NCsoft and ArenaNet has revealed details of the thief, the sixth profession to be revealed for Guild Wars 2. Gamers will have an opportunity to play the thief in the Guild Wars 2 demo build at PAX East beginning March 11 in the Alienware, NVIDIA and Logitech booths. And for non-PAX East attendees, fans can experience the build at our NCsoft Boston Meet and Greet at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel the evening of Friday, 11 March.

Thieves are not for everyone, but their skills and mechanics should be studied, as they are welcome allies in group play and worthy adversaries in PvP combat.
As a master of stealth and surprise, the thief is deadly in single combat – particularly when catching enemies off guard. Thieves compensate for their relatively low armour and health by being quick and evasive. While other classes rely on a recharge rate for their weapon skills, in combat thieves rely on Initiative. Weapon skills cost Initiative points, but they have no recharge time, so thieves can use them back-to-back-to-back. They can travel through the shadows, vanish into thin air, or steal items from their opponents and use them as weapons.

Featured thief skills include Stealth, Shadow Stepping, Traps, and Dual Skills to name a few. As for weapons, thieves have a mixture of melee and ranged weapons:

· Main Hand: Sword, Dagger, and Pistol
· Offhand: Dagger and Pistol
· Two-Handed: Shortbow

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