Also, a duration of 1 second seems pretty low for blind. For pulsing blinds or ones that can be constantly be reapplied it might be okay, but many blinds outside of thief skills aren’t like that.
Just auto attack blind off and don’t stand in blind fields.
Blindness: Fixed an issue that caused blind to be removed when an attack was used while not in range of any targets.
s/d, d/d and another melee fighter cant hit by reason of blindlock.
You get out of the smoke field with 5 + seconds of blindness
now blind>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>aegis
What next nerf? Unblockable status is really not needed. Everything else will be overnerf.
Maybe it’s unblockable so that the anti boon skill in the S/D set isn’t countered by a boon. Think about that.
ok
maybe unblockable to hit aegis
By the way
Tactical strike against mesmer/engineer:
1) You daze target
2) Target dodge and autocast clone|bomb
3) You deal zero damage
4) Engineer also buff protection
Disagree with OP about retaliation. However, I do believe that retaliation needs to be telegraphed better. Retaliation is designed to be the counter to burst specs; if you take that away then it becomes next to useless.
lol
retaliation hit 270-400
1 thief cast 2 pw aganist 3 targets.
2 pw 2×9=18 hits each target
18×3=54 hits total
These three things in its present form can turn a good pvp build into zero.
Blind aka perma aegis.
Problem https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Blind-needs-to-go-back
You certainly run out of the smoke of the field. But you still a very long blind. Possible fix
Very simple and correct solution to the problem of blind limit the duration of 1 second(with +50% condition duratation 2 sec). And remove Stacking.
Retaliation
Problem https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Retaliation-is-TOO-OP/first
1 Cluster bomb or 1 Pistol whip can eat 6-7k damage from Retaliation.
Engineer can suicide in 1-2 second from Retaliation when cast grenade.
This strange mechanics kill a lot of builds that pretty strong in PvP. Possible fix
But you just need to add a 1-second cooldown and reflect on attack (not each hit: clusterbomb etk) . This is not reduce defense mechanism. But correct the situation when the attacker receive more damage than target.
Now week answers from the developers. As long as there is a possibility I would like to hear the reason.
Why in spvp 4 sec revealed?
In www it have sense because culling effect. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Culling
But in spvp not logical nerf. It destroy 3 set of thief weapon d / d, p / d, s / d (now just 333 spam).
Problem with permastealth only with one trait. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Infusion_of_Shadow
Add 5 sec cooldown. And complain about stealth will disappear.
Trait too strong even when compared with other iniregen traits.
That’s an unfair comparison and you know it. Like I said above, you can’t take TS out of context of a Sword/Dagger build.
Larcenous Strike: Increased the initiative cost to 2.
Shadow Return (Infiltrator Strike Toggle): This skill is no longer a stun breaker.
What next nerf? Unblockable status is really not needed. Everything else will be overnerf.
If you replace a daze to stun, it would have corrected the imbalance stealth attacks.
Because even now when daze for monsters equal stun. Svanir faster and easier to kill just spam 33333.
Now combat log and result table too casual and useless. And without a clear statistics do not determine how the balance patch changed something.
Combat damage number
different condition – different color
poison – green
fire – orange
bleed – red – and 1 total number of damage – not 20 numbers in 1 second.
Yellow or other color for crit.
Combat Log
1) Add fact apply conditions and every second condition damage.
2) Add seconds on watch.
3) Add all used skills. (without damage too)
4) Block, invulnerable etc
5) Add Buff
6) Add combat log settings
Result table after match
1) Always show rank even in middle of match.
2) Add second table with total statistics:
I think TS just needs to be made unblockable when applied to the back and you can keep the Daze in it.
This is pointless. For it is only one application: break guardian shelter. But CnD will be blocked.
The problem is that you open with “Tactical strike”, target presses dodge and the thief does zero damage. A great tactic for burst profession.
Now crazy meta. Tactical strike from front >> Tactical strike from behind.
Why is KD better than Stun? A Warrior can easily get 50% more crit chance on stunned players but not on KD :p So from a team fight perspective, I’d rather get Stun.
