Guild Wars 2

I love running around in WvW playing a medic Engie with my Elixir Gun/Healing bot. I usually use the mortar JUST for the Healing/Ice/knockback, but I never use the bomb kit because I don’t build into a toughness, I prefer to stick in the back where I wont be pulled by a Scorpion Wire randomly.

What I’m really disappointed at is the fact healing is put under Inventions but… not all turrets heal, and the only second turret that DOES heal receives no bonus from my Alchemy tree (As well as the Elixir gun). And here we have a DPS spec (“Longer turret range” + More turret damage) for a trait line for HEALING. Then we have a bomb kit, for healing, in MELEE range.

But not just that, we have TWO traits for increasing turret range. Do we REALLY need that? The Mortar doesn’t even have enough range to survive AT ALL in WvW, and no one uses it realistically in PvE.

Here’s my suggestions: Combine Rifled Turret Barrels and Metal plating. Because really, 33% increased range is very minimal, as is 15% more damage. RTB shouldn’t even be an elite skill, it’s far too weak. Elite skills are for game-changing skills only, and this does NOT apply. Additionally, Metal Plating is very weak and needs something to make it worthwhile. (So is Autotool Installation but whatever)

Now that RTB is out of the way, what will we do with the new slot? Give us something to work with for the Elixir gun, like we have a flamethrower passive (The toughness AND might gain? How isn’t that an elite skill?). Here are my suggestions.
-Add a passive AOE heal in a small area around the Engie, similar to the Guardian or Elementalist, but make the area smaller, say around 300-400 range. Call it Vapor trail or something.
-Give us more healing power while wielding the Elixir gun (Say 100 or 200 more, but no more than 200)

I would -die- of joy if this were the case.