Guild Wars 2

So I was a huge theif player a year ago, loved it, school made me quit for a while….

However is my gear still solid? Am i going to be behind? Or do I need to grind back up again?

Also, how is the state of Theif at the moment?

Thanks everyone!

We are thieves, not mesmers, silly. We can’t read minds, what’s your gear?
As for the rest, I think the lyrics of Viva la Vida by Coldplay describe our class. We used to be very feared, now warriors have taken that spot. And we’ve gotten some pretty hefty nerfs since you’ve gone. Like a 33% decrease in dmg to Cloak and Dagger to name one big one.

I had maxed exotics in multiple sets, basically maxed outside of acended gear or whatever it is,

How we nerfed that bad?

Luxorflip.5243:

I had maxed exotics in multiple sets, basically maxed outside of acended gear or whatever it is,

How we nerfed that bad?

Blame the forums and freedom of speech. Noobs shouldn’t be allowed to.

Karolis.4261:

Luxorflip.5243:

I had maxed exotics in multiple sets, basically maxed outside of acended gear or whatever it is,

How we nerfed that bad?

Blame the forums and freedom of speech. Noobs shouldn’t be allowed to.

True. I wish anet added achi points display on forums

ferr.6403:

Karolis.4261:

Luxorflip.5243:

I had maxed exotics in multiple sets, basically maxed outside of acended gear or whatever it is,

How we nerfed that bad?

Blame the forums and freedom of speech. Noobs shouldn’t be allowed to.

True. I wish anet added achi points display on forums

Achievement points say nothing.

Karolis.4261:

ferr.6403:

Karolis.4261:

Luxorflip.5243:

I had maxed exotics in multiple sets, basically maxed outside of acended gear or whatever it is,

How we nerfed that bad?

Blame the forums and freedom of speech. Noobs shouldn’t be allowed to.

True. I wish anet added achi points display on forums

Achievement points say nothing.

Thank you! I have 4k AP and wind up in groups with people with 10K + who ask me to link my gear because 4k AP is too low apparently and I spend 90% of the time steal thing them so I can REZ them. It’s pretty ridiculous how bad most eliteists are. I ran Arah with a group at 8k 10k 17k and 5k all warriors, I’m running around on my thief at 4k and practically soloed everything.

Luxorflip.5243:

So I was a huge theif player a year ago, loved it, school made me quit for a while….

However is my gear still solid? Am i going to be behind? Or do I need to grind back up again?

Also, how is the state of Theif at the moment?

Thanks everyone!

You can grind for ascended gear if you want, but you’re fine in exotics since the difference is pretty small.

As for the state of the thief, we’re still pretty middle of the line, depending on what aspect you focus on. In sPvP, we’re still great as roamers. In WvW, it’s the same. In PvE, we’re really squishy, bring decent DPS and very little utility outside of stealth for skipping trash.

(Assuming your talking about PvE: ) That depends on whether or not that gear is berserker. If it is, then your good to go. And thieves couldn’t possibly be in a better spot for PvE. The current dungeon meta requires 2 thieves and the fractal meta highly recommends bringing at least 1 thief.

best way to see this is hit PVP ….count the first 10-15 games as warm up…. then see how you are doing. that will show you alot. dont count roaming in wvw bc its a very skewed perspective.

you put your zerk thief against a PVT class….he wont be matched up well against you and you will think ur a god. i say try SPVP it puts all players in small combat builds and level playing fields.

• spvp is slightly biased against thief due to the crit dmg cap at 66%*

Thief did receive some nerfs (mostly PvP related), but are still viable in anything you want to do (WvW, PvE, PvP). If you still have your exotic you are doing fine

Clumsy.6257:

(Assuming your talking about PvE: ) That depends on whether or not that gear is berserker. If it is, then your good to go. And thieves couldn’t possibly be in a better spot for PvE. The current dungeon meta requires 2 thieves and the fractal meta highly recommends bringing at least 1 thief.

Current meta, maybe. Current “LFG dungeon meta” don’t like thieves, god forbid if theres 2 in same pt. And when it comes to stealth and skipping… my refuges and smoke screen blasts are always ignored by pug grps, what in certain situations even gets me(stealthed) in trouble, as for example someones pulled mobs aoe kittenstorm in a skipping path.

Karolis.4261:

Clumsy.6257:

(Assuming your talking about PvE: ) That depends on whether or not that gear is berserker. If it is, then your good to go. And thieves couldn’t possibly be in a better spot for PvE. The current dungeon meta requires 2 thieves and the fractal meta highly recommends bringing at least 1 thief.

Current meta, maybe. Current “LFG dungeon meta” don’t like thieves, god forbid if theres 2 in same pt. And when it comes to stealth and skipping… my refuges and smoke screen blasts are always ignored by pug grps, what in certain situations even gets me(stealthed) in trouble, as for example someones pulled mobs aoe kittenstorm in a skipping path.

Of course. Your comparing apples to lettuce. Pug teams are lucky to finish AC p1+3 in under an hour with multiple wipes. Coordinated meta teams usually finish AC p 1,2,3 in under 30 minutes with a max of 1 wipe. You also have to consider the difference of skill between the average pug thief and thieves that run with coordinated groups.