Guild Wars 2

Yes, it’s time to buff the Thief into the demi-god mode!
Today’s buff is suited for those who call themselves trappers.

Lay a Tripwire trap on dodge that knocks enemies down for 1 second. No cooldown.

I don’t see how this could go wrong. /s

Rune
Trait

Might as well call the profession the “MineField”.

Kocoff.7582:

Might as well call the profession the “MineField”.

Next elite spec confirmed. New weapon: Shovel.

Mops.5316:

I don’t see how this could go wrong. /s

Rune
Trait

Exactly the reason for the new trait! ;-D

Kocoff.7582:

Might as well call the profession the “MineField”.

Haha, I dueled another trapper Thief the other day in WvW for over an hour (multiple duels, that is). But we easily went 5-10 minutes every duel laying Needle Traps and Caltrops everywhere. It started to seem useless after he traited Hard to Catch and Don’t Stop, though! :-P

Kocoff.7582:

Might as well call the profession the “MineField”.

I love scout like classes I mained scout in C9 a great game ruined by terrible company, trap thief was meh due to reliance on runes and nerfs, ranger and DH are not satisfying. I would love a proper “mine field” class that was the only reason I took unfortunate interest in DH.

(Makes thief into solid snake uses p/d only)

That’s a hilariously awesome idea, although it’d need a 5-10s ICD to not be ridiculous imo.

:|

Trait: Thief’s Rage
Function: Every attack applies 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. Every targetable skill also causes 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. (No ICDs)

(Stick this into w/e trait line and however many times across different trait lines as you wish.)

That would be my suggestion for an OP buff/gift.

Zero Day.2594:

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Trait: Thief’s Rage
Function: Every attack applies 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. Every targetable skill also causes 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. (No ICDs)

(Stick this into w/e trait line and however many times across different trait lines as you wish.)

That would be my suggestion for an OP buff/gift.

Hmm…I think they should just passively stack burn on surrounding targets in a 900 unit radius. 3 stacks of 15 seconds per second sounds about right.

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

Zero Day.2594:

:|

Trait: Thief’s Rage
Function: Every attack applies 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. Every targetable skill also causes 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. (No ICDs)

(Stick this into w/e trait line and however many times across different trait lines as you wish.)

That would be my suggestion for an OP buff/gift.

Hmm…I think they should just passively stack burn on surrounding targets in a 900 unit radius. 3 stacks of 15 seconds per second sounds about right.

And Eles STILL only have to dodge roll or swap to water and you get killed soon after. GG, nice try! L2NotSquish

Zero Day.2594:

:|

Trait: Thief’s Rage
Function: Every attack applies 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. Every targetable skill also causes 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. (No ICDs)

(Stick this into w/e trait line and however many times across different trait lines as you wish.)

That would be my suggestion for an OP buff/gift.

I like it, but it clearly does not resonate with the Thief profession. I think this would be more appropriate….

Thief’s Retribution
Every attack opens a wound causing Bleeding for 3 seconds.
Whenever the target is Bleeding, with the next attack, the Thief applies a generous dose of salt (made from its own tears) to the wound.
The Bleeding stops, but Burning from the salt is applied for 60 seconds.
Also, a non-stacking Packet of Salt is added to the target’s inventory. If there is no available space in the target’s inventory, then an item in its inventory will be stolen to make room for the Packet of Salt.

ronpierce.2760:

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

Zero Day.2594:

:|

Trait: Thief’s Rage
Function: Every attack applies 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. Every targetable skill also causes 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. (No ICDs)

(Stick this into w/e trait line and however many times across different trait lines as you wish.)

That would be my suggestion for an OP buff/gift.

Hmm…I think they should just passively stack burn on surrounding targets in a 900 unit radius. 3 stacks of 15 seconds per second sounds about right.

And Eles STILL only have to dodge roll or swap to water and you get killed soon after. GG, nice try! L2NotSquish

Well, since the burn application itself doesn’t do damage, it shouldn’t reveal us from stealth right? Ele’s don’t HAVE reveal so all we need to do is perma stealth around them and they are POWERLESS TO STOP US HAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA…right?

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

ronpierce.2760:

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

Zero Day.2594:

:|

Trait: Thief’s Rage
Function: Every attack applies 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. Every targetable skill also causes 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. (No ICDs)

(Stick this into w/e trait line and however many times across different trait lines as you wish.)

