Are you going to do something about thieves ?

#1 - March 28, 2013, 4:58 a.m.

Thieves, after quickness nerf, are bottom tier, along with the war.

Now our only viable build has been almost killed, and the class at its CORE DESIGN offers very little versatility, even more when in November 15th the only decent alternative in competitive play ( S/D) was killed, too.

Now i know wars are in an even worse shape than thieves, but the war profession, at its core, has more options , altough subpar, while this is not thief case.

aNet , are you going to do something in order to make the thief DECENT ?

AllieMurdock

#135 - April 3, 2013, 4:46 p.m.

Hey all, thanks for the feedback! I just wanted to pop in here real quick to let you know that we’re looking at ways to balance out skills and traits that were affected by the quickness change.

Right now, Thief is still very good in WvW, so we have to take that into consideration. Also, in lower rated games, it is still doing well with its burst. In higher rated games, we recognize that it could use some tweaks.

These are things that we need to consider when making changes to the Thief, so try to keep that in mind when giving us feedback.

AllieMurdock

#143 - April 3, 2013, 5:18 p.m.

We’re reviewing Warriors and Elementalists as well. Perhaps we can get into that another time and in a different thread, though. As this thread is about Thieves, let’s keep it on track.

“People in the low tiers will always have trouble with something.”

Sure, but we still need to consider how the new player experience is going to be. Particularly when it comes to Thieves.

JonathanSharp

#147 - April 3, 2013, 5:35 p.m.

So with the Thief, we feel like their straight burst with some sets is too good as it is (Mug/C &D/BS/heartseeker), but a lot of other things are weak in comparison, which is bad.

The goal is to allow them to punish boons (something we also want to try with the Warrior) while also improving their mobility with all weapon sets (since Shortbow is already strong at that, but it overpowers other options).

As Allie said, we want to be careful to balance their WvW/PvE potential against their PvP potential, and then inside of PvP, we have to be careful to watch how they perform at high ranks vs. low ranks.

Allie Murdock

#202 - April 4, 2013, 9:09 a.m.

Hey all! Thank you very much for the constructive feedback! It’s really encouraging for us to get on here and read constructive discussion in these threads.

I would like to point out that just because we are discussing certain topics, does not mean we’re not looking at others. Just because we’re responding to certain topics and sharing plans for it, does not mean that we don’t have plans for other things.

This thread is about Thief discussion. If you want to talk about Warriors/Rangers/Elementalists/whatever else, you’re welcome to start a new thread or talk about it in the profession forums. Let’s keep it on track and on topic.

Regardless, we’ll continue to monitor your feedback and reply when we can.

Thanks again!