Guild Wars 2

I been wondering this for a while. Venoms works on “Righteous Indig buff” extremely well. Zergs can easily flip camps with buff in under 30 seconds I would like to ask the Devs whether this is an intended mechanic.

If not, please make NPCs with the “Righteous Indig buff” fully invulnerable.

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So everyone is just complaining about all thieves then.

Its either too much damage or too tanky or stealth abuses too much or resets fight at will etc etc etc

Gotta hate those 30 30 30 30 30 thieves running around

Not all. Thieves who don’t abuse stealth is not in the complaint.

That’s not true. We could go thru all the pages and pick out just as many if not more complaints about glass thieves damage.

Every aspect of the thief class has been complained about in this thread.

This thread needs to be locked.

You’re the only one who’s obsessed with responding to those posts. The title of the thread is Stealth needs to be nerfed, not burst needs to be nerfed.

Stay on topic.

To stay on topic: yes it needs a nerf and the nerf needed is “causing damage while hidden will reveal you” so no more caltrops nor poison fields from nowhere…

Also please make it so a missed or blocked attack reveals the thief. I have seen many thieves just spam backstab while stealthed until it hits. Currently if you time a short block wrong the thief can hit the block but still backstab you. The class doesn’t need to be even more forgiving.

First valid point I seen in a while. I wouldn’t say a missed attack, but a blocked attack should definitely force a reveal since the attack did “damage” but was mitigated.

Here’s my 2 cents on thief in general based on my experience in spvp, t1 wvw, 1200 hours playing thief:

(assuming players are of equal skill level and know the opponent class well)
thief vs 1 – thief win/tie ~80% of the time, but that’s expected since thief is designed to be good at duels.
thief vs multiple people – with any build, taking down two good players is difficult. Ikittenerg, thief may be able to pick out a few close to dying and stomp, but an observant zerg should aoe them flat immediately.

Remember that thief is designed to be able to slip in and out of fights. Just like an ele, you don’t expect to catch one who is executing a well timed escape. There is not much OP there.

Side note: the culling in this game is horrible, and like many, I have contemplated quitting multiple times.

Great post! You are the first sensible guy with a well reasoned post in a while. I completely agree with the balanced builds part. As much as bunkers are extremely effective against burst type players, a balanced build will allow a player to effectively assume many roles in a group and thus improving utility.

I have a similar experience where I made a complete tank warrior, and most 1v1s end up being my opponent leaving after not being able to do significant damage. But having low dps can be not as gratifying and my effectiveness often situational.

Too many people miss the point that wvw is not about 1v1s. The video is a great display of coordination, skill and well thought out builds. (R.I.P. – my guildies o.o )

P.S. I am on SoR and am happy to fight/ study builds with you guys!

If you one of those guys at night who fight to the last man as we lose the maps slowly, you are definitely not nameless!

I’ll join ya sometime and help with the repair bill! Happy New Year

Agreed, I think around half of my deaths come from trying to CnD right as Last Refuge procs.

In general, we need to have the ability to choose to not have minor traits, just as we can with the major ones. I am guessing there is already a post in the suggestions section?