Also you can increase their duration by 1s usually just by taking a Sigil of Paralysation.
Many stunbreak does not save against KB.
I suggest 1.5 sec stun 1.5*1.15=1.725 == 2 sec stun.
spamable 3 sec stun too op.
Not “perma stealth” or invisible when you can see the fields on the ground.
This.
You can see smoke, the shadow refuge animation, red circles etc. And you need to invest traits and utilities for doing that (for a bettere init regen). There are a lot of “marks” that point to you where the thief is.
So basically people needs to learn to look.
Ok
With BV you land 2 cluster bomb. Than you eat 3k HS and 6k+ backstab. Than autoattack chain in black powder and another bs. 5-6 sec you dead.
Run away impossible.
Infiltrator’s Arrow 6 ini and slowteleport
Shadow Shot 4 ini Unblockable
So, what is the problem? You got to DO something every couple seconds to stay in stealth, and you need your skills/traits set up for it. It’s not as if you can just stay in stealth for minutes and still be attacking people (effectively) while doing so. As soon as you use initiative to attack people, you won’t have the initiative to keep stealthed. And, as people say all the time, a thief who keeps stealthing to troll people e.g. in WvW won’t bring many points to his server, he’s just an annoyance to solo roamers. I fail to see the problem.
Because counterplay. Thief with permastealths always beat all other thiefs with 7k+ backstab. He can always stand near your lord and point. Yes, you can stand up smokefield, but it is not the solution.
Only 1.5 sec daze totaly useless in spvp.
Backstab and Surprise Shot>>>>Tactical Strike.
Always: Tactical Strike – dodge – no damage (compare with Backstab).
Thieves profession with the lowest cc in the game.
2 sec stun = awesom backstab damage.
And as stealth attacks have cd 4 seconds, then it is very very far from the stunlock. Now warriors can now easily keep in stun 6 + seconds. Ele 4 + sec unstunbreaking cc.
1.5 sec stun without stupid split pvp/pve
Now you can hold in a perma daze www / pve. That is very far from good mechanics.
About FS.
Engineer can 5 sec block all damage. And permavigor. Ranger have dodge on many skill. etk
Dodge trait have all squishy profession. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Endurance
What is really too much for this ability: it is unblockable status. Spammable unlockable ability break competitive play.
Ele/Mesmers says: I cant oneshot kill thief. Anet fix this.
And it did. Now, FS does less damage than the PW, and costs the same ini. And most importantly removed stunbreak. Now, for example if the thief stunbreak on cd then kill him (warrior / ele / mesmer) per cc chain.
Other professions have never been so fast and hard nerf.
I understand more complaints about permastealths. Because of this there is no counterplay. But who complain about the FS just pathetic noobs.
+10. This is what i never understood since game was launched. I cast Chaos Storm on me, get aegis, thief BS me, its blocked and stays cloaked… makes no sense.
Lol. A buff Aegis makes sense? As soldiers block the attack with his back? How did Aegis to rescue the cloths?
Let stealth flies when hitting the block. But the block does not have to work from the back.
A wild thief appears
thief attacks you with >>sword attack<<
you loose
I suggested to the maximum option, as Incendiary Powder / Dhuumfire.
On spvp forum already calculated that the only auto attack engineer can do 6k damage. One shot = 6k over 5-6 sec.
So 8s stability, projectile reflect and combo finisher whirl is useless in pvp?
I use Shadowstep, Scorpion Wire, Shadow Refuge. They would have been better than this elite skill, even with a 90 second cooldown.
Basilisk Venom useless in many builds. (and cast time)
Thieves Guild – 3 min cooldown. The best skill. But too big cooldown.
90 seconds is the ideal time for an elite skill. But if it is not useless like a Dagger Storm.
I can not invent some utility skill. Among thieves, and so everything is there. Maybe some trick utility to control the masses, such as powder to put to sleep for 2 seconds stun.
Mace + ini mechanics = never
Whip to beat cowcharr :/
