Guild Wars 2

Yes, Stealth doesn’t drop aggro and lasts only 3 seconds. Among other things, this makes the #3 downed skill hysterically useless. As in, I actually laugh at my monitor when I use it and it predictably does nothing then I die. I’m posting this here because I would go so far as to call the skill bugged in PvE, and it has been since launch.

Apparently, someone made the actual decision to do this at some point way back, but it’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard in my life. Stealth should about twice as long in PvE as it is in PvP and it should reset aggro. It’s the only defense the Thief really has.

We had it way to easy before they updated that. Like, walk in the park easy. Stealth in this game isn’t some other dimension you slip into, its the same as mesmer clones. It’s simply to break targeting and/or confuse the enemy. Thief just has the luxury of tons and tons of traits benefiting them from entering stealth.

ONLY defense?
Dagger
-1 chain gives endurance on the second hit, more dodges
-2 can be used for move away
-3
/D evade
/P blind
-4 cripple, usual uses
-5 stealth, just because your are invisible doesn’t mean you should stand there and take the hits

sword
-2 used to jump in and out of range
-3 evade but no longer spammable

pistol
-3
/D shadowstep away
-4 interrupt
-5 blind

shortbow
-4+#2 weakness
-3 evade+cripple
-5 blind or shadowstep away