Guild Wars 2

I quit playing just after the Halloween event. I think I’d like to make a come back. I was (am?) one of the typical grenade tossing engineers back then but I often got tired of constantly tapping the keys to do my damage.

Has much changed, been fixed, discovered, ect, in terms of new builds?

I don’t pvp very much, so bear that in mind. Any advice would be helpful!

Grenades are still the highest damage at the moment.

Ugh… Just ugh… I suppose it hasn’t been that long so I shouldn’t expect massive changes.

Grenade damage was homogenized in PvP and PvE/WvW, applying the previous damage nerfs from PvP to PvE/WvW, and the ‘1’ attack’s damage was reduced by 30%. For PvE/WvW, this actually means a 40% damage nerf to the ‘1’ attack. On the plus side, your weapon sigil works with your kits… yay.

Grenades are still the highest damage overall, although now you have to go 30 in Explosives for them to be worth anything. Bombs offer the highest level of DPS without traits now, and when traited are close to Grenades.

So basically like before, except worse.

Welcome back.

nofo.8469:

So basically like before, except worse.

Welcome back.

LOL! This gave me a good chuckle. Thank you sir.

Nothing fixed btw… yea I know…

@Alarox

While Grenade barrage are along our top damage spec, our Static Discharge build are prolly our best burst, that and the new flavor that is double grenade barrage. But Static Discharge is a lot easier to use, and more efficient overall.

And for the OP, tool kit was buffed and is now a really viable kit. In sPvP, the gear shield, prybar and nails are really good. I have a hard time playing without it.

@Kardiamond.6952

Also magnet pull, great for fishing players in WvW and useful in spvp to pull off cliffs either gets an easier prybar time.