Guild Wars 2

before she can get a kit..

So for 12 levels I can pew pew my little rifle or pistol (while waiting to unlock and using just #1, 2 etc)..

Kits define this class. But I have to wait to level 12 to get my first one..

Lol this BROKE the game..

There is no incentive for vets like me to roll and alt. IF I do, it is crafting, scrolls and EOTM to powerlevel them. If you really are a new player, you now have long, gated abilities to level up with , while not having anyone to group with..

Horrible job Anet.. horrible job. Plus this got sprung on us late.. you hide behind a smokescreen of class changes and dumped this in our laps..

Depends on how fast early leveling really is now. Somebody in another thread said they got to level 6 in about 10 minutes by hitting renown hearts under the new system. If it takes more than an hour or so to hit 12 then yeah, it seems like Engineers are being disproportionately held back by the changes.

I don’t see the reason to push back things that thousands of players and millions of alts got used to. I am glad my lowest-level class is above 40 already; leveling the first time it was already a drag to get from one trait to another. But now traits and abilities have been pushed back so far the player has to drag their feet through the mud for 40 levels before even getting a hands-on experience of what their class can do on a basic level.

AC is still 30/35 for Story/Explorable. Are the dungeon modes going to be made easier to account for the fact that at-level players now have less to work with? Or are we going back to a “80-or-get-out” setup for all dungeons? It’s legitimately concerning when I can’t teach a new Ranger or Warrior to use Rampage to get through a skipping sequence, or explain to an Ele why their FGS would help kill a boss. Without these basic, core class features available, I don’t want watered-down versions of the classes in dungeons. I’m not likely the only one.

Only oldbies will get this…

Just horrible, this whole thing.. I feel bad for any really new players that will walk into this mess..

EOTM or nothing now for level.

Siobhan.3582:

There is no incentive for vets like me to roll and alt.

Just how ‘vet’ are you? If you’ve played for over a year, you should have a few Experience Scroll items to take your new Engi immediately up to level 20, which will get you some kits.

Xiahou Mao.9701:

Siobhan.3582:

There is no incentive for vets like me to roll and alt.

Just how ‘vet’ are you? If you’ve played for over a year, you should have a few Experience Scroll items to take your new Engi immediately up to level 20, which will get you some kits.

Doesn’t mean it’s not a dumb change.

working as intended

Levelling the racial cities plus Ebonhawke should get you to/near lvl7 without ever touching combat.

Not saying it isnt a daft change, but there you are.

GuzziHero.2467:

Levelling the racial cities plus Ebonhawke should get you to/near lvl7 without ever touching combat.

Not saying it isnt a daft change, but there you are.

So run 5 cities and Ebonhawke before you can use a kit, as an Engineer??

Come on man. This is horrible change

I once believed that leveling was the best part of GW2. I no longer believe this. Congratulations ANet. I hope this nets you many people as players who cannot master gaining a weapon skill slot while between levels. Maybe you’d better simplify the gem store so they can use it, though.

Siobhan.3582:

So run 5 cities and Ebonhawke before you can use a kit, as an Engineer??

Come on man. This is horrible change

Oh, I agree totally.

In fact, I was considering levelling an engineer just to check out the changes, got 30mins in and quit.