Guild Wars 2

Anyone know of a good build for the above? So far the damage and range seem rather lackluster for the engineer IMO, even though it is a very cool class, everyone else just bursts everything apart while another stands there and slowly picks something apart.

So what I need is suggestions for a decent build to run with while lvling in WvW and PvE and hopefully to stick with.
Or should one just roll another class(seen some negativity here)?

For PvE the build is easy, you want to go to character select, select your engineer and click delete, then make a warrior.

I gave up trying to make a competitive DPS build a while ago. Grenades are still your best bet unfortunately, they’ve just gone from exponentially better to slightly better. Now, I use a control/DPS build and it’s working quite well, and it’s a ton of fun.

In PvE, I fight in melee using the tool kit for a mobile block and the prybar which hits pretty darn high and leaves a confuse for more damage. I also stay in there for blunderbuss+Jump shot combos and use the wrench smack auto attack. It’s some nice sustained damage. The build also features the potential for an 80% uptime stun lock (100% if you’re fighting a melee and use net shot). So you can CC a nasty mob for a long period of time. You also have a magnet pull to get mobs off of your squishy face melters.

In WvW, I use the same build. I use toughness accessories and runes of the earth for protection so I rarely get killed. I can usually take on 2-3 people at a time if they’re uncoordinated (which they usually are) because I can disable someone while bursting down another with lightning and other unpleasantness. I use berserker gear and full tool tree so my critical change and % is very high.

I found it on the “Post your build” thread (I think that’s what it’s called, it’s stickied so you should go check it out, lots of nice builds there) and put a little spin on it changing some things.

Don’t listen to those who saw the 30% grenade nerf, dropped a load in their diapers and rerolled. Work through the changes and adapt. Engies have that luxury. There’s always going to be a suitable build to suit your play style. We have to work harder, but I think that’s what makes engineer so fun.

So you like being a gimped class so you get more bragging rights when you actually manage to kill something? That’s one way of looking at things i suppose.

Bragging rights has nothing to do with it, Raken. I just prefer Engineer’s play style to any other class. Though I hear flavour of the month tastes pretty good

(I can be passive aggressive too)

In World of Warcraft, the mage is their baby because GhostCrawler plays a mage. In Guild Wars 2, apparently someone high up in the power chain loves their warrior. Maybe their name is QuagganHuggles?

PVE
P/S
EG-FT-Thumper-Healing Turret.
Explosive Turret trait.

You won’t get alot of burst but you can combo field all day long for Healing, Retaliation and Might. You will also have the utility to kite groups of mobs around and around solo while you burn them down, even some champions.

WvW
Rifle
EG-TK-Elixir-S
Kit Refinement

Once again you aren’t gonna hit hard but all the tricks are fun to use and you can challenge yourself to try and use confuse and retaliation to make ppl kill themselves.
You can use kits skills while Elixir-S is active so that can be fun. And the aoe’s from KR will help you clense and escape.