When did perma stealth become an issue to people? Look at all the other really successful MMO’s, they had perma stealth classes and a vanish that would put them back into a perma stealth. The thief class has a unique mechanic that ANet decided would be the best for their game. It allows you to disappear and reappear like any assassin in a fantasy world would be like. It works this way because there are no specific defense mechanic for thieves or any other class for that matter. There are no stats like evasion or dodge you would normally see. Classes depend on utility, they are defined by it and it molds them into a unique class. Thieves depend on stealth and blinds to avoid damage. Why?? Because they simply cant take damage or they will die. Thieves or assassins should have the first strike and do the most damage in the first 3 seconds of the fight, that is what they are built around. This is lore, this is what you should expect from this class. Thieves should be evasive and hard to catch. A thief isn’t a thief when hes caught. A caught thief is a prisoner serving a jail sentence. Why would ANet make a class based off of a sneaky, shadowy, saboteur only to give them no defensive utility and the ability to die instantly. Thieves have no invulnerability or stability through skills or utilities like nearly every other class has. The OP said give them more health and toughness.. This would only break the lore of a character it was manifested from in the first place. The only way i can ever see a thief not having any stealth in a build is with a bunch of blinds and evasion like S/D had, but wait, that’s already been unnecessarily nerfed because of posts like this. Now stealth is targeted… its getting a little ridiculous.
The fact that other classes have stealth are what you should really complain about, not the class built around stealth.
Bilbo Baggins – Master Burglar.
Bilbo can perma stealth.
Now you have to ask yourself this, is Bilbo OP?
Bilbo takes constant Agony Damage.
He can be sensed and damaged by enemies with battle experience whilst in stealth.
No one really appreciates him in team settings until they need help.
Would Bilbo complain if they took his perma stealth ring?
Hell yes, its his precious.
Bilbo knows our pain.
But, did Bilbo re-roll when he left middle earth?
Some say yes, but i say NAY!
Nay Non-believers. We will stick to the profession no matter how much agony or confusion we take.
Yes, Gandalf could give more buffs and swiftness but we wont play the blame game.
Do you want to know why?
We steal, even if its 1 or 2 boons at a time!
We will take everything slowly but surely!
We are immoral!
We are the kittens in the shadows!
We are Legion Of Burglars!