Guild Wars 2

About me
Hey, I’ve been a long time Thief ever since the game came out and never really posted on the forums but I do make sure to read them as much as I can. I’m also a hardcore WvW roamer and recently tried getting into Spvp but it didn’t seem to suit me to well.

My Questions for you
I’m here today to basically ask Thief players how they feel about Thief as a class across all aspects of the game(WvW, Spvp, PvE) and how it compares to other classes. I’ve noticed there’s a lot of people from other classes complaining about Thief and I would really like to hear what other people playing Thief think about Thief.

My opinion
To get things started I’ll give you a glimpse into what I think the Thief class current status is. For WvW to me seems to be rather fine and to me is where the Thief stands out the most of all the game modes. Thief does very well in small group fights but does seem to lack in larger fights unless you stay on the outskirts of the battle. For PvE, from what I gathered and from what I have played, Thief seems to be decent but there are much better classes to run for things such as dungeons but still playable. For Spvp, from what I gathered and from what I have played, Thief is not nearly as good due to the recent damage nerf and the condi Meta really starting to take over(our lack of condi removal doesn’t help this). I won’t say anything else even though I could on Spvp or PvE seen as I have limited knowledge(3k hours played and 2k+ in WvW) and don’t want to offend any long term players in these sections of the game.

Please comment
So please feel free to respond on how you think the current status of the Thief is in these game modes! I would love to hear if people have similar opinions or different opinions to teach me something new!

Umm on the topic of condi removal, you can stealth (with the trait to remove condi’s every 3 sec) and there’s a sig that does it as well. we just don’t have mass condi removal…which we might need in the near future..

though for the most part i agree with the exception of stealth thieves on average are only decent really (not to say that thieves can’t do X, Y, or Z if you’re good enough though)

Yeah, the thief is still fine to me, backstabbing is not more, but that is completely okay with me tbh. Also, it is possible that the thief short bow build may be better now because of some changes, I will keep you posted

oscuro.9720:

Yeah, the thief is still fine to me, backstabbing is not more, but that is completely okay with me tbh. Also, it is possible that the thief short bow build may be better now because of some changes, I will keep you posted

Do tell. I love short bow. While testing out some builds in WvW. I got completely wrecked by a thief using a short bow. But not sure how they did it. All I know is they use some of the DA and Trickery trait lines. They hit like a truck using disabling shot and cluster bombs whilst their bleed conditions were also potent.

Iv tan into a similar build I’m pvp. If I recall right ,30 trickery for daze and ran immobolize venom. He opened with the stun and immobilize, clustered like a mad man and I melted quick. Had to be some vary of hybrid stats, clusters hit hard and had respectable bleed damage paired with it. I whispered him giving him props afterword, he said the shock factor of the build made it shine, you don’t expect a SB thief to fill engage in you and when he did it happened so fast it was hard to tell what was happening.

http://www.twitch.tv/magictoker … 7 time tourny winner thief rank 1 for months…rank 2 under my teamate atm…watch past vods if you don’t catch me live on how to play thief…if im live ask me any questions…this is spvp btw where skill counts.

Azure Prower.8701:

oscuro.9720:

Yeah, the thief is still fine to me, backstabbing is not more, but that is completely okay with me tbh. Also, it is possible that the thief short bow build may be better now because of some changes, I will keep you posted

Do tell. I love short bow. While testing out some builds in WvW. I got completely wrecked by a thief using a short bow. But not sure how they did it. All I know is they use some of the DA and Trickery trait lines. They hit like a truck using disabling shot and cluster bombs whilst their bleed conditions were also potent.

My thief build isn’t completely refined but it’s okay. I have two variants, berserkers ranged dodge build, and AoE rabid armor bleed and torment stacking build. I haven’t played it in a while, but with two sis gold, it is gonna be much better I think