Guild Wars 2

Thief is totally going into a wrong way now
so many thief with high EHP, unkillable.
But this in not a thief should be.

I have been mainly playing Thief, Assassin or similar classes in other games for many years.
Before I purchase GW2, I read many information about thief,
and I learn that thief should be the best profession to burst a single target.
And they have Stealth & Shadowstep, traded by low defensive abbility.
This is the reason I purchase GW2.

Howevery, when I’m still playing thief today, I do feel I have hightest single burst damage. Look at those Warriors, much more higher Burst & DPS.
Oh, maybe it’s right, their burst is AOE, not single, so we are still highest in single, is that right? kitten!!!

I can see a thief burst for about 25k damage in about 5 second, but in the same time Warrior can do 30-40k….and they have more HP.
What we have is only Stealth, which doesn’t add armor but still can be hit, and end when we attack. Oh, Shadowstep…with a short range only about 1000. many movement can go that far, it’s not so useful unless we stealth for 1-2 sec for each shadowstep(main purpose is to make enemies lost target, just like Mesmers’)

I don’t see any problem using burst to kill only 1 people with a long CD.
it’s 45s CD to do our next attack.
And mostly, we are just going to die just after killing that 1 people only in a group fight.

What’s the problem then?
Can Anet explain why nerf thief burst a lot?
I never see a good reason from Anet

Go play another class,

Learn the game,

Then you will understand,

Ok first of all…to each his own play style, but if you are wanting to go towards the high burst damage and the long CD as a glass cannon, then more power to you…

However how has the Thieves burst been nerfed? Because Mug doesn’t deal crit damage anymore? The Assassin’s Sig being changed helped alot more people then it hurt. I’ve been a Thief since BW3, how has Thief been changed?

Personally, I find that I can engage a target, or multiple targets, and still deal damage to down/highly wound targets and be able to retreat if I need it.