Guild Wars 2

After hitting level 80 I have become severely disappointed not in GW2! But in the decision I made to use an engineer as my first class.

I finally got some Exotic pistols and all level 80 gear. I’m by far not geared at all.
The problem is that I am struggling to even get gear.
I have tried doing pvp and explorable dungeons.
I’m not a fan of crafting so I haven’t tried it yet.. but from what I understand a full exotic set costs 15g+ and I’m sitting on about 5g right now.

The problem with pvp.. I get my butt HANDED to me. I’ve tried several different builds.. grenade kit, bomb kit, and elixir gun and so far my highest score in sPvP is 75 I think. I have no trouble at all suriving against some classes.. But I have almost abysmal damage output and if the other class were to just not attack me it would probably take a solid 30 seconds for me to down them.
None of what I am saying applies to Guardians. I can’t defeat any guardian regardless of the circumstances, they heal 10 times faster than I can put out damage and damage 10 times faster than I can heal.
Necromancers are pretty balanced.. I win some and I lose some. Except against necros with a thousand pets.. they’re pretty dang tough if I use elixir gun or if I stop moving.
Rangers.. Lose 80%.. when I do win their pet kills me before I can finish them.
Eles.. Lose probably half so they’re not too bad, still pretty challenging though.
Warriors aren’t too bad.. but I rarely even come across any for some reason.
Thiefs and Mesmers.. Lose 100%. Never win. Idc what the situation is, I have even come across half dead mesmers and still get completely dominated.

Dungeons…
Okay. I’ve done all the dungeon story modes except I think 2.. and those were a walk in the park.
Tried TA explorable to attempt to get so tokens for THAT exotic gear.
How does ANYONE even do explorable dungeons?!
It was my first explorable dungeon and haven’t been able to do one since. Apparently as an engineer people choose to shun me when they invite me and see that I’m an engineer. I’d like to believe for the most part I got with a somewhat unorganized and overall.. stupid.. team. But the damage the creatures do is through the roof.. The first worm boss wouldn’t be so bad with the AoE damage if it didn’t start damaging before I even have time to hit Dodge and using grenades I seem to struggle to avoid getting damaged by the worm and keep throwing grenades.

I don’t think engineers need a buff. Some kinks worked out YES. Like the ability to auto attack with grenades would be nice. I think that thiefs doing 8k+ damage per hit is just OP.. and I have no idea why mesmers are so challenging for me.

Simply put.. I’m struggling to find a way to gear up.. and all the ways (except crafting) seem to require me to be already geared so I’m completely lost as to how to go about getting gear and what builds are best for Explorable dungeons and sPvP.
I’m not bashing Anet, this is a solid SOLID game.. but I’m just feeling like I lack the personal knowledge to play this class. I solo’d the entire way to 80 and never hit any walls or struggled the whole way so up until now I thought I was a pro at the class because I have been 80 for a little over a week now and thought I was making pretty good time for a casual player lol.

PS.. I’m a casual gamer, lucky to get 3 hours a day in between work and university. So WvWvW isn’t even an option with 2 hour+ queues.. otherwise I would consider doing that, even though it apparently takes a serious load of time to get the WvWvW gear?

I made an engineer and did some structured pvp a few hours ago and had some luck. Won some 1v1’s and lost some. I was using netshot and the net shooting turret pretty liberally and used the 4 skill to help keep my distance using the rifle. I also had one of the elixirs that give like 4 boons. I actually got on here to learn more about engi pvp but maybe a simple tactic like what is above and taking a look at your traits will give you better spvp results.

i’ve been running a 0/0/30/30/10 build and been doing well in PVP. my damage isn’t that great… but my survivability is glorious. i’ve been able to 1v1 every single class… although, i don’t try and 1v1 purposely, ofc. sPVP is about playing as a team.

try it out. i use the medkit/elixir H, bomb kit, elixir gun and elixir s with supply crate. undead runes slotted, water/crit sigil with shaman amulet.

nvmvoidrays.2158:

i’ve been running a 0/0/30/30/10 build and been doing well in PVP. my damage isn’t that great… but my survivability is glorious. i’ve been able to 1v1 every single class… although, i don’t try and 1v1 purposely, ofc. sPVP is about playing as a team.

try it out. i use the medkit/elixir H, bomb kit, elixir gun and elixir s with supply crate. undead runes slotted, water/crit sigil with shaman amulet.

Ran that build and it works VERY well, I was pretty impressed
Unless it was against a mesmer or a thief.. in which case I still lose no matter what.
But I managed to out survive a guardian 1v1 so that’s good enough for me

I still believe engineers need a buff of somesort because damage output with pretty much ever skill is significantly worse than it should be.. I can’t down a mesmer and they still hit for 1500+ damage each hit.. and I can kill a thief but I have like 5 seconds otherwise they put out WAY too much damage and it’s impossible to down ANY class with this build in just 5 seconds.. but still much better than the other builds I have tried so far

I particularly like it’s ability to lure the other team away in the beginning of the match.. I can hold the entire opposing team for at least 10 seconds while my team captures the other two points, so it’s good for getting a good start

Solo to 80 as Engineer? How? I tried a lot, but I usually die way to much. Most of the fights I run, dodge and hope the enemy dies before I do. I’d stuck with my story without the help of guild mates. The only thing that gains me at least some progress is the Bomb-Kit and kiting, but it’s no fun too. I’d like to do Dungeons, but even my Guild wants me to play Guardian instead of Engineer. Are there really so few builds that actually work!?

As Engineer i have not done real PvE yet.. i have done alot of spvp tournaments though and till now ive basicly owned up alot :P
Dont worry about specific builds people recommend… there are never going to be as good as the build you make for yourself..
even simple things like yust.. condition pistol or power rifle.. forget about the kits, yust take the things that seem handy to you even if it involves 3 gadgets or something

I dont have any kits myself, and tbh im sure it would only hold me back. people hoping for people to step into bomb kits, stand still to get hit grenade kit or assume people dont yust take them out on range if they go flametrower.

though some things like explosive shot need a slight buff, almost any build works IF the build fits you.