Guild Wars 2

Hey guys and gals! I was wondering if I could get some advice on an engi build I’d like to play. I’m not necessarily looking to max stats or anything, I am just having trouble deciding between two traits. First off, I use pistol/shield, and all turrets (healing, rocket, thumper, and either net or flame depending) with supply crate as my elite.

Traits are:

Firearms: 30
Precise Sights, Hair Trigger, Coated Bullets

Inventions: 20
Metal Plating, Reinforced Shield

Explosives: 10
Incendiary Powder

My question is what should I do with the remaining 10 points? I can’t decide between getting 30 in Inventions and picking up Rifled Turret Barrels, or putting 20 in Explosives and getting Accelerant-Packed Turrets. So, any suggestions? Thank you in advance for your help

Metal Plating isnt worth it. turrets will still go down to quickly. just try both

Nokrum.4691:

Metal Plating isnt worth it. turrets will still go down to quickly. just try both

Really? Hmm. So what would I take in place of metal plating?

As someone who likewise runs nothing but turrets (Rifle-E30-F0-I30-A0-T10, if you’re curious), I’d suggest Accelerant-Packed Turrets for the following reasons:

1: Turrets are irritatingly squishy, no matter what is done to them. Accelerant-Packed Turrets have saved my bacon a few times, by giving me a moment of peace while an enemy recovers from the knockback.

2: Accelerant-Packed Turrets also makes their player detonation explosion inflict knockback, or so it seems; can be used to extend control by knocking enemies away.

Of course, Rifled Turret Barrels lets your turrets deal a little more damage; it’s just that it’s not enough to really make a big difference, especially as the turrets don’t seem to realize they have longer range.

Also: Yeah, Metal Plating is pretty much useless except in low-level areas, due to the lack of turret stat scaling and low turret healths. Autotool Installation is the same way. Only, Autotool Installation can be switched out for Elite Supplies X (makes your Supply Crate drop a rifle turret, along with the medkits, flame, healing and net turrets), while there isn’t really a whole lot of interesting choices for a replacement for Metal Plating. Maybe Energized Armor for a little more oomph, or Cloaking Device for those pesky immobilizations?

I for one am hoping to see the turret skills get improved with the next patch. Rumor has it the engi is getting quite a few changes.

Hi there,

I too am a Turret user, I run it with Pistol+Shield, this is what I use:
http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/engineer#10|9|0|0|0|0|0|10|1422|0|0|30|1419|1866|1426|30|988|1860|1784|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

I might take out 10 points in Explosives and put it in Alchemy so my elixers recharge faster, but not sure yet.

My loadout:
Heal: Healing Turret
First slot: Elixer B or U or Flame Turret or Net Turret. This slot is used for situational things, but the aforementioned ones are the ones I use the most.
Second: Rifle Turret
Third: Rocket Turret

I am build around condition damage with my pistol and Rifle+Rocket (aside from Flame, which I sometimes use) are the ones you want if you go with stacking condition.

I try to be a tankier, beefier Engineer that is supportive with the use of Turrets, Elixers and just ressing really, but still that can pack a punch in terms of damage.

As pointed out, Metal Plating is nice for leveling, but in dungeons pretty obsolete, they die quickly anyway, with or without it that is also why i am not using it.

Elaboration on my trait alligment:
- 10 points in Explosives are there because I don’t find 10 Pts in Tools any good, but I might put it in Elixers, but I think I’ll loose some damage (Power and the Burn effect that I have allocated)

- The 3 in Firearms are pretty self explanatory I think, they’re there to improve my Pistol damage, range etc. If you don’t want the extra range, I suggest Precise Sights, but I don’t stack Precision and I like to be further away, so I stuck with Rifled Barrels.

Inventions:
-Energized Armor: this one is there, because Metal Plating is obsolete really. It is a damage increase also as I stack Toughness in my runes. My gear is Pow/Vit/Cond, maybe change it to Cond/Heal/Tough, but I would have to look into that, as currently Healing isn’t too good, but I do use the Healing Turret and the F1 skill as well as I can.

-Reinforced Shield: this makes me beefier, gives power (see Energized Armor) and I love my shield skills, nice defensive capabilities (and I look more Charr, with my Iron legion shield!)

- Rifled Turret Barrels: I use turrets, it increases the damage! Makes all the sense in the world to me! And also since I can place them further away it decreases the chance of them getting annihilated (for short range turrets like Flame Turret this is not really any good in my opinion: the range is still short as hell).

You also use shield so I personally suggest the other 2 traits I put in Inventions, BUT here’s something else:

Take out Reinforced Shield if you feel like you can do without and:
- You can make your turrets self repair, I found it incredible useful during leveling and events, in conjuction with Metal Plating they were pretty tough, however in dungeons they still can get nuked down. You can repair them yourself with the Tool Wrench Kit: I am not a fan of it, but maybe you will like it!
- Maybe improved Elite Skills? This one is for your own preference really, but I suggest Reinforced Shield (more damage, tougher, lower CD)

You CAN go for Metal Plating, but it doesn’t matter much really.

Hope this helps!

FINAL NOTE:

Accelerant-Packed Turrets do seem nice. Taking 10 points out of Inventions (increased range+damage is all they are in for as I do not stack healing, so the 25 pt. trait is of no use) into that might be a nice option. I would have to try and see. What do you guys think?

Thank you all sooooo much for your help!!!! Really appreciate it. I think I like Accelerant-Packed Turrets, seems really useful (especially if it works when you explode them yourself). I had no idea that metal plating was that useless, appreciate the heads up. I’m thinking that since I also use a shield that Energized Armor is the way to go. And Direksone, I like your build, I’ve just never been a fan of elixers (not because of the random component, which I really like, but the animations, which are just blah for me) so I dont have much advice to offer there. I would say that, sine you are taking a shield, have Accelerant-Packed Turrets gives you even more cc options, which is great for all aspects of play.

Aegrahm.4952:

Thank you all sooooo much for your help!!!! Really appreciate it. I think I like Accelerant-Packed Turrets, seems really useful (especially if it works when you explode them yourself). I had no idea that metal plating was that useless, appreciate the heads up. I’m thinking that since I also use a shield that Energized Armor is the way to go. And Direksone, I like your build, I’ve just never been a fan of elixers (not because of the random component, which I really like, but the animations, which are just blah for me) so I dont have much advice to offer there. I would say that, sine you are taking a shield, have Accelerant-Packed Turrets gives you even more cc options, which is great for all aspects of play.

No problem! I would say http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/engineer#10|9|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|30|1419|1866|1426|20|988|1860|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

really is the minimum you would want and you can put the rest of the points wherever you like. I’m also looking into Accelerant-Packed Turrets, but maybe more points into Elixers, because in dungeons I would like to be a supporting character.

Metal plating isn’t entirely useless, in conjuction with the auto-repair it’s nice for leveling if you can A: place your turrets far away enough and/or B: make sure the mobs stay away from it, and the shield is great for CC thanks to the push back, stun and pistol gives a blind. For leveling I loved it, but in dungeons and most higher level events it’s pretty obsolete.