Guild Wars 2

I had a few questions with regards to engineers and Magic Find sigils/crests.

First of all, is the dmg output of the flamethrower dependent on the gun you have out when you equip the flamethrower?

Secondly, my plan is to put a Sigil of Luck in a rifle until I get a 25 stack of MF. Then switch to pistol/pistol that each have a Crest of the Traveler(+3 magic find). Then to a flamethrower for quickly tagging spawns in Orr. Would this method give me a 25 stack, +6 MF from the crests and then allow me to tag with a flamethrower?

Would this work or am I missing something? Thanks in advance!

Kits have their own weapon damage value, regardless of which weapon is worn below it.
However, it retains stat bonuses of the equipped weapons.
Yes, you would get all the bonuses, however I’m unsure whether or not you would be able to do enough damage to with the flamethrower to tag enemies in time.

gimmethegepgun.1284:

however I’m unsure whether or not you would be able to do enough damage to with the flamethrower to tag enemies in time.

You do in fact do enough damage, if you’re quick enough, to tag all the enemies in time with a FT. ESPECIALLY if you’re in a full party helping you tag everything I do eet erry day!

gimmethegepgun.1284:

Kits have their own weapon damage value, regardless of which weapon is worn below it.
However, it retains stat bonuses of the equipped weapons.
Yes, you would get all the bonuses, however I’m unsure whether or not you would be able to do enough damage to with the flamethrower to tag enemies in time.

So this would be the best way to maximize my MF as far as weapons go?

Drysdale.3826:

gimmethegepgun.1284:

Kits have their own weapon damage value, regardless of which weapon is worn below it.
However, it retains stat bonuses of the equipped weapons.
Yes, you would get all the bonuses, however I’m unsure whether or not you would be able to do enough damage to with the flamethrower to tag enemies in time.

So this would be the best way to maximize my MF as far as weapons go?

Yes. Do note however that you don’t have to have the on kill stacking sigil on a rifle, you can put it on a pistol and then switch that pistol to a different one once you have 25 stacks.

gimmethegepgun.1284:

Drysdale.3826:

gimmethegepgun.1284:

Kits have their own weapon damage value, regardless of which weapon is worn below it.
However, it retains stat bonuses of the equipped weapons.
Yes, you would get all the bonuses, however I’m unsure whether or not you would be able to do enough damage to with the flamethrower to tag enemies in time.

So this would be the best way to maximize my MF as far as weapons go?

Yes. Do note however that you don’t have to have the on kill stacking sigil on a rifle, you can put it on a pistol and then switch that pistol to a different one once you have 25 stacks.

You mean switch to something in my inventory?

I figured I’d just put it on a rifle and them the two crests on two pistols so I had easy switching variety with a keyboard click rather than inventory swap.

Drysdale.3826:

gimmethegepgun.1284:

Drysdale.3826:

gimmethegepgun.1284:

Kits have their own weapon damage value, regardless of which weapon is worn below it.
However, it retains stat bonuses of the equipped weapons.
Yes, you would get all the bonuses, however I’m unsure whether or not you would be able to do enough damage to with the flamethrower to tag enemies in time.

So this would be the best way to maximize my MF as far as weapons go?

Yes. Do note however that you don’t have to have the on kill stacking sigil on a rifle, you can put it on a pistol and then switch that pistol to a different one once you have 25 stacks.

You mean switch to something in my inventory?

I figured I’d just put it on a rifle and them the two crests on two pistols so I had easy switching variety with a keyboard click rather than inventory swap.

But engineers can’t weapon swap, you have to go to your inventory to swap them regardless.
Also, even if they could, you can share a weapon across the weapon swap if it’s in the same hand. If one hand is empty but it is filled with a one-handed weapon in the other weapon set, the other weapon will be used while on that set. So, one set could be made with the 2 Medallion pistols, and the other with just the Sigil pistol in the main hand, and you’d get both.
But that’s irrelevant for engineer anyway.