So after a long time of hating hardcore on thieves I have come to a conclusion. But lets get some background info first. My first class to 80 was Guardian, I play it as a tank. My second was Warrior set up for Solo Roaming in WvW. Warrior Has been my main ever since and have invested ~510g into gear, weapons, foods, buffs, etc. Warrior has been my favorite class after playing it and I do fairly well with the class. I rolled an engineer for farming and sPvP and it is amazing. Necro for wvw zerging. Mesmer for a little bit of everything. Then I rolled a thief.
For the longest time when I was playing a warrior I would complain “Oh these thieves are so kitten OP they give nothing up and get everything” “Stealth is OP” “Invisibiltiy>invulnerabilty” So after months of complaining I rolled a thief and now after getting decent at it I can say the following
1: Anyone who thinks Stealth is OP is a fool. You can still hit a thief and as most thieves are set up, it is probably going to do significant damage
2: Thieves are really good at killing players new to pvp and wvw who have no idea about stun breakers and dodging. Anyone with a decent level of experience can see what a thief is doing and can either run/counter.
3: Some builds you just can’t kill 1v1. Same goes for my warrior. I can run in very quickly . Sword/Shield +Gs and run out popping stunbreakers, endure pain and shield stance and get away with barely a dent in my 32k Health
4: A thief that drops you fast, drops even faster. What do most GC thieves have for health? 11k Health? With maybe 2100 armor. Can’t get more glassy.
5: Playing a thief really changes your outlook on how they operate. When everyone says Play one to Learn one, They really mean it. When I got to 80 on my thief and spent a hundred or so hours in WvW with it, I was able to get back to my warrior and I could SEE WITH MY OWN EYES exactly what the thief was going to do before they could. It was so predictable “Okay he is using D/D and just used Cloak and dagger, probably going for a backstab in 3,2,1… EVADE” What do you know, He missed and i stun locked him with a hammer.
I honestly feel silly for ever complaining about thieves. They are an annoyance at best for experiences players and really only kill people learning to get around WvW. So if you keep getting killed by thieves play one at level 80 for a few hours in WvW and see how hard it really is.
Jade Quarry