The latest class reveal for Guild Wars 2 comes today courtesy of IGN. The Thief is the latest to join the fray in the upcoming MMO and we have some screens, video, and information to share about the class.
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A ton of additional information and a number of extra videos can be found over at IGN.
The Thief can equip any combination of guns, daggers, swords or a bow, and like all professions, the abilities at the Thief's disposal changes based on what you have equipped. Each weapon results in a very different feeling character -- perhaps more varied than any other class I've had the opportunity to try to date. The Thief uses a resource called "initiative" in addition to mana. Thieves have a maximum of ten Initiative. Most Thief skills cost some amount of Initiative, with more potent abilities costing up to five, and none of the Thief's weapon abilities have a cooldown. Given the small maximum of Initiative, managing the resource is the main challenge with the class.
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A ton of additional information and a number of extra videos can be found over at IGN.