Guild Wars 2

I play a Asura engineer and have been wondering about something.

The major skills I use are Rifle Turret, Rocket Turret, Thumper and (if underwater) Net Turret.

But these devices look very odd to me.

Asura technology has a very specific look and these deployables don’t have it!

If I had to guess, it’s because engineer skills use a “standard model” that doesn’t account for racial differences in technology.

For example, a Sylvari engineer would probably “grow” their turrets out of plant materials, which would give them a distinctive plantlike look, much like their seed throwing turrets and so on.
I’ve never made a Sylari engineer, so I’m uncertain if that is the case.

Its because engineers are based on charr technology if i am not mistaken all engineering is based on charr technology that is to say, guns, rockets, bombs, explosives. If you pay attention to the asura zones you notice that most asura tech is magic based, or magic influenced and even Zojja is an elementalist even though she’s a golemancer and i think that is why.

My friend dropped his asura engineer for this very reason though.

Okay, that’s just silly.

Asura technology is superior to Charr technology, so why would they use “inferior” devices when any reasonably intelligent Asura could and would make something better?

i’d assume it’s because charr’s warmachines are widely known to be extremely powerful (their siege weapons are everywhere in their capital city) while asura’s technology focuses more on utility (devices that aid them, golem for heavy duty, etc)

Jae.5138:

i’d assume it’s because charr’s warmachines are widely known to be extremely powerful (their siege weapons are everywhere in their capital city) while asura’s technology focuses more on utility (devices that aid them, golem for heavy duty, etc)

Yet the inquest and many other Asuran krewes use personal defence turrets made from Asuran tech which are fairly potent and currently the most destructive siege engine in the game is an Asuran golem. I hope they will look into creating race specific skins for the engineer and many other classes instead of homogenizing them into just Charr tech.

Scienta.2163:

Jae.5138:

i’d assume it’s because charr’s warmachines are widely known to be extremely powerful (their siege weapons are everywhere in their capital city) while asura’s technology focuses more on utility (devices that aid them, golem for heavy duty, etc)

Yet the inquest and many other Asuran krewes use personal defence turrets made from Asuran tech which are fairly potent and currently the most destructive siege engine in the game is an Asuran golem. I hope they will look into creating race specific skins for the engineer and many other classes instead of homogenizing them into just Charr tech.

i am actually hoping they add a golemancer class at some point, which will fill this niche though similar to engineer its distinctly differant since it’d probably be a pet class.

I made a post about this in the engi section as soon as the class topics where added.
The Asura and Sylvari are the two races that most need there own skins for the engi’s turrets, kits and gadgets. The other races (norn and humans) could probably get by with char styled stuff, but it would be nice if all 5 had there own style to fit there culture.

Now that I really think about it, it’s not Charr technology either.

Charr have a specific design ornamentation, they go for metal decoratings, usually involving scrollwork and sharp point edges.

To me, it looks like some enterprising Human Blacksmith got their hands on Charr designs and replicated them with whatever materials he had on hand.

Tilarta.9812:

Okay, that’s just silly.

Asura technology is superior to Charr technology, so why would they use “inferior” devices when any reasonably intelligent Asura could and would make something better?

I believe the implication is that Engineers specifically use that technology, for whatever reasons. After all, there is no empirical “list of technologies by bestness” — although I’m sure every Asura would tell you if there was, they’d be in the first through tenth spots.

In the real world, some people work on bleeding edge technologies, but you’ll find no shortage of people who build and work on old or antiquated technology (vintage cars? ham radios? steampunk trends?), either to improve it, to overcome the challenge of old tech, or simply to enjoy the experience (whether that’s thematic or aesthetic or both).

As far as I can tell, if you want to play an Asura using Asura tech, you play an Elementalist.

I was sort of saddened.

Tilarta.9812:

Okay, that’s just silly.

Asura technology is superior to Charr technology, so why would they use “inferior” devices when any reasonably intelligent Asura could and would make something better?

Exactly, Asuran torrents and such need to be re-skined to resemble Asuran tech.

I believe the implication is that Engineers specifically use that technology, for whatever reasons. After all, there is no empirical “list of technologies by bestness” — although I’m sure every Asura would tell you if there was, they’d be in the first through tenth spots.
In the real world, some people work on bleeding edge technologies, but you’ll find no shortage of people who build and work on old or antiquated technology (vintage cars? ham radios? steampunk trends?), either to improve it, to overcome the challenge of old tech, or simply to enjoy the experience (whether that’s thematic or aesthetic or both).

The thought of there being Asura who collect “vintage” (by their standards) technology and use it is great, I really like the idea of it.

i agree.. i rationalize my Asura engineer by way of transmutation / equivalent exchange sorta thing… As in, instead of physically carrying around all of those devices / potions etc, they teleport them in, or morph existing materials into crude (or crude by asura defenition) bomb/nades/etc.

more or less, im just trying to make sense of my character, because i love to play it…. i still wish (and assume one day we will, but not one day Soon.) we had racial specific turrents / backpacks and such, but until then; ill just pretend it makes sense =p haha