Guild Wars 2

As a thief its almost impossible to kill a necro in a group fight before he gets ressed, this is because channelled abilities continue to cast on a thief even in stealth. Every time i down a necro i cloak and dagger instantly but still get feared. I dont even care that rapid fire continues to hit us but getting my res negated every time unless my blinding powder happens to be off CD is really annoying.

Sorry but stealth is an instant win for the Thief because us Necros have to have a target to fear.

you can start casting your fear as we cast cloak and dagger so you will always get it off unless the killing blow on you is done with cloak and dagger or blinding powder is used just as you die.

Blind them with something and spec into shadow rejuvenation so you don’t take any damage when you stomp them in stealth.

Necros probably have the worst downed state imo…

I would agree that its not the best downed ability but its the direct counter to a thief because its a channelled ability, sadly i cant really get blind with my build without sacrificing a kitten ton of regeneration or my stun breaker.

Fear isn’t a channeled ability, it’s one with a cast time.
The exact same thing would happen with a warrior’s hammer throw, guardian’s AoE knockback, ele thief or mesmer’s escape…
What’s worse is that the only way they can get any effect out of it at all against a Thief is by using it as soon as they’re downed, when others might have some kind of a chance of stopping you from stomping them while you’re stealthed.

In short: stop whining, their downed state is awful.

Honestly, I was just thinking their downed fear should be a PBAoE because of how useless it is as a single target.

A thief is complaining because there’s a single class that, while in downed state, has a good chance of countering your otherwise unstoppable stealth stomp?

It counters every other class exactly the same. It doesn’t single out the thief class in any way. Surely there’s something more productive you can complain about as a thief. Like thief’s shockingly bad burst damage, lack of mobility, or weak stealth….

Wait, are you seriously complaining about this? Wow… just wow.

Its posts like this that makes me believe that stealth classes really do attract the worst kind of MMO player. If you can’t kill it with impunity, if it can counter you in any way, and if you can’t do it while getting away scott free, then it MUST be bugged/OP/broken/underpowered.

/facepalm

This has to be sarcasm right? Am I feeding a troll?

Necros are literally free kills for thieves when you get them on the ground. They cannot cast fear on you if youre stealthed, so 90% of the time its just a free stomp.

If for some reason they do cast fear at you, just dodge it, and stomp. GG.

I dont think I have ever been feared by a downed necro, not once. On the other hand, I dont think I have ever landed a fear on good thieves when playing my necro.

The reason this seems like a troll post is because literally every other profession has a better downstate for fighting a thief…

Thanks for the laugh though =)

Yeah, there are much harder downed opponents than Necros. Other downed thieves with stealth and teleport (teleport countered by steal during finisher animation, stealth counterd by Cluster Shot spam but it will make you lose time during your finisher animation), or Elementalist with the Mist Form will make you lose some time finishing them, I always focus more when I know I downed one of those, but I usually act as usual against downed necros. Even downed Rangers or Guardians with area interrupts from second 1 usually cause more trouble than them.

Kravick.4906:

Wait, are you seriously complaining about this? Wow… just wow.

Its posts like this that makes me believe that stealth classes really do attract the worst kind of MMO player. If you can’t kill it with impunity, if it can counter you in any way, and if you can’t do it while getting away scott free, then it MUST be bugged/OP/broken/underpowered.

/facepalm

^this

grow up, why cant i state the fact it annoys me in team games how many times the enemy gets picked up before the enemy makes a screw up and doesnt press f fast enough.