Guild Wars 2

I play main thief in wvw focus party / zerg context, and will continue to do so despite the current poor situation of the class.

Because of :

• Mobility, ports and stealth
• Risky gameplay : (for me it is the only class to offer such intense fights, where you have to be always focus and watchful to have a chance to win) – the downside being, a single mistake often leads to death.
• The assassin style : punishing foes who don’t stick their zerg with a well placed tpcast backstab.
• Improvisation : imo it is one of the best trait thief has, the randomness adds fun and breaks the regularity and monotony of a typical encounter. Plus, who doesn’t like a SR + Shadowstep reset.
• Impact on the group fight : a good thief in focus party can change the course of a battle in both offensive and defensive aspect. Downing ranged class can offer new moves and openings for my zerg. Quickly rezzing downed allies can extend the fight, and this make thief the last chance when someone is downed by the adverse focus party, or downed far from the group.
• Shadow killer : our ability to down a foe in seconds, disappearing and stomp from stealth
• Mind games : when against stealth class, or other focus party, playing thief is like a poker gamer ready to All-in on bluff.

That being said, I, as every other thief, still think we severely lack survivability and sustain. And playing thief lately has become a real challenge.

Shalien.9018
I was an Assassin in the original Guild Wars with over 4,000 hours on that character alone. I got 50/50 in the HoM and GWAMM’ed it up.

Dude, 4k is a ton on one toon. +1 for your tenacity.

I play and main Thief since beta.

I have 80s of every class. Yet I love thief’s play style the most.

I’d give other classes a go. But I’ve put the most effort into my thief with looks and gear. I have no will to obtain all the hard to get gear all over again in order to be on par with the PVE and WvW meta.