Guild Wars 2

As the title says I just hit 60 and got myself a lovely little respec with my new trait book!

I wanted to try something new so I figured I’d let the forum decide for me. So far I have played a Rifle Power build which was ok. I also tried out a Flamethrower build for just a bit, but I found it a bit lackluster with out Juggernaut. At the moment I’m using a condition p/s build with elixirs.

I do a mix of both PvE and WvW, but I don’t mind kittening one of them in exchange for a better build in the other. And I’m not against trying out the flamethrower build again.

So what does everyone think? What has been the funnest thing you have tried so far? I keep hearing people talk about elixir gun builds, what exactly do they entail?

I like outputting damage, so like many engineers I went with a Grenade build. The Grenadier trait at 30 Explosives combined with the crits from Firearms is a fearsome combination. I also like 10 Tools just for the Kit Refinement perk (which comboes really well with Elixir Gun), but that can wait until you’re a higher level if you go with a Grenade build.

Stay with riffle and flamethrower, with critical/condition damage.
How many trait points do you have?

For general PvE, this is decent:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fcAQFAUlspyaHvy2F17IBIFAGviKo/PFYLA;TgAKeM8I4xyjjHJPjKmaA
You can look at the traits and runes if you click the 3 gray icons above the Charr.

Flamethrower’s first skill is a 10 hit attack, and each hit has a chance to critical, so the traits I put in that build work very well.

For dungeons, change Flamethrower for Elixir R to revive allies without getting yourself killed.
If your team feel overwhelmed by enemies, change rifle to pistol/shield so you have the knockback and stun.

If you’re good with swapping kits, you can change Elixir H for MedKit, swap into it, use 5 for Fury, swap back to flamethrower. This way, you can drop Utility Goggles.

As for fun… engineer is always fun! (Ok, I don’t like grenades too much… I like the grenade skills a lot but I hate chucking grenades ;p )

For WvW… I haven’t been there a while, but I generally bring something along these lines…
http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fcMQJAqal0piXX8y5F1LJRYBgZAY8KWwnCsF;TgAKtMaJ0yqlTLpWjAmTA
Remembering to use MedKit’s 5 for fury, and condition removal.