Guild Wars 2

Level 30 Engineer here, and I’m really loving the class. However, I’m having a hard time figuring out what gear I should be going after.

I keep hearing that Condition Damage is best for Pistols, and Power is best for Rifles. Do you want to do this exclusively? For example, wouldn’t I also want Power for pistols? Wouldn’t I want Precision for both Pistols and Rifles? How does this all affect kits?

Thanks for the feedback. I want to make sure I’m geared properly before going into my first dungeon.

Also, is there a “of the X” gear that is best to look for the on Trading Post? There are a lot of options on there.

It depends on the kits that you use, and there are ways to use pistols with power, and rifle with conditions, depending on the kit setup you use.

But typically you get the most out of pistol with condition damage since they are condition abilities and don’t scale well with power, and rifle is the reverse.

For rifle Valkyrie and Berserker gear work well. For pistol Carrion and Rampager. Explorer is slightly better for rifle, as well as knights.

But while leveling using pistol gear with toughness + condition damage or vitality + condition damage will work well. Later on 50-60+ you can make your choice about the 3rd stats and whether you want power or precision.

I prefer knights on a rifle.

Carrion or Rabid on a pistol, though rabid is rarer.