u don’t see us complaining about other classes
Why do you think that is? Do you think that there’s maybe a reason that everyone complains about thieves 10x more than other classes?
And no, “L2P” would not be an adequate reply- unless you sincerely believe that people who play thief are all better than people who don’t, you must understand that skill would be generally evenly spread among classes, and yes, experienced players of other classes also think thieves are bs.
So ask yourself WHY everyone hates thieves- think long and hard about it.
Because people PROVABLY have their pride hurt by being beaten in a 1 v 1 by a decent thief. They feel like they have been cheated somehow. If a good warrior, say, absolutely drops you out of nowhere (and I have seen it happen/had it happen to me), nobody complains.
If WvW is going to be all about 1 v 1s, then delete WvW from the game entirely.
Thieves are the stealthy, sneaky, tricky class, and therefore inherently good at 1 v 1 faceoffs.
Some forkwit tried to argue with me the other day, that thieves were still OP and that they could easily kill 10 people at once. TIE UP 10 stupid people failing to blind/stun, maybe, but most certainly not kill. If so, I would LOVE to see the footage of a thief consistently killing more than a couple people when playing against GOOD players.
Upleveled newbies jump into WvW with blue items and then get surprised with a thief burst when they are still getting used to the controls and mechanics, and thencry foul on the forums because it wasn’t fair that they weren’t prepared.
THAT’S WHAT THE WVW TRAINING SECTION IS FOR.
It seems like Anet will continue to nerf thieves/babysit every other class. What is a thief without stealth/spike damage?
Anet has only shown their desperation and lack of thinking things through with the WvW stealth trap. Thieves don’t play right in the middle of Zergs, they’re on the outside, if at all. There is no reason for the stealth trap to exist other than to attempt to find stealthed thieves in a keep.
What would have been better was buffing our damage/mobility a bit, and then adding an anti-stealth mechanic to rangers (perhaps) or to existing classes, somewhere in their traits.
Though I think the mian point is, is that something is inherently wrong when you have to implement entire features for every class to deal with the mechanic of a single class, a mechanic that the class is hated for and yet built around.
If the QQers had their way, stealth would be completely removed from the game as a mechanic, damage would be reduced by 50% overall and thieves wouldn’t be allowed to shadowstep because “they come out of nowhere and I’m like, I’m busy not paying attention anyway, so it would be really great if every class had like, a thief killing magic want attached to their foreheads so that thieves died instantly when they got too close to you”.
Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.
