Guild Wars 2

Been seeing this more and more lately. I do appreciate the creativity and strategic value of the placements HOWEVER this is a bit ridiculous. You have to switch to a ranged weapon and specifically target these easily replaceable turrets just to destroy them.

I’ve seen them on top of the statues at keep also on Forest map. Again, I applaud the creativity, but it’s an exploit that needs fixed.

HA! That is freaking awesome!

GJ crappy spec’d engis! If you can’t be viable, troll! Well done.

Well at least the deploy turret skill is usefull hardly an expliot though lol

and how is this different from player standing there and shooting at you?

I think it’s ok

It’s not an exploit imho.

Calling this an exploit is like saying anything with a teleport spell than can port from a platform to another is an exploit, lol.

This is a mere cast on groundtarget trait, and they use it to its full extent. Don’t see the problem.

OP, sorry but I too do not see this as an exploit. It’s a trait relatively deep in a tree, to allow the turrets to be ground-cast. If an Engi invests in that, he should be able to place them wherever he can place them, and it should NOT be fixed. Otherwise this completely nullifies that trait.

I certainly don’t see it as an exploit. It’s rather the whole point of the trait. Without it, might as well replace the trait with something useful.

lol deep in a tree eh? I don’t consider a V trait deep at all, 10 points in, anyone could manage if they so desired.

“Exploit” wasn’t meant as a harsh term, but rather something that can be done that probably shouldn’t be. Teleporting to different platforms is one of those things as well, imo, but I’ve yet to see a Mesmer or an Ele bombing people from atop a house or statue out of reach of everything non-ranged with no way for the player to actually get up to them.

The fact that you HAVE to have a Ranged weapon, take your focus completely off the fight and onto them just to destroy them just doesn’t seem right. Is it gamebreaking? No not really; but that doesn’t mean it should be allowed either.

oh, you can’t get there on foot normaly?
then I was wrong

and how is this different from player standing there and shooting at you?

I think it’s ok

I don’t play hotjoins (so I’m not familiar with this map), placing those turets should fallow same restrictions as “blink” skills imho

iTB.1428:

I don’t play hotjoins (so I’m not familiar with this map), placing those turets should fallow same restrictions as “blink” skills imho

My thoughts exactly.

I don’t usually play tourny myself. However, even in tourny an Engi can place these turrets on top of the statues overlooking the keep. I didn’t take a screenshot of that though, still I’ve seen it done.

I’ve seen that once or twice. I thought it was clever, not an exploit. Its not like Engineer Turrets are any sort of threat in any way shape or form, sadly.