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I was just there in that feedback thread, and thought it might inappropriate since this wasn’t really feedback, just a rant. I didn’t want to follow the other’s who ranted in a feedback thread.
I’ve read so many posts about how people think Thief is over-powered and not fair because of the high spike damage Thieves can dish out. (Can – has the potential to but only possible with skilled players and builds.)
I play a Thief and I really like it. I like to dodge, stealth, plan, and time my attacks. Sometimes I can really do some high damage, and sometimes it just doesn’t work out. A lot of times, my opponents are more skilled than me and have more experience and I die. I don’t complain that “Guardian’s are too hard to kill…” or “Mesmer’s are OP because…” or “It’s not fair that Ranger’s….”. Instead, I read up on the forums and try to figure out a way to come back at my opponent’s in a better way to yield my victory. I’m not the best Thief player, heck, I die so often in PvP or WvW. But I love the way the class plays, it’s fun! I don’t charge into battle, I hang back and sneak up on a player who isn’t paying attention to me and bam! Slice, dice and fillet! Then shrink back to the shadows and wait for another opportunity.
Are not Thieves supposed to be elusive, dancing in and out of shadows and being totally annoying rascals distracting and being a nuisance to give the advantage to ourselves, at least our allies? The Thief class was meant to peave people off!
Fine, a rant, I hate fighting “OP” Mesmer’s because I’m always distracted by their crazy freaking illusions… oh wait… that’s why they’re Mesmers, that’s why they’re awesome!
I just read a particular post, about a guy playing as Guardian in either PvP or WvW against a female Thief, one on one. He was complaining so hard about how the Thief was constantly running, or dodging, or invisible, and so hard to kill. How he would almost kill her and she’d vanish and re-appear with most of her health back. He would chase her down almost endlessly.
Well holy cookies batman! Isn’t a Thief supposed to do that? Did she distract you from guarding your post? Yes. Did she pull you away from your goal? Yes. Did you repair that wall? No. Did you guard that supply run? No. Did she even kill you? No. But are at whits end because she annoyed the heck out of you and you got nothing for it? Amen and hallelujah!
I’d love to play as good as her and then read the forums to figure a way to come back and back stab you… for ten OMG trillion damage… Firstly, that is what you call “OP”, secondly, that still wouldn’t kill you because you’re playing an “OP” Guardian, which make Guardians awesome!
Or an “OP” Warrior which could kill a Thief with auto-attack, and by-the-way, makes Warriors awesome!
Arrrgggh!!!!! Sure, some of my examples were off-the-cuff, tongue-in-cheek, but the story of the Guardian vs Thief is true and you can read it on these forums.
And I know that a lot of people are going to reply to this post and still complain about Thieves because their reasoning behind the complaint is valid. To them, and all haters, why can’t you just learn to beat us? It’s possible, we’re not invincible. Read your appropriate forum and change the way you play if you want a certain outcome, ie: killing a Thief. And if you have or can beat Thieves, then what are you complaining about?
I chose to play Thief because I like sneaky, stealthy, opportunistic game play, which rewards tactics and timing with high burst damage. If you take this away as the soul of the Thief by nerfing things, then there is no Thief class.
I’ll go vent on a different thread.