I use elixirs for condition removal. Not a big fan of the med kit really.
That was the point—the only kits you would ever really swap to while you have confusion on you would be med kit or elixir gun, and those only if you actually like them and want them in your build. I was trying to say it’s not a huge deal.
That said I am honestly starting to hate this profession. I’ve already rerolled once when I realized (too late) that the thief simply wasn’t what I wanted in a profession, and the engineer started out fun, but it is getting increasingly frustrating due to all the problems. If Arena Net continues to mistreat us as they have, I’m likely to just give up on the game entirely for a while.
I hate heavy armor, and from a role play perspective my main is has the magical ability of a rusty toaster oven, so that just leaves the adventurer professions. Thief is the best fit thematically, but quickly went from fun, to frustrating, to infuriating. The engineer likewise started out fun, but is becoming more and more “meh” every time we’re ignored or nerfed in an update. And ranger….well ranger was pretty meh from the start. I’ve been here since the per-purchase beta events, never missed a beta, or a stress test, and got the entire head start to enjoy the game, and now I’m running out of options for professions I enjoy, and honestly don’t really want to stick around to see what class Arena Net ruins next. Heck; in my years with the original Guild Wars I played a ranger, and not only is my preferred play-style with that profession just completely gone here; but the skill types -once trademarks and defining features of the ranger class- don’t even exist anymore.
/sighs
What I wouldn’t give to have just one good preparation on my skill bar….I’d even buy the kitten ed thing out of the gem store.
Not sure what to recommend there. I’m not much of a role-player, but I can see how the engineer would be a bit tough to role-play.
What type of content are you looking for improvements in? It’s true that engineer aesthetic issues have gone untouched—it’s not a big deal for me but I can see that it could be for you. Are there gameplay/balance issues that are frustrating? If so, for PvE/WvW/PvP? I really have no idea what exactly is causing frustration for you, so I’m not sure how to respond.
The biggest issue is really the fact that Arena Net has a habit of ignoring our issues. Turrets are really buggy, but I hate turrets anyway. Elixirs are too RNG based, but I only use the ones with guaranteed effects. Our weapons just flat out suck, but I mostly use kits. Aside from being ignored and left to rot in balance limbo the two main issues I have with the engineer are that our actually weapons are among the least interesting and useful weapons in the entire game, forcing us to rely heavy on kits, and that said reliance on kits has all but destroyed the game’s intended “cosmetic progression.”
Kit damage has nothing to do with weapon damage, and kit skins replace both back skins and weapon skins. So there is literally zero reason to bother with getting new weapons at all with this class, and while I am not particularly focused on progression, and don’t too interested in getting a legendary right now, it does get pretty boring to always use the same stuff and simply have nothing to shoot for. No goal in the game, even a cosmetic one. About a month ago I went ahead and blew some saved up skill points on forging a Mystic Rifle….and regretted it within ten minutes. I was just too bored and figured “eff it, I’m going to get me one of those cool high-end weapons” but then went back to just never using it.
I like kits, but I don’t like being forced to use only kits. But honestly I just don’t have a choice. Given the lack of my old play-style in this game the only one I’ve really been able to get into is a hybrid damage/support build, and the only thing that can actually do that is a flamethrower/elixir gun build. I fell in love with the engineer because of the versatility and dynamic skill changing we get from kits, so without them there is little reason to play an engineer. But after nearly a year with the profession kit swapping has just gotten old and boring. I want a new and exciting build, but that won’t happen because every other build in the game lacks that all important versatility and is way too dependent on our pathetic weapon selection.
So yeah, there you go.
I don’t like being left out of GW2’s cosmetic progression because of my choice of profession.
I don’t like being forced to use kits because our actual weapons suck.
I don’t like how not using kits pigeonholes us into such limited builds.
And most of all I really don’t like how Arena Net just sees us as “only 10%” and completely ignores all of our problems, large and small.
