Guild Wars 2

For a very, very (too) long time i’ve been running around with ragtag gear on my engineer, quite not having any set build, just using whatever i had at the moment… After having my kitten kicked here and there a couple of times (Queen’s gauntlet been pretty kitten me, made it to the next to last boss, but can’t do squat on it) i decided its time to finally get some correct stuff and a build that got some synergies…

And well, looked a bit here and there (especially under the angle of that queen’s gauntlet i’ve been stuck on, that might have been a mistake) and ended up assembling a full precision/toughness/condition damage build… that ended up being a huge disapointment… its not really working… can’t pull out those giant conditions i’ve been dreming about for a long time, and without the power i used to have the damage output itself isn’t good either. So, i guess i’m doing something wrong, but can’t figure what… TBH i’m quite lost about what i should be doing now, so i hope you guys can help me out (the fact i just came back to GW after over 6 month of break doesn’t help either) so, my questions now:

-A strong meta/mainstream Condition damage build… not sure what i should be using on it anymore (P/P?), so won’t tell any specifications i want…
-Some strong straight on damage (power based build/berserker)?
-Are those build even vaible now? What’s good on engie? Any good up-to-date engie building giude around?
-Heard alot about those static discharge builds, but can’t figure to find an up-to-date one that actually guiving advice about building…
-Grenades?
-Flamethower…. used to like this stuff on my somehwat power-based engie… thats any usefull?
I’m looking for build both for WvW and PvE (all there is in PvE kinda – bosses, dungs, living world related stuff etc…)
Was never able to stand my ground in WvW tbh

Please, i need some help getting my engie facts straight, cause apparently i got a too big mix of good and outdated data.
And i’m a bit mad at that stupid rabid stuff not really “working”

Cheers.

I was going to make a thread like this myself, but then I found this one… so I’ll just bump this instead of making a new one just like it.

Was thinking of trying out an HGH build, is that any good? I think I read somewhere that Rabid gear was recommended for that, but I’m not too comfortable with giving up all my direct damage. Is Rampager gear viable for this kind of build?

How does it compare to a max dps Berserker build?

Any general Engineer advice? ^^

Thanks.

first off:
What conetent do you wanna play, and what do you want to do there?
Since I’m impatient as kitten, I’m going to assume “ALL” and get some builds going for you.
General facts: Conditions are subpar, especially with rampages gear when it comes to anything human vs AI. Go berserk all day long and keep a spare set of settler (for max survivability) or rabid (condi-dps) in your inventory for wvw.

I gonna build everything with exotic equip. If you wanna get more dps, upgrade to ascended.

PvE :
dungeons / open world / fractals
only one build, because there is only one role: dps
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpErdZxPLseNSbBNqwA6JciW/5FEgjC-TBSDwAJUC2T53L1fApjg3+DDeQAAM/F/CCIGA9A-e

PvP:
- Bunker / Support:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQJAqelUUpyqVVx2KseNCdBF6VklXI6j0wR/pAA-TJxFwAWLDYc/BHPAAAnAAA
- Roamer:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpPrtbxmKseRSaBNq7A6QshMKqQ+xLGAA-TJxAABB8AAA4CAYWZAC3fAA
- Decap:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQJAqelUUpPrVWxkLseRSaBNy0MnQmjdIqQ+xGEAA-TJxHwAc2fIwJA4YZAAPAAA

WvW:
- Roamer:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpErdZxvLseRSbBNqwAyMMCRlxPvgAcUA-TFSDgAJKB7V+Nr+DoOC+9HGeQAAm/kugAkCYgFAA-w
-Zerger:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpPrdZxkLseNSbBB6JExWLyM+kPugAA-TFyDABxo+DqKB/R5HAm/SZ/BR0REwDCAiLIApAsYBA-w

-All builds that run runes of the pack can be switched for runes of strength (they are extremely expensive, tho)
-All builds can be upgraded to ascended gear
-All builds that have defensive traits / gear / runes can be slowly tweaked towards more dps with increasing experience with the class.
-No build is set in stone. Switch utilities, tweak traits, adjust gear. Do it often and experiment with our whole capabilities to maximize your skills effectively and fast.

