Guild Wars 2

Some preface; I have been playing a thief none-stop since the game came out. I have 1,200+ hours in my thief. I stopped playing the game for over a year and came back recently. I had no idea about the redone trait and skill system and was excited to see the ability to use 3 specializations instead of 2 1/3. I thought I was going to be able to put together whole new builds.

Unfortunately the thief took a big hit and I honestly don’t see myself using half of the new traits. Deadly arts is basically an extension of trickery with half of the traits just buffing our steal ability. It also feels inconsistent. Dagger training is a joke 79 damage over 2 seconds with only a 33% chance to proc; its beyond pathetic. Your not going to stack that much poison in a fight anyway. You will kill or be killed before u even hit an enemy 10 times.

I think my snapping point was when I saw Cloaked in Shadow as a grandmaster trait. Its not even funny. Every single other class has their fall damage reduction trait in one of their adept slots because its a trait that is usefull at very specific times. It should not under any circumstance be considered a “grandmaster” trait.

I have tried to adapt my builds around the new traits and about half the time im thinking “half of these traits are useless but I guess I just have to use the one I hate the least.”

I would honestly prefer being able to use 2 1/3 specializations with the old system than having a full 3 specs with so many useless traits.

The new thief specializations are the exact opposite of specializations, the skill categories are spread out and ugly. You have 11 traits around the steal mechanic spread out among deadly arts and trickery. No trait for shortbows. Our signature weapon the dagger has 1 useless trait that is beyond a joke.

I hope something gets done about thieves because right now not only are they a joke, but I find it anti-fun when I can’t even decide which trait to use because they are all equally bad

Anyway sorry for the rant, but I am honestly a bit frustrated with the current state of my previous favorite class.

Welcome to the club. I took a break for a year due to all the nerfs we had to take. The current state of thief is worst than before. I am very disappointed and frustrated. I paid for HOT thinking thief is going to be great but I feel like I got scammed.

Shogun.7401:

Welcome to the club. I took a break for a year due to all the nerfs we had to take. The current state of thief is worst than before. I am very disappointed and frustrated. I paid for HOT thinking thief is going to be great but I feel like I got scammed.

ugh yea thats what im affraid of. I really want to get HoT but im affraid i wont be able to play my favorite class effectively. If i pay for it I think im going to feel ripped off as well

We will all be ripped off, but not as bad as Bungie’s theft. That being said, I am still looking forward to my Daredevil with dual pistols.

I have been with Anet since GW1, expansion means more, expansion means bigger. Think we might fall short.

Every year I take a look at the thief’s nerfs and every time I think to myself “They couldn’t possibly nerf thieves even further, the class is barely viably anymore”, yet every time arenanet proves me wrong. This is really the first time ever since I bought the game two years ago that I am considering just forgetting about the thief and starting a new class. Been thinking about guardian for the most part.

The best thing about playing thief is that it is so hard to survive in pvp. While other classes can jump into the fray of battle and make mistakes, we thieves have to be patient and strike at the most opportune moment. If a thief makes even the slightest mistake it usually ends in death.

Winning with a class skillfully that is quite possibly the squishiest and most under powered (as far as suitability) is more rewarding than playing with a class face smashing your keyboard and winning.