Guild Wars 2

Bowflex.4502:

I don’t necessarily think things are fine as they are. I’ve never been asked, and I never thought it was relevant. All I’ve done is argue the point that there are no counters. Because there are…. Many, and they are effective.

Just because you choose to say “doesn’t work” doesn’t make it so. It works for many, myself included, I don’t just pvp on a thief.

Now if your posting on a forum, you’re opening up your thoughts to discussion’ “it doesn’t work” really isn’t a valid response.

Why doesn’t it work? Because you don’t know when or where to lay your aoes?

If that’s the case, you need a little more experience, because you can see the thief approaching, even before the steal, or the stealth. A fire ele can stand on a node and spam molten front all day when traited for reduced CDs in fire, can switch to earth attunment and be uncrittable. Or pre cast meteor shower.

A necro can stand on their marks. Including a mark that fears.

And engie can spam Bombs or grenades, relentlessly…….or use their thumper turret as the thief approaches or opens.

A guardian or warrior have effective blocks or access to retaliations, a warrior can fear a thief opening, or simply block apon steal, or before it. A thief would have to blow their heal as a stealth cover to stay in stealth to “ride it out”

A ranger can stand in their barrage, or traps….. Or take the talent to stealth themselves and apply protection apon a percentage of their health as damage.

A mesmer can stealth themselves, and receive protection, and regen, or take the talent that gives them distortion when opened up on.

Do I honestly have to suggest a dozen ways why “it doesn’t work” isn’t a valid argument?

There’s a runeset nightmare, that has a 60% chance to fear on hit for condi builds. If steal doesn’t set it off, the next hit will.

How do I know “it works” I pvp a lot on many classes, depending on what my team needs, and don’t have any issues adapting to glass cannon thieves or their stealth.

Now if you want to talk about blind spam, I’m on board. I think at the moment it’s overpowered, against melee. But that’s a different bag of tricks

I hate to jump into a discussion, but your words made this come to mind: So, what you’re implying is that everyone should build to counter thief burst? Yet, last time I checked, there were other 7 professions one could be facing to take into account.