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> @"Mortifera.6138" said: > At launch, Guild Wars 2 was advertised as an MMORPG you could play alongside other ones. It was very casual-friendly and sub-free. Since HoT, however, they introduced hardcore stuff. Now there's ridiculous grind. Is Guild Wars 2 still a game you play with other games, or has it taken up most of your time now? It's actually just a side MMO these days for me. Since PvP/WvW and balance got out of hands i just login to do dailies or to get some AP during festivals. Still waiting for some meaningful changes of the game but i dont keep my hopes up for this MMO to become main one. These days i even feel lazy to even login for dailies.

> @"NorthernRedStar.3054" said: > > @"Psycoprophet.8107" said: > > > @"Turk.5460" said: > > > I can't speak for PvP, but in WvW I find Thief extremely powerful. It may not be powerful in zerg-play but we never were, and most likely never will be due to our kit. We are a small-scale and solo damage machine and not really in need of any buffs. I feel like Thief is in a good spot, and could actually do with a few minor nerfs here and there. > > > > > > And no, I am not a main of another profession. I exclusively play Thief and have over 4,000 hours on it. > > > > wvw yeah damage is good but pvp conquest is a whole different beast entirely and uve got classes that have no right to be bursting anywhere close to a rogue like while having tank stats. > > If u can tank a lot of damage than the reason why USUALLY that class does not have high burst is because u can stay in the fight and build ur dps up through sustained dps while a rogue like cannot and has to do its damage entirely through bursts unless of course the rogue is far more skilled than opponent and is able to stay in the fight. > > Right now uve got classes that can take continuous long bouts of pressure all while bursting as much or more than the thief, thats so messed up. > > Anyway just my opinion, I hardly play these days so matters little. > > Not just that, the entire meta's turned hostile towards thief w/ Rune of the Trapper all over the place. If there's no bunker on the node you can be sure there's at least a sidenode trapper in there. > > CMC logic: "Let's remove all of thief's burst AND heavily kitten their ability to remain in a fight as a sustained DPS - oh, they've turned to roaming you say? Well then, kitten their mobility WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATIONS. That's show them what's balance. " > > Pure genius. Absolute, unadultered, bunker main logic. Amen. Guardian Wars 2. We clearly have biased people in the balancing team.

> @"Psycoprophet.8107" said: > > @"NorthernRedStar.3054" said: > > > @"Psycoprophet.8107" said: > > > > @"NorthernRedStar.3054" said: > > > > > @"Psycoprophet.8107" said: > > > > > > @"felix.2386" said: > > > > > > how can a thief abandon pvp/wvw, where it is the most busted class that destroy the mode for years > > > > > > i can see thief quit pve, but pvp/wvw? a lot of people play thief only for pvp/wvw too > > > > > > even when underperforming as 5v5 organized meta comp for tournaments. > > > > > > it will always be good in ranked, top10 top25 will always have multiple thief mains. > > > > > > > > > > Lol cmon. In pvp teefs a loss vs every class but war and mesmer, even then a good warrior can definitely out play and destroy a thief, especially if thief misses a couple blinds. It has to +1 most classes to down them, and in this meta that can even take too long when u combine the tanks builds around now with the Feb damage nerfs. Thief has to make good on decapping to pull its weight which just got nerfed with IA cost nerf and jump on already engaged targets to get its downs more times than not, that sound op? > > > > > A class designed like thief/rogue already produces salt, combine that with +1 playstyle which creates salt on its own is a recipe for hate, but its not thief players fault that they enjoy rogue classes and that this particular one isn't great at 1v1's. > > > > > Wvw, Teefs excel at roaming, shouldn't they though? They certainly have far less presence in zergs than almost any other class ie warrior. Almost ever class contributes to zerg fights far more than thief if not all so shouldn't it be allowed to be good at roaming. > > > > > U know its funny u see very very few thiefs complaining about thief short commings in zerg fights yet tons of players who on their own accord chose to play a class/build more suited to zergs complain about thief being strong at roaming compared to their class yet dont consider how and why when their killed on their way to their zerg where they become 2x more useful than a teef could dream of. To add some classes like warrior as a example have both effective zerg builds and roaming builds so its fine if the warrior tho great at roaming isn't as good as a class like teef who specializes in the roaming role. > > > > > Honestly bias has led this game down the drain but that's on anet in the end. > > > > > > > > It's funny, though; thief's traditionally been one of the better roamer classes in WvW, yet is clearly being overtaken by revenant, ranger and engineer. Thief is cleanly out-DPS'd in every game mode even if they choose a non-stealth build with a focus on dueling. Stealth is the sole reason the class is even able to exist at the moment. Sad, so kitten sad. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah I honestly couldn't imagine thief trying to 1v1 these days without stealth lol its been nerfed to the ground, its sad the main burst class gets out burst by tanks nowadays lmao. > > > > Rune of Durability + marauder gear > thief. The sad truth. > > Honestly though its not a huge loss, it will be if the actually start balancing and supporting this games pvp modes but till then its a meme lol just play few matches with thief for a fix than move on, ghost of tsushima and valheim have been helping me from playing gw2 to often which for me leads to frustration lol. I found another mmo "drug/fix" for myself. In a game that i wouldnt ever expect to get hooked on. And omg im so addicted now. It's Albion. Ik ik it seems like some runescape knock-off or somethin.. but omg i'm hooked. It only takes a fair amount of time to give that game a chance and it was so worth it. I'm stuck there probably for even more hours then i was when i started gw2 back in the day. The whole full-loot system is a double-edged sword. Sometimes you hate it sometimes you love it but no matter what you just keep coming back. Full-loot pvp is my new passion haha. So until a new expansion or until devs of gw2 wake up and do something - i'll be stuck there. GW2 is now only for dailies and log out. Even for dailies i have to force myself to login. Just a habit i guess of getting those 10ap.

