Guild Wars 2

Hi all, been playing since beta, five 80s. I have two 26 engineers I’ve been using to farm Silver Doubloons at the LA jp, and have decided to get one to 80.

One’s Asura, the other’s Sylvari, and I can’t decide which. Anyone have any preferences? Are the racial skills of either ever useful? A few notes:

1. 3 of my 80’s are Asura, other two are Norn and Human, so would be nice to have something different.

2. I like Asura for JP’s, and imagine an Asura rifle engi would be a good combination for that.

3. I PvE and WvW. I initially chose Asura b/c it was slightly harder to see their animations in combat, but I believe with optional character model normalization now that’s no longer an advantage of Asura.

4. I have Asura T2 medium sitting in the bank waiting for a level 80 Asura who can use it (my other three Asura 80s are heavy & light). However, if I ever get a ranger to 80 it will be an Asura and will be able to use it.

5. I intend to play and gear this character 100% Rabid/WvW Roaming, with two rune sets – Perpelexity/Confusion stacking, and Aristrocracy/Might Stacking, both Rabid. Are either Asura or Sylvari racial abilities ever useful with either?

Any thoughts, or does it not matter at all?

no racial skills wont help at all, engi has an awesome elite + awesome healskill + is forced to use kits in most cases so neither utility slots

so race for skills wont mather

i find myself equipping racial skills much more often on my asuras than on my sylavris.

That said, neither is an engineer so i don’t know what the toolbelt counterparts are like.

Charr, on the other paw, make fantastic engineers.

Narrrz.7532:

i find myself equipping racial skills much more often on my asuras than on my sylavris.

That said, neither is an engineer so i don’t know what the toolbelt counterparts are like.

Charr, on the other paw, make fantastic engineers.

charr created combat engineer, asura have mastered it .. !

btw, most ppl r annoyed of hobosacks, u know, i think they r actually kawai on asura , so thats a big plus i guess? !

It won’t matter much, so take whichever you think looks better.

I think the Sylvari racial elites are a bit more useful than the Asura fwiw.

Asura power! o/

Wont mater much but the asura skills & toolbelt counterparts tends to be more offensive where as the sylvari tend to be more defensive & utility based.