Guild Wars 2

I have by no means surpased the learning curve of the engineer, i dont think anyone has, there is so much improvement to be made to such small things all the time and nothing can be considered main stream at the moment, which is what i feel makes this class very speacial.

However, i find that whenever im pitted against another class it becomes very difficult to outdo someone in any particular feild (WvW and pve im fine with, this relates to mists) I feel like engineer holds most of its potential in BIG plays, strategic big bomb placement, good use of supporting skills, and perhaps some crazy turret placement and jug/nado elixer.

In my current group of 5, tottally non sleazzy group of freinds who have played mists about 9 times, my job is to hold one point down as best i can and alert them when im under attack. HOWEVER, i dont know if this can be viable becouse its very difficult to 1v1 someone, it seems like anyone can kill me off if they are patient enough, so if a big battle is going on at the main, and its my duty to hold the point, im almost guranteed to fail eventually……

Am i playing wrong or is engineer more focused toward big team battles and WvW scenarios?

If you want survivability and good dmg against others try something like this: http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/engineer#10|9|2729|253|1095|2954|4065|30|1795|1792|1885|10|2266|0|0|30|988|1012|1884|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

Grenades for the distance and for close encounters bombs (you should use bombs 75% of the time because of the traits that favor them and make them heal you). With some practice you should be able to hold the point against the 2 opponents just perfectly and killing them would be much more easy. Try it, this build is a lot of fun

that saying doesnt really apply to GW2. every prof can spec for condition damage, sustain, support, or burst dps. engie can do them all very nicely. currently playing a burst engie with lots of success in pve and spvp

I’ve been doing a lot of spvp and have a high crit and elixir build, no toughness rifle based and pretty much everything triggers off crits, or getting hit, anyway I’m not sure why you are having issues, it probably the build I’m using, but taking on 1v1 is great, no issues at all and I usually end up with half health at the worst – heh I really like facing off against warriors and thiefs that hit you a lot of times, just works out fine with my build.

Anyway my point is that I don’t think I’m a great player by any means (I stand in crap all the time) but I strongly believe that the builds, abilities and traits are there to avoid getting smashed in 1v1 or 5v1, I think you really need to try a bunch of different builds out and see what works for you – pre test em against the computer controlled professions in the mists first though

I wouldn’t necessarily call them the Jack of all Trades. More like King of all Trades, Aces high. Seriously, we do everything extremely well. Not the absolute best, but we come about second in everything we spec for.

So is it safe to assume we have again 1-2 viable builds and the rest is unsustainable at all in PvP ?