Question about engi/scrapper

Question about engi/scrapper

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Posted by: Naesjasper.1863

Naesjasper.1863

Is engi/scrapper better with condi or power in raids / fracs? Thinking of changing my main from ranger/druid to engi/scrap. I do also have a full ascended zerk.

Question about engi/scrapper

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Posted by: Daedraz.1650

Daedraz.1650

You probably don’t want to be playing scrapper in raids. The toolkit given to scrappers are mostly defensive in nature and don’t really help in raids. Scrappers are awesome in pvp, and not as awesome in end game pve.

Core engi remains the strongest dps spec. Condi engi has been one of the best dps specs for a while, however not that many people play it due to it being a difficult and carpal tunnel inducing spec to play. There was a balance patch yesterday that neutered most condi food effects. However condi engi has been able to make it through the patch relatively unscathed, unlike FA scepter warhorn tempests who were given the patch equivalent of the good old mafia “sleeping with the fishies” treatment. The balance patch however did make some really good changes that benefit power engi. Considering the buffs, power engi might actually be a perfectly ok pick for raids now, although I have not tested it. While I doubt power engi will be able to outdps condi engi, it is worth asking yourself if 1K or 2K extra dps is worth juggling the awful rotation that condi engi has to deal with. As a power engi, all you do is drop a turret and auto attack with bomb kit till the end of time.

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Posted by: Vansten.5309

Vansten.5309

While I don’t have much experience with raids, power engi for fracs works relatively well, not because it has the highest DPS in the world, but because, as the OP said, its quite a lot easier to use.

Even using 2-5 hammer skills combined with a grenade kit deals good enough damage while being extremely easy to use.

Another key point is that the new Holosmith being released will likely benefit from berserker stats, so investing in such equipment will work for this too.

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Posted by: Frightlight.3796

Frightlight.3796

You shouldnt really go hammer I play a zerker(mostly) scrapper with a rifle for a cc the 3 and 5 skill for burst. The only thing i do other than that is drink elixers keep up 100% quickness and spam nades 1