Guild Wars 2

Hello all I am a new player, and have been playing a Hunter for the last few weeks, but I wanted to try something different.

So I made me a little Asura Lady Engineer; but any way I have gotten her up to Lvl 7 (been a blast so far), and I have gotten to grenades. And I can see how effective they are. BUT LoL I also see how poor I will be with them.

Not as quick as I was in my UO days – a little older now than I was all those years ago. So is there any Builds or way that engineers can be played (in PvE only), without grenades – I am a big solo player btw, but not to much into dungeons.

Bomb Kit.
It’s also far better for leveling as the trait that gives Grenade Kit 50% more damage is a grandmaster trait, thus only available for level 80 characters.

Get Med Kit as well to get Swiftness with Med Kit #5.
As for traits (level 30+) get Speedy Kits (Tools VI) as soon as possible as it provides practically permanent Swiftness (+33% movement speed).

I will leave this here…
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/88640-guide-to-learning-leveling-and-loving-the-engineer/

Edit: Not to try and discourage you from playing engineer, but to be as absolutely effective as possible it is a class that uses high actions per minute. Just keep in mind that you won’t find a single hard hitter like what a 100b is, rather Engie does it’s damage through a combination of skills. As an example using the bombkit, you can drop a fire field, switch to elixir gun and use the acid bomb for the blast finisher (plus animation cancel the leap back) and then switch back into bomb kit in a matter of a second or two. It becomes second nature after awhile and you stop having to think about what to do and just do it, but it does take some time and practice to be truly effective.

Okay thank you both

This might also be helpful:
http://www.wolfineer.com/2014/05/bombgrenade-full-dps-build/

For grenades, the default casting is terrible. In options I set it to fast cast with ground indicator, so that you toss grenades where your mouse is instead of clicking so much and being slow.

Grenades need traits to be good, and given the trait system I would say bombs are definitely the better choice. I’d go for med kit, bomb kit, rocket boots, and maybe a turret to make things easy. Elixir B is another solid choice due to the buffs and swiftness. You definitely want tons of swiftness as when leveling, more speed means you visit places faster, and gain more exploration XP, as well as being able to do events and hearts faster. Don’t get yourself too wound up over hearts though. Do them if they’re convenient or if it’s a zone you want to complete. Personally, I like to complete Queensdale and Wayfarer Foothills as those are straightforward. Look for events that are near a heart— chances are it’ll help do the heart and let you gain 2 sources of xp at once.

Also, I’d go with the rifle forthe direct damage. The jump shot can also assist you with leaps.