Empowering the Thief
So from watching many videos from Gamecom and PAX 2009, many questions came to mind
to the stealth and sneaky class: the Thief. Seeing how ArenaNet remodeled its former model ( assassin
profession ) and also changed some major mechanics to how this profession works in general stirred up
some
First of all the thief is unlike any of the other profession in the fact that its energy source. Most
professions except the warrior and thief, are able to cast on the fly and only have to wait on a cool
down. With the thief however, they have this energy supply called initiative. Now the thief will have a
pool of 10 initiative points to use and can spam attacks at will without have to wait on CDs. Many
skills will resupply initiative.
Now to add to the thief's arsenal is a skill called steal. Now steal is just one of the skills that has a
lot of people at arms. The thief's steal will work pretty self explanatory. The thief will be able to steal a
spell or utility from a foe and use it at will. The skill will be limited and the "steal" skill will start its CD
until the item or steal that was stolen is used.
Last but not least is the always faithful shadow-step. Yes fellow assassins, the teleport skill is
staying in game and also has a a fresh look. Since the thief will have a wide variety of weapons such as
pistols, dagger, swords, and bows, the shadow-step will work with which ever weapon combination
they choose. This will work perfect for the the thief because the unlike many of the melee types, the
thief will have to know when to jump out of the fight and jump in. Learning when to be passive and
when to be aggressive will be a tricky tactic but once conquered will make this profession deadly.
Overall the revamped thief will be a highly active class. Staying in shadows and striking while the
their foes not expecting is the way of the thief. Hopefully we will be able to see how this profession
runs in field.
