Guild Wars 2

I’m currently still low on my engie. 24 if I recall, but I’m having a hard time deciding how best to level.

Most of the gear I found was condition damage, so I was rocking dual pistols but I had no idea what kits to use (I was using 2 turrets and elixir b). After some reading everyone is raving about grenades + bomb kit for leveling. Seems legit. Swapped a few condition items for power items. Seems to be decent, but grenade targetting is ANNOYING. I was thinking a p/p bomb build might be useful, but p/p are condition based and bombs are for the most part power based, so my gearing is off then.

tldr; No idea how to level. Enjoy p/p but no idea what kits to use with it. Like bomb hate grenades really. hulp?

My build, that I have used for ages and ages is:

Rifle, Elixir H, Bomb kit, Grenade kit, Elixir R/C (Depending on who I face)

I have to say, the damage from bombs and grenades in a power build is amazing. I’d go for a full rifle power build as really, grenades and bombs are majority power weapons. Not condition damage weapons.

Lyuben.2613:

My build, that I have used for ages and ages is:

Rifle, Elixir H, Bomb kit, Grenade kit, Elixir R/C (Depending on who I face)

I have to say, the damage from bombs and grenades in a power build is amazing. I’d go for a full rifle power build as really, grenades and bombs are majority power weapons. Not condition damage weapons.

This is what I’m noticing. I just hate the way grenades require me to target every shot (not the end of the world but I found rolling around with pistols more fun personally heh.)

bombs work great for kiting melee though. :P

I assume you are stacked mostly in explosives/firearms then trait wise?

Bezerker.2379:

Lyuben.2613:

My build, that I have used for ages and ages is:

Rifle, Elixir H, Bomb kit, Grenade kit, Elixir R/C (Depending on who I face)

I have to say, the damage from bombs and grenades in a power build is amazing. I’d go for a full rifle power build as really, grenades and bombs are majority power weapons. Not condition damage weapons.

This is what I’m noticing. I just hate the way grenades require me to target every shot (not the end of the world but I found rolling around with pistols more fun personally heh.)

bombs work great for kiting melee though. :P

I assume you are stacked mostly in explosives/firearms then trait wise?

Yeah. Also went with points in alchemy for faster elixirs and condition removal on elixirs.

But main plan is to get 30 points in explosives.

When leveling, I consider elixir b a must have, because it is the only reliable source of swiftness and makes you breeze much faster from event to event.

Also: make sure to give pistol/shield some proper playtesting. Many people dramatically underrate this combination.

Andazeus.1928:

When leveling, I consider elixir b a must have, because it is the only reliable source of swiftness and makes you breeze much faster from event to event.

Also: make sure to give pistol/shield some proper playtesting. Many people dramatically underrate this combination.

Med kit has a better uptime of fury, and swiftness when compared to elixir B.

Speedy kits gives you perma swiftness too.

Elixir B is meh.

Ya know I realized last night when I started trying my gren/bomb build I never really used my rifle. I only equipped it since I was starting to go precision/power gear.

Pistol/shield might be very handy for the offchance I need to just reflect some ranged damge back. Hrm. Since 90% of my time is in gren/bomb kit the utility of shield might be nice.

I was also using elixir B but that + medkit = nearly unlimited swiftness but having that last slot might be useful.

Lyuben.2613:

Bezerker.2379:

Lyuben.2613:

My build, that I have used for ages and ages is:

Rifle, Elixir H, Bomb kit, Grenade kit, Elixir R/C (Depending on who I face)

I have to say, the damage from bombs and grenades in a power build is amazing. I’d go for a full rifle power build as really, grenades and bombs are majority power weapons. Not condition damage weapons.

This is what I’m noticing. I just hate the way grenades require me to target every shot (not the end of the world but I found rolling around with pistols more fun personally heh.)

bombs work great for kiting melee though. :P

I assume you are stacked mostly in explosives/firearms then trait wise?

Yeah. Also went with points in alchemy for faster elixirs and condition removal on elixirs.

But main plan is to get 30 points in explosives.

Gotcha. So 30 explosive as first priority. Makes sense.

Thank you.

Bezerker.2379:

Ya know I realized last night when I started trying my gren/bomb build I never really used my rifle. I only equipped it since I was starting to go precision/power gear.

Pistol/shield might be very handy for the offchance I need to just reflect some ranged damge back. Hrm. Since 90% of my time is in gren/bomb kit the utility of shield might be nice.

I was also using elixir B but that + medkit = nearly unlimited swiftness but having that last slot might be useful.

Id honestly forget elixir B.

Its not that great.

I’d consider going something like:

Med kit, bomb kit, grenade kit and utility goggles
Or.
Elixir H, bomb kit, grenade kit and elixir R/S

You will need a stun break in your build, its kind of mandatory.

Elixir B is just out-shined by the med kit.

Lyuben.2613:

Med kit has a better uptime of fury, and swiftness when compared to elixir B.

Hmm.. never thought about the medkit. Good point. Gotta try that out.

Andazeus.1928:

Lyuben.2613:

Med kit has a better uptime of fury, and swiftness when compared to elixir B.

Hmm.. never thought about the medkit. Good point. Gotta try that out.

Plus, if you have lots of points in tools, a very short cooldown heal.

I’d recommend 20-30 points in tools if you are going med kit.
Definitely 15 though, for the minor trait that recharges TB cooldowns.

Lyuben.2613:

Bezerker.2379:

Ya know I realized last night when I started trying my gren/bomb build I never really used my rifle. I only equipped it since I was starting to go precision/power gear.

Pistol/shield might be very handy for the offchance I need to just reflect some ranged damge back. Hrm. Since 90% of my time is in gren/bomb kit the utility of shield might be nice.

I was also using elixir B but that + medkit = nearly unlimited swiftness but having that last slot might be useful.

Id honestly forget elixir B.

Its not that great.

I’d consider going something like:

Med kit, bomb kit, grenade kit and utility goggles
Or.
Elixir H, bomb kit, grenade kit and elixir R/S

You will need a stun break in your build, its kind of mandatory.

Elixir B is just out-shined by the med kit.

I’ll experiment with this tonight. Thank you so much for the assistance. I think I have found my new leveling build (Obviously trait wise I’m unable to get half of the required traits for now, but that’s ok.)

i personally think lving is when turrets become most useful especially the Thumper one .

when i was lving i usually put it to get the mobs out of me and shoot them down

In settings you can set it to just hit where ur mouse is aiming instead of having to click again to fire the grenades.