the short straw
I am with you on this one. I use a condi thief in PvE but it would never ever be viable in PvP. And of course, some of the buffs other profs have will increase the condition removal… all the while, our access to boons is getting nerfed (LS will only remove 1 boon now instead of 2… bet the ini cost stays the same).
As for venomous aura… sure they increased the aoe a slight bit… they still havent fixed the actual issues with venoms to make them useful. Every other class that has a “share” build has an AOE on it that far exeeds the 450 they want to bring Ven Aura up to (most are 600) and have better things to share (boons, banners, shouts)… sure, if you are in a group of 5 people with ven aura, you can, technically, give a mob 5 stacks of say skale venom. Whoopie considering how weak venoms are anyhow. Now, lets give the entire group retaliation or protection or might or name your boon… which is more beneficial to the group? Yea the boons.
I for one am tired of thief getting hit with a nerf bat every single kitten patch…. and I do mean every single one… just because players scream OP OP omg i got beat by a thief he must be OP…
anyone who didnt pick warrior or guardian at release got the short straw
it has been like that since always, and ANet seems to be quite happy with it