Guild Wars 2

I really like the idea of a heavy armor, rifle wearing character. A sort of big game hunter if you will. Is the rifle a viable weapon for any class at this point? I would mostly be pve with the occasional dungeons.

Heavy armor and rifles only applies to warrior. It’s a viable range alternative, but in most opt for long bow for blast finisher and fire field. In open world it won’t make a huge difference since it’s a cluster of random fields. In dungeon s it won’t matter anyways since most combat is melee. So I guess go for it.

Abelinkkin.9315:

I really like the idea of a heavy armor, rifle wearing character. A sort of big game hunter if you will. Is the rifle a viable weapon for any class at this point? I would mostly be pve with the occasional dungeons.

The flame gun build for warriors is the only rifle build I know of for a heavy, as only warriors and Engineers can use rifles. Also I use rifle while.on HoT maps, especially DS. So many red circles of death.

If by “heavy armor” you only mean appearances, then an Engineer with the appropriate Outfit could fit that bill. You could choose between rifle and a kit, say flamethrower, which is still a big gun.

DeanBB.4268:

If by “heavy armor” you only mean appearances, then an Engineer with the appropriate Outfit could fit that bill. You could choose between rifle and a kit, say flamethrower, which is still a big gun.

Use the Ironclad Outfit. It’s what I use for my charr engineer.

Berzerker Warrior with a rifle is VERY fun. Discipline, Arms (Defense in PvP or WvW), and Berzerker traitlines, and you have a bazooka that tears through enemies like nothing, though it’s no longer as gloriously awesome as it was prior to last month’s patch. When it was completely overpowered.

Gunflame warrior is the only good thing that comes to mine. I use it for WvW roaming from time to time. My build is here: http://asphyxia.tv/wvw-roaming-warrior-build/