First Character Engineer help in pve.
Check out the guides on Noxxic
They save some pretty decent PvE and PvP builds
http://www.noxxic.com/gw2/engineer/pve-builds/damage-grenades
•Server:• Gunnar’s Hold
(edited by Forsakendusk.1694)
An engineer’s role in dungeons is to stack vulnerability and might, since that what they are good at. Grenade kit and bomb kit are the two main kits to use in dungeons, so try to get familiar with those. They can also do other neat tricks too, such as stack stealth.
The dying a lot part will be due to a lack of experience in dungeons, it’ll get better the more you do dungeons. My advice is to just stick with it and eventually you’ll learn all the tells and things to avoid.
Here’s a good guide on the current engineer meta:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/GUIDE-The-Meta-rific-Dungeoneer/first