Guild Wars 2

Blankverse.4927:

Zacchary.6183:

You know, we tried telling everyone how to kill us multiple times. The only thing that ever came out of it was spam and flame.

Maybe because many of those hot tips and recipes “how to kill a thief” are often pure theory and don’t work so well in combat? Ever considered that?

When i roam i meet different players. From newbie Invaders to Bronze xyz.

I noticed that many players expect backstabs when they see a thief. And – yes, they do their best to avoid backstabs. But as i said, i use pistols. So all i have to do is: pop up -> sneak attack ->unload ->black powder -> autoattack ->stealth ->repeat.
I don’t even try to come closer and land a backstab and the player i fight with CAN NOT forsee where i will pop up next (with almost full hp and ini).
This method doesn’t work against very tanky builds and most guardians but i can honestly say (don’t get me wrong, i’m not trying to brag, it’s a fact): only one (1!) ranger from maybe 20-30 was able to kill me.
Is it so because i am a batter player? Hell, no.
Is it so because i use some kind of clever tactic? No.
Is it so because i have access to stealth? Yes.

Wow that sounds amazing. I bet I could learn alot from you. Please post a video of your OP stealth p/p thief carrying a team in high ranked Tpvp. I would love to see that

@ Mek

Lol! Then you didn’t understand it. A warrior who kept getting his kitten handed to him from thieves played a thief and now thieves are suddenly a joke to him on his warrior. He actually learned2play and now is on our forums telling us about it. Pretty sure that was obvious to you.

tl;dr If all else fails, do what that guy did and play a thief.

@ Blankverse

So getting on a thief and learning how they work is theory? No, its baddies who are too prideful to take their death as a sign that maybe they aren’t as good as they think they are. Good players take their death as a lesson to themselves and not blame outside forces for their own failures. That lesson most of the time is learn to play which learning other professions is part of.

@ TheGuy

I see what you are saying about draw <—> win conundrum. There is no hard counter to stealth but that doesn’t mean stealth can’t be beaten. Sometimes people refuse to put a little effort towards trying to counter it. Either way the draw <—> win bullkitten all comes down to the player.

I personally take a thief that’s kittening out on me as a win because if we were to continue our brawl 9 times outta of 10 I would have won. I just call him a kitten and then move on to w/e I was doing at the time.

As for dying, I take the repair bill as my punishment for making mistakes, say my GFs and waypoint. That is me.