If you have questions about how to run these builds, what certain things do, and / or don’t see the use of certain aspects of the build, feel free to ask.

Disclaimer for Vets:
These are beginner builds, offering a bit more survivability than necessary. These builds are not considered meta, but will do their job if handled right. Please keep meta-discussions to other threads.

Arantheal.7396:

first off:
What conetent do you wanna play, and what do you want to do there?
Since I’m impatient as kitten, I’m going to assume “ALL” and get some builds going for you.
General facts: Conditions are subpar, especially with rampages gear when it comes to anything human vs AI. Go berserk all day long and keep a spare set of settler (for max survivability) or rabid (condi-dps) in your inventory for wvw.

I gonna build everything with exotic equip. If you wanna get more dps, upgrade to ascended.

PvE :
dungeons / open world / fractals
only one build, because there is only one role: dps
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpErdZxPLseNSbBNqwA6JciW/5FEgjC-TBSDwAJUC2T53L1fApjg3+DDeQAAM/F/CCIGA9A-e

PvP:
- Bunker / Support:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQJAqelUUpyqVVx2KseNCdBF6VklXI6j0wR/pAA-TJxFwAWLDYc/BHPAAAnAAA
- Roamer:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpPrtbxmKseRSaBNq7A6QshMKqQ+xLGAA-TJxAABB8AAA4CAYWZAC3fAA
- Decap:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQJAqelUUpPrVWxkLseRSaBNy0MnQmjdIqQ+xGEAA-TJxHwAc2fIwJA4YZAAPAAA

WvW:
- Roamer:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpErdZxvLseRSbBNqwAyMMCRlxPvgAcUA-TFSDgAJKB7V+Nr+DoOC+9HGeQAAm/kugAkCYgFAA-w
-Zerger:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpPrdZxkLseNSbBB6JExWLyM+kPugAA-TFyDABxo+DqKB/R5HAm/SZ/BR0REwDCAiLIApAsYBA-w

-All builds that run runes of the pack can be switched for runes of strength (they are extremely expensive, tho)
-All builds can be upgraded to ascended gear
-All builds that have defensive traits / gear / runes can be slowly tweaked towards more dps with increasing experience with the class.
-No build is set in stone. Switch utilities, tweak traits, adjust gear. Do it often and experiment with our whole capabilities to maximize your skills effectively and fast.

If you have questions about how to run these builds, what certain things do, and / or don’t see the use of certain aspects of the build, feel free to ask.

Disclaimer for Vets:
These are beginner builds, offering a bit more survivability than necessary. These builds are not considered meta, but will do their job if handled right. Please keep meta-discussions to other threads.

My only question to you is: Why would you trait formula 409 when you don’t have any elixirs equipped?

I’m not trying to be a smart kitten , I’m also a new engineer trying to learn.

wait wut…
lemme check…

AHA, missclick in the zerg build.
Here’s the correct one
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpPrdZxkLseNSbBB6JExWLyMOlPugAA-TFyDABxo+DqKB/R5HAm/SZ/BR0REwDCAiLIApAsYBA-w

anyways, apart from that little confusion there, there is actually a slight use for equipping this trait since one of the alchemy minor traits is hidden flask, which will trigger elixir B, without letting it go on cooldown if you also have equipped it as utility.

all elixir traits also impact this minor trait, including cleaning formula 409, which means you automatically loose 1 condition when you reach 75% health. But since this minor trait is on a long cooldown (that can be reduced by traiting for reduced elixir cd), no one would spec for it without running an HGH or other abbreviation of elixir builds. In this particular case it was just a missclick from me that has no place in that build whatsoever.

Depending on the build, he probably meant Backpack Regenerator..

Thank you very much for the help.

Guess I’ll get two sets of gear then… was hoping I could get away with one set for everything. :p