Guild Wars 2

Usually pre patch, I would have the hardest time against mesmers and guards. I dont run zerker. I did fairly well. I could beat mesmers and guards sometimes but it seemed like most of the time i had to pull all the stops against those two classes. I also like to use interrupts and other cc. Now all my dancing and hard as hell timing is for not…..
every block, invulnerable, heal rotation classbuild ive come against is nearly impossible to artistically bring down.

So my cc doesn’t work against people

But cc works against me.

the damage i do

is not life threatening.

Its like a cluster$^&# of cc and im the one paying most dearly for it

That’s how it feels.

And a lot of the time i lose to stupid rotations: abilities that you set and forget….

mindless rotations…

I dont want to be forced to run zerker.., but even that isnt doing to well.

Why cant there be balance like in a street fighter game….. sure this Ryu will always be good against character Y but in that game you always had a chance.. only the top of the top of the top would show you it was a hard counter.

the counters in this game are too passive and require no skill.

I think the masses fear thief the most… if thief nerf=$$$$$ then anet will not hesitate.
One of those ready up videos… the guy that works with thief and guard….. he said in one of those videos… “Guard is already strong against thief but we added a reveal ability for guard because why not (chuckles)”. I bet you that dude hates thief. he seems like the type that likes to play calculus and not care about positioning , dodge, reflexes, timing.

Im done ranting.. for now…. I may quit this game all i want is balance… a fair shake at every class.

P.S. I can still beat thieves lol

Yeah… I honestly think glass cannon is the only viable PvP spec for thief in this meta, even in the casual custom arenas. I used to run a Knight’s ammy with a 3200 armor thief. I could actually survive and heal pretty well, and with the poison on dagger + a lot of sustain, I’d outlast everyone 1v1 except big spike damage and super heavy condi classes, and I could eat a shatter and recover, or usually run away/survive if they didn’t knock me out of SR.

Then they took away the extra vit based on precision trait and buffed everyone’s damage/condis, nerfed Shadow’s Embrace. Damage easily outpaces thief sustain, even with 3200 armor, so Knight’s ammy sucks now. I went super glass cannon instead (Assassin’s amulet, if you can believe it) and had way more success. My days as a sustain thief are over, sadly.