Thief: Reveal vs. Expectation & Comments

[ccrazool]

omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgOMGOMG!!!

I wish I could watch the videoes... any youtube.com or guildwars2.com mirrors yet? I can't get to these videos from this machine.

Goodbye necromancer, hello thief. That's sight unseen. WOOOOOT!!!

[Alaris]

Thief in PvP... does stealing a person's weapon disable their bar (or force them to swap) and give you access to their skills? If so, that's gonna be SOOOO fun!

*yoink* I killu wh ur own wpn noob.

[Rob Van Der Sloot]

Oh I'll definitely stick with the necromancer for now. I like the mechanics of the Thief, and the stealing during combat is original. But this could indeed be the new dirtnap character. Just look at the vast amount of damage they keep taking during combat. This kind of class is always hard to balance. It's just like with the rogue in Dungeons and Dragons (the tabletop rpg, not the MMO), it's hard to make a squishy class that excels at sneak attacks, yet doesn't die during massive battles. The different weapons will probably open up the playing field quite a bit, allowing for very different play styles. But I'll suspend my judgement till I actually get to play one myself.

[Art]

*yoink* I killu wh ur own wpn noob.

If there is any semblance of Wastrel skills and power block that could be a good mesmer/thief combo.

-Art

[KEK Master]

Threads like this are being taken down on GWGURU.

Also the videos aren't working for me that were posted, so maybe they were taken down too?

If you wanna see the videos search youtube for them.

here's one link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHqO7emmcnE

[Alaris]

I can't access the article in italian - I figure I could read it somewhat with my 733+ spanish skills. Wait, that one is about the GW1 update. Still, I think these things were supposed to air at the time of official release.

[shawn]

But this could indeed be the new dirtnap character. Just look at the vast amount of damage they keep taking during combat. This kind of class is always hard to balance. It's just like with the rogue in Dungeons and Dragons (the tabletop rpg, not the MMO), it's hard to make a squishy class that excels at sneak attacks, yet doesn't die during massive battles.

I think that's mostly a product of her not dodging all that much. Like Rings I kept cringing every time she took an oakheart swipe to the face. When played properly, they should have no issues with soloing. (See: Rogue.)

[Смерть]

If this is leaked (which I am going to safely assume), it would be a courteous show to Anet in not posting links to the videos. Especially if GT has taken theirs down (imo).

[Senatic]

It seems this might have been a leak as the video has been taken down from multiple sites including the ones referenced in this thread. If so that would explain why no official release was made on gw2.com

[Alaris]

I think that's mostly a product of her not dodging all that much. Like Rings I kept cringing every time she took an oakheart swipe to the face. When played properly, they should have no issues with soloing. (See: Rogue.)

Bolded because...

That's the reason we got tons of QQing and updates on assassin. Also, that's one primary reason we now have 5 skills linked to weapon choice.

...

Because...

... people don't tend to...

... play stuff properly.