Guild Wars 2

Between a thread with nearly all of us asking for a P/P rework, and threads bringing up the valid point of any non-DP builds being jackkitten and several people changing from the thief class for reasons that are actually justified in the first time in forever, how is Anet going to fix this?
Me and many other people who main thief or just like the class are deserved some type of response to these problems, and I don’t see why we should be completely ignored.
Something as simple as, the team is working on this, or the team is busy because of x reasons, any communication would be great at this point. Heck, you don’t even see any threads with the mark saying a GM/Dev posted on it on the front page…

They are communicating. At the moment they say: play dp/sb or gtfo.

But seriously, I have no idea why they are introducing a new weapon when they killed everything else for thieves beside dp/sb.

apocom.3172:

But seriously, I have no idea why they are introducing a new weapon when they killed everything else for thieves beside dp/sb.

Is that really a question? Do you know what would happen if the day before HoT release ANet was like :

And now, for the long awaited Thief Elite specialisation, you get … NO NEW WEAPON! In fact you don’t get an elite spec at all but don’t worry, we instead rebalanced a few of the old sets that didn’t work as well as expected.
- Pistol #1 damage increased by 5%
- Shortbow Ranged increased by 50
- Sword autoattack chain now completes 5% faster

Your welcome

The reason we get a new weapon is that every single class in the game gets one with the Elite spec.

apocom.3172:

They are communicating. At the moment they say: play dp/sb or gtfo.

But seriously, I have no idea why they are introducing a new weapon when they killed everything else for thieves beside dp/sb.

XD I love the people on this subforum.

Id be more happy if they reworked the current weapon skills than releasing a new weapon type. d/p+sb is all they can buff each patch

I bet you guys Richochet is gonna come back through the Elite Specialization.

Calling it now

just..roll mesmer and enjoy rekin ppl.. i know its not that fun as thief tho .. but oh well. still has its moments ^^ or keep strugglin and feelin Anets wrath xD

I switched back to my medi guard just to figure out, it’s better than thief in everything except for mobility (not counting stealth ^^)
I felt like anet punshed me in the face…

The buffed SB? When?

They’ll try with the elite spec.

Jana.6831:

The buffed SB? When?

Approximately never as far as I remember. On the other hand, nerfs were plenty.

stof.9341:

Approximately never as far as I remember. On the other hand, nerfs were plenty.

Yeah, I should’ve included

Kicker.8203:

Id be more happy if they reworked the current weapon skills than releasing a new weapon type. d/p+sb is all they can buff each patch

I’d like a buff to SB, to be honest, although D/D or better; SA is more important to me.

idk,tbh im good with anet after the feline grace change.(Playing s/d)

There is one thing that still bugs me and this is the condi superiority,thieves dont have reliable condi cleanse.

stof.9341:

apocom.3172:

But seriously, I have no idea why they are introducing a new weapon when they killed everything else for thieves beside dp/sb.

Is that really a question? Do you know what would happen if the day before HoT release ANet was like :

And now, for the long awaited Thief Elite specialisation, you get … NO NEW WEAPON! In fact you don’t get an elite spec at all but don’t worry, we instead rebalanced a few of the old sets that didn’t work as well as expected.
- Pistol #1 damage increased by 5%
- Shortbow Ranged increased by 50
- Sword autoattack chain now completes 5% faster

Your welcome

The reason we get a new weapon is that every single class in the game gets one with the Elite spec.

LOL but this is exactly something I could see happening, because this is basically the same tone that you see in EVERY patch release that “balances” skills/classes.

I thought we were all Mesmers by now?

I don’t think thieves are in THAT bad position (could be worse, see rangers~)
Some toning down of other classes would help us a lot. Certanly more weapon varierity would be welcome but one can just dream and given Anet interraction with the class i highly doubt anything good will be happening in that direction any time soon~

Be happy they didn’t nerf anything again, as always~

Kicker.8203:

Id be more happy if they reworked the current weapon skills than releasing a new weapon type. d/p+sb is all they can buff each patch

+1 through the roof.

I’m sick of anet trying to blind us with new toys while leaving the old ones still broken. Fix what we got, then work on new things. After 3 years I feel like that should of been done but I guess keeping old content/mechanics relevant was never on their priority list.

NinjaEd.3946:

Kicker.8203:

Id be more happy if they reworked the current weapon skills than releasing a new weapon type. d/p+sb is all they can buff each patch

+1 through the roof.

I’m sick of anet trying to blind us with new toys while leaving the old ones still broken. Fix what we got, then work on new things. After 3 years I feel like that should of been done but I guess keeping old content/mechanics relevant was never on their priority list.

From necro forums..

3 more years to go.

Tzozef.9841:

I bet you guys Richochet is gonna come back through the Elite Specialization.

Calling it now

I called it first xD
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Ricochet-gone/page/2#post5178393

apocom.3172:

They are communicating. At the moment they say: play dp/sb or gtfo.

But seriously, I have no idea why they are introducing a new weapon when they killed everything else for thieves beside dp/sb.

In order to convince the hardcore teef-lovers to pay $50 to have another viable weapon and on-par with d/p .

True story.

apocom.3172:

They are communicating. At the moment they say: play dp/sb or gtfo.

But seriously, I have no idea why they are introducing a new weapon when they killed everything else for thieves beside dp/sb.

add dagger/dagger is still good if well played but not as good as pre patch =[
Sad thing is they comunicate but at a snail velocity hope they re work p/p and necro axe
cya in game

Sir Kaboomski.1508:

stof.9341:

apocom.3172:

But seriously, I have no idea why they are introducing a new weapon when they killed everything else for thieves beside dp/sb.

Is that really a question? Do you know what would happen if the day before HoT release ANet was like :

And now, for the long awaited Thief Elite specialisation, you get … NO NEW WEAPON! In fact you don’t get an elite spec at all but don’t worry, we instead rebalanced a few of the old sets that didn’t work as well as expected.
- Pistol #1 damage increased by 5%
- Shortbow Ranged increased by 50
- Sword autoattack chain now completes 5% faster

Your welcome

The reason we get a new weapon is that every single class in the game gets one with the Elite spec.

LOL but this is exactly something I could see happening, because this is basically the same tone that you see in EVERY patch release that “balances” skills/classes.

The only hope is that they might actually be forced to play the class when they are making the new spec.

Galandil.9641:

apocom.3172:

They are communicating. At the moment they say: play dp/sb or gtfo.

But seriously, I have no idea why they are introducing a new weapon when they killed everything else for thieves beside dp/sb.

In order to convince the hardcore teef-lovers to pay $50 to have another viable weapon and on-par with d/p .

True story.

And once it’s out and bought they will probably nerf the kitten out of it really fast. True story too!

Lady Minuit.3186:

And once it’s out and bought they will probably nerf the kitten out of it really fast. True story too!

Nah, more probably they will nerf d/p, so everyone will NEED to buy hot or gtfo.