Guild Wars 2

While fairly useful at times in PvP, in PvE the Function Gyro is almost worthless. In a Zerg it’s very hard to click on a downed ally, and I haven’t seen any enemies that need stomping. This has been stated hundreds of times, that being said I still like the concept.

I personally don’t want to see the FG become a F6, that’s just too many dang buttons. The simplest solution to me would be to give the FG a passive when you aren’t using it, kinda like a signet. Maybe granting you Super Speed occasionally while in combat?

Maybe a passive is a bit boring though…what about triggering on a specific action such as an interrupt? There’s already a bunch of new sigils focused around interrupts and outside of P/P every Engi weapon has some form of CC and many kits do as well.

Either of these options would give the FG at least some use in PvE and probably wouldn’t make them too strong in PvP.

In pve, function gyro is definitely good. Got so many challenges because of this tiny thing….. Also you will probably need it in raids, reviving at a pretty long range is good.

Kaizoku.1298:

In pve, function gyro is definitely good. Got so many challenges because of this tiny thing….. Also you will probably need it in raids, reviving at a pretty long range is good.

dunno what PvE you’ve been playing o_O i have yet to have the function gyro actually successfully revive anyone, and haven’t had many chances to use it either. It definitely needs more functionality (reviving dead players would be a good example of something it could do)

I don’t think there is anything in pve to use a stomp on since the Scarlet invasion storyline. The ressing is going to be pretty situational in pve at best.

I’m pretty sure that up until this point, engie was the last class remaining without a trait related to reviving players so I guess this was Anet’s chance to set that straight. Its just too bad that two traits in the engie line are dedicated to reviving now: Function Gyro and Decisive Renown. This means that if you aren’t stomping or reviving with the gryo then you’ve got two (instead of just one) dead traits in the Scrapper line.

It’d be nice to see Decisive Renown combined with Function Gyro or reworked entirely.

thatrobotguy.3690:

Kaizoku.1298:

In pve, function gyro is definitely good. Got so many challenges because of this tiny thing….. Also you will probably need it in raids, reviving at a pretty long range is good.

dunno what PvE you’ve been playing o_O i have yet to have the function gyro actually successfully revive anyone, and haven’t had many chances to use it either. It definitely needs more functionality (reviving dead players would be a good example of something it could do)

It only lasts for 10s once summoned, so you’re not going to do much ressing from dead with it as is. It would need the duration it lasts increased. One person ressing a dead state takes around 20s if you are out of combat and double that if you are in combat.

Naix.8156:

thatrobotguy.3690:

Kaizoku.1298:

In pve, function gyro is definitely good. Got so many challenges because of this tiny thing….. Also you will probably need it in raids, reviving at a pretty long range is good.

dunno what PvE you’ve been playing o_O i have yet to have the function gyro actually successfully revive anyone, and haven’t had many chances to use it either. It definitely needs more functionality (reviving dead players would be a good example of something it could do)

It only lasts for 10s once summoned, so you’re not going to do much ressing from dead with it as is. It would need the duration it lasts increased. One person ressing a dead state takes around 20s if you are out of combat and double that if you are in combat.

well, yeah xD obviously the whole thing would need to be changed (duration,etc.) but i honestly think it needs something changed, cause right now it’s basically useless outside of PvP

i don’t like how it floats around with me while being useless. I haven’t used it at all yet and having it on my shoulder is just starting to annoy me.

BarronTV.4632:

i don’t like how it floats around with me while being useless. I haven’t used it at all yet and having it on my shoulder is just starting to annoy me.

Maybe it’s a precursor for a real function gyro and we need to teach it first what it needs to do

Maybe the function gyro could give us passive aegis with an ICD, while its not on CD itself? Like the guard’s Virtue of Courage

I have yet to use the function gyro once, though there was one time where I wanted to but I was fighting with the action camera and couldn’t target my friend amongst the Mordrem.

It’s been an utter disappointment. I sincerely hope we see a change to this mechanic because as it stands it has no functionality.

What is so weird is the way the other elites mostly tweak their class mechanics. I always thought the tool belt was ours, but it went unchanged.