Guild Wars 2

It appears to me that several of the engineer’s supposed blast finishers (e.g., big ole bomb, rocket boots) do not work. Are detonate mine and supply crate the only blast finishers left? Is it worth it to take mine as blast finisher (for might) over utility goggles?

I can assure you that rocket boots works. I have done various blast finishers with it all day today.

BoB stopped working as a blast finisher in the lat BWE I think. I have not found an official post on it, so I am unclear if it is bugged as an ability, or if they actually removed it and never adjusted the tool tip. I sincerely hope it is just bugged, because BoB made for a good blast finisher.

Thanks for the prompt response. Perhaps I am missing the boots because by the time I get back up and to the mobs the buff has worn off. Presuming this is the case, then what is the value of evoking might with the boots when soloing?

I am unclear how they can wear off before you can get to them, because our weapons range are the same as the distance the boots separate us. Am I missing something?

Turret detonation is still a blast finisher. So is Magnetic Inversion.

I’m betting BoB will once again be a blast finisher one day. If you recall from the earlier betas it was a blast finisher but only when the bomb was placed, not when it exploded. I think ANet wants it to blast finish when it explodes, but they don’t have the code in place to do it. So in the meantime BoB doesn’t have a blast finisher.

BoB and Mines are no longer Blast finishers. A bit silly if you ask me.

Big Ole Bomb, Detonate Mines, and Flame Blast all feel like they should be finishers to me.

The only Blast finishers we have as of right now are Supply Drop, Rocket Boots, Shockwave, Magnetic Inversion, and the line of Detonate X-Turret abilities.

Aristio.2784:

BoB and Mines are no longer Blast finishers. A bit silly if you ask me.

Big Ole Bomb, Detonate Mines, and Flame Blast all feel like they should be finishers to me.

The only Blast finishers we have as of right now are Supply Drop, Rocket Boots, Shockwave, Magnetic Inversion, and the line of Detonate X-Turret abilities.

The single mine detonation(utility skill slot) is in fact a blast finisher (last I tested it 5 minutes ago anyway). I believe it is only the tool-belt mine skill that they removed the blast finisher from.

That is correct about the mines. Ever since they took the over powered 5x stacking blast finisher off the tool belt skill, everyone seems to believe the mines altogether lost their blast finisher. There have been multiple threads and discussions on it anyway.

Still the BoB needs its blast finisher returned or fixed, what ever the case.

coglin.1496:

I am unclear how they can wear off before you can get to them, because our weapons range are the same as the distance the boots separate us. Am I missing something?

You are correct. However, it is still problematic that we have to waste time rising to our feet during the buff. I question the value of taking mines just to proc combo fields, and turrets are not my thing. My preference would be to run grenades/eB/bombs or grenades/eB/utility goggles. I do hope that they fix the BoB bug soon.