Guild Wars 2

Alright, let me start by saying I’m at almost 300 games played. I at least feel like I understand most mechanics; combo fields, all of the general skills, boons ect.

Anyway, I don’t go around looking for every fight, I generally move around to cap points and score additional objectives, but sometimes fights are simply the only way in a specific scenario, and when they happen I feel like I am doing no damage at all, while the enemy can just waltz in and take me down almost immediately if I don’t take care dodging absolutely every big hit and choosing rotations as carefully as possible. I just get beaten most of the time, really. Whether I’m forced to run out, causing me to have wasted time or outright dying.

I’m running the MetaBattle d/p build almost carbon copy, save for the rune being swapped to Pack (not because I take what I hear as gospel, but through looking through all of the viable-seeming options, testing them on the field and coming to the conclusion that it actually is the best,) I blind, backstab, auto attack and Heartseeker as I see the skills fit to be used, try to dodge as many big hits as possible and interrupt as many channeled abilities as my initiative allows me to, everything. It just takes ages to get any real damage on any class that isn’t another thief – sometimes even them (though other times they seem to die almost immediately, only adding to the confusion,) and often times I will outright lose the exchange.

What is happening here? Is thief really in that bad of a state or am I overlooking something?

Nargakooga.4315:

What is happening here? Is thief really in that bad of a state

Yes.

ETA. I have been downed by warriors GS #3 yesterday which I couldn’t predict as he was pressing that skill while I was just backstabbing him: he got me 17k damage in.

Yeah, thief’s strength isn’t in fighting. Whether or not it is in a bad state is something heavily debated over (+1/decap argument), but thief’s combat potential is definitely very low as it currently stands.

blarghhrrkblah.3412:

Yeah, thief’s strength isn’t in fighting. Whether or not it is in a bad state is something heavily debated over (+1/decap argument), but thief’s combat potential is definitely very low as it currently stands.

Which is funny since we are advertised as being “deadly in one on one combat” according to the kitten class selection.

I am sure any moment a player will come in here to brag about how the decimate everyone else with their thief build. Most players that play compound classes know the score. The thief is underwhelming currently and is currently reserved for ganging up on enemies and using the short bow to scale vertical maps.