Guild Wars 2

In the last few forum posts I have noticed a continued and growing trend from those who wish to nerf thief further. This trend is to ask the devs to remove thief entirely from the game. I say… yes Devs, please remove this class from the game. After all, the people who play them are tired of having to relearn the class every single month as you go on tinkering and nerfing their skills to nothing. They are tired of constantly hearing how one or other of their skills is OP in comparison to other professions and the whole L2P mantra. They are tired of hearing how, at some point, somewhere down the line, thief will get buffs to mobility and survivability and base damage and then never seeing it happen… all the while, the thief becomes less and less effective in any and all game settings. Thief players are tired of hearing the crying that goes on by other players that thieves can perma stealth… and, even though the devs should know this is not true… the devs continually nerf thieves or add mechanics to the game designed at destroying a defensive and yes offensive mechanic for which 90% of a thief’s traits are built around.

Devs, there is no shame in saying you messed up. There is no shame in saying, you know thieves… we just didn’t think this out properly… but hey, we are going to pull the class for now, go back and rework and rethink stuff… and when we introduce it again as a brand new class… it will be a fun class with the ability to stand on its own, have a niche in PvE dungeons as well as PvP and WvW… it will shine like the other classes and be on par with them. See, devs… we thief players would understand that. This slow bleeding death is only going to lose GW2 players. Players are people, Devs… sure the game is free to play, but you still have to rely on new people buying the game in order to keep the company afloat. If people are not happy with the game… as soon as a new thing comes along, they will leave in droves. Along with that… they will not recommend the game to other people. Thief players are no different. If you let their preferred profession die a slow and painful death, they will not forget it. If you let their preferred profession die a quick death with a rebirth into something better planed and thought out… they will hail you.
In conclusion… yes remove the thief from the game… just make sure you can promise to reprise the profession within a reasonable time and make the rebirth worth playing… if you can not do this… then you might as well just say to the thief community “we are sorry but deal with it….” and watch the player base drop off in droves.

Ruggan.4102:

After all, the people who play them are tired of having to relearn the class every single month as you go on tinkering and nerfing their skills to nothing.

Adapt or die, kiddo. Adapt or die.

Arganthium.5638:

Ruggan.4102:

After all, the people who play them are tired of having to relearn the class every single month as you go on tinkering and nerfing their skills to nothing.

Adapt or die, kiddo. Adapt or die.

Yeap that’s been the mantra of thief haters every month…. and like I said… thieves are tired of having to relearn their class Every Single Month…

Ruggan.4102:

Arganthium.5638:

Ruggan.4102:

After all, the people who play them are tired of having to relearn the class every single month as you go on tinkering and nerfing their skills to nothing.

Adapt or die, kiddo. Adapt or die.

Yeap that’s been the mantra of thief haters every month…. and like I said… thieves are tired of having to relearn their class Every Single Month…

Uh… Except that I am a thief (check my sig), and probably know more about the thief and its builds than you do?

Yes, I am totally a thief hater. That’s me, guys. And I’m not tired of having to “relearn” my class every month because I choose to go original with my builds and not play the thief meta.

Or anyone who wants the class eliminated could just delete theirs without impacting anyone else’s experience with their personal urge to commit class-suicide.

They want thieves removed because there is no reasoning with them. They want the class removed. Even if nerfs were given, they would still complain.

It’s just like the internet meme “THANKS OBAMA”, but instead

“THANKS THIEVES”

/falls to death

“GODkitten THIEVES”

Obama’s a puppet.

Darwinism.

PS: Stealth is still OP.

Thanks but, I’m good with my thief, which is my main, since GW2 release.

I don’t mind the changes. At all. I think I’ve played and had fun with a good dozen of different builds. Going from the glass canon backstabby thief to the traps thief (yes I’m currently playing a trap thief, with no stealth, and I’m having fun and even doing good in PvP).

As said above, “adapt”.

Hi!
As a player which plays rogues,thief, assassins etc. all time, I want to say that these threads make me smile, just because I got used to this.People are always crying and whining about thiefs on every forum of every mmo which has them in game.Developers are always trying to make something with this whining, nerfing/buffing classes to hell, but I don`t care how powerful or weak is my character I will always play thief through thick and thin because I love him.So, in conclusion: If you really like to play this profession – play, don`t whine on forums, ignore haters and enjoy the game.

As a PvE thief player I have just one request for Anet: Admit you messed up and develop two sets of skills for the game – one set for PvP/WvWvW and another set for PvE. All of the PvE players, but especially those playing thieves, would really really thank you if you would just stop messing with PvE in an effort to balance perceived PvP/WvWvW issues.