see this thread. Thieves are the last thing that need to be buffed, but the fact that some people are finding them difficult to play makes it a little less annoying when one randomly bursts me and kills me before I can even react. Maybe I just keep running into amazing thieves.

Don’t play a Thief if you don’t like fragile melee professions. A Thief is punished more than other professions if he misses a dodge or an evade ability from D/D or Shortbow.

If you want to charge in and be able to tank some damage, make a Guardian or a defensive Warrior.