Guild Wars 2

Hello friendly Players of GW2,

since the Leagendary Weapons are a realy Hype i thought i might also look at them. There were some really nice skins and i was suprised immediatly. But still theres something ANet hasnt quite thought of:

The Engineer class has only 4 Types of Weapons;
Rifle
Shield
Pistol
(Harpoon Gun)
This might offer the opportunity to have 4 different Legendary Weapons ….

If you are playing the Engineer you will admit that playing this class without even trying the several Kits isnt fun. Since nearly all Engineers are using a kind of Kit the Legendary Weapon wont be visible for the most time.
That doenst make them worth farming.

My suggestion is:
Make the Kits of the Engineer have the style/the particles or effects the legendary has.
e.g.:
You are using the quip pistol and switch to the “Grenade Kit”:
The line in which the Grenades fly will make the same Sound as the Pistol does if it fires and will have its effect !
If you are using the flamethrower and switch to it the Kit wont create flames but the effect of the Quip as an AOE.
etc. …..

If my suggestion isnt that good please correct me but my belief is that the Engineer is THAT class on which a Legendary is most not viable and ANet has to do something to make it even.
Thank you for your patience

is there noone that shares my thoughts ?

Honestly , many classes suffer from the fact that their legendary weapon will not fit all kinds of content , thus they also wont be able to always show them off , like you said , or they will always be giving up fighting power for looks.

Thus , the moment they give it to engs , because they want to look cool , while keeping their actual power … well im sure you can imagine what players from the other 7 professions will do.

That is the reason everyone is wishing for legendary armors , cause it will always be apparent.

Nox Aeterna.2965:

Honestly , many classes suffer from the fact that their legendary weapon will not fit all kinds of content , thus they also wont be able to always show them off

Most classes don’t have their weapons hidden for most of their lives. I can go for hours playing engi and literally never see my weapon.

Awesome.6120:

Nox Aeterna.2965:

Honestly , many classes suffer from the fact that their legendary weapon will not fit all kinds of content , thus they also wont be able to always show them off

Most classes don’t have their weapons hidden for most of their lives. I can go for hours playing engi and literally never see my weapon.

That is because you want really , like i said , giving up on power.

Played my eng with rifle/turrets without using kits almost ever. It was viable? It was.

My point is , people got make a choice, it is viable to always be with your leg weapon? It is.

But there is a cost unfortunately. And that is not only for engs.

Nox Aeterna.2965:

But there is a cost unfortunately. And that is not only for engs.

Which other classes have the problem of their class mechanics hiding their weapons for the majority of their playtime. Maybe eles and their summoned weapons.

Also, calling any turret build viable is a stretch.

Awesome.6120:

Which other classes have the problem of their class mechanics hiding their weapons for the majority of their playtime. Maybe eles and their summoned weapons.

Also, calling any turret build viable is a stretch.

Oh please , for normal PvE it is.

And you seem to not understand my point at all … What i said is , they could indeed keep X weapon up , BUT that means losing power since weapon Y would have been better. That is not only on engs , and that is my point. Engs could use less their kits? Sure they can , that means giving up power? It does. But other classes which also want to keep their weapon up will have to do the same.

I would say eles are the ones who actually are locked the most to their weapons actually , ele staff is viable for pretty everything (and they dont have weapon swap). While true it is possible to find more effective builds using other weapons also (still i think the ones with the biggest range of viability is staff).

I’d like to point out that Legendary weapons are for looks only, and many of the Engineer kits look better than the Legendaries. Personally I wish Predator was a Flamethrower, not the other way around.

well at least the rifle is engineerish.

the thief is stuck with a party popper, nyan cat thrower, a (granted, kinda cool) sword that turns you into a walking lightning bolt (complete with obnoxious neverending static noise and all), and a blowtorch.

They lowered the static noise, it used to be really really bad, now it’s ok.

Nox Aeterna.2965:

And you seem to not understand my point at all … What i said is , they could indeed keep X weapon up , BUT that means losing power since weapon Y would have been better. That is not only on engs , and that is my point. Engs could use less their kits? Sure they can , that means giving up power? It does. But other classes which also want to keep their weapon up will have to do the same.

I would say eles are the ones who actually are locked the most to their weapons actually , ele staff is viable for pretty everything (and they dont have weapon swap). While true it is possible to find more effective builds using other weapons also (still i think the ones with the biggest range of viability is staff).

You’re right, I really don’t understand your point. Other classes don’t have to do the same because they actually use their weapons to attack.

Awesome.6120:

You’re right, I really don’t understand your point. Other classes don’t have to do the same because they actually use their weapons to attack.

And so can eng. Still apparently you will simple keep saying eng is special and all other classes can be 100% effective while not changing their weapons sets while only eng got give up something.

You can keep that posture mate , but there are plenty players more on the other seven professions together than are engs , and im quite sure , they , who actually experience this , understand quite well what i mean.

When another class changes their weapon set they are still using weapons which they get to choose the look of. I don’t see how it’s the same thing at all.

Personally just wish they had more than the rainbow bright pistol as i like to call it . shooting rainbows may be fine for some but give an alternative legendary pistol to it

Brand.6124:

They lowered the static noise, it used to be really really bad, now it’s ok.

is there an option to turn it off, like how you can supposedly turn off the footprints some weapons leave behind?

because, loud or not, static is annoying.

BrunoBRS.5178:

Brand.6124:

They lowered the static noise, it used to be really really bad, now it’s ok.

is there an option to turn it off, like how you can supposedly turn off the footprints some weapons leave behind?

because, loud or not, static is annoying.

THIS

Is there a toggle for effect or noise?

The legendary pistol is suck
very very bad skin!!!!

Well the discussion mainly for new weapons available for the engineer is in the engineer subforum.

I agree with you. Alot of us have already put in requests for 2h and 1h hammers (mace) as a weapon usable by the profession.

That would remove the wrench kit and most likely give us useful tools instead of caltrops to wack-a-mole enemies with in guardianlike fashion. I for one would love for them to give hammers to engineers and allow the engineers to do stun attacks and knock-backs. It would even the playing field against guardians and warriors in pvp.

:)