> @"felix.2386" said: > how can a thief abandon pvp/wvw, where it is the most busted class that destroy the mode for years > i can see thief quit pve, but pvp/wvw? a lot of people play thief only for pvp/wvw too > even when underperforming as 5v5 organized meta comp for tournaments. > it will always be good in ranked, top10 top25 will always have multiple thief mains. Maybe because i've played Thief since 2013 and now comparing it to 2020 and seeing all those nerfs over the years.. dont even wanna play it in pvp/wvw anymore. Comparing how it was and how it is now it's just.. meh.. not the class that i used to love. It's basically a mesmer treatment or even worse. Probably worse.

It's so weird tho. It clearly doesnt fit to be a Jackal. It's like instead of Roller Beetle u'd have a Scorpion or somethin.

Exactly my thoughts. It's so weird that an Ox is meant for Jackal lol. It would've fitted Warclaw alot more.

> @"MoonT.6845" said: > Congratulations ANet, once again you have made WvW pointless for another 2 months. This will be 6 months out of 8 that Gandara has had no link. Seriously considering going to another game after 14 years with this franchise. Wow you're patient. I gave up on this game since PoF launch or so.

How cool it would be if we could get a "Preview" option on infusions.. Please oh please devs consider it.

U guys still pvp in this game? Dang..

> @"Menyus.4610" said: > So i used to play this game a lot(think i have around 5k+ hours.) I'm a thief main so the majority of the playtime is for thief (around 3.5-4k) > > So since HoT where everything started to go downhill (balance wise), i used to play less and less. Then i uninstalled Gw2 and usually installed it for a month then deleted it again. This repeated for the past 2 years. Then today i listened to some wonderful Jeremy Soul music and had the idea that "kitten i should install Gw2". So i started to download it and while downloading i checked the forums where i met with the following sentence. > > "Infiltrator's Arrow: Increased initiative cost from 6 to 8 in PvP and WvW." > > Like literally, how incompetent the balance team is. I instantly stopped downloading and rather downloaded another MMO. > > There is literally no value in this post just wanted to say that i'm extremely disappointed out of pure anger. It feels like to Anet is purposefully killing this game. I know this post chnages nothing and prolly there are hundreds of angry thief players but imagine that u are loosing veteran players before even downloading the game. I'm on the same boat. Been playing less and less since HoT days for the same reasons (im Thief main). Been constantly checking forums for the past few years and i couldnt believe my eyes how Anet is just destroying their own game. Well the heck. I decided to come back anyway. Forced myself to play but after like a month i just moved on to other games again. Oh i also forced myself to play Guardian (but like usual.. i just logged back in Thief cuz its the only class i enjoy really). So.. i guess there's tons of players who used to main Thief or even Mesmers (thats my fave too) who quitted the game for same balance reasons. At this point i just login to do dailies and log out. Some time ago i used to be hopeful that Anet will pull their stuff together but now i'm thinkin it's not possible. It's like they've been destroying their own game.. I'm baffled by such business "strategy" and their decisions/development.... Their strategy is to destroy the game and abandon true fans of the game? I thought companies are supposed to lure you in and get you hooked.. but sadly it doesn't feel that way anymore. WvW/PvP is a joke these days. PvE..well.. PvE is just PvE. It won't hold your attention for long.

> @"Yasai.3549" said: > Thief deserves no respect in PvP/WvW. > They function on another level due to not having actual cooldowns to punish their mistakes and misuse of skills. How do you fail to see that initiative system is as much limiting as cooldowns are? Id rather get cooldown system but be respected and buffed rather then being a shortbow5 bot. And even that was nerfed. We gotta thank to people like you that we get these treatments every balance patch. Soon we'll be gone from PvP just as much as we are gone from WvW. WvW though.. we are on another lvl? What are u on about? We get kicked from squads. If we were really "on another" level as you say we'd be wanted and we'd take up majority of squads. Just go to WvW. Join a commander and count how many classes there are and i assure you you'll either find 0 thieves or max 1-2 thieves in that squad.

> @"Cynz.9437" said: > If players are happy they don't post here - they play the game. Where should one voice their concerns? Amen......