That would be my suggestion for an OP buff/gift.

Hmm…I think they should just passively stack burn on surrounding targets in a 900 unit radius. 3 stacks of 15 seconds per second sounds about right.

And Eles STILL only have to dodge roll or swap to water and you get killed soon after. GG, nice try! L2NotSquish

Well, since the burn application itself doesn’t do damage, it shouldn’t reveal us from stealth right? Ele’s don’t HAVE reveal so all we need to do is perma stealth around them and they are POWERLESS TO STOP US HAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA…right?

“Tempest still felt a bit weak, and because they deal with lightning, which lights up things, Tempests in air pulse 2 seconds of reveal, which stacks, every 1 second in a 600 radius. Also, because they control both fire and water, it didn’t make sense for burning to affect them.”

“Also blinding ashes ICD removed.”

ronpierce.2760:

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

ronpierce.2760:

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

Zero Day.2594:

:|

Trait: Thief’s Rage
Function: Every attack applies 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. Every targetable skill also causes 2-3 stacks of 15 seconds burning. (No ICDs)

(Stick this into w/e trait line and however many times across different trait lines as you wish.)

That would be my suggestion for an OP buff/gift.

Hmm…I think they should just passively stack burn on surrounding targets in a 900 unit radius. 3 stacks of 15 seconds per second sounds about right.

And Eles STILL only have to dodge roll or swap to water and you get killed soon after. GG, nice try! L2NotSquish

Well, since the burn application itself doesn’t do damage, it shouldn’t reveal us from stealth right? Ele’s don’t HAVE reveal so all we need to do is perma stealth around them and they are POWERLESS TO STOP US HAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA…right?

“Tempest still felt a bit weak, and because they deal with lightning, which lights up things, Tempests in air pulse 2 seconds of reveal, which stacks, every 1 second in a 600 radius. Also, because they control both fire and water, it didn’t make sense for burning to affect them.”

“Also blinding ashes ICD removed.”

ANetpls

Elite Spec: Evil Twin

As masters of disguise, Evil Twins forgo the theft of mundane items for something far more insidious. As an Evil Twin, you no longer gan a stolen item when you steal. In stead, you gain the ability to mimic the form of your target, though when you do so you have a goatee, and sharp eyes players and some new enemies in the expansion can cue in to this detail and see through your deception. This form mimics the name, shape, resource totals at the time of theft, and non-elite abilities of that target when used, and is dispelled automatically as soon as the thief uses any ability other than autoattack.

Sounds balanced right? You know, especially the part where you can appear green in PvP and gain a second HP pool, or mimic bosses in PvE! Also, the part where it forces everyone to buy gems to remove their facial hair

Kageseigi.2150:

*+Thief’s Retribution+
Every attack opens a wound causing Bleeding for 3 seconds.
Whenever the target is Bleeding, with the next attack, the Thief applies a generous dose of salt (made from its own tears)

HAHAHAHAA

We need two buffs.

I would put this as minor baseline in cs..

Thiefs Insight: All attacks no longer trigger passive defensive abilities.

And the other as minor baseline in SA.

Sneaky thief: Stealth abilities remove reveal from all non self inflicted reveal debuffs.

These two buffs would fix thief imo. You could also add more reveal debuffs to other classes for more counter play…

swinsk.6410:

We need two buffs.

I would put this as minor baseline in cs..

Thiefs Insight: All attacks no longer trigger passive defensive abilities.

And the other as minor baseline in SA.

Sneaky thief: Stealth abilities remove reveal from all non self inflicted reveal debuffs.

These two buffs would fix thief imo. You could also add more reveal debuffs to other classes for more counter play…

Umm, excuse me please, but I believe you are lost.
This is the “OP Buff” thread, not the “Realistic, this should actually happen” thread! ;-P

Trait: “Actually Steal something of worth”

When you steal to the target, steal 90% of all their Money, Karma, Laurels and any spare Gems they haven’t spent. Casting Steal now automatically types “/laugh @” in chat. Once you have stolen all of their currencies, teleport upto a maximum of 10,000 units away to the nearest Trading post to spend your newly hard-earned coin. If the Thief is killed within 10 seconds, then return the stolen goods.

You see, this has counterplay because all you’d need to do is carry around a “Summon Black Lion Trading Post” person and plonk it down whenever you see a Thief.

Anet pls hire me for balance team.