Guild Wars 2

What are the differences for the overall strength of a Thief in each mode. I can actually compete and give a decent fight to a Thief in PvP.

wvw thief is much more potent because we have the liberty of not being constrained to a circle to win. we can move and dodge where ever we want to help us win.

thief kinda not grat inpvp…. put it this way. if u have an 8v8 PVP…it owuld look something like this>>

1ranger
1engineer
1 necro
3 warrior
2 guardian

or

3 warrior
2 engineer
1 necro
2 guard

gotta remember pvp is not abuot killing each other but staying alive and getting poitns.

thief is absolutely horrid in wvw…. i mean HORRID. however let me say he is a good roamer. with food and insane gear he can do 1 v 1 well. but then again 1v1 has no part in wvw so its kind of irrelevant in the discussion.

bottom line is dont play thief for gameplay. youplay him bc he is fun and enjoyable. dont expect to contribute in battles too too much. spvp could be fun if u find a map that doesnt just zerg…which most do bc people are really bad players and/or just glory farm.

Brando.1374:

wvw thief is much more potent because we have the liberty of not being constrained to a circle to win. we can move and dodge where ever we want to help us win.

youmust clarify you are talking about VERY VERY small battles. not real battles like actually ahppen in wvw. this is where the thief is selfish and goes off to do his own thing and have fun/making videos. if ur actually in a zerg ur pretty much better off re rolling. not harping on your points….just keeping them in perspective.

I can hit a chicken in WvW with CnD and go Ninja. Wish there were more chickens in PvP

WvW really plays to a thief’s strengths since there is no penalty for stealth (you can’t cap points in stealth in sPvP) and there’s a lot more room to teleport for mobility or escape.

However, thieves still do well in sPvP since their mobility makes them excel at roaming around to cap/decap points behind big fights. Their high burst and blinds also keep them as viable in fights.

I can teleport across the map using rabbits in WvW. I wish there were more rabbits in PvP.

Congrats on PETA most wanted list Viking

Dahkeus.8243:

WvW really plays to a thief’s strengths since there is no penalty for stealth (you can’t cap points in stealth in sPvP) and there’s a lot more room to teleport for mobility or escape.

However, thieves still do well in sPvP since their mobility makes them excel at roaming around to cap/decap points behind big fights. Their high burst and blinds also keep them as viable in fights.

You cant cap points in stealth in www too. In fact stealth capping was removed because of www because stealthed thieves were preventing zergs from capping camps. Oh w8, numbers always win the cap progression. Was just another thief nerf to prevent stealth builds from defending camps.

Karolis.4261:

Dahkeus.8243:

WvW really plays to a thief’s strengths since there is no penalty for stealth (you can’t cap points in stealth in sPvP) and there’s a lot more room to teleport for mobility or escape.

However, thieves still do well in sPvP since their mobility makes them excel at roaming around to cap/decap points behind big fights. Their high burst and blinds also keep them as viable in fights.

You cant cap points in stealth in www too. In fact stealth capping was removed because of www because stealthed thieves were preventing zergs from capping camps. Oh w8, numbers always win the cap progression. Was just another thief nerf to prevent stealth builds from defending camps.

True, although that’s not nearly as much of an issue in WvW since capping points isn’t as crucial and also since capture points are large enough for a thief to simply back off without needing to stealth.

I was just talking 1v1 fights when you bump into a thief. It seems I have better fights vs PvP thieves rather than getting ganked in WvW in similar fights.

Not commenting on group/team/zerg usefulness.

Well, thieves in WvW are relatively stronger when compared to thieves in PvP…. but so is almost everything else.

Gameplay wise its pretty much the same depending on your build, just need to pay attention to the significant stat inflation.