Stealth does not make Thieves disappear.
Tell that to my ranger pet – thieves have this core mechanic that totally and fully puts the rangers’ core mechanic out of the game.
You see…this is what I’m talking about.
Stealth is not a core mechanic of thieves. You remove thieves from the game and stealth is still there. You remove rangers from the game and pets aren’t in the game. See the difference?
Fundamental difference between core mechanics of thief and core mechanics of stealth. Stealth is not a core class mechanic anymore than the Burning condition is a Guardians core class mechanic.
Just run “Sic Em!” after the up coming patch and your problems will be solved…well other than the fact ANet has yet to make Rangers as viable as literally any other class outside of sPvP because they’re seemingly obsessed with halfassing class mechanics.
Stealth attacks are a unique mechanic EXCLUSIVE to thieves. no other classes attacks change when in stealth, despite half the classes in game having stealth access. In addition we have an entire traitline dedicated to stealth. So yeah I’d say stealth is pretty built in to thief CORE design
Unique mechanics built into the class that’re exclusive to the class are exactly the thing we should be talking about. If you notice, we are in compete agreement on the subject. Stealth is not a mechanic of thieves, thieves use stealth more frequently than every other class, they have mechanics that rely on it, but it’s not their core mechanic. My Engineer can’t use Stealth Attacks, nor has the ability to trait to remove conditions or heal in stealth just as a thief can’t use tool belt skills or trait to be immune to conditions below 25% hp. Core mechanics of stealth are being targeted far too often when it’s not, has not, and likely will continue not to be the issue.
Thief core mechanics revolve around stealth, not vice versa. You fix the thief you fix the problem. Again, if thieves just magically disappear from the game Stealth mechanics will not magically disappear as well. The class needs major work and everyone is pointing at something that isn’t the problem.
Obscure is correct stealth is not broken, but I disagree on it not being a mechanic of the thief. Almost all thief builds rely on stealth to allow any form of damage mitigation and viability, excluding S/d, but people are qqing about that so it will be nerfed soon. The thief class is not broken. Should they look at the trait allocation and make it slightly more structured on how you spec to have the damage and stealth both being utilised without blindly nerfing the class to ground.