Guild Wars 2

Hi there, like the title says i really want to play an Engineer but I am constantly hearing bad things about it. I generally want to focus on PVE with the occasional WvW zerging with guild. Can i get the Wonderful GW2 community to weigh in with some detail on what i can expect with this class please

From reading the Engineer forums we are the worst class in the game…

In reality, we are not that bad. We do well in all aspects of the game imo. Maybe not as strong as other classes but we can hold our own.

And most of all we are really fun to play.

So if one were to want to focus on AoE DPS you would op out for Elementalist?

im just looking for a more fun class to play(iv played guardian mesmer thief necro and warrior to 80)

Depends what you mean by AOE DPS. Warriors with cleave have the best 3 target aoe.

Engineer have the best range AOE DPS with Grenade Kit. (up 2 15 target)

Engineers are fun in the sense that we can build our characters to have so many skills available at one time. We don’t have the 10 seconds swap cooldown like Ele do. So we can bring a skill for every situation in since. I like being able to pull of all these crazy skills out the thin air. You should give it a try see if you like it.

ok ill give it a try. thanks for all your useful info. i appreciate it

It’s a fun and powerful class but not that easy to play. Engineer has some really strong things to bring on table for PvE but the community is not ready for it. They still prefer weaker classes for high level fraktals or dungons instead of an engineer.

Yes, player perception is a totally different thing and sometimes does not reflect what actually is going on.

The skill ceiling of the class is vast so there is always room to improve. I always find myself thinking what if i used this skill from this kit during a fight where you have 6 skills per kit. You have alot of tools to use. Just gotta know when to use them.

If you leave alone some things about it (and some circumstances, like apparently the AC ghost transform breaks kits or something) the class overall actually works quite well. Grenades, flamethrowers, bombs, and pistols all have decent PvE AOE functionality. Rifles are great for single target damage and controlling the range of engagement, Elixir Gun can put out reasonable condition damage and provide support to allies, Healing Turret can create two separate water fields (once on its overcharge activation, and once via its toolbelt skill).

Most of the issues with it are limited to certain areas, like turrets-other-than-healing for example.

Adam.3716:

ok ill give it a try. thanks for all your useful info. i appreciate it

I’d say give the Engi a try
Im currently leveling my third engineer (I know im nuts) and loving every minute of it.
I suggest that you ignore the various bugs and try to avoid them if possible by simply skipping the skills or not using the ability etc.

The kits are really strong in conjunction with the Healing turret in PvE, so definatly worth a try!
Even the HGH builds are pretty awesome, be they Flamethrower/Grenadier or Pistoleer.

Just roll a warrior, get a rifle and One shot engies from range with 19k kill shots. Or roll a thief and string together CnD / BS / Heart seeker and hit for a total of 17-20k, or roll an engie and wait for some fanboy to tell you how good grenades are or that the 2-3k you just did with the FT is overpowered.. lol or better yet, use a Pistol at point blank range and troll yourself with poisen shot. Seriously they would be better just giving us the bottle the poisen comes in.
Don’t get me wrong, engineers are still fun. Just no where near as much fun as they were. And on my shatter Mesmer or Thief.. as an engineer you will be a great source of free badges.

Kabooky.8071:

Just roll a warrior, get a rifle and One shot engies from range with 19k kill shots.

And just think: if they’re alone, you may even be able to get within range of the rest of your attacks to finish them off.

so your suggestion is to give up on playing the most intricate and potentially overpowered class in the game for the class that everyone calls ranger pets with slightly better ai?

hlgf!