Feedback:User/NevinJF/Thief to replace Assassin

So this is a fairly simple concept. To get rid of all the woe that Shadow Stepping, and Perma-Shadow Form Assassins caused in Guild Wars 1. I would like to suggest to Anet and the community a replacement for the Assassin profession, known as the Thief. A detailed write up is available in the Primordus Visions section of the Guild Wars 2 Guru forums -> http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/thief-assassin-replacement-engineer-new-t1610.html

For those who just want a quick rundown of this idea. The Thief takes elements of the Ranger to help further define a balanced role for the "Assassin" class of Guild Wars 2, and allowing the Ranger to further define itself as a profession as well. The Thief takes the stealth elements and trap elements of the Ranger, in exchange for the Ranger becoming more proficient with spirits, more attuned to nature, and an overall master of ranged damage. This allows players who are Rangers to still be stealthy, by simply choosing Thief as their secondary. (If it is possible to have secondaries in Guild Wars 2).

The Thief does a few things differently then the Assassin, no shadow stepping, and no stealthy skills that can be used for permanent invisibility or invincibility. The Thief's stealthy abilities range from semi-invisibility while immobile, stealing the physical identity of an enemy, or disguising themselves as an object in the environment. The Thief also takes on a more counter-defensive nature then the Assassin, using deception as a primary quality to gain the upper hand on their foe with every dirty trick at their disposal. The Thief is not a calculated killer who can take someone down through brute force, rather they turn the enemy's abilities against themselves as well as to strengthen the Thief's abilities. This may sound akin to a Mesmer, but the distinction is that the Thief acts primarily in melee situations. Once again this is just a brief over view of the concept, if you desire further detail please visit my concept thread in the link provided above as it is rather pointless to simply copy and paste everything from there.