Hi everyone, forgive me if my speech may not be consistent with some discussions, but I felt inspired to suggest a possible new Elite Specialization for the Thief, in a future expansion. An Elite inspired by the Bard would be interesting, a figure very present in Fantasy tales and in many old-fashioned RPG games. Often associated with stealth classes (in Dragon Age he was present), but marked by empowering / caring for his allies through ballads while he stuns / intimidates enemies perhaps and used as a spy that collects information from the enemy and undermines him from the inside with poisons, traps and upgrading the portals already in the possession of thieves to transport more allies, as a Mesmer. You could add an evocable pet (even temporarily) such as: crow, owl, hawk, snake, spider, cat, fox. All evasive, small and silent animals with different abilities useful to get around, block, poison, rob, distract and weaken the enemies, similar to the Ranger/Necro. (Crows were widely used by Leliana in Dragon Age and many other fantasy games). And expand the choice of traps to place against the enemy, elemental traps, stun traps, illusive traps ecc... similar to the Dragonhunter. It would be a nice new elite for the thief class, perhaps allowing the use of horn and focus (more relevant), scepter and shield (plausible) longbow, or even the torch (probably useful). It would make him look like a guardian /druid/mesmer and bring an increase in his defense and life points, which the thief class suffers particularly and adding the possibility of also being a useful evasive support healer, support dps or more efficient evasive condi-trapper. I think it may look like an engineer or elementalist as a skill setting. Certainly more articulate and complicated than a normal thief anyway... :s Mine is just an idea, I hope it is also valid for you! ;)
Hi everyone, forgive me if my speech may not be consistent with some discussions, but I felt inspired to suggest a possible new Elite Specialization for the Thief, in a future expansion. An Elite inspired by the Bard would be interesting, a figure very present in Fantasy tales and in many old-fashioned RPG games. Often associated with stealth classes (in Dragon Age he was present), but marked by empowering / caring for his allies through ballads while he stuns / intimidates enemies perhaps and used as a spy that collects information from the enemy and undermines him from the inside with poisons, traps and upgrading the portals already in the possession of thieves to transport more allies, as a Mesmer. You could add an evocable pet (even temporarily) such as: crow, owl, hawk, snake, spider, cat, fox. All evasive, small and silent animals with different abilities useful to get around, block, poison, rob, distract and weaken the enemies, similar to the Ranger/Necro. (Crows were widely used by Leliana in Dragon Age and many other fantasy games). And expand the choice of traps to place against the enemy, elemental traps, stun traps, illusive traps ecc... similar to the Dragonhunter. It would be a nice new elite for the thief class, perhaps allowing the use of horn and focus (more relevant), scepter and shield (plausible) longbow, or even the torch (probably useful). It would make him look like a guardian /druid/mesmer and bring an increase in his defense and life points, which the thief class suffers particularly and adding the possibility of also being a useful evasive support healer, support dps or more efficient evasive condi-trapper. I think it may look like an engineer or elementalist as a skill setting. Certainly more articulate and complicated than a normal thief anyway... :s Mine is just an idea, I hope it is also valid for you! ;)
