Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone !

I’m new on this game, and I’m trying to understand as good as possible game’s mechanism.

I want to do a dual pistol Engineer, and use the flamethrower as utility skill. So, regarding ma gear, I should focus on condition or power ? I would say condition, but I’m not quite sure.

Can someone please help me ?

For the record, I’m a french guy, so I’m sorry if my english is not perfect.

Pistols scale better with condition damage while flamethrower scales better with power ihmo, altho it also couses burning which is very strong condition.
Problem with flamethrower is that its close to useless, especially in pve. Its terribly bugged and rather weak(in compare to bombs and granades) even if traited for it.
In pvp ppl use it mostly for its utility (pushback and blind), not as main damage weapon/kit. Bombs and granades are much better for pve. Granades are only viable opton in WvW tbh.

I personally prefered rifle+bombs and granades as they are more powerfull and make leveling much easier. Bombs and granades destroy groups of mobs easly, while rifle is perfect for dealing with veteran mobs due to its great control skills. Pistols felt rather weak in pve for me.

Actually maybe you should do yourself a favor mate and roll a diferent class if you want to avoid frustration and disapointment in the long run :P
Engineer is bugged as hell, last patch that was heavily anticipated was actually a nerf and coused even more bugs. Nothing is done about major bugs that exists since beta, we get changes and tweaks that nobody asks for instead, and only good skills that made engineer competitive are getting nerfed with every patch.

Sometimes it feels that both guys working on class balance(yeah, they have only 2 ppl working on it lol) havent even played the game.
/angry mode off

Dont get me wrong, I love engineer, its very fun and cool class. But be prepared for a tons of bugs and no love from Anet.

I agree with Nefczi. Don’t roll an Engineer for now. We didn’t get anything fixed that we been asking for (maybe the next big patch in 2 months… or 6 months). Flamethrower is a short range weapon that misses targets that it hits. Horribly bugged and still not fixed (one of the things asked for).

Or, if you want to appreciate playing the other 7 professions in the game, make an Engineer asap. Every time you switch to an alt, you’ll never find their faults as bad as the Engineer’s. Dramatic sounding, but true.

Engineer is fun because you can do a lot, but it feels like skills were slapped on without much thought (or only thought, and no testing). We players make use of them, and it works, but it feels clunky. It feels like a beta profession. You will love the utility, but also curse the synergy. Min/max is very very important on Engineer.