Guild Wars 2

Here is my opinion for whatever its worth:

I find soloing 3-5 lvl 80 mobs as a thief quite easy. AE damage skills/caltrops etc with pistol whip best I can tell is about as good as it gets in game for pve trash. Managing initiative for me seems fine. Stamina for our class seems under par however, especially in harder group content or fighting bosses…

Doing events like COE for the thief class I find pretty brutal. You have to work VERY hard to constantly drop aggro, evade and position. I get that this is a “characteristic” they have deliberately built into the class … but after taking my thief to 80, maxing all skills and putting on top gear … I am still struggling more on my thief then other classes. I have played with some PHENOMINAL thiefs who have really mastered game positioning and movement, much better than I have. I will tell you, that makes a huge difference in PVE hard content. If stam was about double current amount, it would help.

Overall I am not as negative about the class as you are. I would like to see the class have more upside for what I see as more challenging play style.

In general, I have found GW2 to be incredibly well done. Graphics, game mechanics, story line are all excellent. I have never played a game where class balance and builds werent always a big debate.

I do think you should try another class. My mechanic is pretty fun, and I had never really played a class similiar … but I still find myself coming back to the thief. What really improved my thief was playing an elementalist for a while lol