After the patch it become to difficult to be thief. I`m having big problems with mesmers who dominate me easily, it does not matter if you dodge their burst and do great in the begging of the encounter, they simply prolong the fight and thief simply cannot stand in battle. I tried to use barbarian amulet and now i`m using sword, but 1vs1 is to hard now. Thief burst is not enough to drop the enemy, survivability is simple not enough, i`m getting revealed when trying to use SR, the reveal time is also to much. 3 seconds in stealth without SA and 3 seconds without stealth, make thief to exposed to attacks.