Guild Wars 2

So, my engie is 80, and I enjoy her thoroughly. I have been tinkering with my build, currently 30/30/0/0/10. Geared for power/precision/crit with the rifle as my primary. I switch to flamethrower in larger groups. Other 2 slots are rocket/rifle turret.

I have found I do some prettykittendecent damage, which will only get better as I acquire more gear. Already crafted my gun, and have a lvl 80 hat, same stats.

My question is, I see SO many engies running around with pistols, and stack condition damage.

I suppose my question is thus, what is the dmg disparity between power/prec/crit rifle vs power/prec/cond for pistols?

I suppose I might be a bit of a perfectionist, I really do enjoy the rifle gameplay and don’t see myself changing any time soon, but I was just curious if I was kittening myself.

This was all kind of brought on whilst looking for slot upgrades for gear. I noticed the ‘of the engineer’ set is all cond damage, vitality, and toughness. Was curious if anyone else was out there like me and could give me some pointers.

For damage, grenades with grenadier is the only way to go right now, just check the rest of the forum. And activate fast-cast ground targetting in the options unless you want a destroyed index finger.