Guild Wars 2

I’m running dual pistols atm, not really a master at the class currently level 45 and i’m seeing a lot about bomb leveling, could somebody explain to me why that’s good, if dual pistols are better, the stats i need etc? Also looking for a build if possible. Thanks!

For leveling, just about everything works well. Bombs will melt a lot of enemies at once. Gather em up, drop drop drop drop dead. And since most mobs will run at you bombs are easy to use. They’re much harder to use well in PvP and even dungeons. ToolKit also hits hard and has nice utility, but it’s a single target weapon for the most part. We have access to a lot of aoe (flamethrower, bombs, grenades, pistols) so we can drop clusters just as fast as one. Pistols are primarily condition based weapons while rifle is for straight damage. Having said that, rifle has a lot of control too. Experiment with what’s fun to use and then search the forums for a build around that. As I said, just about everything works for leveling. And Engi are very versatile and incredibly fun.

dual pistol / flamethrower will give you all the UMPFH you need to explode anything and give you lots of survivability tools when you pull too many things at once, like 10 or more at a time, i like to run with elixer R as well, ive been experimenting with the final utility slot, havent really found a good fit,
I like elixer gun for the cripple,
all of the turrets are fine choices but the cooldowns are too long except for rifle
slick shoes for kiting
all the options are usable, its pve

(but flamethrower #2 is probably one of my favorite booms)

Flame thrower till 40, Bomb kit till 60, Grenade kit + bomb kit till 80, just finished my second engineer this way, worked like a charm.