Trailers: Guild Wars 2 Thief Skills

[Team Hollywood]

Guild Wars 2 Thief Skills

The thief runs across rooftops, flips, and demonstrates skills in Guild Wars 2.

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[Hammer_Wizard]

Looks so much better than Diablo 3's Demon Hunter, Blizzard really should be taking notes on how to be cheesy AND cool.

 

[Meepo]

Yes actually it can steal, it just wasn't shown in the trailer.
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/thief/

 

[Zhukov]

Those might just have been the most agile dominatrixes I've ever seen.

 

[jonyboy13]

It can actually steal from enemies and get a special skill, for example if it steals a skull from an ogre the Thief gets Fear.

Slight delay on the video though, but good to have it on The Escapist^^

Edit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFxdwi18tiQ
There a video of an actual steal, towards the end of the video. Also, the ending is quite funny.

 

[EmperorSubcutaneous]

How is this a thief? Looks cool and all, but to call that a thief is silly. Is it because it has invisibility? Can it even steal anything?!

Sure can. It's one of its unique abilities. From the wiki: "Thieves are able to steal things from enemies, which they can then use as environmental weapons against them. The mechanic does not literally steal an item, but rather creates an environmental weapon based on the creature targeted and automatically replaces the thief's equipped weapon with it."

This means that it can steal feathers from a bird and throw them at the enemy to blind them, or steal a bottle of beer from a pirate to drink for some Energy regeneration, or any number of things. Each type of enemy has several different things a thief can steal from it.

 

[Master Kuja]

Well...

I think I know what class I'm playing as now.

 

[ShadowKatt]

Looks to me like the assassin mixed with a bit of ranger abilities. Still, I'd be lying if I said it didn't make me somewhat happy. I was worried when they said that the assassin likely wouldn't be making a return.

Captcha: Ilemfoo funded. Just who is the ilemfoo group and what are they funding?

 

[GrandmaFunk]

loving the pistol/dagger combo skill that uses the pistol shot to shadowstep on impact, totally sold me on making a thief character.

 

[Muco5681]

man this looks fun i might pick up guild wars2

 

[Woem]

It's the first time I see this game and what strikes me the most is that the graphics are insanely awful! In times where we can have the RAGE engine for incredible online experiences, this is a complete turn-off.

 

[bushwhacker2k]

How is this a thief? Looks cool and all, but to call that a thief is silly. Is it because it has invisibility? Can it even steal anything?!

EDIT: Okay, as long as it can steal. It was funny tho, in the video it met every enemy straight on, no surprises. Then on the description it mentions "A master of stealth and surprise, the thief is deadly in single combat?particularly when catching enemies off guard."

LOL

Yeah, I wish they'd make the class names more accurate. Rogue is a really vague broad term these days and these guys were more of the 'mystical assassin' variant than someone who simply steals from people. Teleporting around, turning invisible and doing other ridiculous events. I have seen no thievery take place in this video.

That said, did anyone else wince when that guy fell right on top of a bunch of caltrops? Forget the gunshot, THAT would sting.

Looks pretty cool overall, but yes, somewhat cheesy.

It's the first time I see this game and what strikes me the most is that the graphics are insanely awful! In times where we can have the RAGE engine for incredible online experiences, this is a complete turn-off.

Okay, I have to address this. I keep hearing people complain about graphics that would have looked absolutely breath-taking 2-3 years ago.

Correct me if I'm mistaken but:

The graphics aren't the problem, the level of detail and collisions are what is bothering you.

Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention but it's been said before; the level of graphics in games is reaching the point where we probably won't be able to improve them much anymore. I want the industry to STOP focusing so darn much on graphics, they aren't that important!

 

[Scarim Coral]

Awe yeah the Assassin (the class it is base from in GW1) is reborn into a Thief!! The Thief look so gangsta with those pistols attack skill!

 

[2xDouble]

How is this a thief? Looks cool and all, but to call that a thief is silly. Is it because it has invisibility? Can it even steal anything?!

EDIT: Okay, as long as it can steal.

Yes actually it can steal, it just wasn't shown in the trailer.
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/thief/

Actually, that last bit with the giant ogre (ettin) and the tree monster (oakheart) did show stealing. It was just difficult to see because he was stealthed. He stole a big branch from the oakheart and used it to smash the ettin. It is also meant to show that stealing doesn't break stealth, which is awesome.

I would also like to go off on a tangent and point out the Thief won't always be wearing clothes like that. In fact, he/she can wear clothes

Spoiler: like these

like these:

That's right, Ninja-Pirates! ...or Pirate-Ninjas, whichever you prefer.

 

[2xDouble]

It's the first time I see this game and what strikes me the most is that the graphics are insanely awful! In times where we can have the RAGE engine for incredible online experiences, this is a complete turn-off.

1) Would seeing them in actual Hi-Def [http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/thief/] do anything for ya? What about in 3D?

2) What exactly are you comparing this to?

3) Quit trollin.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

How is this a thief? Looks cool and all, but to call that a thief is silly. Is it because it has invisibility? Can it even steal anything?!

EDIT: Okay, as long as it can steal. It was funny tho, in the video it met every enemy straight on, no surprises. Then on the description it mentions "A master of stealth and surprise, the thief is deadly in single combat?particularly when catching enemies off guard."

LOL

Yeah, I wish they'd make the class names more accurate. Rogue is a really vague broad term these days and these guys were more of the 'mystical assassin' variant than someone who simply steals from people. Teleporting around, turning invisible and doing other ridiculous events. I have seen no thievery take place in this video.

That said, did anyone else wince when that guy fell right on top of a bunch of caltrops? Forget the gunshot, THAT would sting.

Looks pretty cool overall, but yes, somewhat cheesy.

It's the first time I see this game and what strikes me the most is that the graphics are insanely awful! In times where we can have the RAGE engine for incredible online experiences, this is a complete turn-off.

Okay, I have to address this. I keep hearing people complain about graphics that would have looked absolutely breath-taking 2-3 years ago.

Correct me if I'm mistaken but:

The graphics aren't the problem, the level of detail and collisions are what is bothering you.

Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention but it's been said before; the level of graphics in games is reaching the point where we probably won't be able to improve them much anymore. I want the industry to STOP focusing so darn much on graphics, they aren't that important!

Well this isn't even true beta pictures as well so I am sure they will probably fix up all the collisions and stuff like that or atleast improve it.

Nice to see the Escapist actually add some Guild Wars 2 info instead of just obsessing over the Star Wars MMO. Well at least I have good people in the group keeping me up to date.

 

[Woem]

It's the first time I see this game and what strikes me the most is that the graphics are insanely awful! In times where we can have the RAGE engine for incredible online experiences, this is a complete turn-off.

1) Would seeing them in actual Hi-Def [http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/professions/thief/] do anything for ya? What about in 3D?

2) What exactly are you comparing this to?

3) Quit trollin.

I'm comparing this to GTAIV, Red Dead Redemption. And there's a big difference between giving critique and trolling. This game uses an updated version of the Guild Wars engine, which dates back to 2005. If you look at the character animation, for example of the thief running over the rooftops, you can not really say it's smooth or realistic, can you? The "swishes" the sword makes are more square than circles.