Guild Wars 2

As everyone knows i am true fan of RNG on the engineer.

I try to fit every rng ability i can as when i am in spvp i know true competition come from not knowing what your ability will do. This is where my true skill come in. I have long been one of the best players in my house at Sorry and Risk due to my superior dice roll. And i am glad to know there is a MMO that caters to people who like to succeed using more tactic and strategy using luck.

But why so few ability do this? It is what make playin engineer so fun and speacial.

SO i come up with a few ideas i think will improve strategy, competiveness, and allow engineers to define themselves better and be true gambler profession.

Elixer S (utility skill) 1. chance to make you evade all attacks for 3 seconds
2. chance to block all attacks for 3 seconds
3. chance to gain swiftness.

Elixer C (utility skill) 1. chance to convert conditions to boons
2. chance to convert conditions to health
3. chance to gain swiftness.

Elixer R (utility skill) 1. chance to refill your endurance.
2. chance to gain aegis.
3. chance to gain swfitness.

it work in progress. But plz take seriously and give good feedback and suggestions. I want engineer to be more about skill and having to adjust to abilitys not always doing what you want them to, then to have it easy like other no-skill profession with less RNG having their abilities always do what they expect them to.

So much wins.

Elixer Z, new utility.

- Chance to instakill your target.
- Chance to instakill yourself.
- Chance to get swiftness.

Am I doing it right?

I have read somewhere on here that certain Elixirs could have different effects based on your current health. For example, Toss Elixir S could grant Stability when above 50% health and Stealth when below 50% health. This would make an excellent trait, and Although this is not really In the field of “random” It would allow for more reliable survivability and combos.

You know, you could just throw some dice in order to to slot utility skills at random and play with a blindfold.

How’s that for RNG?

Magnet pulls target to you, if target has stability pulls you to the target, if both have stability you Magnet skill breaks for 120 seconds.
Cloacking Device either turns you invisible, or massive + stability when immobilized. Or swiftness.
When you gain swiftness, you gain 5 seconds of vigor, or 5 seconds of swiftness. This can only trigger once every 5 seconds.

I love lighthearted threads like this that poke fun at flaws without becoming qq-fests or dev-bashing threads.

Don’t forget to balance the powerful RNG effects with hidden cooldowns.

I wish the random effects were all good in every situation, just requiring a different strategy upon activation. Instead of a 50% chance to win (in meta pvp).

This is my opinion, but Engineers have so much access to swiftness I don’t see why Elixir H has that as an option..

Rocket Boots
- Chance to leap backwards.
- Chance to burn enemy.
- Chance to gain swiftness.

Personal Battering Ram
- Chance to knock enemy back.
- Chance to knock self down.
- Chance to gain swiftness.

We already have enough Self CC people XD dun make it worse

Perhaps they could lighten the Random nature of other skills and create a specific Utility skill that plays completely with that mechanic. For example:

Volatile Elixir:Consume a volatile mixture granting you a unique unpredictable effect.
-Exchange all boons and conditions you have, with your target.
-Makes a clone of yourself for 6 seconds. when it is destroyed you become Dazed for 2 seconds.
-Gain Quickness, Swiftness and might for 3 seconds, after 3 seconds gain Chill, Cripple and Weakness for 3 seconds.

-Toss Volatile Elixir:Toss a Chaotic Elixir at a location, granting Swiftness or retaliation to allies, while Randomly Teleporting you, and those caught in the blast, to a random location.

Wolf.5816:

Perhaps they could lighten the Random nature of other skills and create a specific Utility skill that plays completely with that mechanic. For example:

Volatile Elixir:Consume a volatile mixture granting you a unique unpredictable effect.
-Exchange all boons and conditions you have, with your target.
-Makes a clone of yourself for 6 seconds. when it is destroyed you become Dazed for 2 seconds.
-Gain Quickness, Swiftness and might for 3 seconds, after 3 seconds gain Chill, Cripple and Weakness for 3 seconds.

-Toss Volatile Elixir:Toss a Chaotic Elixir at a location, granting Swiftness or retaliation to allies, while Randomly Teleporting you, and those caught in the blast, to a random location.

If there could be a way we can teleport somehow, I’d be happy. I always wanted a portal/ teleport ability

It’d be fun if there was a way to teleport you and a foe to a random location. I’d say, a random location on the map while keeping your target nearby but It would probably be a balancing nightmare. (Even if it only worked like this in the mists) It would just be a innovative and unique gameplay option for PvP. Perhaps a gadget like Portable Asura Gate, and the Tool Belt skill could be:

Rift Lag: Overcharge your portable Asura Gate Paralyzing you preventing you from taking any action for 2 seconds. Then gain Distortion and max Swiftness while removing all movement impairing effects for 2 seconds.

It is fun to dream, but I am straying from the topic. XD

Wolf.5816:

It’d be fun if there was a way to teleport you and a foe to a random location. I’d say, a random location on the map while keeping your target nearby but It would probably be a balancing nightmare. (Even if it only worked like this in the mists) It would just be a innovative and unique gameplay option for PvP. Perhaps a gadget like Portable Asura Gate, and the Tool Belt skill could be:

Rift Lag: Overcharge your portable Asura Gate Paralyzing you preventing you from taking any action for 2 seconds. Then gain Distortion and max Swiftness while removing all movement impairing effects for 2 seconds.

Ive always wanted a portable asura gate but, it would never happen us engi’s can dream i guess

It is fun to dream, but I am straying from the topic. XD

I think that’s what our label should read.

Elementalist – King of Versatility
Warrior – King of Survivability
Engineer – King of self CC

Please. It’s more kind to call it “Self- control”.

