Steal stealth trait (Hidden Thief) totally broken now... :(

#1 - Sept. 22, 2012, 11:05 p.m.
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I’m a huge fan of steal. When traited it can provide thrill of the crime, mug, and hidden thief making it incredibly useful (not even including some of the abilities you can get from it like fear and whirling axes)…but for some strange reason hidden thief trait (makes steal stealth you for 2 seconds) is totally bugged. If you have your auto-attack present (control left clicked on your number 1 ability) so you don’t have to keep constantly clicking to make your no. 1 ability go off, your steal will stealth you but then immediately unstealth you as your auto attack goes off. In addition to being unstealthed immediately (making the trait actually counter-productive in pvp especially because of the stealth immunity timer), you can’t get off an out of stealth ability like backstab or sneak attack. Some recent patch must have bugged it…is anyone else having this problem? This also is occasionally happening with blinding powder (another no-animation instant stealth) if you are in range for your auto attack to go off.

#14 - Nov. 23, 2012, 7 a.m.
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Hello everyone,

Due to the amount of threads about thief and its gameplay impact, we have decided to open this thread in which you can discuss your concerns about Thieves in PvE, sPvP and WvW.

This will allow us to collect your feedback with more efficiency and forward them to the appropriate teams.

You can articulate both, positive and negative feedback for it, but we ask you to stay constructive and polite when you want to express your opinion, all posts that break the forum code of conduct will be removed.

Thank you!