Guild Wars 2

I agree s/d is over-powered BUT only to those who really mastered S/D. S/D is actually quite a hard spec to play, there are a lots of offensive and defensive rotation ( u can watch jumper’s replay) and really it takes time to learn. Decent players couldn’t play s/d as effective as those high level player, and I hardly find any amazing s/d player in tournaments, people just over-rated this build. I do agree it need a nerf but not too much, because this spec is quite a hard spec Anet should encourage people to play hard spec instead of those low skill cap build, for example : bunker war, spirit ranger, stunlock warrior, nec and some other kitten build

people call it perma evade when really it is not. it’s a build with tons of openings. yes less opening than other builds, but the thief is also built like a sheet of glass.

Main thing I don’t understand is it isn’t powerful at all vs heavy cond builds, and super tanky builds still never die against it, boons or not.
Spvp also shouldn’t influence WvW and PvE nerfs as well.

Doggie.3184:

Main thing I don’t understand is it isn’t powerful at all vs heavy cond builds, and super tanky builds still never die against it, boons or not.
Spvp also shouldn’t influence WvW and PvE nerfs as well.

Yes it’s not powerful at all, people just QQ-ing around because they don’t know how to counter S/D, Me myself main d/p, and before d/p I main S/D( like 2 month ago), I know the pros and cons of s/d and this build can be counter.

FancyNancy.6709:

Doggie.3184:

Main thing I don’t understand is it isn’t powerful at all vs heavy cond builds, and super tanky builds still never die against it, boons or not.
Spvp also shouldn’t influence WvW and PvE nerfs as well.

Yes it’s not powerful at all, people just QQ-ing around because they don’t know how to counter S/D, Me myself main d/p, and before d/p I main S/D( like 2 month ago), I know the pros and cons of s/d and this build can be counter.

That and I think people are just angry/bitter that a dying Thief, losing the battle, was able to escape after losing 90% of his HP in 1-3 hits. S/D is the most fun set to use imo because it follows closer to GW1 Assassin style and can be played with little to no stealth. You’d think all these stealth QQers would appreciate that but nooo. We’re not allowed to have anything.

You’re right man, thief actually need a bit of buff or maybe just balance other OP class.

Yea it is a blast to play stealthless S/D like guild wars 1 assassin. Ofcourse that is the reason why I picked this class in the first place.

Had no idea it could do perma stealth shenanigans.

Excalibur.9748:

Yea it is a blast to play stealthless S/D like guild wars 1 assassin. Ofcourse that is the reason why I picked this class in the first place.

Had no idea it could do perma stealth shenanigans.

Mainly that only exists through D/P using a camera exploit though. That playstyle isn’t really very fun/entertaining to me after a while.

i am glad thiefs are nerfed again !

The main problem is that most players only play their own character without paying much attention to the enemy.

Because of this it happens alot that key skills of those players get evaded randomly.

But as soon as you know how it works, all you have to do is to time your key skills on the thief and he gets alot of problems.

Wait for the first attack with evasion and use your stun on the thief afterwards.
He can’t use it twice in a row… its a chain skill. Sure the Thief could use the attack with evade and then do a dodge roll. but thats why you have to adept to what your enemy does.

Yes, I do not mind the shaving of larcenous strike to 1 boon steal. More challenge = more fun. S/D will still be viable since the effectiveness of LS is the unblockable attack and of course, its larceny.

Doggie.3184:

Excalibur.9748:

Yea it is a blast to play stealthless S/D like guild wars 1 assassin. Ofcourse that is the reason why I picked this class in the first place.

Had no idea it could do perma stealth shenanigans.

Mainly that only exists through D/P using a camera exploit though. That playstyle isn’t really very fun/entertaining to me after a while.

Yeah, I hate D/P, it’s so boring. I went back to D/D and it was tons of fun (burst build, not 3 spam).