Guild Wars 2

Love people who feel the need to make a whole new thread when they could have posted in the thread that has 46 posts already.

I thought they were going to reduce burst damage of backstab builds not ruin everyone’s build that didn’t want to go glass cannon backstab build. /boggle

I think Anet is more clueless about balancing than SOE was in EQ2…..and that is saying something.

Oh look warriors got more buffs. Who saw that coming. LOL.

I have been playing thieves/assassins/rogues for 22 years across a lot of games.

It only made sense…even though I had to force myself to get to 80 with her. >.<

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@Lordryux.9785

At 80 it is “ok”…..not great….just ok.

Getting there is more of a pain than other classes and it will just get worse with the backstab nerf and most likely more nerfs after that because Anet won’t fix the root of the problem (CULLING).

Look, I get that you’ve got issues and really want to express them all over the forum, but an as-of-yet unrealized “backstab nerf” and culling have almost nothing to do with thief PvE.

LOL. I have made 6 posts max. in thief section since the game released and probably no more than 13 total across all forms. Grats for offering nothing the the conversation except thumping your chest.

Culling has everything to do with the backstab nerf….. and every other thief nerf for that matter because of the PvPers crying. Thieves wouldn’t have gotten any nerfs if this game was straight PvE because they are mediocre at best compared to all the other classes.

@Lordryux.9785

At 80 it is “ok”…..not great….just ok.

Getting there is more of a pain than other classes and it will just get worse with the backstab nerf and most likely more nerfs after that because Anet won’t fix the root of the problem (CULLING).

Why can’t I compare warriors and guards to thieves? They do about the same DPS with the best armor in the game. What makes thieves unique besides stealth?

I am an old school MMORPG player and maybe I am set in my ways but there used to be a trade off for high dps like less armor (thief)…. while the more tanky classes (like warriors and guards) would do a bit less dps but take hits better. It is not the case in this game…warriors and guards get to have their cake and eat it too.

Again, I am talking about PvE..not PvP.

The thief is the worst class to level solo in PvE. It is a glass cannon that isn’t much of a cannon for how squishy they are.

I get angry seeing all the posts that thieves are overpowered blah blah blah….yeah that is in PvP and only because of the culling issues that is making stealth more powerful than it should be.

I rolled a guardian and was amazed how faceroll easy they are to play in PvE. I was doing my personal story quest that was 5 levels over my level on the guard easily where I would have to wait until I was over-leveled on my thief.

I can also run into a pack of 4-5 mobs at or 3 levels (or more) over my level on the guard and just destroy them where as my thief would get owned if I tried that with mobs equal level and made 1 little mistake.

IBL but yes… I have never seen such a rampant plague of bots in my 22 years of online gaming.

I wish I started a warrior before my thief.

Seeing them run in and pull 3-4 mobs at a time at a lower level while my thief was having trouble with 1 at a time almost made me quit a few times.

Thieves are awful at PvE compared to warriors. Too squishy for the amount of dps they put out.

I was saying this weeks ago.
Guardians and warriors are pretty much the best PVE classes. (not sure about PVP) They have more survivability than other classes and put out about the same dps too…at least the warriors do.

As for the rangers…IDK… that class seems pretty popular with the BOTs. lol.

I see people kill something then go invisible and appear at another mob instantly.

There has been a warrior farming the Ourobore Caves for the last 3 days just warping around at will.

I have never played a game that had more obvious hacking and botting than this one that goes unpunished.

It is easy to level in this game however you would think 78 combined levels in the t1&t2 zones would net me enough t1-t2 fine crafting materials to level though those 2 tiers. NOPE! >.<

Welcome to the “I should have rolled a warrior or guardian” club.

It is annoying how squishy we are without the dps to back it up. We may be good in PvP because of stealth and mobility but IMO thieves are pretty frustrating to play in PvE.

I agree, they need to up the fine crafting materials by A LOT. I really want to craft but….yeahhhhh.

I am level 42 on my thief and level 36 on a ranger and haven’t left T1 & T2 zones yet. I still don’t have any T1 or T2 blue crafting material in abundant supply. They are for the most part around 10-30 of each…..except butter and choc which are at 250… >.<

If this game is made for the journey then IDK how people would even keep their crafting level equal to their adventure level (without using the auction house) with these abysmal drop rates.

Please fix. Thanks!

It is short for Guild War"rior"’s …….hence why you see all the warriors running around.

If I had to do it all over again I would go warrior. (especially if you are just PvEing) Warriors do the same damage, have heavy armor and don’t have crazy positioning and to be stealthed to do a high hit attack.

It frustrates the hell out of me when I am getting slapped around (as a thief) trying to break into an area and watch a lower level warrior just plow in and mince 5 mobs at a time without losing that much health.

They should have called this game Guild War"rior"’s 2. Just look at the graph they put in the latest guild wars 2 economy thread. Warriors leading character creation by quite a margin.

Heartseeker was nerfed…..this is next….right?

Join the club on having a hard time with thief class.

I am wondering when thieves come into their own (PvE). I keep hearing people say they are overpowered but I just don’t see it.

I have played a roguish character in EQ1, DAOC, EQ2 (16 years worth of playing rogues) so I am used to playing the “glass cannon” dps builds but thieves in this game are just WAY too squishy without the dps tradeoff that comes with being squishy.

I get so mad in game when I am having trouble with some mobs 1 at a time and a warrior comes at a lower level and pulls 4-5 at a time and minces them. Warriors seem to have their cake and eat it too.(Heavy armor and high AOE dps)

I am trying to stick it out with thief since that is the class I love but I just end up logging off mad most nights.

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The crafting in this game is absurd.
It was a little easier before they nerfed cooking and now instead of jute scraps, vials, totems, etc, I get butter and chocolate.
It’d be nice if we got some sort of reply on if anything is going to change rather than have a whole bunch of posts about crafting pop up everyday.

Is that what they did? I was wondering why I was getting a kazillion butters and chocolates when I was trying to farm scraps, viles, totems.