Guild Wars 2

i love the holosmith so far but the problem is it still is a melee medium armor self damaging profession

this makes engineer still trash for wvw

currently there is no viable engineer build or mechanics for WvW
engineer has no proper AoE potential mortar is a big joke and cost us dearly to lose the old grenades for it

rifle’s damage is a joke and like most of engi close target focused and the mad projectile hate in the game hurts it

pistols are good but projectile hate gets it too and its pretty much single target as well

grenades in numbers are nice but the reduced range kill them

engineer has no proper AoE support, nor damage nor CC
its got terrible mobility wich the new spec seems to offer for a change but is melee focused too
i could go on for days with the details but at his point its pretty much a beaten dead horse

Seems like they want holosmith to be a damage spec, but from what i’ve seen it doesnt look like the damage makes up for the fact that it has very little sustain or good defensive built in to the kit. Can’t say too much though so we just gotta stay optimistic.

Engineer builds are basically you taking as many traits as plausible in order to just survive to be relevant. This is going to be… interesting to say the least. Either we are going to be so loaded that it gets nerfed for being OP or you are going to be the one getting blown up if you get engaged on first.