Guild Wars 2

Rifle 5 is used as an escape and your dps comes from nade auos, blunderbus is rarely even used.

I mean i’m not sure I want rifle engi to be meta ouy of nowhere, but it cant hurt too mix things up.

Maybe reduce range on nades but up their damage and aoe or something.

Longbow druid is amongst the biggest scrub builds in the game but it at least rewards target swapping, spacing and interupts. Rifle engi is just survivable cleave dps, which is way below the meta.

Yea its really awful how little thought is given to rifle on engineer. It stayed viable and alive before HoT because of its cc’s and kite potential, both of which are rendered obsolete against the new specs.

As an engi main who has played for years, I always stay optimistic about rifle buffs, but after a while this just gets kind of sad to be honest. Especially when you get nerfs meant to affect scrapper that hurt rifle engineer even more.

MrCameron.4863:

Yea its really awful how little thought is given to rifle on engineer. It stayed viable and alive before HoT because of its cc’s and kite potential, both of which are rendered obsolete against the new specs.

As an engi main who has played for years, I always stay optimistic about rifle buffs, but after a while this just gets kind of sad to be honest. Especially when you get nerfs meant to affect scrapper that hurt rifle engineer even more.

NO NO this is Anet creating build diversity

You can still use it as a escape.

Previously rifle 5 is “either damage or mobility” the split damage nature meant that it couldn’t be used for both, as bursting someone with it required casting it on yourself in melee range.

At least now we can jump at people and give them a decent whack on landing, and it use as a escape ability is unchanged.

Sure the change is not going to be making rifle meta anytime soon, but it’s not a nerf.

No, the escape damage was reduced.

Crinn.7864:

You can still use it as a escape.

Previously rifle 5 is “either damage or mobility” the split damage nature meant that it couldn’t be used for both, as bursting someone with it required casting it on yourself in melee range.

At least now we can jump at people and give them a decent whack on landing, and it use as a escape ability is unchanged.

Sure the change is not going to be making rifle meta anytime soon, but it’s not a nerf.

Exactly, the rifle need to be nerfed due to purity of purpose.

Crinn.7864:

You can still use it as a escape.

Previously rifle 5 is “either damage or mobility” the split damage nature meant that it couldn’t be used for both, as bursting someone with it required casting it on yourself in melee range.

At least now we can jump at people and give them a decent whack on landing, and it use as a escape ability is unchanged.

Sure the change is not going to be making rifle meta anytime soon, but it’s not a nerf.

Please find my post in the main forum post.

“At least now we can jump at people and give them a decent whack on landing, and it use as a escape ability is unchanged.”

Giving them a decent “whack” is suicide on rifle engi against other specs. Also escape ability is not unchanged.

Rifle is in need of an overhaul. I like this weapon the most on engineer, yet it’s somehow the worst choice.

I see it now….

It is all to justify the rocket boots Buff™.

Now you will have to use rocket boots for that purpose!

Expect nothing and receive less.