Guild Wars 2

Curious if anyone is running one atm.

Only for fun, and duels against non-Necros.

Considering how bugged out they are, people should probably be skipping turret builds for this month, or until whenever they get fixed :/

I was running an all turret build before the patch. Had to drop it after the patch though. Like Penguin said, they are bugged to hell right now.

I ran an all-turret build from 5-80. I’d probably still be running one (I’m kind of a stubborn kitten), but decided to branch into Gadgets.

I’m playing a bunker build in sPvP with 3 turrets + crate (I hate that healing turret ).

It’s quite efficient, and the up of Rumble (now a stunbreaker) is a nice addition

I’m playing a full Turret build (Heal, Net, Flame, Rocket, Support Crate) on my Engineer but right now I don’t play him anymore because …
1) … the Firerate from both Rifle Turret and Net Turret are buging out when overcharged.
2) … Rocket Turret overcharge is broken and will only shoot a single Explosive Rocket. 3) … Thumper Turret is very limited in use and they added a stun breaker on the wrong utility (Rumble instead of Thump)
4) … Hitbox is broken and way to big, you will see your turrets getting demolished 100 units away from the AoEs red circle. Or they will die by melee cleave attacks from ennemies while they are clearly sitting behind them.
5) … AI is broken, Turrets will shoot the closest ennemy even if they have no line of sight, they will shoot some destructible items but somehow won’t do anything against Dragons and the Tree Boss from Twilight Harbor.

I realy love turrets but right now they work to much on my nerves to be actualy worth the enjoyement.

PS : If you people like Turrets, please support the discussion in the following thread, I need more of you guys.
Link : https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Turret-Engineer-Ideas-Discussion/first#post2320144

I run a mixed turret build myself. 30/0/30/10. Utilities are Grenades, Net Turret, Rocket Turret. The strategy is to use the control effects of the Net Turret and the Rocket Turret along with the Rifle mainhand weapon to lock enemies down (and also apply a constant burn), and then follow up with an unavoidable grenade barrage. It was quite effective.

I say “was”. The current turret bugs and the nerf to the net turret have made the strategy much less effective.

I ran a full turret build for a few months, but the bugs have caused me to use other builds. Here it is in case you’re interested:

http://tinyurl.com/l96syon

The damage is condition based, but very consistent and you’ll have a lot of control. Your defense comes in the form of Protection and Stabilized Armor, but now this build has a stun break in the form of Rumble (Thumper Toolbelt ability).

I ran turrets until I found the static discharge build. No comparison as far as which is better.

Turrets are all bugged and die way too quickly to be of any use. I wanted to be a turret engie and was sorely disappointed in their design. Much like the other kits, the turrets lack refinement.