To anyone listening, the below link is to our thread on the Engineers forum. We’re brainstorming new/cool ideas to implement on our favorite class, and would love to get support based simply on the fact that everyone wants to see their own professions continue to grow and prosper.
I’ll be updating this thread as the list on the main thread gets updated, so stay tuned!
+ A condition melee kit (perhaps the Chainsaw Kit suggested by Karast?)
+ Kits scaling with traits (a classic, but definitely a goodie)
+ Current rifle skills -> Shotgun Kit. New rifle skills instead.
+ Gatling Gun/Minigun Kit
+ A reliable (non-RNG) “big item skill” like reflecting walls, group stealth or group stability
+ A pure-DPS Elite skill (I thought Mortar fit this role, since it summons a rifle/flame kit, does damage on landing, and drops some healing stuff/turret ((okay last one isn’t DPS…))
+ Siege Repair abilities
+ Turret customization (both looks ((possibly based on race)) and behavior)
+ Gadget-based Elite skill. We have turrets and potions, no gadgets though!
+ Reliable stability
+ Incorporate more TF2-Engi style turreting as opposed to current incarnation
+ Leg/Helm/Chest/Arms Augment skill tree ideas (shamelessly mine)
+ Make our skills more “oomfy” (visual flare) so that they feel stronger without needing any actual changes to make them stronger
+ Ability to put sigils on our kits
+ Exploding med-kits
+ More large-area utility skills such as walls and Mesmer portals
+ Kit skins (including legendary ones)
+ Hammer added as a weapon set
+ Beefier turrets
+ Less/No Random effects
+ Stealth/Cloaking Device as a utility or weapon skill somewhere
+ Turret cooldown reduction trait
+ Faster turret summoning
+ More choice of sigil usage (we are limited since we only get one weapon set)
+ Make ‘Tool Kit’ support turrets better, and be a more effective melee kit.
I know it’s been suggested many times, but that’s only because people really want it. Engi’s can spent their entire existence only ever using weapon kits, which always look the same. Unlike their semi-close brethren, the conjured weapons of the elementalists, our weapons can be 99.9% permanent. Why shouldn’t they have the option to get unique looks?!
Also, they all look to be either human or charr in nature, but every race can be an engineer!
It seems to be a common want between most engi’s. Anything that doesn’t change, needs to change. Weapon kits and turrets seem to be a popular target for ‘make these things look different sometimes’. I couldn’t agree more.
Using the example of gasp WoW druid forms; we had the same crappy cat/bear skins for years and they were crap. They finally implemented some good looking ones in WotLK and it was like a breath of fresh life into a boring class.
I wouldn’t want to see our ability to express/customize our characters be delayed for so long just because of the inability to swap out our kit skins and have some race-based turret styles!
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