Guild Wars 2

Step 1. Create 3 to 5 thematic skins (let’s say we are going to make this a hand held hammer as in a hammer and anvil).

Step 2. Allow access to a type of weapon previously unavailable to a class but marginally related (e.g. in this case say it was a mace)

Step 3. In order to “transform” the weapon, you must “reskin” it
a. Could give a single ugly free skin
b. Could require the purchase of an additional more attractive “skin pack” from the
gem store.

Step 4. Create new skills around the transformed weapon (or you could modify other skills from other weapons).
a. This is unquestionably the hardest step BUT it is much easier than ALSO having
to worry about adding new loot into the game and all the associated issues.

For the Engineer One Handed Hammer (a “transmutation” of the standard mace). Essentially a single target melee weapon focused on reducing an enemy’s defenses and adding CC.

Skill 1. Damage Armor
Does different damage based on the type of armor worn. Does fairly high physical damage that scales well with power (think bomb). Each effect below would be only for 1 second but no cooldown. Attacks take 1/2 second. So like e-gun you could do permanent condition harm to one target.
Heavy. Adds vulnerability (bash that armor)
Medium. Adds cripple (bash the knee)
Light. Adds weakness (bash the hands)

Skill 2. Throw Hammer to Head
Fairly Low Damage. Dazes opponent for 2 seconds.
Physical Projectile Finisher

Skill 3. Frozen Hammer
Hammer is dipped into (insert term) causing it to freeze. Engie hits ground chilling all those within 180 units 1 second/pulse with 3 pulses. Creates 3 second ice field.

Skill 4. Hammer to YOUR Head
Hit YOUR OWN head which makes you furious with the enemy and also removes stuns, immobilizes and confusion. However, it does significant damage to you.

Skill 5 Precise Strike
Hits exactly where it will do the most damage to the armor runes. Enemy loses 2 boons.

sounds fun…

Plasma blaster (Transmutation from the flamethrower OR what the flamethrower actually should be)

autohit: Glob’o’Plasm
a blue/green glob of heater plasma. Projectile finisher
1 sec cd (like ele staff)
900 range / 180 impact aoe radius
medium physical damage, scales well with power
applies 1sec of burning

#2: Plasma Stream (think green/blue flamejet)
90° conic aoe / 600 range
8sec cd /2.5sec channeled attack
hits 10 times.
applies 0.5sec burning per hit
applies 5 sec blind on the last hit

#3: Emergency cooldown
sucks in air to cool down the weapon
15sec cd
90° conic aoe /range 600
pulls 3 targets to the player, applies 3sec chill
removes 1 condition from the player (burn is prioritized)

#4: Emergency vent
releases hot plasma in all directions
25 sec cd
player centered aoe / radius 360
deals high physical dmg
knockbacks up to 5 targets
applies 5 sec burn to targets AND player
places 5 sec firefield

#5: Feel the energy
Plasma is used as power-source to augment the engi (should add some kind of blue/green aura as long as the condition removal is active)
30sec cd
adds 5 stacks of might to the player for 20sec
adds fury for 6 seconds
adds vigor for 3 seconds
removes 1 condition every 5 seconds for the next 15 seconds

Fireforged triggers / deadly mixtures / backback regenerator works with this kit
Juggernaut does not.

1. New Hammer Skins
2. New Animations for all five new attacks which must work on the move
3. Localization
4. Sound FX
5. Designing skills
6. Testing said skills in combat for not only PvE, but PvP and WvW. If they are movement skills, in Jumping Puzzles as well.
7. Changing UI to allow for these classes to use such weapons and testing it
8. Time left to redesign/iterate on the weapon.
9. Repeat once for every class in the game because the player base would not be okay with one class getting a new weapon set and every other class NOT getting it.

Adding a new weapon set isn’t easy.

Gates:

Ahh, that would not be so easy now would it. Ok, much easier idea.
The transmutation allows for the use of a weapon previously not offered.
BUT. . .
Each class would get the weapon of one other class (only by transmutation).

So engineer could get the warrior mace. (Just need to make sure that if you have no adrenaline for the #2 skill it won’t bug or disable that effect for the engie).

Ranger could get the option in the transmutation to have WARRIOR longbow skills or could get the warrior rifle (if the former option is too complex).

Thief could get the torch of the ranger.

etc

Arantheal.7396:

sounds fun…

Plasma blaster (Transmutation from the flamethrower OR what the flamethrower actually should be)

autohit: Glob’o’Plasm
a blue/green glob of heater plasma. Projectile finisher
1 sec cd (like ele staff)
900 range / 180 impact aoe radius
medium physical damage, scales well with power
applies 1sec of burning

#2: Plasma Stream (think green/blue flamejet)
90° conic aoe / 600 range
8sec cd /2.5sec channeled attack
hits 10 times.
applies 0.5sec burning per hit
applies 5 sec blind on the last hit

#3: Emergency cooldown
sucks in air to cool down the weapon
15sec cd
90° conic aoe /range 600
pulls 3 targets to the player, applies 3sec chill
removes 1 condition from the player (burn is prioritized)

#4: Emergency vent
releases hot plasma in all directions
25 sec cd
player centered aoe / radius 360
deals high physical dmg
knockbacks up to 5 targets
applies 5 sec burn to targets AND player
places 5 sec firefield

#5: Feel the energy
Plasma is used as power-source to augment the engi (should add some kind of blue/green aura as long as the condition removal is active)
30sec cd
adds 5 stacks of might to the player for 20sec
adds fury for 6 seconds
adds vigor for 3 seconds
removes 1 condition every 5 seconds for the next 15 seconds

Fireforged triggers / deadly mixtures / backback regenerator works with this kit
Juggernaut does not.

I like the plasma blaster idea, especially skill #5. It would give us a unique empowering self-buff and much-needed condition removal. It may need to be tweaked a bit so that it isn’t so similar to Warrior’s signet of rage though. And for what it does I imagine the cooldown would probably need to be a bit longer, maybe 40-60 seconds.

fluidmonolith.3584:

I like the plasma blaster idea, especially skill #5. It would give us a unique empowering self-buff and much-needed condition removal. It may need to be tweaked a bit so that it isn’t so similar to Warrior’s signet of rage though. And for what it does I imagine the cooldown would probably need to be a bit longer, maybe 40-60 seconds.

anet intends for engi to have weak condi removal…

They intended our juggernaut trait to be a slow, unstoppable flaming maniac.
look where that went.

As we lost it “for balancing reasons” we should get better condi removal “for balancing reasons”. And the suggestion above is just catching up with the auto 10sec clear of other classes