Guild Wars 2

Hello, I just created a Engineer. I made a Norn Engineer. I chose the universal tool pack. But, I want to be a expert in explosions. Do i have to recreate a character again, and pick the Panscopic Monocle? I do not want to delete my character I made it look like me and it takes me forever to make a character.

Also, what are the main stats for a engineer?

You don’t need to recreate your character again to be an expert in explosions. The stuff in the beginning just changes some of your personal story.

If you want to do explosions (Bombs, Grenades, Mines etc) then you want to use a rifle and run a heavy power build. I don’t run that build very much right now but would prob be something like 30/20/0/20/0

Get a Rifle as it melds very well with a Grenade/Bomb kit. Net Shot allows you keep your enemy in place for a nicely timed Grenade Barrage. Focus on Precision/Power/Condition damage for a Grenade Kit. But go for Toughness/Vitality if you want to stay alive in WvW.

Simple enough: Go for the rifle, get the grenade kit and or the bomb kit, and focus your stats on power for your main source of damage.

How you play is up to you.

The tool pack / monocle are only for looks, they have nothing at all to do with how the character plays. I’ve got the tool pack and I’ve sampled every build under the sun.

30/20/0/10/10 is the rifle/grenade power build i’m running. Pretty standard imo.

As for the last 10, I don’t think anyone can give up a perma-swiftness boon

BTW, what main stats should i focus on while leveling up?

Whatever you like, Steven.
You can refund trait points at the Engineer trainer anytime you want, so if you try something and change your mind just go to the engineer trainer and select “I’d like to retrain my traits.”

And remember that even without refunding traits, you can change each major trait you have unlocked anywhere without visiting the trainer, so if you have 10 points in Firearms, you can change the 10 point skill anytime you want.

But on topic… if you are using bombs and grenades, you should probably go with the Explosions trait tree.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_engineer_traits

Well, I don’t like dieing a lot while i level up. So, which one should i pick, vitality or toughness for my secondary trait? Explosion is my primary trait. I just need a secondary trait as my defense.