Guild Wars 2

Here is my prediction for our new elite spec. Sniper/Rifle is the other obvious one, but I think this fits the feel of thief better, and also has a very Th/Mes vibe (we already do some of this with Steal, it’s just not as fleshed out).

Off-hand focus
Manipulations

Here are some example skills

Heal
Shared Recovery: Heal yourself for X. For 5 seconds, healing on your target is reduced by X% and granted to you instead. (alternatively, doesn’t reduce their healing, but gives you a higher % of what they recover)

Utilities (cast time and cooldowns undecided)
Arcane Larceny: Steal one of your target’s utilities, putting it on a 10 second cooldown (adds 5 seconds if already on cooldown). This skill becomes the stolen skill for 10 seconds.
Mental Breakdown: Gain retaliation. For each utility skill your target has on cooldown, they gain X stacks of confusion.
Frustration: Interrupt your target. For each utility skill they have on cooldown, they take X damage.
Memory Loss: The next utility skill your target uses has its cooldown doubled.

Elite
Arcane Echo: This skill will become the next utility you use after activation.

Focus:
Dual skills: Don’t know
4: Blur – Toggle (costs 1 initiative/sec) Each time you evade an attack, gain X initiative and a charge. When this skill ends, gain 1 second of stealth and apply 1 stack of confusion to nearby foes for each charge (max of X seconds/stacks).
5: Mirror Coat – Toggle (costs 1 initiative/sec) Each time you evade an attack, deal X damage to your attacker and gain a charge. When this skill ends, deal X damage to nearby foes for each charge.

F1: Steal – Unchanged (fits the spec very well)
F2: Deceive – Create a clone of your target (!!!) that mimics their actions for X seconds, but has reduced damage and condition duration.

What do you think? Numbers would have to be chosen carefully, as it’s high in utility, but I think it could be a very interesting spec. I also like the idea of a magical thief better than just a sniper (whose role is partially filled by ranger and warrior anyway).

Traps and poison should be interesting fun changes. Wonder if we can stack both poison and bleed effectively.

We lose that blind, but automatically get 50% dmg reduction in stealth which could make up for it pretty easily.