Guild Wars 2

Seeing as Smokebomb (downed 3) is no longer useful in PvE due to the aggro changes why not make it mimic Black Powder dropping a smoke field instead of stealthing the thief?

If by smoke bomb you mean Blinding Powder, then hell no.

Blinding Powder is hugely useful for not only PvP (Free, instant stealth) but also for extending stealth.

If you want a Smoke Field utility there’s still Smoke Screen.

It was never useful in PvE and has been needing an update for a while.

Taril.8619:

If by smoke bomb you mean Blinding Powder, then hell no.

Blinding Powder is hugely useful for not only PvP (Free, instant stealth) but also for extending stealth.

If you want a Smoke Field utility there’s still Smoke Screen.

No I meant the downed #3 Smokebomb.

what they need to do is fix deagro on stealth so that you go down the threat table when stealthed at the very least

That blind isn’t gonna stop someone from stomping you.

Could just split it between PvP and PvE – they’ve done it before.

The only change they need to make on downed IMO is to make a suicide option. Groups of people love to F with thief’s after downing them. Especially if you just got done picking of a few of their buddies off.

Mixed opinion – Downed 3 is awesome in WvW/PvP. Having 2 anti-stomps (ones that stop ALL active stomps at that) has saved my thief’s bacon on countless occassions. The only class that has better survival options is Ele on the pure principal that mist form can run back to your lines/through your wvw gates. True that it is worthless in PvE, but I’m willing to give that up in PvE to have it in WvW and PvP (and WvW/PvE has no split).

I think the best downed skill is the Warrior’s vengeance specially with Sweet Revenge.

Thief’s down skill can’t even compare to that.

I would personally like to see a more ninja-like-substitution skill when being stompped, leaving a wood log and being teleported away and in stealth instead of being finished.

It can even function like a blocking mechanic that triggers after block.

For pve it is lame. You stealth and the mobs just stand there waiting or they walk back sooooo slowly away from you till your stealth wears off the make a U turn and come back and kick your kitten /p>