Guild Wars 2

It is always amusing seeing all the hate posts towards the turret engi build, especially on the first page right now. For this reason I am starting a turret engi love thread simply to troll.

Please give advice to other turret engi players on how to troll harder and play the build better. Also playing turret engi makes people rage soo hard they will pull out some very entertaining ways to insult you and your team. This entertainment can sometimes continue significantly after the match which makes those long queue times less annoying.

1) Overcharge shot some one into range of the thumper turret and then overcharge that one. It is soo annoying to get chain cc’d like that, so just to lessen the suffering save that cc from your rocket turret for when they finally get up. Don’t forget that net shot either. Now that they are finally up and about it is probably supply crate time.

2) If you want to far push with a turret engi switch out rifle turret for bomb kit (speedy kits and sigil of energy become useful). You can get 8s of stealth if you blast that smoke bomb right (remember the leap finisher). Also big ol’ bomb gives you that extra bit of cc you always wanted to make the other team rage harder.

3) Since you got bombs and your pushing far. Do not even bother with trying to kill them. Just switch to clerics amulet, bomb healing, and just make yourself tanky. You can cc the person off point so much while surviving that you can just cap the point with them there and stay at full health. Make sure to set auto attack on those bombs and you may even be able to keep the point and go get a drink while you wait for a 2nd or 3rd person from the enemy team to show up.

4) A turret build sometimes just does not have enough AI damage. Swap out those pesky melandru runes(you dont need that condi duration reduction :P) for pirate runes.

5) Getting those key buffs on temple can just be annoying sometimes. Try leaving a turret in a spot that is hard to hit but can stop a person from channeling.

Don’t forget about your toolkit abilities before you place your turrets down. You have a free 4 abilities to use, some of them very strong. In addition to that, you have 4 abilities on that toolkit once the turrets are down that all blast finish, deal a nice bit of damage, and instantly fling someone a decent way, so don’t feel bad about rolling your face over F1 to F4 if you need to literally bounce someone back and forth across the point.

And make sure to save Supply Crate. Yes it is an easy way to win a 1v1, but you could just as easily save it to win a 3v1, which is far better. The only thing more rage inducing than losing a 1v1 because of supply crate is losing a 3v1 because of it.

#idropcrateandafkandcamebackrealizedikilledtwopeople

I think turrets need to be able to be fabulized. They need to have options for assorted colors and patterns, making us able to make them rainbow and glittery and have dancing llama effects whenever someone gets CC’ed by them.

Also, there shouldn’t be a cooldown if they get destroyed or put away – they should just be able to be instantly summoned again.

And Arenanet should also award players with a special title for winning 150 ranked matches as a TURRET engi, specifically, and call it something like “Champion Turreteer.”

Kako.1930:

I think turrets need to be able to be fabulized. They need to have options for assorted colors and patterns, making us able to make them rainbow and glittery and have dancing llama effects whenever someone gets CC’ed by them.

This would be hilarious.

1) Play turret engi like a regular power/cele engi. Most engi rely too much on turret to do dmg.

2) Use Tool kit. Shield block gives you so much survive-ability. Magnet pull gives you a lot of control and dmg setup.

3) Don’t put all your turrets out a once. Spread it out for the bubble reflects

4) Let the turrets die. Don’t need to repair them. Let them explode for knocks and dmg. After a fight blow it up so you can reuse the bubble reflects.

5) Throw wrench & rocket tool belt does decent dmg.

6) Chain or time your CC. Not spam.

7) Learn to Kite. You don’t always have to control the node. If you have 2+ chasing you in a circle then all the better even if you slowly die.

8) Rotation. Know when to leave or enter a team fight.

9) Play skyhammer. You can troll so much more there.