Guild Wars 2

I have been playing since the beginning of the game, but I am a slow leveler. I choose to level a different character each night to avoid burnout.

With that being said, even though I put in just an hour or two a day of playing, I am very particular about stats. I love playing WvWvW but find myself wondering when I purchase a new weapon/craft a new weapon, what is the best upgrade to put into it?

I googlefu’ed about stats, but that lead me to being even MORE confused due to it is talking about max level.

For instance, I have a level 15 engineer, that I play WvWvW. I love the grenade style. But I get a new pistol, and I can’t stand it not having that upgrade slot not filled. And my goal is to survive, not to be a glass cannon, but to survive long enough and to deter long enough for my teammates to get the upper hand by a surprise flank attack.

What is the best upgrade to put into Armor/Weapon/Trinkets if the majority of your playstyle is WvWvW?

Vitality?
Precision?
Toughness?
Power?
Condition Damage?
Healing Power?

Any direction would greatly be appreciated.

There’s no “1 size fits all” answer, and it will really depend on how you’re traited (and, obviously, what profession you’re using). But honestly it’ll probably come down to numbers no matter what you do. WvWing at a low level is always going to be tougher because of the lack of traits.

Personally I like toughness on my engineer; I have enough options for curing conditions that toughness over vitality works for me. Power vs. condition damage will obviously depend on what skills you care more about, but damage is never going to be great. But that’s just for an engineer.

Google engineer bunker builds

Any particular site that is effective and successful with the build suggestions? I hate to be a bother. I know at such a low level I use myself as fodder. (Kamakazie ftw!) LOL

I know that when I played Rift there was a site that literally was just build stats alone. That was all they had, with ratings on effectiveness. I haven’t seen that sadly on GW2 yet

xtorma.1283:

Google engineer bunker builds

I don’t play an engineer, I am sure one will be along shortly. I hear you guys stick together

Thank you CPG, I was fearful of that. I am used to hunting down on the web what is best for the playstyle that I go for, but with GW2 there is just SO many play styles that it can get very confusing. And here I was thinking Rift was micromanaging to the extreme =D

(edit: When I say hunt down, I end up spending more time OUT of the game reading up on what I should do than in game, hate that really lol)

I enjoy it so much though! Just thought I would get the communities input. Low Level players seem to be overlooked for the high level player builds. (Not an insult by any means, most players rush to 80, so low level is an afterthought in most games)

Low level builds get overlooked because they are hard to do, what with the lack of interesting traits to play around with. Kits are stronger with backpack regenerator trait, elixirs are stronger with formula409, grenades are stronger with grenadier, etc.

I’d check the profession specific forums on this site just to see what directions people take their builds, then work backwards as best you can to see what you can do with the trait points you’ve got available.

Will do! I appreciate the time you took out of your day to answer my question. Will be looking into that today!

Sinfully, let me start by saying I am no where near an expert I actually am medium skilled at best. I can only tell you how I did it and that it was very fun.

I leveled in WvW Grenade and Rifle. I used grenades whenever possible to AOE, and when caught alone I used the rifle. Net shot is a godsend when trying to stall or get away. Knockback shot will also buy you some time, jumpshot will either get you more distance or do some decent damage. This was just my preference.
I also (when you unlock more skill slots and your elite skill) ran with net turret and supply crate. Which together gives you 2 more nets. lol Thats a lot of snares to be able to command.

With all of these snares and “Get out of jail free” cards, I went damage on my upgrades.

Speedy kits are incredible-full time swiftness from switching kits

I know that was probably too much rambling, but I wanted to explain why I went damage (power) on my upgrades. CC made it possible due to the other options I was using.

The main thing is have fun with whatever you try Engis will never be the best at anything, but we are pretty good at many of them.

Thank you SpaceLord! Playing with an engineer is a blast, grins literally, but that makes sense why you would use power.

I just wish the low level rifles were prettier LOL. On my human, I look like a goober carrying one. Hate how the healing turret only does 5 teammates at a time now, but it is well worth it when running a ninja team. I agree grenades are so much fun when defending, or slowing up the enemy. I will give rifle a shot again, I have a tendency to try to unlock all weapon skills while I am low level so I don’t have to worry about it when I get higher up.

Again my opinion…

At low levels, your possible upgrades in toughness and Vit. are very small. Someone in full exotics will still 90% of the time kill you 1 on 1. Thats why I went with all the nets and swiftness. It doesnt always make you a coward if you run away lol

Low levels can be just as important to the team as anyone else. Carrying supply and building when needed… Following (good) commanders and helping with the team objectives. Your grenade AOE is great in taking/defending keeps and towers.

So you arent the best one on one….WvW isn’t a one on one game.

Good luck to you.