I like to use Rocket Boots, and it is very much a random skill. It’s effects have a chance of a 900 range self knock back, a 150 range self knock back, or a rare chance to simply break stuns and provides no self knock back. It is a bit questionable why one of our stun breakers stuns us..

Rocket boots should throw us in a random direction.

Pro:
If we’re lucky it’ll help chase down someone fleeing

Con:
We fall of a cliff

Elixir S :

Shrink you down and make you invulnerable to attacks

or

Turn double the size and take 2x damage and all projectiles now automatically track to you only.

waka.9826:

Elixir S :

Shrink you down and make you invulnerable to attacks

or

Turn double the size and take 2x damage and all projectiles now automatically track to you only.

Butbutbut then if you used Gear Shield you could light entire zergs on fire while keeping yours safe with Runes of the Guardian!
We must preemptively nerf Elixir S to prevent this!
Elixir S: Gain Swiftness.

waka.9826:

Elixir S :

Shrink you down and make you invulnerable to attacks

or

Turn double the size and take 2x damage and all projectiles now automatically track to you only.

I used to like how elixir s before also made you bigger when you tossed it and got stability. I wish they hadn’t removed that part :/

Resouled.5614:

Elixer Z, new utility.

- Chance to instakill your target.
- Chance to instakill yourself.
- Chance to get swiftness.

Am I doing it right?

My sides status: Nuclear test facility.

You still get stability, they just kitten removed the giant form which is really stupid because it removed a key visual clue as to what the result of the RNG was. I brought it up in the issue forum when it happened, but no one seems to care. HIRE USABILITY ENGINEER PLEASE!

Penguin.5197:

Rocket boots should throw us in a random direction.

Pro:
If we’re lucky it’ll help chase down someone fleeing

Con:
We fall of a cliff

Rocket boots are very easy to aim offensively once you get used to the “aboutface” key binding.

Wolf.5816:

Penguin.5197:

Rocket boots should throw us in a random direction.

Pro:
If we’re lucky it’ll help chase down someone fleeing

Con:
We fall of a cliff

Rocket boots are very easy to aim offensively once you get used to the “aboutface” key binding.

Not enough rng like that, wheres the fun?~

Wolf.5816:

Penguin.5197:

Rocket boots should throw us in a random direction.

Pro:
If we’re lucky it’ll help chase down someone fleeing

Con:
We fall of a cliff

Rocket boots are very easy to aim offensively once you get used to the “aboutface” key binding.

Nothing more offensive than flying yourself to your enemy and stunning yourself for a good 2-3 seconds. Nice thinking

It works better when activating a smoke field. Or into Elixir S. Assuming most players don’t react very fast it can work well. But in meta PvP Rocket Boots makes just as good of a Gap closer as a Gap opener. Most profession can simply watch the visual cue and run up to you as your getting up and re-apply and Chill,Cripple immobilize. As if nothing was gained…

My only gripe with rocket boots is how inefficient it is with chain stuns / chain immobs/ or things like basilisk venom and worst of all shocking aura.

And sometimes the stealth from the combo gives you the debuff stun because you hit someone with rocket boots.

My version of elixirs! (not really serious)

Elixir S (CD: 30 seconds)

• 65% chance: Gain Swiftness for 20 seconds
• 25% chance: Gain Swiftness AND Stealth for 10 seconds
• 10% chance: Gain Cripple for 5 seconds

Elixir C (CD: seconds)

• 65% chance: Convert all conditions to boons for 5 seconds
• 25% chance: Convert all conditions to health (200 base heal for each condition)
• 10% chance: Gain all damaging conditions (at condition damage bonus of 1500) for 5 seconds

Elixir D (CD: 60 seconds)

• 65% Chance: Next attack damage increased by 200% (subject to misses, dodges, and blocks) Only applies to one target.
• 25% Chance: Next attack damage increased by 400% (subject to misses, dodges, and blocks). Only applies to one target.
• 10% Chance: Become a paper target for 3 seconds. Armor and Toughness becomes 0 and lose all endurance.

This thread came a little too true after the update.
Now, KR: randomly give you Super Speed!

Why just elixirs?

Flame Turret:

33% chance to put down a flame turret
33% chance to put down a flame turret that deals less damage to humans.
33% chance to gain swiftness

Rifle Turret:
25% chance to put down a rifle turret
65% chance to put down a rifle
10% chance to gain swiftness

Rocket Turret:

25% chance to put down a rocket turret.
25% chance to put down a rock.
50% chance to gain swiftness.

Yes, let’s make it completely impossible to use engineer skills in combinations or in reaction to the enemy. Best idea ever.

Elixir Y
Elixir. Drink Elixir Y to gain one of the following:

• Turn yourself into a rabbit with the ability to knock back your opponent if they have a Carrot in their inventory. — We think this opens up entire new possibilities to sPvP. We are so excited! – Jon Peters
• Turn yourself into a giant Y-shaped slingshot with the ability to hurl Asura over huge distances.
• Wander around aimlessly, defy physics by hurling your writhing body into a random direction and explode inexplicably.
• Gain Swiftness.
• Gain Fitness, prompting nearby Norn males to remove their clothing and start walking toward you uncontrollably with their grappling limbs extended.

Toss Elixir Y
Elixir. Toss Elixir Y to randomly swing a sword. Whoosh!

Portable rifle turret kit:

If you pick up rifle turret before it’s destroyed, it turns into a kit that works exactly like your rifle … except that you cannot control who it shoots at.

This combines the wonderful rifle with the great random targeting of the rifle turret!

What could be better?!?